MAMBALAM TIMES www.mambalamtimes.in CMYK ASHOK NAGAR - K.K. NAGAR EDITION ASHOK NAGAR - K.K. NAGAR EDITION ASHOK NAGAR - K.K. NAGAR EDITION ASHOK NAGAR - K.K. NAGAR EDITION ASHOK NAGAR - K.K. NAGAR EDITION FREE May 28 - June 2, 2018 Vol. 16, No. 47 By Our Staff Reporter Edappadi K. Palaniswami (Chief Minister) and Hardeep Singh Puri (Union Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs) together inaugurated the metro rail stretches of Nehru Park-Central (2.7 km.) and Saidapet-AG-DMS (4 km.), at Egmore sta- tion on May 25. Commuters can now travel directly from Central/ Egmore stations to two key transport hubs, CMBT and airport. Similarly, commuters can travel from Central Metro to DMS or St. Thomas Mount via Alandur. At Central, only the upper track level connecting stations on Poonamallee High Road have been opened. The lower track linking Anna Salai is not ready. According to an official, there is a train every five Donate Blood Central, Saidapet underground metro rail Central, Saidapet underground metro rail stretches opened minutes from Central to the airport and from Central to St. Thomas Mount. “If the number of users goes up, we may increase the fre- quency to two and half min- utes,” he said. The fare from Central to air- port is Rs. 60 and from Central to DMS (the longest stretch as of now) is Rs. 70. While the Saidapet Metro station is located close to Panagal Maligai, the AG-DMS station is near the Directorate of Medical and Rural Health Services. There was a delay of two years in opening both the stretches. Work in the Anna Salai line was stalled for a year after a Russian contractor, who was building tunnels and stations between May Day Park and Saidapet, abandoned work citing financial crisis. This forced the government to open bids again and award contracts in small packages to firms to finish the pending work. The final inspections of the stations and tunnels were car- ried out last week. Nandanam Metro Central Metro
By Our Staff ReporterEdappadi K. Palaniswami (Chief Minister) and
Hardeep Singh Puri (Union Minister of State forHousing and Urban Affairs) together inauguratedthe metro rail stretches of Nehru Park-Central (2.7km.) and Saidapet-AG-DMS (4 km.), at Egmore sta-tion on May 25.
Commuters can now travel directly from Central/Egmore stations to two key transport hubs, CMBTand airport. Similarly, commuters can travel fromCentral Metro to DMS or St. Thomas Mount viaAlandur.
At Central, only the upper track level connectingstations on Poonamallee High Road have been opened.The lower track linking Anna Salai is not ready.
According to an official, there is a train every five
Donate Blood
Central, Saidapet underground metro railCentral, Saidapet underground metro railstretches opened
minutes from Central to theairport and from Central to St.
Thomas Mount.“If the number of users goes
up, we may increase the fre-quency to two and half min-utes,” he said.
The fare from Central to air-port is Rs. 60 and from Centralto DMS (the longest stretch asof now) is Rs. 70.
While the Saidapet Metrostation is located close toPanagal Maligai, the AG-DMSstation is near the Directorateof Medical and Rural HealthServices.
There was a delay of twoyears in opening both thestretches. Work in the Anna
Salai line was stalled for a yearafter a Russian contractor,who was building tunnels andstations between May DayPark and Saidapet, abandonedwork citing financial crisis. Thisforced the government to openbids again and award contractsin small packages to firms tofinish the pending work.
The final inspections of thestations and tunnels were car-ried out last week.
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Calling volunteers for free service inTirumalaBy Our Staff Reporter
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Tree stump blocks Jubilee Roadpavement
By Our Staff ReporterCorporation workers cut and removed a dead tree from the pavement
of Jubilee Road, near Lake View Street junction, West Mambalam afew months back but left behind the stump which is obstructingpedestrians.
Fine for flouting wastemanagement rules
Owing to increase in violation of wastemanagement rules in the city, ChennaiCorporation plans to initiate penal actionagainst violators.
The Corporation will soon finalise the fine tobe levied for various violations.
Apart from solid waste, action will be takenagainst those who handle plastic, biomedical,construction, electronic waste and hazardouswaste.
According to civic officials, residents in bigapartment complexes have not agreed to setup in-house waste processing plants. “Nobodywants to have waste near the home. We haveto sensitise them,” said an official.
Commercial complexes which generate bulkwaste in areas such as T. Nagar, George Town,Anna Nagar, Royapuram and Adyar havepointed to lack of space for waste processing.
“Inadequate space is another challenge,”the official said. Despite the Solid WasteManagement Rules coming into force in 2016,the civic body has not intensified penal actionagainst the violators, including educationalinstitutions.
Sai bhajan programs inT. Nagar andMambalamBy Our Staff Reporter
Sri Sathya Sai Samiti conducts Sai bhajansevery week in the following venues in T. Nagarand Mambalam.
T. Nagar:Sai Keshav Hall, 157, G. N. Chetty Road
(near Panagal Park, Vijaya Bank building):Saturdays, 5 p.m.
Ayurvedasramam, 155, G. N. Chetty Road(near Panagal Park): Mondays, 6 p.m.
50/38, Motilal Street (opposite RanganathanStreet): Wednesdays, 6 p.m.
Muthumaari Amman Temple, South BoagRoad: Mondays, 6.30 p.m
International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) conductsprograms in the following venues:
Residence of Priya (1075, Munuswamy Naidu Salai, K. K. Nagar, Ph:94440 63643): 7 p.m to 9 p.m on Mondays: ‘Bhakti Vriksha’; 8.30 a.mto 9.30 a.m from Monday to Saturday: Srimad Bhagavadham classes.
Residence of S. Sowjanya (A-6, Ashok Vihar Apartments, 21/20,11th Avenue, Ashok Nagar)
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Day-long ‘ThirupugazhMaanadu’ in North UsmanRoad todayBy Our Staff Reporter
As part of the 9th Thiru-pugazh Maanadu, Ganapa-thidasanwill give a discourse on ‘Thirupugazh Perumai’ at 2.30 p.m. onSunday May 27 in Dharmapura Aadhina Samya PracharaNilayam (158, North Usman Road, T. Nagar).
Archanai and poojas will be performed from 6 a.m.Devotees, led by exponents, will sing devotional songs and
bhajans in the morning and evening.The Maanadu has been organized by S. Vaithya-
nathaswamy and devotees of Vilangalpattu.All are welcome.
7-day discourseson KambaRamayanamfrom May 30By Our Staff Reporter
Jaimaa Charitable Trust(Vadapalani) and SRMKalakendra have jointlyorganized 7- day discourses onKamba Ramayanam byTrichy Kalyanaraman from6.30 p.m to 8.30 p.m daily, fromWednesday, May 30 toTuesday, June 5 in SRMNightingale School, ThambiahRoad, West Mambalam.
The following are the topics:May 30: Kamban perumai.May 31: Rama Avathar.June 1: Vaamana Avathar.June 2: Koorma Avathar.June 3: Agalikai Padalam.June 4: Breaking of Shiva
Dhanush.June 5: Seetha Kalyanam.All are welcome.More details can be had in
99400 30939.
GRE and GMAT lessons rendered freeBy Our Staff Reporter
American Education Aids, established in 1980 in AD 79, Anna Nagar to offer postalcoaching for GRE and GMAT (entrance examinations for admission in American Univer-sities), has decided to offer its outstanding lessons to students everywhere free of cost.
The Institute was established by K. S. Ramakrishnan (retired IAS officer and presentlyEditor of Mambalam Times), and has so far helped over 20,000 students from middle classesto secure admission as well as financial assistance in reputed US Universities such asHarvard, MIT and Stanford.
A number of its students have achieved centum scores in these examinations. “I had put in hundreds of man hours in writing these lessons single-handed, and I want
the fruits of that effort to continue to be available even after me. Today’s technolgy allowsstudents from all over the world to download the lessons from the Internet, and I havedecided to offer them free of cost”, he said.
“The uniqueness of these lessons is that they contain analysis of over 4,000 actualquestions asked in GRE and GMAT of earlier years which are still relevant”, he said. Thereare sets of 12 books each for GRE and GMAT, each set running into over 1,500 pages.
After he made the announcement about a month back, nearly 8,400 students from anumber of countries have downloaded the books.
The books are available in www.grebest.com and www.gmatbest.com.Readers are requested to inform their relatives and friends planning to take GRE or
GMAT of this free opportunity.
By Our Staff ReporterStorm water drain construction at the junction of Station
Road and Lake View Road, West Mambalam is progressing ata slow pace which is causing heavy traffic congestion duringpeak hours.
Residents have appealed to Chennai Corporation to completethe work on a war footing.
By Our Staff ReporterMost of the saplings planted three months back around
Kothandaramar Temple tank, adjoining Kittu Park,Ellaiamman Koil Street, West Mambalam have started towither and many have died as they are not being watered daily.
The saplings are protected by tree guards.
Saplings aroundKothandaramar temple tank
withering
Plea to hasten civic work atStation Road-Lake View Road
junction
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4-ft high steel rail-ings have been in-stalled as barri-cades on the centralmedian in SouthUsman Road be-tween CIT Nagarand New Boag Roadjunctions, T. Nagar.
The barricadeswere installed toprevent motoristsfrom taking U-turnsanywhere on theroad by driving overthe low median.
4-ft high central median installed in South Usman Road
Parking charges to go up in cityBy Our Staff Reporter
To control congestion,Chennai Corporation will soonhike parking charges in severalareas in the city depending onthe level of demand/congestion.
It has started a study toidentify stretches with trafficcongestion to increase parkingcharges in designated parkingslots.
An official said: “We expectthe hike in charges to be adisincentive to take vehicles tothe area and make people usepublic transport or walk. Wewill collect four times theparking charges as fine forviolating rules framed inaccordance with the ChennaiCity Municipal CorporationAct.”
CCTV cameras andautomatic number platerecognition systems will beinstalled in the parking lots totrace vehicles that violaterules.
Currently, ChennaiCorporation does not collectfine from motorists who fail topay parking charges. Theexisting charges are 5 per hourfor cars. Motorcycles andautorickshaws are now exemptfrom parking charges but notunder the new system.
According to preliminaryestimates, at least 3000
parking slots in congestedareas such as T. Nagar areexpected to have highercharges.
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Maha Periyava Jayanthimahotsavam from todayBy Our Staff Reporter
Sri Gnana Sudha Charitable Trust (3, Dabir Middle Street,Kumbakonam) has organized Maha Periyava Jayanthimahotsavam from Sunday, May 27 to Tuesday, May 29 in itspremises.
Special poojas, paara-yanam, gho pooja and religiousdiscourses will be conducted on all the three days.
The mahotsavam will conclude with suhasini pooja at 8.30a.m on May 29.
Devotees are welcome to donate for the daily Anna-dhanam.For more details contact 94433 44685 / 94867 67841.
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By M. A. SADANANDNO HOLDS BARRED
Wedding VideoAcres of concrete made a hill near the heart of an
undulating spread of dull city buildings. In the middle of thisrose the Prince Towers like a phoenix from the rubble of theDasaprakash Hotel which was once part of the old Chennaicityscape. That was where my daughter got married in1987on a hot balmy Chennai summer day.
I was of course at the wedding, being the father of thebride, but actually missed most of it. This is the case withmost Nair weddings which are blink-and-miss affairs of afew minutes. As for the people present in the front row,many of them complained to me later that all they couldsee were the posterior views of the videographers and still-photographers who were capturing the event for poster-ity. All I could do was sympathize with them and promiseto show them the wedding video later.
A good 31 years after the event, my grandson Manu gotthe old fungus-ridden VHS tapes converted into digitalformat. He played it for me on his laptop, and on its screenunfolded so many wonderful sights and sounds that I hadforgotten over the years. It was almost like I was watchingthe wedding for the first time. Seeing my old bungalowwhich has now been converted to an apartment building,seeing people who have passed on, people who are still therebut have changed almost unrecognizably, a parade of mysisters and brothers-in-law, all of whom have departed forheavenly shores and a whole group of my friends who areeither dead or have drifted away over the years, broughtabout a mixture of joy and sorrow. Watching my deardeparted wife at her animated best, smilingly welcoming allthe guests at her daughter’s wedding, made me wish thevideographer had spent more time focusing on her thananyone else.
Realization dawned then that, although videographerscan seem like a nuisance to people attending a wedding, itis really worth the botheration since, decades later, one canchoose to relive the past over and over again at the pushof a button. What more can an old man like me ask for!
By Our Staff ReporterThe traffic island on 4th Avenue near its junction with 7th Avenue, Ashok Nagar is being
maintained well by the Corporation. It is protected by a 6-ft tall fence.There are a number of flowering plants and well pruned ornamental plants, and trees on the
island.
Traffic island on 4th Avenue well maintained Mass chanting ofSahasranaamamon TuesdayBy Our Staff Reporter
Chennai Group of Sri VishnuSahasranamam Mandalis hasorganized mass chanting of SriVishnu Sahasranamam at 10a.m on Tuesday, May 29 inGoshala (Sankara Madam,Kasi Viswanathanar KovilStreet, West Mambalam) tocelebrate Kanchi MahaPeriyavaa birth star day(Anusham).
All are welcome.More details can be had in
95001 77505.
FreeNarayaneeyamclasses for womenfrom June 4By Our Staff Reporter
Jayabai Srinivasan (GuruMami of NarayaneeyamMahila Mandali) will conductfree daily Narayaneeyamclasses for women fromMonday, June 4 in 5/9, Srini-vasan Street, West Mam-balam. For timings and otherdetails, call Jayabai in 9003016160 or 2489 3400.
Free eye check-upnext Sunday
Radhatri Nethralaya (HindiPrachara Sabha Street, T.Nagar) and JCI Chennai Royalhave jointly organised free eyescreening from 9 a.m to 2 p.mon Sunday, June 3 in SriTarachand Galada JainSchool, 1st Street, MadleyRoad, T. Nagar.
All are welcome.More details can be had in
98401 51080 and 9445438681.
By Our Staff ReporterA section of the parapet wall along the service lane of Madley
subway, T. Nagar is in a bad condition.There are huge cracks in the wall and a large concrete block
which has almost dislodged itself, is likely to fall into the subwayposing a grave danger to motorists.
The dislodged concrete block has been loosely held in placewith a hanging wooden beam tied to the concrete railing of thewall.
Huge cracks in parapet wall ofMadley subway
Chain snatchersrob women inK. K. Nagar andVadapalaniBy Our Staff Reporter
On May 19, two chainsnatching incidents were re-ported in one hour in K. K. Nagarand Vadapalani.
Police suspect the samemotorcycle-borne youths inboth the incidents.
At around 6 p.m, an 8-sover-eign chain was snatched froma 67-year-old woman walkingwith her husband in P. T. RajanSalai, K .K. Nagar.
Within an hour, a 5-soverignchain was snatched from awoman, again by two motor-cycle- borne youths, in ArcotRoad, Vadapalani.
According to the police, boththe incidents happened in pub-lic glare and not on desolatedstreets.
Though both the womenraised the alarm, the culpritsmanaged to escape though theywere chased by passersby.
Police obtained footage of thetwo youths along with the reg-istration number of the bikefrom a nearby CCTV camerain the K. K. Nagar incident. Therider was seen masking his facewith his helmet in the footagewhile the pillion rider was wear-ing a blue shirt. K. K. Nagarpolice have formed specialteams to track the men withthe help of the CCTV grabs.
The bike registration num-ber led to a dead end as the bikehad been stolen, said a policeofficer.
Vehicles seized bypolice for traffic andother offences areoccupying the pave-ment of MuthuranganSalai, T. Nagar nearMambalam PoliceStation. Most of thesevehicles are in a badlydamaged condition.
The residents haveappealed to the PoliceDept. to remove thevehicles so that thepavement can be usedby pedestrians.
New Sunflower Trust has organised free spirometry tests(lung function tests) from 9 a.m to 12 noon on Sunday, May 27in Nellai Pharmacy Complex (126, Arya Gowda Road, WestMambalam).
Dr. S. Chandrasekaran (Senior Pulmonologist) will beavailable for consultation. Persons with previous history oflung problems should bring recent medical records.
For registration, call 98847 89937 or 81447 10413.
Free talk on ‘Governing Businessand Relationship’ on SaturdayBy Our Staff Reporter
Under the auspices of Vedanta Institute (Madras), R.Aravindan will give a free talk on ‘Governing Business andRelationship’ at 10 a.m on Saturday, June 2 in Hotel PratapPlaza (168, Kodambakkam High Road, Mahalingapuram).
All are welcome. For free registration, contact ChithraSundarrajan in 98404 93904.
T. Nagar police get rid ofunwanted documents
The 11 police stations in T. Nagar Police District, whichinclude those in Mambalam, Pondy Bazaar, Teynampet,Kodambakkam, Valasaravakkam and Ashok Nagar, are inthe process of getting rid of old documents no longer required.
These old papers and documents are being shredded andrecycled. Following a GO passed several years ago, A. K.Viswanathan (City Police Commissioner) directed all policestations in Greater Chennai to identify such documents anddestroy them through a safe recycling process.
T. Maheshwari (Inspector, All-Woman Police Station, T.Nagar) headed the team which undertook the exercise.
She said that the head-constable in each of the 11 policestations was given the task of identifying records over the lastdecade and earlier.
Documents like village roster with a retention period of twoyears, general police diaries, notebooks, general memos andwritten complaints were all segregated for recycling.
Around 16,890 kg. of old records were bartered with TNPLin exchange for A4 size papers which were distributed amongthe 11 police stations.
Construction debris occupying almost 20 feet of the road margin and piled to a height of 15 feet was dumped at the junctionof Mooparappan Street and South Boag Road, T. Nagar.
After it was reported in Mambalam Times, Corporation workers removed the debris from the spot last week.
Mountain of debris cleared after report inMambalam Times
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By Our Staff ReporterThe 40-year-old banyan tree with a wide girth at the entrance
of the 2-wheeler parking stand outside Mambalam RailwayStation on Station Road provides shade for persons from thesweltering heat. Many persons take rest under the tree in theafternoon to escape from the hot sun.
Banyan tree outside railwaystation provides shade
By Our Staff ReporterVolunteers of Seva
prepared lunch and ‘chat‘items, and served them toinmates of Karuna Sagar(a home for terminally illpatients, advanced cancerpatients and palliativecare patients, Madura-voyal run by RMD Trust,T. Nagar) recently.
Yokesh (program co-ordinator) said that underthe project of ‘pop-up’, they
Seva volunteers prepare lunch for KarunaSagar inmates
cooked more than 10 dishes inthe kitchen of Karuna Sagar.This was a new experience forthe inmates, he added.
Dr. Republica Sridhar(Founder, RMD Trust) saidthat there are more than 50inmates. Anyone can visit
Karuna Sagar to celebratespecial occasions with theinmates. She can be contactedin phone 93810 16588.
Special poojas inGoshala onMonday, TuesdayBy Our Staff Reporter
Gho Samrakshana Sala (13,Kasi Viswanathar Koil Street,West Mambalam) has orga-nized special programs on May28 and 29 in Goshala as part ofSri Maha Periyava 125th
Jayanthi celebrations.The following is the program:May 28: 6 a.m: Sri Maha
May 29: 5 a.m: Sri MahaGanapathi homam, SriAvahanthi homam, specialabhishekam to Sri MayaPeriyava; 8 a.m: Gho pooja; 9a.m: Sri Navachandi yagam;12 noon: Poornahuthi; 12.30p.m: Special abhishekam anddeeparathanai to Sri MahaPeriyava; 1 p.m: Prasadamdistribution.
All are welcome.More details can be had in
98842 90540, 99520 89661and 98400 46649.
Special school offers scholarshipsBy Our Staff Reporter
Ananya Learning and Re-search Centre (ALRC) (1stlane, Vijayaraghava Road, T.Nagar, Opp Anjuman School),which offers special educationto children with learning diffi-culties, will reopen after thesummer holidays next month.
Admissions are open withscholarships offered.
ALRC is also a remediationcentre for children in the 6-12years age group who are takenout of mainstream schools.
According to a faculty mem-ber, the remediation programis conducted by a team of dedi-cated and trained special edu-
cators focused on building skills,channelizing energies and nur-turing innate talents of the childto ensure a smooth transitionto the mainstream school as aconfident and positive indi-vidual. He said that admissionto the remediation program indone after an assessment ofthe child’s strengths and weak-nesses using global stan-dardised assessment tools.
The program is offered for aperiod of one to two years de-pending on the child’s need,before initiation into a regularschool. An Individual Educa-tion Program (IEP) is preparedfor the child based on his/her
strengths and needs. It con-sists of skill building, need basedand activity oriented learning
Apart from academics, theschool focuses on the holisticdevelopment of the childthrough creative activities,arts and crafts, yoga, move-ment therapy, sensory inte-gration, developing concentra-tion and more.
Periodic meetings are con-ducted with parents where theyare updated on the child’sprogress and briefed on how tomonitor the child’s home workand assignments.
For more details, call ALRCin 99406 21463.
Program to bust myths onmenstruation todayBy Our Staff Reporter
To commemorate ‘Menstrual Hygiene Day’, Aval (the womenempowerment wing of Dhagam Foundation) has arranged aspecial program to clear the traditional myths aboutmenstruation, especially among men.
The program, titled ‘Who are all men’, will be held from 10.30a.m to 12.30 p.m on Sunday, May 27 in CD NayagamThyagaraya Nagar School, Venkatanarayana Road, T. Nagar.
All are welcome.For more details, call S. Meenakshi (Secretary, Dhagam
Foundation) in 99401 12116 or Govind Murugan (Convener) in88702 62513.
By RANDOR GUY
TAMIL CINEMA 75 -A LOOK BACK
TAMIL CINEMA AND MUSIC - 86PALAYAMKOTTAI OR BAI SISTERS
(P. S. RATNA BAI - P. S. SARASWATHI BAI)Another rich and influential Naattukottai Nagarathhar, P.
S. Sathappa Chettiar, a mill-owner of Coimbatore, acquiredMeenakshi Cinetone Studio in Adyar and renamed it as‘Sundaram Sound Studio’. He was the patron of the famoussisters P. S. Ratna Bai and P. S. Saraswathi Bai, known as the‘Bai Sisters’ or ‘Palayamkottai Sisters’.
The sisters were leading stars of the stage and householdnames in the Madras Presidency and surrounding areas. Theyentered movies thanks to Chettiar and acted in many filmsduring 1930-1940, mostly made in Sundaram Sound Studio.They always acted together, Ratna as heroine and Saraswathias vamp. Rarely did they act for outsiders and, when they did,they charged a fee of Rs. 25,000, a fortune in the 1930s. Theywould work only for 45 days and if the work spilled over for the46th day they had to be paid extra in advance! If the producerfailed to pay, the two would vanish in the night leaving no traceof even their perfume!
These Telugu-speaking Brahmin sisters of Tinnevelly (nowThirunelveli) were indeed tough ‘guys’! One of the few films theydid for outsiders was ‘Ratnavali’ (1935), an early AV. Meiyappanproduction made in Calcutta.
One of the major hits made by P. S. Sathappa Chettiar withthe Bai Sistersin partnership with another noted Coimbatore-based producer of the 1930s, A. N. Maruthachalam Chettiar,was ‘Bhama Vijayam’ (1934). A super bonanza, it introducedthe Carnatic music legend G. N. Balasubramaniam - GNB - tocinema as Sage Narada.
In the film credits, his name appeared as ‘Hutchins PlateFame Sangeetha Vidwan’ (Hutchins was a well knowngramophone recording company of that period and 78 rpmdiscs were then colloquially known as ‘plates’). Made at a costof Rs. 80,000,the movie earned Rs. 10 lakhs, a mega fortunein the early 1930s.
M. R. Krishnamurthy, popular singing stage and screen starof the 1930s, played Lord Krishna in this movie. He was thebrother of the legendary Carnatic musician MaharajapuramViswanatha Iyer. Ratna Bai was Rukmini, while her sisterSaraswathi Bai played Sathyabhama. ‘Bhama Vijayam’ had59 songs - quite a common feature in that period - and GNB sang10 of them. (One film of that period, ‘Sangeetha Lava Kusa’ had63 songs! )
In his review in Ananda Vikatan, ‘Kalki’ Ra. Krishnamurthysaid that the film was not a ‘talkie’ but a ‘paattie’ - a brilliantwordplay on ‘talkie’ and ‘paattu’(song in Tamil), (Till December1940, Kalki worked for the S. S. Vasan-owned magazine.)
Interestingly, GNB’s first song as Narada was“Balakanakamaya...’’ said to be the first composition of SaintThyagaraja in raga Atana! That was not all. Narada andKrishna sang a duet, again a composition by Thyagaraja inraga Thodi, “KotinadhuluDhanushkotilo...’
Then came the icing on the cake. The film ended with allcharacters singing in chorus “Jana Gana Mana...!’’, the firsttime that the latter day National Anthem was sung on screen!Narada and Krishna singing the compositions of Thyagarajaand Rabindranath Tagore! Anachronism? Maybe, but nobodycared about such literary niceties then nor do they even todayin Indian Cinema.
For the ‘Jana Gana Mana’ song there was a very valid reason- to arouse and awaken the Indian to fight for freedom. With arigid scissors-sharp film censorship in force, the filmmaker hadto resort to subtle and ingenious ways and means to spread themessage to the masses.
‘Bhama Vijayam’ was produced under the banner of ‘ChellamTalkies’, a well-known name in those days. (‘Chellam’ was thepet nameof Maruthachalam Chettiar!). The director was ManikLal Tandon. Sadly forgotten today, M. L. Tandon was a suc-cessful Tamil filmmaker of the yester-decades and the firstTamil filmmaker to receive formal training in cinema in America.He studied filmmaking at the famous USC (University ofSouthern California), Los Angeles.
He also worked in some of the major Hollywood studios andwas ‘Indian Affairs Consultant’ for Universal Studios andMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer. His classmate and intimate pal atUSC was EllisR. Dungan whom he ‘imported’into India! (Dunganpassed away some years ago in the U.S when he wasninetythree. ) (To be contiunued)
Sai bhajans onFridaysBy Our Staff Reporter
Sai bhajans are conductedon Fridays, from 6.15 p.m to7.15 p.m in Sri KrishnanTemple, Thanikachalam Road,Pondy Bazaar, T. Nagar. Allare welcome.
Now, a health mix withsprouted grainsBy Our Staff Reporter
S. Vijayalakshmi (resident of LIG Flats, 7th Avenue, AshokNagar), who markets a health mix, has introduced a new onewith sprouted grains (ragi, wheat, cumbu, moong dhal), almond,cashewnut etc. The mix can be used to make porridge forbreakfast.
She has been selling health mix with millets for three years.“Our customers who buy millet health mix want the product
with sprouted ingredients like ragi, wheat etc. So I haveintroduced the sprouted mix,” she told Mambalam Times.
Vijayalakshmi earlier attended a training program on milletproducts conducted by Tamilnadu Agriculture UniversityInformation & Training Centre.
“Millets are God’s gift for diabetics and they are hypertension-friendly too,” she said.
300 gm. and 500 gm. packs are available at her residence.She can be contacted in 97907 72370 / 2371 1835.
Damaged slabs blockcarriageway in Dhandapani
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Damaged interlocking slabs and debris removed frompavements have been dumped in a heap at the junction ofPinjala Subrmaniam Street and Dhandapani Street, T. Nagar.
They are blocking almost one half of the carriageway causingobstruction to motorists and pedestrians.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITORHelp Corporation maintain cleanliness
Sir, Chennai Corporation has placed garbage bins in each street for the residents to dumpwaste. The waste from the bins is transferred through compactor lorries to a dumping yard forsegregation and solid waste management.
As per the Chennai Corporation website, everyday 4500 tonnes of garbage is collected andremoved from Chennai. Night conservancy is being carried out in all important roads andcommercial areas of the city apart from the door to door collection of garbage.
It is every resident’s responsibility to extend co-operation, help and support to ChennaiCorporation by dumping the daily waste only in the garbage bins.
If the households and shop owners can segregate plastic waste, it will be of great help. Residentsand store owners, in their own interest and in the interest of a pollution free environment, mustensure that their neighbourhood is kept clean and green. It is rightly said that ‘Cleanliness isnext to Godliness’.
The photo shows the unhygienic condition of Guild Street, T. Nagar with garbage dumped onthe roadside, though the Corporation has kept two bins in the street.
I fervently appeal to Chennai Corporation to run awareness campaigns in residential areas,and also to introduce a system of fines like in Singapore for improper dumping of waste. V. S.Narayanaswamy. Motilal Street, T. Nagar.
Plea on ‘Kids Section’ timing in Circle LibrarySir, The ‘Kids section’ in Circle Library (11th Avenue, Ashok Nagar) is open from 10 a.m to
5 p.m which is not convenient for children.On school days, the children return home from 2.30 to 3.30 p.m. The ideal time for them to
visit the library will be after 5 p.m. Similarly, during the summer holidays, the preferred timeis after 4 p.m due to the scorching heat in the afternoon.
In view of the above, I request the library authorities to keep the ‘Kids Section’ open at leasttill 7 p.m. K. Srinivasan, K 76, CBI Staff Quarters, Bharathidasan Colony, K. K. Nagar,Ph: 99620 80127
Pat for Mambalam TimesSir, I am delighted that Mambalam Times has completed 23 years of service to the residents
of T. Nagar and West Mambalam and has so far distributed over 3.50 crore free copies. This is a great achievement. I appreciate the yeoman service offered to the neighbourhood
residents by Mambalam Times and wish it the very best in the years to come in its continuedquest for courageous, tireless and selfless journalism. V. S. Narayanaswamy Motilal Street,T. Nagar
Open manhole in Madley Roadposes danger
By Our Staff ReporterThe cover of the sewer manhole outside Madley Apartments, Madley
Road, T. Nagar, near Madley subway has caved in.An old telephone post and tree branches have been placed in the
opening to caution motorists and pedestrians.It poses a danger to road users due to poor visibility at night.
To protest against the rampantencroachment of roads and footpaths, a sectionof T. Nagar residents led by members of thePattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) staged a roadblockade on Masilamani Street on May 21.
The protesters met Corporation officials inT. Nagar and submitted a petition demandingthe removal of encroachments fromgovernment lands, roads and footpaths.
“We are unable to walk on the pavementsdue to the increasing encroachments. We hadsubmitted a petition to the officials earlier butno action was taken. The delay in clearing theencroachments forced us to stage the roadblockade,” said V. Arumugam, a PMKfunctionary who took part in the agitation.
He said that roads and footpaths nearNatesan Park are full of encroachments.Residents have complained about theencroachments on Kannadasan Street andVenkatanarayana Road as well, but there hasbeen no response from officials, he added.
OBITUARYT. R. RAJAGOPALAN
T. R. Rajagopalan (resident of 6/1, ThulukkanamStreet, West Mambalam. Ph: 2484 4626) passedaway on May 22. He was 91, and had been a residentof Mambalam for 46 years.
He had retired from Southern Railway.He is survived by his wife, 3 sons, 6 daughters,
grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
SAMPATHMALSA CHORDIASampathmalsa Chordia (resident of 8, Nana Street,
T. Nagar) passed away on May 17. He was 71, and hadbeen a resident of T. Nagar for 4 years.
He is survived by his elder brothers Sardarmal andRanjithmal, sons Pannalal and Gumbhir, andgrandchildren.
Sai bhajans on FridaysBy Our Staff Reporter
Sai bhajans are conducted on Fridays, from6.15 p.m to 7.15 p.m in Sri Krishnan Temple,Thanikachalam Road, Pondy Bazaar, T.Nagar. All are welcome.
N. RAMASWAMYN. Ramaswamy (resident of 159, 94th Street, 15th Sector,
K. K. Nagar) passed away on May 16.He was 84, and had been a resident of K. K. Nagar since
1969. He retired as Audit Officer of AG’s office.He was a member of Rotary Club of K. K. Nagar.He is survived by his wife V. Balambal (Former Professor
of History, University of Madras), son Rajkumar, daughterNandini Rajshekar and grandchildren.
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K.K. NAGAR, 5, MaithriFlat, Flat C, PT Rajan Road,2nd floor, near Bus Terminus,1050 sq.ft, 3 bedrooms,kitchen, dining, lift, balcony,wood work, water heater,Brahmins/pure vegetarians,rent Rs. 19000, no brokers.Ph: 90032 92976.
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Under the auspices of Ramakrishna MissionAshrama (5, Maharaja Santhanam Salai, T.Nagar), Swami Satyaprabhananda will give adiscourse on Bhagavad Gita in Tamil at 5.30p.m, on Sunday, May 27 in the Ashram’s pre-mises. All are welcome.
For more details, call 2814 3896.
MambalamPolice Stationgets solarpanels
Seven large solarpanels have beeninstalled on the terraceof Mambalam PoliceStation, T. Nagar. Theytogether gene-rateabout 7 kilo watt ofelectricity per day.
They are maintainedby the Tamil Nadu PoliceHousing Cor-poration.
The power gener-ated will meet around15% of the power cons-umed in two months.
Mambalam policestation is the first policestation in Chennai to tapsolar power to meet itsenergy needs.
Vacant plot misused fordumping garbage
By Our Staff ReporterA vacant plot near the bus stop on Burkit
Road, T. Nagar is being misused as a dumpingground for garbage.
Some nearby residents complained that theplot has also been converted into an open toiletand its unhygienic condition poses a danger tothem.
Talk on Thiru Arutpaon TuesdayBy Our Staff Reporter
Under the auspices of Vallalar SanmargaSangam (V.O.C Street, MGR Nagar, Ph: 9445343706), Dhanalakshmi Sathishraj will give adiscourse on ‘Thiru Arutpa-põ 裼‡ò‹’ onTuesday, May 29, at 6 p.m, in Sakthi VinayagarTemple (P. T. Rajan Salai, K. K. Nagar).
All are welcome.
Busy junction in K. K.Nagar remains unpaved
The busy Alagirisamy Salai andLakshmanasamy Salai junction in K. K. Nagarremains unpaved even after the MetrowaterDept. completed its work three months back.
It had dug the road to replace damagedunderground pipes. After the work wascompleted, the trench was not closed properly.
The uneven surface, with loose gravel andpotholes, is causing problems for motorists.
“I try and avoid the junction and take adetour,” said Ramesh, a resident of 6th Avenue.The junction is not only dangerous to ride on,but has also become a dust bowl, he added.
Will the Corporation officials take immediatesteps to relay the junction?
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By OurStaff Reporter
Vendors have againstarted encroaching on theroad margin next to the en-trance to Corporation GirlsSchool (Usman Road, T.Nagar). It is causing incon-venience to the students andstaff of the school duringopening and closing hours.
P. Padma (Headmistress)told Mambalam Times that
Vendors back outside Corporation GirlsSchool
the encroachments outside theschool were evicted recently,and the defaced school wallswere repainted with slogans.
Even barricades were installedon the pavement to preventencroachment.
But the encroachments
have started to reappear.She has requested the offi-
cials concerned to take imme-diate action and evict the en-croachments.
Free eye check-upon FridayBy Our Staff Reporter
Jaimaa Charitable Trust(Vadapalani) and SriBhuvaneswari CharitableTrust (K. K. Nagar) have jointlyorganized free eye check-upfrom 9.30 a.m to 12.30 p.m onFriday, June 1 in Sathya Mahal(Lake View Road, WestMambalam).
Doctors from SankaraNethralaya will examine thepatients. Participants willundergo vision, eye pressureand retinal imaging tests.
Those detected withcataract can avail of freesurgery
For registration, call 9940030939 or 98407 87957.
By Our Staff ReporterMost shops remained closed
in the neighbourhood on May25 following the State-widedawn-to-dusk bandh called byDMK and other parties in pro-
Shops down shutters in support of bandh
test against police action inTuticorin this week in which 13persons were killed and sev-eral injured.
Almost all the shops inRanganathan Street, Usman
Road and Pondy Bazaar re-mained closed. No untowardincidents were reported.
This photo was taken out-side the MTC terminus onUsman Road.
By Our StaffReporter
Kittu Park (Ellai-amman Koil Street,West Mambalam)has remained closedfor close to 6 monthsas renovation is inprogress.
A Corporation of-ficial told Mambalam Times that itwill be reopened soon.
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Kittu Park renovation nearing completion
He said that the walkers’path has been relaid with rail-ings on both sides.
The other work carried outincludes improving children’splay area and fitness zone withnew apparatus, enhancinggreenery, improving securityby installing CCTV cameras,and beautifying the wallswith paintings of birds andanimals
According to a nearby resi-dent, most of the regular parkusers now go to other nearbyparks for daily morning andevening exercises.
Discourses on ‘Saisath Saritha’By Our Staff Reporter
Under the auspices of Sri Shirdi Sai Meditation Mandir (6,Sarojini Street, T. Nagar) there are discourses on ‘Sri SaisathSaritha’ at 6.30 p.m on Sundays in its premises.
T. Thiruvalluvan (Founder) told Mambalam Times thatmass spiritual healing is conducted at 7.30 p.m on Thursdaysand Sundays.
All are welcome.More details can be had in phones 2643 2323, 4212 5118 and
