Published - August 22, 2026 07:15 pm IST

Sweeping canopies, chrome grills, fluted columns — this isn’t a theatre, it’s a newspaper office. Welcome to Kasturi Buildings, home of The Hindu since 1939. We trace how Art Deco travelled from Paris to Bombay’s Marine Drive, then south to Madras — where architect H.F. Fellows-Prynne built a space meant to carry “a soft charm and a quiet dignity.”

Updated - August 22, 2026 07:16 pm IST

Published - August 22, 2026 07:15 pm IST