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Free Veda classesBy Our Staff Reporter
Sri Sai Seva Chakra (15, Bharathi Street, West Mambalam) conductsfree Veda, bhajans and sloka classes on Fridays from 5 p.m to 6 p.mand on Sundays from 3.30 p.m to 4.30 p.m in its premises.
It also conducts the classes at the following venues:From Monday to Friday from 6.30 a.m to 7.30 a.m in Sai Murugan
Trust Temple (Vadhiyar Thottam, Rangara-japuram).On Mondays, Wednesdays and Tuesdays from 4 p.m to 5 p.m in Sarva
Priya Ganapathi Temple (Moorthy Street Extension, 7th Avenue,Ashok Nagar).
On Saturdays from 6.30 a.m to 7.30 a.m in Sri Krishna Gana Sabha(Maharajapuram Santhanam Salai, T. Nagar) and from 8 a.m to 9 a.min Guha Apartments (29, Vivekanandapuram 1st Street, WestMambalam).
Sundara Kandam classes are held on Wednesdays from 3 p.m to 4p.m at No. 1, Jawahar Street, T. Nagar. All are welcome.
More details can be had by calling 98403 2005 or 94443 02113.
The high-level committee constituted byFinance (Pay Cell) Department, Governmentof Tamilnadu, has sent a letter to TamilnaduSenior Citizens Association (TANSECA) (V95, V Block 5th Street, Anna Nagar) seekingits views to make recom-mendations for theimplemen-tation of the 7th Pay Commission.
TANSECA would like to receive the opinionof pensioners in this regard. Pensioners, includ-ing non-members of the Association, can sendtheir opinions by e mail to [email protected] by post to the TANSECA’s office latest bySaturday, April 22.
The TANSECA office can be contacted in2621 3908, 2621 3850.
Talk on Thiru Arutpaon TuesdayBy Our Staff Reporter
Under the auspices of Vallalar SanmargaSangam (V.O.C Street, MGR Nagar, Ph: 9445343706), Mozhiarasi Asokan will give a discourseon ‘Thiru Arutpa’ at 6 p.m on Tuesday, April 11,in Sakthi Vinayagar Temple (P.T. Rajan Salai,K. K. Nagar).
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By Our Staff ReporterA BSNL junction box without doors and in a rusted condition has been
lying on its side on the pavement of Vidyodaya Main Road, T. Nagarnear its junction with Habibullah Road for several days.
ISKCON programin Mambalam on SaturdaysBy Our Staff Reporter
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness(ISKCON), Injambakkam, conducts ‘Bakthi Vriksha’ programsfrom 7 p.m to 9 p.m on Saturdays at 28, South K. R. Koil Street,West Mam-balam.
The program includes bhajans, congregational chanting andBhagwad Gita classes.
More details can be had in phone 2371 3606 or from RangaKrishna Das (2474 4900, 98400 27800). All are welcome.
By Our Staff ReporterNarendra Srisrimal (resi-
dent of T. Nagar and Chair-man of Medi Sales India Pvt.Ltd.) was presented the‘Nimcare Life Time Achieve-ment’ award during the WorldHealth Day Summit in NewDelhi on April 7.
The award was presentedby President PranabMukherjee.
He is a native of Jodhpur,Rajasthan.
He runs Parasmal SrisrimalDialysis Center in Ayana-
Resident businessman gets ‘Life Time Achievement’ award
varam and Parasmal Sri-srimal Pharmacy, a charitablepharmacy, in Perambur.
He has partnered with Ro-tary Club of Madras, T. Nagar,to educate marginalized girlstudents under the ‘KamalabaiSrisrimal Girl EducationProject’.
He received the ‘YuvaRathna’ award in 2012 fromRajasthani Association,Tamilnadu.
Medi Sales has offices in 12cities and is involved in mar-keting and distribution ofpharma products, logistics,and pet bottle printing.
Open trench in Ganapathy Street hindersmotorists
By Our StaffReporterA 2 ft wide
and 3 ft deeptrench hasbeen dug byMetrowaterworkers tocarry outsome work inGanapathyStreet, nearits junctionw i t hT h a m b i a hRoad, WestMambalam.
Accordingto road users,
the trench was dug a week back but no further work was carried out, nor was the trench closed.An EB cable can be seen exposed in the trench.Traffic police have placed barricades around the trench to caution motorists.Will Metrowater complete the work and close the trench at the earliest to prevent any
untoward incident?
CEO appointed forsmart city projectBy Our Staff Reporter
Five months after issuing arecruitment notice, ChennaiCorporation has appointed twokey office-bearers of ChennaiSmart City Ltd (CSCL).
Raj Cherubal has been ap-pointed as Chief ExecutiveOfficer of CSCL, a special pur-pose vehicle for the executionof the T. Nagar smart cityproject. Cherubal had founded‘Chennai City Connect’, anurban transportation infra-structure planning agency.
Harish Kumar has been ap-pointed as Company Secre-tary.
It is still to fill the vacancy ofChief Financial Officer.
With the appointment of aCEO, the smart city project isexpected to get a boost.
Satsang inPandian HalltodayBy Our Staff Reporter
Ramsuratkumar Satsangwill chant Yogi Ramsurat-kumar namajapam from 3 p.mto 6 p.m on Sunday, April 16 inPandian Hall (Station Road,West Mambalam).
The following is the program:3 p.m: Akhanda bhajan; 4
p.m: Discourse on ‘Guru AruliyaMahimai’ by Swarupananda;5 p.m: Thiruppugazh byMambalam Vijayalakshmigroup; 5.45 p.m: Ramanamaakanda bhajan; 6 p.m: Guruashtothram and aarthi.
All are welcome.
By Our StaffReporter
The name boardof Dharmap-uram3rd Street top-pledover several daysback and is foundlying on the pave-ment of Padmana-bhan Street, T.Nagar which is closeby.
Street name board topples overFree Veda classeson SundaysBy Our Staff Reporter
Veda Vidhta Samithi, WestMambalam conducts freeVeda and Surya Namaskaramclasses at 6.30 p.m on Sun-days in Murugasramam, Sta-tion Road. West Mambalam.
Previous knowledge of Vedaor Sanskrit is not essential.Beginners will be guidedthrough graded lessons. Inter-ested persons can register atthe venue.
All are welcome.
Safety commissioner inspectsunderground metro rail sectionBy Our Staff Reporter
The city’s first undergroundmetro rail line is expected toopen in a few weeks instead offirst week of June as expectedearlier.
According to the officials, thefinal round of inspection by theCommissioner of MetrorailSafety and his team of the 8-km. underground Koyambedu-Nehru Park metro rail sectionwas completed on April 14.
When services begin, trainsfrom Koyambedu to ShenoyNagar will use two tunnels,
those from Shenoy Nagar toNehru Park will use one. Thesecond tunnel on this line willopen with the Chennai Centralstation at the end of the year.This is because at present,there are no crossover tracksat Nehru Park station, unlikeShenoy Nagar station.
According to Pankaj KumarBansal (MD, CMRL) the in-spection also covered aspectslike access to service, tunnelventilation, emergency mea-sures and disaster manage-ment which are different fromthose on elevated lines.
Diagnostic center offersdiscounts
Aarthi Diagnostics (S116/1, 6th Main Road, Anna Nagar) isoffering special discounts for Tamil New Year from April 10 to16. It is offering a comprehensive health check consisting of 75tests at Rs. 1,800 instead of the regular rate of Rs. 4,700.
It is also offering up to 50% discount on regular tests.For more information, call 4550 0448 or 2620 8177.
Calling volunteers for freeservice in Tirumala
Sevas (Pallavaram) sends volunteers for a week-long serviceto pilgrims in Tirumala starting on Mondays and ending onSundays.
Men and women who are physically fit and are willing to stayin Tirumala for a week are welcome to offer their services for6 hours everyday. The work will be of supervisory nature.
Sri Ramana Baktha Sama-jam, West Mambalam (BVSNMoorthy School, ThambiahRoad, West Mambalam) con-ducts 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 de-
tails can be had in phone 9444172623. Special pooja is con-ducted and prasadam distrib-uted among special children at11.30 a.m on RamanaMaharishi’s birth star day(Punarpoosam).
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUSmeets at 7 p.m on Fridays & Sundays:
Kesari School, Dr. Giriappa Road
(near Teynampet Signal).
Tamil Cinema & Music - 49What sort of a person was M. L. Vasanthakumari? Her
much-talented multi-lingual movie star daughter Srividyaspoke about her mother ‘on camera’ in the 60-minute TV film‘Thirai Vaanil Oru Isai Thenee’ made by this writer during theearly 1990s and telecast over two weekly installments byDoordarshan Kendra, Madras.
In it Srividya said, “My mother was highly supportive andappreciative of other musicians and film singers, especiallywomen, even though she did not know them at all. If she hearda song sung well on radio or TV or anywhere else, she went outof the way to trace the singer and talk to her on the phone inthe most encouraging and endearing terms. She also spoke insuch glowing terms to young and new film music composers.’
This writer found MLV warm, friendly and humble. She toldhim how once she and her husband Krishnamurthy went toAVM Studios in Kodambakkam by a ‘jutka’ (horse carriage) fora song recording. What a far cry from today’s singers who insiston air-conditioned cars and similar sound recording studios!
M. L. Vasanthakumari is no more but her songs shall liveforever. Life may be short but art is eternal …NAGASWARAM LEGEND T. N. RAJARATNAM PILLAI
When movies began to talk Tamil in 1931 with H. M. Reddi’s‘Kalidas’ and when ‘Valli Thirumanam’ (1933) directed by P. V.Rao (today totally forgotten) featuring the first star of SouthIndia, T. P. Rajalakshmi, became a super hit, Tamil filmproduction began to run on top gear.
Many moneybags ventured into movies for quick profitsbesides the attractive fringe benefits. Tamil filmmakers madea beeline to the world of classical Carnatic music for actors whocould sing in their own voices. The system of ‘behind the screen’voice-lending - ‘play-back’ singing – did not come into vogue untilthe end of the 1930s. That was how noted musicians like MusiriSubramania Iyer, G. N. Balasubramaniam, V.V. Satagopan,M. M. Dhandapani Desikar, Kalakkad Ramanarayana Iyer,Vidwan Srinivasan, Nagercoil K. Mahadevan, KothamangalamSeenu, Mysore T. Chowdaiah, M. S. Subbulakshmi, N. C.Vasanthakokilam, C. Honnappa Bhagavathar, Mathirim-angalam Natesa Iyer and such others acted in films.
Not many are aware that the Sangeetha BhishmaSemmangudi Srinivasa Iyer was first contracted by the moviemogul AV. Meiyappan to play Nandanar in a film he hadplanned, but Semmangudi Mama withdrew because his fatherthreatened to jump into the family well if he ‘demoralized’himself acting in movies!
In the list of the great musicians who acted in movies was thenagaswaram maestro Thiruvavaduthurai N. RajaratnamPillai. He appeared in a solitary Tamil film ‘Kalamegam’ (1940)directed by the American Tamil filmmaker, Ellis R. Dungan.
Ellis R. Dungan came to India in 1935 as a young man in hisearly twenties and left in 1950. During these fifteen years, hemade many hits and classics without knowing Tamil, thelanguage or its culture. Interestingly his films were based onHindu mythology, epics, folk myth and folklore. The list in-cludes ‘Sathi Leelavathi’, ‘Sakunthalai’, ‘Meera’, ‘Dhaasi Penn’,‘Seemanthani’, ‘Valmiki’ (Telugu), ‘Iru Sahotharargal’, ‘Ponmudi’, ‘Manthiri Kumari’ and ‘Kalamegam’.
T.N. Rajaratnam was cast in the title role as Kavi Kalamegam,a legendary Tamil poet who had the gift of his words comingtrue. In the cast were the noted stars of those days SP. L.Dhanalakshmi, N. S. Krishnan, T. A. Mathuram, singing starC.V. V. Panthulu, musician T. V. Namasivayam, K. R. VenugopalaSarma, Kali N. Ratnam, P. R. Mangalam and P. S. Gnanam.
SP.L. Dhanalakshmi hailed from a family of traditionalentertainers in Thanjavur and was active in movies during the1930s and early 1940s. She was the aunt of the latter-daycelebrated star T. R. Rajakumari. The noted movie-dancersJyothilakshmi and Jayamalini are her daughters.
During the making of ‘Kalamegam’, SP.L. brought herstunningly attractive 18-year-old niece Rajayee to meet Dunganfor a break in movies. However, he could offer her only a minorcomedy role in the film, which the aunt and niece politelydeclined. Within a year, the niece emerged as a top star of southIndia under the name T. R. Rajakumari with Indian film pioneerK. Subramanyam’s hit film ‘Kaccha Devayani’ (1941)! (To be continued)
By Our StaffReporter
The cover ofa manhole inthe middle ofthe traffic rid-den HabibullahRoad, T. Nagar,adjoining MCNHigher Sec-ondary Schoolcollapsed lastweek.
The openinghas been cove-
Manhole cover collapses on Habibullah Road
red temporarily with a cover which is partly above the road surface and poses a danger tomotorists.
Audio alerts for visuallychallenged commuters awaitingbuses By Our Staff Reporter
Nethrodaya (47/1, Nolambur Phase II, West Mogappair) isan institution for the welfare of the visually impaired community.It has taken a number of initiatives to empower visuallychallenged persons.
In one of its recent initiatives, Founder C. Govindakrishnanhas, with the help of IIT Madras and the Tamilnadu Govt.,developed an audio system for the benefit of visually challengedcommuters of MTC buses in the city.
Visually challenged commuters find it extremely difficult atbus stops and are dependent on fellow passengers to know thebus number and board the correct bus to reach their destination.
Nethrodaya represented this issue to the State Governmentand requested installation of an audio alert system at bus stopsand bus terminuses. The project was funded by TamilnaduGovt. The State Government sought the help of IIT Madras indeveloping the gadget and constituted a committee and alsoappointed Govindakrishnan as one of its members.
IIT Madras has come up with a successful design in which awireless transmitter system is fitted in the bus and a smallhandheld gadget, which acts as a receiver, is provided to thevisually challenged person.
The wireless system in the bus will alert the visually challengedcommuters at bus stops by sending an audio message aboutthe bus number and destination to the hand held device.
According to Govindakrishnan, Nethrodaya shared valuablesuggestions in designing of the system like easy availability ofspare parts for the handheld device and a waterproof mechanismfor the device to avoid failure during rain.
The first handheld device was presented to Govindakrishnanby Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palanisamy.
For more information about the device, contactGovindakrishnan in 4265 5741 or 93828 96636.
By Our StaffReporter
Chennai Corp-oration tookquick actionbased on theletter ‘2-wheelersmisuse pede-strian path underUsman Roadflyover’ pub-lished inM a m b a l a mTimes (March25-31 issue).
W o r k e r sinstalled ironpoles at bothends of thepedestrian pathto prevent 2-wheelers frommisusing it.
Pedestrian path protected after letterin Mambalam Times
Thiruvalluvar TransportCorporation Employees’ Co-operative Credit Society Ltd.,in association with TempzAcademy, is conductingsummer classes Std. 10, 11and 12 students appearing forNEET/JIPMER/AIIMS andCACPT entrance exams.
The fee is Rs. 10,000.According to the organizers,
the classes are conducted byexperienced teachers and thereare regular mock tests.
The classes are held in twocenters: TTC Office in J1916,J Block 2nd Street, 15th MainRoad, Anna Nagar and TTCOffice in 10, 23rd Street, JaiNagar, Arumbakkam.
For more details, call 9003743635 or 97913 86079.
Thirukalyanamin
VasudevapuramStreet today
By Our Staff ReporterSri Vasudeva Sath-
sangam (35A, Vasudeva-puram Street, WestMambalam, Ph: 24718800) has organized SriRama Sita Thirukalyanamfrom 7.30 a.m to 12 noon onSunday, April 16 in itspremises.
It will be preceded byunjavrithi bhajans andNamasankeerthanam onSaturday, April 15.
Jayalakshmi AmmalEducation and CharitableTrust (SP. 20, 3rd Street, 1stSector, K. K. Nagar) will con-duct a tailoring and beauticiancourse for women fromMonday, April 17 in itspremises.
Application forms can becollected from the Trust’s officebetween 10 a.m and 5 p.m.
A nominal fee is charged tosupport the Trust’s activities.
For more details, call 23711184 or 2474 7728.
Tamil New Year,Ugadhi celebratedBy Our Staff Reporter
Members of TulasiApartments Flat OwnersAssociation (KuppusamyStreet, T. Nagar) celebratedTamil New Year and Ugadhiby providing educational andmedical assistance to theneedy.
They also felicitated thecomplex’s caretakers likeconservancy workers, securityguards and others during thefunction.
V. C. Subramaniam (Presi-dent), S Narasimhan (VicePresident), S. Raghukumar(Secretary), MahalakshmiSubramanian (Advisor) andother office-bearers werepresent.
Residents and their childrenpresented cultural programsas part of the celebrations.
The first copy of ‘Hevilambhi Varusha Tamil Panchangam’, compiled by Vedic Ravi(president, Bhuvaneswari Vedic Center and ex-president, Tamilnadu Brahmin Association,
K. K. Nagar), was released by R. Nataraj (Mylapore MLA) and received by NarayananViswanath (Chairman, Narayanan Iyer Memorial Trust) and Gurumurthy (Leading
Economist and Journalist) on April 9. The panchangam is priced at Rs. 50.The digital format can be downloaded free from the website www.vedicravi.com
Tamil Panchangam released
By OurStaff
ReporterM o r e
than 300women par-ticipated inthe freehealth che-ck andcancer awa-reness prog-ram cond-ucted jointlyby RMDSpecialties(a unit ofRMD Trust,T. Nagar)and Repco
300 attend cancer awareness programfor women
Micro Finance Ltd. on the occasion of World Health Day in T. G. Kalyana Man-dapam, WestTambaram.
The program was inaugu-rated by Isabella Mohan (Managing Director, Repco Bank) in thepresence of Dr. Republica Sridhar (Founder, RMD Trust). Free health cards were given to theparticipants to avail of more free checks in RMD Speciality Hospital.
Women Associations, NGOs and other such organizations interested in conducting suchcamps for women can contact Dr. Republica Sridhar in 93810 16588.
11 to undergo freecataract surgeryBy Our Staff Reporter
More than 100 personsparticipated in the free eyescreening camp organized byJaimaa Charitable Trust inSathya Mahal, Lake ViewRoad, West Mambalam onApril 7 on the occasion of ‘WorldHealth Day’. A team of doctorsfrom Sankara Nethralayaexamined the patients.
11 detected with cataractand 20 others with other visionproblems will be given freetreatment in Sankara Neth-ralaya. The Trust conducts freecounselling for all kinds ofpersonal and emotional prob-lems by prior appointment.
More details can be had in99400 30939.
Book exhibition inCircle Librarytill April 23By Our Staff Reporter
Tamilnadu GovernmentPublic Library has organized abook festival from 2 p.m to 9p.m on weekdays and 11 a.m to9 p.m on Sundays and govt.holidays till April 23 in CircleLibrary, 11th Avenue AshokNagar as part of World BookFestival.
Books published by SandhyaPublications, RajmohanPublications and Om SakthiBooks International are ondisplay. 20% to 50% discountis offered on the books.
T. S. Soundarajan (CEO,Sandhya Publications) toldMambalam Times that morethan 1000 titles in English andTamil including children’sbooks, books on literature,sports, health, spirituality, andaward winning books areavailable for sale. For moredetails, call 98411 91397.
By Our Staff ReporterThe garbage bin on the margin of Sivasailam Street, T.
Nagar was found lying on its side as its base is damaged.Garbage was found lying around the toppled bin.According to nearby residents, the sanitation staff who
come to collect the garbage regularly, empty the bin and standit again on stones, but it often topples over under the weight ofthe garbage inside.
They have appealed to Chennai Corporation to replace thedamaged bin.
Garbage spills over from damagedbin in Sivasailam Street
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By M. A. SADANANDManu’s Wedding
Manu, my grandson, took a look at Swathy and decidedthat he had found his sparkling future in the brilliant smileof the girl.
So, things moved swiftly and the families met and decidedon the match, aided and abetted by the Gods, their wives, andmiscellaneous hangers-on.
Of course, the respective parents and knowledgeablerelatives approved the marriage between the TCS and InfyIT professionals, who are God’s latest choices, for a comingtogether as man and wife.
Their wedding was fixed for 9th April at Tripunithura,Ernakulam, Kerala. Let’s give the couple, their parents andthe hordes of relatives a round of applause for the best andspeedy decision in their lives.
My brood in Chennai closed shop and descended on thevenue a day in advance of the wedding. I travelled earlymorning by plane from Bangalore to Kochi with my daughterand her family which included the groom. I loved the decisionto travel by air since my flawed knee would not have stoodup to supporting my hip on a long train journey to Kochi.
The Kempegowda Airport in Bangalore looked beautiful aswe took off as dawn broke on the horizon. The rest of the daysaw a flurry of relatives and friends arriving at differenthours to fill up the dozens of hotel rooms booked in advanceby my son-in-law.
The great day dawned and all the wedding invitees congre-gated at the venue, the Abhishekam Auditorium and, bynoon, the hall was full to the boundaries with beautifullydressed people. Thanks to my octogenarian status, I wasoffered the front row next to my cousins Sarojini Nair,Premaja and my niece Beena.
As I was listening to the divine music created by a set oftalented artistes seated on the aesthetically decoratedstage with its flower garlands and glowing brass lamps, Ilooked around and suddenly felt that I saw my wife Lakshmistanding smiling and beckoning me from a corner. I felt tearson my cheeks. Looking for my handkerchief, which was leftbehind in the hotel room, my unbridled tears started over-flowing when the divine songs preceded the ‘thali-tying’ritual. I must have looked terribly foolish and utterly lost.Then, a handkerchief from Premaja wiped away my continu-ous flow of tears. They were the tears that Lakshmi wouldhave shed on this pure occasion had she not gone to herheavenly abode over a year ago.
As the wedding unfolded with its simple, brief and solemnrituals, I could barely see the event through my overflowingeyes. But for the presence of my cousins and niece, whom Ihad not met in years, I wonder how I would have got throughmy outburst of emotions. Full marks to family as they arereally there when you need them the most. I have alwaysbeen sceptical and used to wonder why people cried atweddings. Now I know!
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Sai bhajan programs in T.Nagar and MambalamBy Our Staff Reporter
Sri Sathya Sai Samiticonducts Sai bhajans everyweek in the following venues inT. Nagar and Mambalam.
T. Nagar:Sai Keshav Hall, 157, G. N.
Chetty Road (near PanagalPark, Vijaya Bank building):Saturdays, 5 p.m.
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APRIL 1 to June 30, 48days basic course, age groups:5 years above & 12 yearsabove, vocal, violin, guitar,keyboard, slokas & bhajans.We make the students toperform the best in a shortperiod. Santha Lakshman, M.A. Music. Ph: 95660 57539,97916 47853.
TRINITY Music Point –Piano, keyboard, guitar. Trinitygrade exams, theory &practical (Western & carnatic)all days except Monday. No.21/15, Bharathi Street (behindAyodhya Mandapam), WestMambalam. Ph: 99403 15101,97911 66297, 4266 8646.
SIVAN arts academy offersvocal, veenai, mridangam,violin, keyboard, bhartha-natyam, advance class pers-onally. Kalaimamani Dr.Rukmini Ramani. Ph: 9840348638.
SUMMER classes forcarnatic vocal, home tuition,flexible timing, teaching frombasics for all age groups. Ph:98410 55799, 95662 19463.
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SRI Desika Darsanam: Asa service to BhagwatRamanujar on his 1000th birthanniversary & SwamyDesikan on his 750th birthanniversary (2018), “Sri DesikaDarsanam” website has beencreated to offer shortdiscourses (15 minutes) inTamil by Swamini BombayRadha on Ramanujasidhanatham as explained bySwamy Desikan. Visit:www.sridesikadarsanam.com.
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SREE Sai ArtCentre: Carnaticmusic & bharatha-n a t y a m(Kalakshetra style),bhajans & slokas,d r a w i n g ,h a n d w r i t i n gclasses, spokenEnglish, Hindi &yoga. Ph: 9841785014, 90871 09416.
Appeal for pedestrian crossings on Arya Gowda RoadSir, A number of commercial establishments, banks, temples and Post
Office are situated on Arya Gowda Road, West Mam-balam. Pedestrians,especially senior citizens, find it very difficult and unsafe to cross the busyroad. I request the authorities to earmark pedestrian crossing points onthe road by drawing zebra lines.
Since the road has no median, at these pedestrian crossings, a couple ofbarricades interspaced by a foot or two can be used as a central median.This will enable the pedestrians to cross the road safely, especially whenthey reach the middle section of the road. They can cross the first half ofthe road and safely stand between the barricades and then cross the otherhalf of the road after the traffic eases.
No policemen will be required. I recommend pedestrian crossings nearIndian Bank, ICICI Bank, IOB, Post Office, Thambiah Road-Station Roadjunction and Thambiah Road Jubilee Road junction on Arya Gowda Road.R. Hariharan, 58, Jubilee Road, West Mambalam. Ph: 98401 72892
Paul Appasamy Street residents suffer dueto water contamination
Sir, For the past year,water supplied throughthe pipeline byMetrowater in PaulAppasamy Street, T.Nagar is contaminatedwith sewage water. Thewater stinks and is unfitfor consumption orother household use.
Several complaintshave been made toMetrowater authoritiesin Ward 117, but no ac-tion has been taken sofar to rectify the prob-lem. The residents, es-pecially children and se-nior citizens, are facingregular health issues. The residents are also forced to spend a lot of moneyin frequently cleaning the sumps in their homes due to excess deposit ofsilt and sewage in the contaminated water.
Some residents have permanently closed the sump inlet and arespending money to buy water to supplement their needs. With summerhitting hard, the daily water needs have also gone up. I appeal toMetrowater officials to rectify the issue without further delay as theresidents are suffering. T. Mahalakshmi, Paul Appasamy Street, T.Nagar, Ph: 94448 10192
Public Health Dept. must take action againstunlicensed eateries
Sir, The Public Health Department of Chennai Corporation, in theoverall interest of the public, has come out with some ‘Do’s and Don’ts’ totackle the summer heat.
One of them advises the public not to eat food items or cut fruit with fliesswarming over them, and avoid drinking butter milk/cold drinks being soldat roadside eateries as they are likely to contain harmful pathogens. Whileone appreciates its advisory, isn’t it the primary duty and responsibility ofthe PHD to come down on eateries that serve substandard food. Havingturned a blind eye to the proliferation of unlicensed roadside eateries, whatis the point then in cautioning the public? Instead of advising the public,what PHD should do is to take immediate action and remove unlicensedeateries and also keep a constant vigil to ensure such shops do notreappear. V. S. Jayaraman, 31, Motilal Street, T. Nagar
‘Inefficiency’ of civic departments helps residentSir, On April 4, I had issued two cheques towards payment of property
tax and water/sewerage tax to Greater Chennai Corporation and CMWSSBrespectively. At that time, I did not realize that I did not have enough balancein my bank account.
On April 10, I issued another cheque to pay the monthly bill of a serviceprovider and then decided to check the bank balance. To my surprise, Ifound the balance was insufficient. Luckily, neither of the cheques issuedto Chennai Corporation nor the Metrowater Department had been re-ceived at the bank for clearance. I immediately remitted enough money intomy account to honour all the three cheques.
I gave a sigh of relief as, had the cheques bounced for insufficient funds,it could have caused embarrassment and ignominy. So, sometimes,inefficiency in the work culture of the civic departments also has somebenefit. K. Harihar, T. Nagar
Appeal for bus stop between Ashok Pillarand Postal Colony
Sir, There is no bus stop in the 2 km. stretch from Postal Colony to AshokPillar. Though there is a bus stop at Ram Colony, near 7th Avenue junction,only white board buses (low fare) halt at this stop.
But MTC has of late reduced the number of white board buses to augmentits income. Sometimes even white board buses skip this stop, especiallywhen the drivers see the green light in the traffic signals at the junctionclose by. It is causing a lot of hardship to residents of the adjoining colonieswho commute by bus as they are forced to walk a long distance.
I request MTC officials to install a bus stop between Postal Colony andAshok Pillar where all buses on the route should stop, to alleviate theproblems of the commuters, especially senior citizens, who are otherwiseforced to walk in the hot sun. H. Nagesh Bhandarkar, 40, 8th Avenue,Ashok Nagar
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ASHOK NAGAR, 7th
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WEST MAMBALAM, No.15, Kala Flat, F-2, Kama-kshipuram, near Postal Colony2nd Street Extension, 2bedrooms, 820 sq.ft, rent Rs.20000, 6 months advance,occupation from April 23rd, nobrokers. Ph: 80757 93831,97898 25037.
T. NAGAR, No. 11, NorthBoag Road, 2 bedrooms, hall,kitchen, 1000 sq.ft, individual1st floor house, rent Rs. 23000,advance 5 months, suitablefor small family / clinic /advocate office. Ph: 9551264009, 76672 12253.
WEST MAMBALAM, NewNo. 18, Old No. 26, SouthKothandaramasamy KoilStreet, near Srinivasa Theatre,ground floor portion, rent Rs.7000, Brahmins only. Ph:97901 13141.
RANGARAJAPURAM, No.9, Kannadasan Street, , singlebedroom, hall, kitchen, 550sq,ft, outhouse, bath, smallopen area in the back withbathroom, rent Rs. 10000,small Brahmin family Ph: 9444280121.
WEST MAMBALAM, No.14, Sri Vidya Apartments,Balakrishnan Mudali Street, 2bedrooms, hall, kitchen, 616sq.ft, 3rd floor, no lift, 2balconies, 2-wheeler parking,rent Rs. 12000, Brahmins /vegetarians only. Ph: 9789813428.
Company offers customized insolesfor diabetics/orthopedic patients
Plea to shift junction box from flatcomplex entrance
Krishna Nivas Flat Owners Welfare Association (22/27, Vaidhyaraman Street, T. Nagar)has appealed for removal of the telephone pillar box of a service provider located very close tothe entrance of the apartment complex which is causing obstruction.
Residents said that in spite of several letters to the company, no action has been taken torelocate the pillar box.
Resident sellshome-made healthmix
S. Vijayalakshmi (residentof LIG Flats, 7th Avenue,Ashok Nagar) sells home-made health mix made withmicro-millets like Kambu(pearl millet), Thinai (Foxtailmillet), Samai (Little millet),Varagu (Kodo millet),Kuthiraivali (Barnyard millet),Ragi (Finger millet) and Cholam(Sorgum).
The mix can be used formaking porridge for breakfast.‘Dosai’ and ‘adai’ can also beprepared using the mix.
Vijayalakshmi has attendedseveral training programs onmillet products conducted byTamilnadu AgricultureUniversity Information &Training Centre.“Micro-milletsare God’s gift for diabetics andthey are hypertension friendlytoo,” she said. It is available in500 gm. and 1 kg. packs.
Anyone interested in buyingit may contact her in 9790772370 or 2371 1835.
By Our Staff ReporterFoot Pro Solutions Private
Limited (Arun Builders, FlatNo. 1, Plot No. 1051, I Block35th Street, off 18th Main Road,Anna Nagar) sells high qualityinsoles and footwear for dia-betics, orthopedic patients andsports persons. The soles,which are made with EthyleneVinyl Acetate (EVA), are im-ported from Germany.
R. Navaneeth (Director) toldMambalam Times that footpain is a generalized term in-volving pain in the base or thesides of the heel which can becaused by arthritis, gout or dia-betes or even due to bruises orrigid and high arches.
“An ideal pair of footwear orshoes fitted with customizedinsoles, with proper medica-tion can alleviate the pain to a
great extent and improve thequality of life”, he said. He saidthat for the first time inChennai, computer aided de-sign (CAD) and computerizedaided milling (CAM) technol-ogy are being used to design theright size and shape of the in-sole to custom fit a patient.
The shop also has a ‘Paromed3 D Scan’ machine which scansthe foot and provides remedialsolutions including the shapeof arch support and heel cuprequired by the patient.
He said that the finished in-sole will have the exact shapeand size of the individual’s feetwith all corrections for arch,heel cup, heel cushion to giveoptimum results and comfort.
For more details, callNavaneeth in 78100 26767,78109 56767.
By Our StaffReporter
A car in a badlydamaged conditionhas been lyingabandoned at thejunction ofSadullah Streetand Venkat-anarayana Road,T. Nagar forseveral months.
It is blocking thecarriag-eway atthe junction, cau-sing hindrance tomotorists enteringand leaving thestreet.
Sai bhajans areconducted at 6.15 p.mon Saturdays in SriSathya Sai Organiza-tion, Ashok NagarSamithi (143, 101st
Street, 15th Sector, K.K. Nagar).
All are welcome.More details can be
had from T. S. Mani(Convenor) in phones2489 7017 and 9884392244.
In BharathidasanColony
B h a r a t h i d a s a nColony Bhajan Man-dali (18-D, Bhara-thidasan Colony, K. K.Nagar) conducts SriSathya Sai bhajansfrom 6.30 p.m to 7.30p.m on Saturdays inits premises. All arewelcome. More detailscan be had in phone94448 25183.
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By Our Staff ReporterFollowing the report ‘Road caves in near Five Lights junction’ published in Mambalam Times last week, the 2 ft wide and 5 ft deep pit was temporarily closed
with construction debris 2 days back. The road had caved in 15 days back, but no action was taken till the report was published in Mambalam Times. Evennow the filling is only temporary and proper patch-up work has not been done.
Pit closed after report in Mambalam Times
Before Now
Permanent exhibition on 5000-yearTamil historyBy Our Staff Reporter
With summer holidays tostart soon, a family visit to thepermanent exhibition on the‘History of Tamil Culture’ inthe International Institute ofTamil Studies (IITS), Tara-mani would be an enrichingexperience.
The exhibition encompassesthe 5000-year-history of Tamilculture.
IITS was established in 1970to do research on Tamil cultureand to propagate the language.
There is a wealth ofinformation in the exhibitionabout the rich Tamil history.
The exhibits prove that theancient Tamil culture wasadvanced and diversified. Theexhibits show how ancientTamils could weave cloth sofine that yards could be packedin a matchbox, that theycompared pinpoint surgery toa bird picking fish from deepwaters and painted planets onthe ceilings of their bedrooms.
The exhibition, throughpictures, artifacts, inscr-
iptions, models, maps,implements and manuscripts,explains the evolution of Tamilsas a settled group, theirinventions to make lifecomfortable, their superiortalent in weaving, growingcrops, trade, ocean navigation,state administration, advanc-ement in medicine, watermanagement and formation ofa society.
The other attraction is themini theater where short films,videos and clips of Tamil culturethrough sculptures and muralsfrom temples are shown.
The exhibition is divided into
five galleries.Tholkappiar Arangam
displays art forms. Thiruv-alluvar gallery displays metalcraft/agriculture, education,medicine and weapons. Kapilargallery showcases implementsand exhibits on temples andgods. Avvaiyar Arangam is allabout the life-like depiction ofhistorical events in the lives ofkings and Ilango Adigal galleryis about shipbuilding and sail-weaving. A mini lighthouse isalso displayed here.
Students can visit theexhibition to know about therich history of Tamils.
NalayiaSigarangal’s musiccontest on May 1
Nalaiya Sigarangal will con-duct its 13th competition onCarnatic and film music , bothvocal and instrumental, forvarious age groups on Sunday,May 1 in Ramakrishna Mis-sion Higher Secondary School,Dhandapani Street, T. Nagar.
It will also conduct itsChithirai Isai Vizha on thesame day.
Those interested in partici-pating in the music competi-tions may contact A. S. Ramanin 94444 21264 or send an emailto [email protected].
The winners will get a chanceto perform in NalaiyaSigarangal’s music shows andwill also be groomed for partici-pating in reality shows con-ducted by TV channels. Ac-cording to Raman, a number ofNalayia Sigarangal membershave achieved success in real-ity shows in the past.
Meet to discussdrought/farmerrelief todayBy Our Staff Reporter
A meeting will be held todiscuss the suffering of farmersdue to the severe drought inseveral parts of Tamilnadu andhow to alleviate it, at 5 p.m onSunday, April 16 in ThakkarBapa Vidyalaya (58,Venkatanarayana Road, T.Nagar).
P. Maruthi (Secretary,Thakkar Bapa Vidyalaya, Ph:91766 24283) has invited thosewith expertise in the field todiscuss and put forth their ideasand suggestions.
All are welcome.
‘SamashtiUpanayanam’ onMay 7
Registration is open for‘Samashti Upanayanam’ to beperformed for 9 Brahmin boyson Tuesday, May 9 in Sree Su-prabatha Sabha (10/6, Baroda2nd Street, West Mambalam).
Boys from economicallyweak background and below12 years of age from anyVedam, subsect, can have theirupanayanam.
Since arrangements have tobe made in advance, parentswishing to have upanayanamfor their sons are requested toregister by Thursday, April 20.
For registration and otherdetails, contact the Sabha in2480 0440, 2474 2040, 9444170360, 97899 77828.
Free Veda classeson weekdays
During summer holidays,free Veda classes for boys areconducted from 6 a.m to 7 a.mdaily from Monday to Friday inGuha Apartments (30,Vivekanandapuram 1st Street,West Mambalam). The courseis conducted by Veda VidhyaSamithi. Intere-sted boys canregister in the venue.
For more details, contactVenkatraman in 98403 20005or mayurvenkat @gmail.com.
By Our Staff ReporterA long portion of the compound wall along with the main gate
of Corporation Playground (Natesan Road, T. Nagar) collapsedduring the Vardha cyclone last December.
It has still not been rebuilt in spite of several pleas from thenearby residents.
The residents said that with the gate damaged, cattle havea free run of the playground. They said that most of the playequipment is also damaged.
Collapsed wall of Natesan Roadplayground not rebuilt
Free Veda classes thrice a weekBy Our Staff Reporter
Kurichi Lakshminarasimhachariar (resident of 8, 2nd MainRoad, CIT Nagar East, Nandanam) conducts free Veda andSuktham classes from 9 a.m to 10 a.m on Mondays,Wednesdays and Fridays.
More details can be had in phone 98406 40705.
Corporation park ill maintained
By Our Staff ReporterThe Corporation Park in Chari Street, T. Nagar is not
maintained properly.According to park users, the park is not cleaned regularly.There is overgrowth of bushes and garbage and dried leaves
