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Sai bhajan programs in T. Nagar andMambalam
Sri Sathya Sai Samiti conducts Sai bhajans every week in thefollowing venues in T. Nagar and 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 Ranganathan Street): Wednesdays,
6 p.m.Muthumaari Amman Temple, South Boag Road: Mondays, 6.30 p.mMambalam:12A/27, Thambiah Road, West Mambalam: Saturdays, 5.15 p.m.Vallabha Ganapathy Temple, Arya Gowda Road, West Mambalam:
Fridays, 6.30 p.m.Murugashramam, Srinivasa Pillai Street, West Mambalam: Second
Tuesdays, 6 p.m.For registration, please call 94456 11333 or 94447 73926.All are welcome.The Samiti also sells books on Sai literature and CDs of Sai bhajans.
Free pranic healing todayGMCKS Pranic Healing Center (2nd Floor, 9/
6, Mahadevan Street, West Mambalam) willconduct a free pranic healing program from 1p.m to 5 p.m on Sunday, Nov. 20 in its pre-mises.
Those suffering from arthritis, BP, asthma,back pain, diabetes, stress, fear, depressionand addiction can benefit from the program.
More details can be had in 97104 03992 /2371 5038.
Hundreds attend TulasiKalyana Utsavam
Hundreds of devotees participated in theTulasi Damodhara Kalyana Utsavam orga-nized by Hanuman Mathaji (Founder,Sanjeevini Peetam, West Mambalam) inInfosys Hall, Sri Ramakrishna MatriculationSchool, T. Nagar on Nov. 11 for the 32nd con-secutive year.
More details can be had in www.sanjeevinipeetam.com Program in Ramana Bhaktha Samajam
on SundaysSri Ramana Baktha Samajam, West Mambalam (BVSN Moorthy School,
Thambiah Road, West Mambalam) conducts the following program onSundays:
5 p.m: Veda paarayanam5.30 p.m: Ramana Maha-rishi’s Aksharamanamalai.6 p.m: Discourse. All are welcome. More details can be had in phone
94441 72623. Special pooja is conducted and prasadam distributed amongspecial children at 11.30 a.m on Ramana Maharishi’s birth star day(Punarpoosam).
Free Veda classeson Sundays
Veda Vidhta Samithi, West Mambalam con-ducts free Veda and Surya Namaskaram classesat 6.30 p.m on Sundays in Murugasramam, Sta-tion Road. West Mambalam. Previous knowledgeof Veda or Sanskrit is not essential. Beginnerswill be guided through graded lessons. Interestedpersons can register at the venue.
KSerpentine queues still at banks,ATMs a week after demonetisation
By Our Staff ReporterEven a week after demone-
tisation, long queues can beseen outside banks and postoffices for exchanging thedemonetised Rs. 500 and Rs.1,000 notes. There are longqueues even outside ATMs forwithdrawing cash.
Most ATMs ran dry within afew hours of loading cash andremained closed for most partof the day.
Doe to shortage of Rs. 100and other lower denomination
By Our StaffReporter
Rotary Club ofChennai Towersand RadhatriNethralaya (12,Hindi PracharaSabha Street, T.Nagar) jointly re-leased a pamphleton ‘DiabeticRetinopathy’ tospread awarenessabout blindingcaused by diabe-
Pamphlet on ‘Diabetic Retinopathy’ released
tes under their ‘Project RA-DAR’ (Radhatri NethralayaDiabetic Retinopathy Projectin Association with Rotary) onthe occasion of World DiabetesDay on Nov 14.
Dr. Vasumathy Vedantham(Medical Director) said that thetheme for this year’s WorldDiabetes Day was ‘Eyes on
Diabetes’. The pamphlet wasreleased by Natarajan Nagoji(Rotary District Governor).
She said that public educa-tion was important as India isthe diabetic capital of theworld, with the maximum num-ber of diabetic patients and therisk of diabetic retinopathyincreasing two-fold every five
years, she added.The pamphlet can be ob-
tained by sending an email [email protected] or can be collected in per-son from Radhatri Nethra-laya.
More details can be had inphones 2433 2229, 2431 1550and 94454 38681.
Hundreds of devotees wore‘Tulasi malas’ in Sri AyyappaSannidhi, Sri Sastha Sangam,89, Ponnambalam Salai, K. K.Nagar on Nov. 16 (1st day ofKarthigai month).
Committee members ofSastha Sangam said that hun-dreds of devotees are visitingthe temple daily for wearingthe mala for Sabarimala pil-grimage.
They said that Gurusamisare available for ‘irumudi’ andall items for the pilgrimage areavailable in the temple.
The following are the detailsof the daily program till Jan.15:
Nannilam Vai RajagopalaGanapadigal (publisher andeditor of Vaithikasri, a Tamilmagazine) will give a talk inTamil on the significance of‘Kalabhairava - a fearsomemanifestation of Lord Shiva’from 3 p.m to 5 p.m on Sunday,Nov. 20 in Ayodhya Mandapam(Arya Gowda Road, WestMambalam).
It will be followed by an inter-active session on spiritualmatters. All are welcome.
His contact number is 24893077.
The NCC wing of JawaharVidyalaya, Ashok Nagar cel-ebrated NCC Week by con-ducting awareness programson rainwater harvesting andvigilance in the school’s pre-mises on Nov. 4.
NCC Week celebrated in JawaharVidyalaya
Karthik Ravichandran, ex-NCC cadet of the school andwinner of the ‘All India BestNavy Cadet’ award for 2016,was the chief guest.
The NCC students ofMuthialpet Higher Secondary
School, Thambu Chetty Streetalso participated.
They marched along nearbystreets holding placards.
An oratorical competition onvigilance awarenees was heldfor the students.
notes, most banks could only give Rs. 2,000 notes. The photoshows a physically challenged person displaying a Rs.2,000note he received in exchange after waiting in queue for morethan 2 hours outside T. Nagar Head Post Office on Nov. 17.
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Chandi Homam in Sankara MutttomorrowBy Our Staff Reporter
‘Krishna Paksha Chandi Homam’ will be performed at 6.30p.m on Monday, Nov. 21 in Sankara Mutt (West Mambalam).
For more details, contact R.Sridharan Iyer in 9841097300.
All are welcome.
By Our Staff ReporterP. Raman (Founder, Daasya,
NGO, Ashok Nagar) organizeda free yoga session for the stu-dents of Government GirlsHigher Secondary School,Ashok Nagar on Nov.14.
R. C. Saraswathy (Headmis-tress) told Mambalam Times
Daasya organizes free yogain Govt. Girls School
that more than 3500 studentsattended the session.
She said that Siva Rishi(Yoga master, Swami Siva-nanda Yoga Center) will con-duct regular classes for thestudents in the school.
Cipla (a leading pharmaceutical company), under its‘Breather Free’ project, has organized free asthma check-upfrom 9.30 a.m to 12.30 p.m on Wednesday, Nov. 23 in 6, MelonyRoad, T. Nagar. Dr. P. Kannan will examine the patients.
Anyone suffering from asthmatic symptoms like chroniccough, breathing difficulty, wheezing on even mild exertion,allergy and other related problems can undergo check-up.
For more details, visit the website www.breathefree.com.
Samashti Gayathrihomam in SankaraMutt todayBy Our Staff Reporter
The monthly SamashtiGayathri homam will beperformed from 6 a.m onSunday, Nov. 20 in SankaraMutt (West Mambalam).
For more details, contact R.Sridharan Iyer in 9841097300. All are welcome.
Nirmala Ravi (resident ofMettupalayam, West Mam-balam) and her troupe havebeen reciting ‘Thiruvasagam’in temples, households andother venues for several years.
She also presents LalithaSahasranaamam, AbhiramiAnthathi, Thirupugazh andother spiritual songs.
Nirmala told MambalamTimes that she also singsreligious songs on invitation inhomes on auspicious occa-sions.
Tamil Cinema Music 31The first known instance of the use of playback in Tamil
Cinema took place in 1938 in ‘Nandakumar’. The film wasproduced in Poona (now Pune) as a partnership venture inMarathi and Tamil with the later day Indian movie mogul AV.Meiyappan as the partner of the Tamil version.
The film was directed by well known cameraman and Marathifilmmaker Keshav Rao Dhaibar.
The cast included T. R. Mahalingam (his film debut), T. P.Rajalakshmi, C.V.V. Panthulu , T. S. Rajalakshmi, T.R.Ramachandran (his debut) and others. It was the first film formany of them. Helping Dhaibar for the Tamil version in thescript and direction was another newcomer, later the notedwriter-director and producer, A. T. Krishnaswamy (ATK). Thetalented but sadly underrated film music composer, S. V.Venkataraman also came into films with ‘Nandakumar’.
The ‘kid’ Krishna was played by ‘Master’ Sethuraman. Later,as Madurai Sethuraman, he made a mark as the singer fornoted Bharathanatyam dancers and toured all over the world.(A good pal of this writer, he passed away some years ago.) T.R. Mahalingam played the ‘boy’ Krishna and became a starwith his very first film.
A song sung by the actress playing Krishna’s mother Devakiwas not up to mark and Meiyappan, ATK, Dhaibar and otherswere disappointed with the quality of her singing. Understand-ably they were eager to re-shoot the sequence with some otherstar but, for many reasons, it was not feasible.
Meiyappan and others thought hard and then came up withan innovative idea. Why not replace only the sound track withanother voice and shoot the song with the actress moving onlyher lips in ‘sync’? (The movie world lingo for ‘synchronization’).AVM gave the go-ahead signal and a prominent classicalCarnatic musician based in Bombay, Lalitha Venkataraman,was brought in and she sang that song. The scene was re-shotwith the actress moving her lips to the Bombay musician’ssinging. And, lo, the playback system was born in Tamil cinemaand Meiyappan made South Indian film history! And LalithaVenkataraman earned the credit of being the first playbacksinger in Tamil cinema.
Even after playback system became established and thepre-recording of songs before the shoot became technicallypossible, the songs were sung by the artistes themselves andnot by off-screen voice-lending playback singers. One of theearliest of off -screen singers was V. R. Dhanam (sister of thenoted stage, screen and TV star, late lamented V.Gopalakrishnan). The famed filmmaker of his day, Sundar RaoNadkarni (He made films like ‘Haridas’, ‘ Shantha Sakkubai’,‘En Manaivi’, ‘Krishna Vijayam’, ‘ Sudarshan’, and ‘Mahadevi’.)recorded a song for ‘Sakkubai’ (1939) which he picturised on T.S. Krishnaveni.
Another classical Carnatic musician who sang in filmsbehind the screen during late 1930s was the great exponent andstar performer D. K. Pattammal. Her rendering of an emotion-ally charged patriotic song written by celebrated Tamil writerand journalist, ‘Kalki’ ( Ra. Krishnamurthy) and composed byPapanasam Sivan, ‘ Desa Sevai Seyya Vaareer…’, in the Tamilfilm classic ‘Thyaga Bhoomi’ (1939) became very popular,reflecting the mood of the times when the atmosphere wascharged with Indian Freedom Movement.
Interestingly, this song was not issued as a gramophonerecord along with the other songs of the film, and was broughtout later as a private disc by DKP with no mention of the originof the song. The producers were afraid that the record might bebanned by the then British Indian rulers!
Other playback singers from the world of classical musicinclude (Radha) Jayalakshmi, K. J. Yesudas, MangalampalliBalamuralikrishna, P. Leela, and M. L. Vasanthakumari. Sheappeared on screen in a scene in R. S. Mani’s ‘Krishna Bhakthi’(1948) singing s a song in a concert in a king’s court. She lookedslim and very attractive in that scene! (To be continued)
Free introductory class onwestern danceBy Our Staff Reporter
Maven Art Academy (23/10F, Rathinammal Street,Rangarajapuram Main Road, Kodambakkam) will conduct afree 1-hour introductory class on ‘Western Dance’ for girlsabove 13 years at 6.15 p.m on Nov. 19 and 9 a.m on Nov. 20.
For registration, contact 2483 0787, 98404 73664.
Discourse on ‘MeiporulNayanar Puranam’ on Monday
Panampattu Ravichandran Ganapathidasan will give adiscourse on ‘Meiporul Nayanar Puranam’ from 6.45 p.m to8.15 p.m on Monday, Nov. 21 in Kasi Viswanathar Temple(Kuppaiah Street, West Mambalam). All are welcome
More details can be had in 92836 00628.
Devotional programs in SasthaSangam till Nov. 30
Bhajans and other religious programs are being held daily at7.30 p.m and will continue till Nov. 30 in Sri Sastha Sangam(89, Ponnambalam Salai, K. K. Nagar).
The following are program details till Nov. 25:Nov. 18: Bhajans by Pinna-vasal Balu and party.Nov. 19: Bhajans by D. T. Dorairaj and party.Nov. 20: Bhajans by Sri Ayyappa Baktha Bhajan and Bala
Murali group.Nov. 21: Vocal concert by Palakkad G. Ramanathan
Santhana Gopal.Nov. 22: Harikatha on Ayodhaya Kandam by students of
Suprabhatha Sabha.Nov. 23: Harikatha by Swetha Krishnan and Shuveha
Kannan.Nov. 24: Discourse on Sri Ramanujar by B. Krishnan and
Vishwajit.Nov. 25: Devotional songs by Hari Krupa Mandali.All are welcome. More details can be had in 2366 2395 and
95000 91367.
By Our StaffReporter
W h e nM a m b a l a mTimes reporterwas taking a photoof a fallen BSNLjunction box rest-ing on the com-pound wall of abuilding onR a g h a v i a hStreet, WestMambalam onNov. 15, he wasaccosted by aBSNL workerpassing by. When
BSNL re-erects junction boxafter assurance to Mambalam
Bhama Krishnan will conduct a free 16-day Narayaneeyamcourse from Monday, Nov. 21 in Rajparis Apartments, 38/4,Neelakanta Metha Street, T. Nagar.
The classes will be conducted from 3 p.m to 6 p.m fromMonday to Friday.
The 1036 Narayaneeyam Sanskrit slokas with Tamilmeanings will be taught.
For enrolment, contact Saratha Chandrasekaran in 9444551491.
Free talk on ‘GoverningBusiness and Relationship’next Saturday
Under the auspices of Vedanta Institute (Madras), R.Aravindan will give a free talk on ‘Governing Business andRelationship’ on Saturday, Nov. 26, from 10 a.m to 11.15 a.min Hotel Pratap Plaza, 168, Kodambakkam High Road,Mahalingapuram.
He will speak on the concepts of fundamental values, workethics, stress management, productivity, leadership and timemanagement. All are welcome. For registration,contact Chithra Sundarrajan in 98404 93904.
the reporter explained that he was taking the picture forpublication in Mambalam Times, the man promised immedi-ate action to set right the junction box.
When the reporter visited the spot the next day he found thejunction box back in the right position.
Condemned tempo lyingon road margin
Tamil play on Sathya SaiBaba’s life on WednesdayBy Our Staff Reporter
To commemorate the 91st birth anniversary of Sri SathyaSai Baba, a Tamil play ‘Sathya Sai Baba Arpudangal’, basedon his life and miracles, will be staged at 6 p.m on Wednesday,Nov. 23 in Mylapore Fine Arts Club, 45, Musiri Subra-maniamRoad, Mylapore.
The drama, to be presented under the auspices of Kartik FineArts, has been produced and directed by the renowned thespianS. Shivpprasadh, a resident of Bagirathiammal Street, T.Nagar.
The play is dedicated to the memory of his grandparentsSubramaniya Iyer and Rajalakshmi, who were staunch devo-tees of Sathya Sai Baba.
All are welcome.
By Our Staff ReporterA tempo in broken down condition has been lying on the
margin of Adi Kesava Perumal Koil Street, West Mambalamfor several days.
Free Veda classesduring weekends
Free Veda classes are con-ducted from 6.30 a.m to 7.30 a.mon Saturdays and Sundays inKrishna Gana Sabha, Mahara-japuram Santhanam Salai, T.Nagar. More details can be hadin phone 98843 05676.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUSmeets at 7 p.m on Fridays & Sundays:Kesari School, Dr. Giriappa Road
(near Teynampet Signal).
Four injuredin fire in SaravanaSelavarathinamStores
Four workers suffered inju-ries when a fire broke out in thekitchen of Saravana Selva-rathinam Store in T. Nagar onNov. 15. Police said a gas leak ledto the accident.
A case was registered.
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“Paradise Lost”No child living in a Rs. 3-crore house (aglut with all the best
the world has produced to make a man a snob) can tell hiswealthy father that he does not want to learn ‘Kathakali’,especially when he is three months short of three years.That’s impudence. The anguished father complained to methat obedience is no longer a filial response.
“But did you prepare the tiny chap for the idea with storiesof Casablanca and Parasurama? That is the foundation ofall obedience...nothing like sowing the seeds of the idea withsuch asinine examples”.
“Who is Casablanca? I know Parasurama, the old warriorwho reclaimed Kerala from the sea with his axe”.
You can’t blame a chap (who had smuggled himself to theGulf at 16) for not knowing who Casablanca is. “Never mindthat imbecile, who did not have the common sense to runwhen the ship was on fire. The point here is this: Why do youwant a 2-year-old boy to submit to any discipline and why forheaven’s sake that fearsome outfit ‘Kathakali’? And whyany coaching at all at this tender age? Let him be in hisparadise for some time”.
“You are a fine one; he is going to the Carnatic musicteacher at 6:30 in the morning; at 7:15 the violin class akilometre from there; at 8 the Kuchipudi master comeshome. He is free after 8:45 until 9:30 when the school buscomes for his kindergarten. I am only asking the idiot to takeKathakali at 3 until his Karate class at 3:30. He has theentire evening after 7 to play. Is it asking too much...?” Hisbrows corrugated.
“You are letting the child idle for almost 3 hours! A badthing... Why don’t you send him for computer classes? It hasits own languages... Cobol, Fortran. No child worth his bibshould be a computer nincompoop at the ripe old age of threeyears. What would your neighbours say!”
“You are telling me...I have asked a French teacher to fillin at 4:15 until 5 from tomorrow... And what do you think ofGerman?”
“The very thought I had! Very useful for engineeringstudies. Don’t you think he is still lisping? German is hard onthe tongue. Let’s keep if for his fourth birthday — no doubtyou have drafted the University Reader in Malayalam toteach him his mother-tongue...The child deserves it from anygood parent.”
“How naive you are! I toured England once and wasamazed at the fluency of the even one-year olds in English.You don’t think my child should be less smart speaking onlyMalayalam at home! No. I got Professor Higgins to teach mymother and wife to speak English like a native of London. NoMalayalam or Tamil.”
“Good tennis wants them young. 5 pm to 6 pm ideal fortennis; get Leander. 6 pm to 7 pm is blank. How can youwaste it? I suppose you have allotted into ‘childhood’, his ownGod-given fleeting programme! Bonded labour seems a pic-nic”.
“Wrong, man...that’s when the Quiz wizard comes in withgeneral knowledge, and magic lessons...” His pride wasenviable.
“Friend Kuripkaalan, I suggest you let him have 30 min-utes ‘Childhood’ in the Kathakali-slot. I want to see theguinea pig. He can be saved from such cruel parents only bythe S.P.C.A”
By Our Staff ReporterPurnima Sriraman (Direc-
tor, Sri Chandra MudhraInstitution for Bharatana-
tyam, 22, 48th Street, AshokNagar) was conferred the titleof ‘Taranga Padama’ during thedance festival held inTakshashila NrityakalaMandir in Mumbai on Nov. 13.
She has been teachingBharatanatyam for severalyears. Her contact number is90030 70672.
Title for danceteacher
By Our Staff ReporterThe name board of Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan Road, which
toppled over several weeks back, was found lying near thegarbage bin outside Prem Colony on the same road on Nov.17.
Fallen street name board lyingnear garbage bin
‘Vani KalaSudhakara’title for 5By Our Staff Reporter
Thyaga Brahma GanaSabha, T. Nagar will confer‘Vani Kala Sudhakara’ title on3 leading musicians, a danceexponent and a stage artisteon the inaugural day, Dec. 9, ofits 37th music festival.
The title, which also carriesa cash component of Rs. 1 lakh,will be given to vocalist SugunaVaradachari, violin vidwanVittal Ramamurthy, mridan-gam vidwan Madras A.Kannan, bharatanatyamexponent Alarmel Valli andtheater artiste T.S.B.K. Mouli.
All are welcome.
Talk on ‘Emotionalwellbeing’ today
Satya Pranava Yogi will givea talk on ‘Emotional wellbeing’at 5 p.m on Sunday, Nov. 20 inMahamayi Atma Mandir,3rd Street, Postal Colony, WestMambalam. All are welcome.
More details can be had in95000 64319.
TNSTC to conductmaths talent testfor school students
Tamilnadu Science andTechnology Centre (TNSTC)will conduct its annual ‘Mathstalent test’ on Sunday, Dec. 4at 11 a.m in Periyar Scienceand Technology Centre (4,Gandhi Mandapam Road,Kotturpuram).
The 90-minute test is opento students of Stds. 5, 6, 7 and8. The last date for registra-tion is Wednesday, Nov. 30.
The questions in the test willbe based on pattern recogni-tion in numbers and figures.
The cash prizes are Rs.5,000 for first rank, Rs. 2,000each for two 2nd ranks, Rs. 1,000each for three 3rd ranks and Rs.500 each for the following 20ranks.
For registration and otherdetails, contact P. Iyamperu-mal in 2441 0025.
By Our StaffReporter
A broken concretestreet light post on11th Avenue, AshokNagar fell across thepavement a fort-night back.
It is yet to be re-moved and is block-ing the way for pe-destrians.
The top half of thelight post had bro-ken and fallen off acouple of yearsback.
Broken light post falls on pavement
A vinyl banner in Tamil displayed outside Mandavalli Amman Koil (Jawaharlal Nehru Road,Vadapalani), which is under renovation, says that old Rs.500 and Rs.1000 notes can bedeposited in the hundi inside the temple.
The banner also states that the funds will be utilised for renovation of the temple.
Temple under renovation acceptsRs. 500/1000 as donation
By Our Staff ReporterAbout Rs. 3 crores in
value of demonetised Rs.500 and Rs. 1000 notesare being exchangeddaily by members of thethe public in T. NagarHead Post Office onSivagnanam Road, T.Nagar. A special counterhas been opened in thepost office to exchangethe notes between 10 a.mand 8 p.m.
Rs. 3 crores exchanged daily inT. Nagar post office since demonetisation
Sewage water has been overflowing from the manholechamber and accumulating in Bharathidasan Road, K. K.Nagar, near RTO office for several weeks.
It is giving out a foul smell and poses a health hazard topassers-by and nearby residents. The residents have cut achannel in the road to divert the overflowing sewage water intothe storm water drain running along the road margin.
Sewage water let into stormwater drain in Bharathidasan
Road
Nikhil’s vocalconcert on Nov. 27By Our Staff Reporter
To celebrate the 91st birth-day of Rajalakshmi Partha-sarathy (Founder and Dean,PSBB Group of Institutions,popularly known as Mrs. YGP),Nikhil Shankar will present aCarnatic vocal concert at 4p.m on Nov. 27 in BharatKalachar, Thirumalai PillaiRoad, T. Nagar.
R.B.V.S. Manian will give atalk on ‘Saffronisation ofEducation’ at 4 p.m onSaturday, Nov. 26 inAlamelumangai KalyanaMandapam, 16, Radha-krishnan Street, T. Nagar.
All are welcome.
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ISKCON programs inneighbourhood
International Society for Krishna Conscious-ness (ISKCON) conducts programs in the fol-lowing venues:
Residence of Priya (1075, MunuswamyNaidu Salai, K. K. Nagar, Ph: 94440 63643): 7p.m to 9 p.m on Mondays: ‘Bhakti Vriksha’;8.30 a.m to 9.30 a.m from Monday to Satur-day: Srimad Bhaga-vadham classes.
Residence of S.Sowjanya (A-6, AshokVihar Apartments, 21/20, 11th Avenue,Ashok Nagar, Ph:94452 12281): 7 p.mto 9 p.m on Tuesdays:‘Bhakti Vriksha’.
Residence of Venk-ataraman (D-1,Mangala Flats, 1stFloor, 5, 43rd Street,Ashok Nagar, Ph:96770 97338): 7 p.mto 9 p.m on Thursdays:‘Bhakti Vriksha’.
All are welcome.
Vacant house used for nefariousactivities
By Our StaffReporter
A vacanthouse in dilapi-dated conditionon Model HouseRoad, T. Nagaris being used bymiscreants fornefarious activi-ties. The compo-und wall was de-molished recently and the debris has been dumped in the plot.
According to nearby residents, the plot and house are not beingmaintained properly by the owner.
“There is no security which makes it easy for antisocial elements tomisuse the building and the plot for nefarious activities”, said a resident.
Thakkar Bapa Academy to conductstorytelling sessions in schools
LETTER TO THE EDITORDrinking water contamination in Arya Gowda Road
Sir, Residents of Arya Gowda Road, near Srinivasa Street junction,have been suffering from drinking water contamination for the past tendays. Metrowater workers say that the contamination is probably dueto leakage from drainage pipes in Srinivasa Street where some workwas carried out recently.
Two days back, we closed the sump valve, removed the contami-nated water and cleaned the sump. On refilling, the water again stinks.We are unable to use it for domestic purposes due to the health hazard.
We appeal to Metrowater officials to immediately find the cause forthe water contamination and rectify the same. B. V. Natarajan, AryaGowda Road, West Mambalam
By Our Staff ReporterThakkar Bapa Academy Free
School will launch its ‘Katha onRatha’ program for school studentson Thursday, Nov. 24 in its pre-mises in Thakkar Bapa Vidyalaya(58, Venkatanarayana Road, T.Nagar),.
S. Pandian (President, ThakkarBapa Vidyalaya Samithi) toldMambalam Times that ‘Katha onRatha’ program is conducted inschools to inculcate the book read-ing habit in children.
The books (Tamil and English),loaned by the participating pub-lishers Pratham, Eurekabooks and
Tulika, will be made available tothe school through the Vidyalaya’smobile library.
The participating schools willhave to allocate a minimum of twohours a week for the program.
The teachers nominated by theschool will be trained in storytellingtechniques.
The program will help improveEnglish/Tamil language, phonics,vocabulary and fluency in the stu-dents.
For more details about the pro-gram, school heads may contactthe Thakar Bapa Vidyalaya in2434 3302.
Sai Seva Chakra conducts freeVeda classes
Sri Sai Seva Chakra (15, Bharathi Street, West Mambalam) conductsfree Veda, bhajans and sloka classes on Sundays in its premises from3.30 p.m to 4.30 p.m.
It also conducts these classes in the following venues.On Saturdays and Sundays from 6.30 a.m to 7.30 a.m in Sri Krishna
Gana Sabha, Maharajapuram Santhanam Salai, T. Nagar.On Mondays, Wednesdays and Tuesdays from 5 p.m to 6 p.m in
Sarva Priya Ganapathi Temple (Moorthy Street Extension, 7th Avenue,Ashok Nagar). On Mondays and Thursdays from 8 p.m to 9 p.m in No15, Bharathi Street, West Mambalam.
All are welcome. More details can be had in phone 98843 05676.
Cable drums dumped in unusedCorporation health center
By Our StaffReporter
The com-pound of the oldC o r p o r a t i o nHealth Center inPer iyarsamyStreet, EthirajNagar, WestMambalam isbeing used by theEB for dumpingcable drums.
The health
center was shifted to Raghava Reddy Colony, Jafferkhanpet someyears back.
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WEST MAMBALAM, RajuStreet, 1260 sq.ft, UDS 672sq.ft, 4 bedrooms flat, hall,kitchen, covered car park,ground floor, 14 years. Rs.8,800 per sq.ft. Ph: 9600022464
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T.NAGAR, Old 57/2, New4, Moosa Street, independenthouse, 1st floor, 1200 sq.ft, 2bedrooms, both bathattached, hall, modular kit-chen, dining, storeroom, ser-vice verandah, balcony, inve-rter, 2 split A/cs, lift, 24 hourswater supply, open car park,vegetarians, no brokers. RentRs. 26,000. Ph: 98414 44371
T.NAGAR, 15, Dr.Sadashivam Road, near busterminus and station, 2bedrooms house, families andworking women welcome,vegetarians preferred, nobrokers. Ph: 94445 76709
WEST MAMBALAM, 18,Lake View Road, opp. ManiRajam Mahal, near railwaystation, single bedroom, 500sq.ft, 2nd floor, only smallBrahmin family, no brokers.Ph: 98417 71835.
T.NAGAR, 38/7A, BurkitRoad, near Bus Stand, 510sq.ft, split A/c, single bedroom,hall, kitchen, balcony,attached western toilet, rentRs. 10,500, advance 6months, for families/office,bachelors. Vimal, 94441 16320
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Calling volunteers for freeservice in TirumalaBy Our Staff Reporter
Sevas (Pallavaram) sends volunteers toTirumala for a week-long free service startingon Mondays and ending on Sundays. Physi-cally fit men and women below 60 years arewelcome to volunteer. The travelling expensehas to be borne by the volunteers. Accommo-dation, lunch and dinner will be provided free ofcost. Those interested can call 78455 58334 or94449 01138.
Woman in distressreunitedwith family by Udavum
KarangalBy Our
StaffReporterA l m o s t
10 monthsafter awoman indistress wasrescued byU d a v u mK a r a g a l ,she was re-united withher sister’sfamily onOct. 23.
In December last year, during the floods, adistressed woman in an almost nude state wasspotted sitting by herself near a water tank ina park in Valasaravakkam.
When the information reached UdavumKarangal, a team immediately rushed to thespot, rescued her and bought her to UdavumKarangal.
After several days of counselling, she in-formed her name as Lakshmi and that she hastwo sons studying in Trichy, but could not recalltheir names or addresses.
Doctors who examined her found that shehad gone through severe physical abuse andwas also diagnosed with schizophrenia.
After prolonged therapy, her condition gotstabilized. In the meantime the NGO had gath-ered information about her family. Her hus-band had committed suicide which had sent herinto depression. Due to her mental instability,she had been abandoned by her in-laws.
On Oct. 23, Madhavi, her sister, came withher husband to Udavum Karangal. Lakshmiwas very happy to meet her sister and to gohome with her.
Discourses on ‘SaisathSaritha’By Our Staff Reporter
Under the auspices of Sri Shirdi Sai Medita-tion Mandir (6, Sarojini Street, T. Nagar) thereare discourses on ‘Sri Saisath Saritha’ at 6.30p.m on Sundays in its premises.
T. Thiruvalluvan (Founder) told MambalamTimes that mass spiritual healing is conductedat 7.30 p.m on Thursdays and Sundays.
All are welcome.More details can be had in phones 2643 2323,
4212 5118 and 94444 53777.
Sai bhajans on 3 daysa weekBy Our Staff Reporter
Sri Sathya Sai Samiti, T. Nagar conductsSai bhajans every week in the following venuesin 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.
All are welcome.More details can be had from D. Srinivasa
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By Our Staff ReporterMu. Shivalingam (resident of Prashanth
Flats, 24, Jothiramalingam Street, WestMambalam) has written a book in Tamiltitled ‘Kalam Neyanjamelam’ based onthe life and teachings and glimpses ofpersonal interaction of the author withformer President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.
Former journalist writes bookon Kalam
He has been in the media field for 30 years and has workedwith Dinamalar, Dinamani,India Today and Jaya TV.
He has translated Kalam’sbook ‘Wings of Fire’ into Tamil.He has also translated severalother popular English booksincluding Verghese Kurien’s ‘IToo had a Dream’ and HelenKeller’s ‘My Story’.
He has also written the biog-raphies of Napoleon Bonaparteand Dr. Venkatasamy (Foun-der, Aravind Eye Hospital,Madurai).
He has received ‘Best Trans-lator’ awards from TamilnaduGovernment and Book Pub-lishers and Sellers of SouthIndia (BAPASI).
He is actively involved inproviding better education ingovernment schools and ar-ranging educational assistancefor higher studies for meritori-ous poor students.
