Category Archives: Art & Architecture

One Year at the Job – Maritime Silk Route and ‘Ilm علم

Posted on September 28, 2017 by Kennie Ting

This gallery contains 10 photos.

A year into the job, I’m convinced, more than ever, that a museum needs to be relevant. Not just to its local community, but also to the world. What I mean is that a museum also needs to respond to … Continue reading →

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The Bungalow on the Beach, Tranquebar

Posted on August 22, 2017 by Kennie Ting

This gallery contains 17 photos.

In Tranquebar, I stayed at the excellent Bungalow on the Beach, run by The Neemrana Group. It was the closest one could get to a Grand Hotel in the town, and I wasn’t disappointed. The origins of the building aren’t … Continue reading →

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The Tamil Quarter, Tranquebar

Posted on August 16, 2017 by Kennie Ting

This gallery contains 29 photos.

From the Danish Quarter of Tranquebar, we amble down Post Office Road to explore the Tamil Quarter.  Like in Pondicherry, the Tamil Quarter is also segregated into a Hindu Quarter and a Muslim Quarter. The walk down Post Office takes … Continue reading →

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A Walk Through Danish Tranquebar

Posted on August 12, 2017 by Kennie Ting

This gallery contains 28 photos.

In this first of two walking tours of the historic Danish town of Tranquebar, Dream Of A City literally takes you, the reader, down King’s Street – the high street in Tranquebar – where we point out the main sights. … Continue reading →

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The Grand Tour III-5: Tranquebar (Tharangambadi)… Danish India

Posted on August 6, 2017 by Kennie Ting

This gallery contains 22 photos.

To the south of Pondicherry sits a somewhat laidback and half-forgotten port city, which for more than 200 years, was the capital of a modest Danish colonial empire in India. This is the city of Tranquebar, or Trankebar in Dansk. … Continue reading →

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Cities and Travel… at the Museum

Posted on July 30, 2017 by Kennie Ting

This gallery contains 2 photos.

When I first started work one of the things I was determined to do was to take my love for cities and for travel into the museum, on the understanding that CITIES and TRAVEL were two things that resonated strongly … Continue reading →

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Le Grand Hôtel d’Europe et Hôtel de l’Orient, Pondichéry

Posted on July 12, 2017 by Kennie Ting

This gallery contains 17 photos.

La grande dame de l’ancienne scène d’hospitalité à Pondichéry, c’était le Grand Hôtel d’Europe, établi par Monsieur E. Magry (qui était un de la communauté créole de la ville) en 1891. Malheureusement l’hôtel a été fermé en 1996 et puis, … Continue reading →

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The Tamil Quarter, Pondicherry

Posted on July 8, 2017 by Kennie Ting

This gallery contains 27 photos.

The Tamil Quarter (or erstwhile “Black Town”) of Pondicherry sits to the West of the French Quarter. It was separated from the latter by a Grand Canal that bisected downtown Pondicherry, and still runs through the city today. In size, … Continue reading →

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Le Quartier Français, Pondichéry

Posted on July 3, 2017 by Kennie Ting

This gallery contains 36 photos.

We begin our tour of Pondicherry in the Ville Blanche, or White Town. This is the town the French built, and it as Gallic and Mediterranean as it can be, thousands of miles away from Marseille. Most of the buildings … Continue reading →

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The Grand Tour III-4: Pondicherry (Puducherry)… Ville française

Posted on June 24, 2017 by Kennie Ting

This gallery contains 29 photos.

Pondicherry was established in 1674, when La Compagnie française des Indes orientales, otherwise known as the French East India Company acquired a plot of land on the Coromandel Coast from the Sultan of Bijapur. As trading settlements went, Pondicherry was a … Continue reading →

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