"Madras Central" is an English poem and the best known work of Vijay Nambisan, the Indian poet, writer and journalist.
[1] The poem has received critical acclaim following its first publication in 1989.
The poem has received positive reviews since the day of its publication.
[2] The poem has been quoted in scholarly analysis of contemporary Indian English Poetry.
[3] The last three lines of the poem have come to be regarded as representative voice of contemporary Indian poetry.