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Vasantha Memorial Cancer Centre (33, 35th Street, Ashok Nagar)is ready to conduct free ‘Breast cancer awareness programs’ forwomen above 25 at a convenient date and time in its premises.
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Sunken manhole coverposes a danger
By Our Staff ReporterA sunken manhole cover in the middle of 19th
Avenue, near its junction with P. T. RajanSalai, K. K. Nagar poses a danger to motorists.
A casuarina pole has been placed in themanhole to caution motorists.
School distributes saplings to markAnnual DayBy Our Staff Reporter
P. Saradha (Correspondent, Cambridge Matriculation Higher Sec-ondary School, Saidapet) distributed more than 500 saplings amongstudents and parents as part of the school’s 42nd Annual Day celebra-tions in Kamarajar Arangam, T. Nagar on Oct. 7.
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Sai bhajans on 3 days a weekSri Sathya Sai Samiti, T. Nagar conducts Sai bhajans every week in the
following venues in T. Nagar:Sai Keshav Hall, 157, G. N. Chetty Road (near Panagal Park, Vijaya Bank
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After repeated com-plaintsby residents, Corporationworkers have started the workof reducing the height of slabscovering storm water drainsin front of residences onHabibullah Road, T. Nagar.
The old slabs cover-ing thedrains had been replaced withnew readymade slabs which
Corporation reducing height ofdrain slabs
were thicker and thus createdproblems.
These slabs were almost afoot above the road in front ofentrances of many houses andapartment complexes makingit difficult for residents to movetheir vehicles in and out of theircompounds. Some residentshad created slopes on both
sides of the raised slabs usingrubble to move their vehiclesbut they soon got scattered.
The workers are nowchipping away a portion of thetop of the slabs to reduce theheight and cementing the top.Slopes are also being made toenable smooth movement ofvehicles across the slabs.
By Our Staff ReporterProf. Dr. R. Thiagarajan, a
resident of West Mambalam,gave lectures on Hinduphilosophy during the Indo-SriLanka Forum meetingorganized in Colombo recentlyby the Hindu Religious andCultural Affairs Departmentof Sri Lanka.
He spoke on the ‘Historicityof Ramayana’, ‘Vedanta andSaiva Siddhanta’ and ‘Themagical power of Hindumantra and homam’.
He will deliver lectures inJaffna later this year.
Thiagarajan is a well knownSanskrit scholar and was HODin Presidency College.
Delivers lectureson Hindu
philosophy in SriLanka
By Our Staff ReporterThis reporter snapped a picture of a person with four children
riding on a bike in 4th Avenue, Ashok Nagar on Oct. 12.
Three too many
Free Veda classes on Saturdaysand Sundays
Under the auspices of Veda Vidhya Samithi, free Vedaclasses for beginners will be held in two batches (7.15 a.m and8.15 a.m) on Saturdays and Sundays in Guha Apartments, 30,1st Street, Vivekanandapuram, West Mambalam.
Sanskrit also will be taught to the participants.Anyone can join the class. For more details, call 2489 2890.
Exhibition on‘Social history ofTamilnadu’ endstodayBy Our Staff Reporter
The 3-day exhibition on‘Social History of Tamilnadu’organized by TamilnaduWomen’s Organization(Abirami Koil Street, Myla-pore) in YMCA Grounds,Nandanam concludes onSunday, Oct. 16.
The exhibition is being heldfor the 9th consecutive year.
The exhibition is open from10 a.m to 8 p.m.
According to E. Isaimozhi(Organizing head), Tamilscholars and others are givinglectures.
Students from severalcolleges in Tamilnadu arepresenting cultural showsduring the event.
All are welcome.
Daasya organizesDeepavali gifts forleprosy patients
Daasya (a NGO located in12th Avenue, Ashok Nagar) hasorganized distribution ofDeepavali gifts including newclothes among leprosy patientsof Sri Ramakrishna Mission,Mandaveli at 3 p.m on Oct. 26.
P. Raman (Founder) saidthat other gifts include vessels,daily use items and sweets.
Those who want to supportthe cause may contact him in99406 38972.
Talk on ‘Selfrealization for agood life’
Sathya Pranava Yogi willspeak on ‘Self realization for agood life’ at 5 p.m on Sunday,Oct. 16 in Mahamayi AtmaMandir, 3rd Street, PostalColony, West Mambalam.
More details can be had in95000 64319. All are welcome.
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By RANDOR GUY
TAMIL CINEMA 75 -A LOOK BACK
Free Veda classes duringweekendsBy Our Staff Reporter
Free Veda classes are conducted from 6.30 a.m to 7.30 a.mon Saturdays and Sundays in Krishna Gana Sabha,Maharajapuram Santhanam Salai, T. Nagar.
More details can be had in phone 98843 05676.
By M. A. SADANAND
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Tamil Cinema Music - 27A man of much charm, wit and humour, Maharajapuram
Viswanatha Iyer faced the wrath of his orthodox, rigidlytradition-bound Brahmin community, especially in his home-town of temples, Kumbakonam, for acting in a movie, particu-larly with K. B. Sundarambal. But he was one who never battedan eyelid in breaking rules and taboos and kicking at sacredcows and bulls!
(This writer had the pleasure and privilege of knowing thegreat man well in spite of the vast difference in age betweenthem, and enjoyed his love and affection. He had an inexhaust-ible fund of ‘blue’ jokes, risqué anecdotes and tales about menand women of his times and chimes. Sadly most of them areunprintable even in this permissive age!)
Kalki described him as ‘ Maharagapuram’ (because he sangall ragas so brilliantly) and ‘Sangeetha Bhoop-pathi’. (One ofIyer’s titles was ‘Sangeetha Bhoopathi’ and his penchant formixing the Hindustani raga ‘Bhoop’ with the Carnatic raga‘Mohanam’ inspired Kalki to give him the amended title!)
During the making of ‘Nandanar’, the director M. L. Tandonfaced a delicate and embarrassing situation. In a scene, theBrahmin landowner Vedhiyar realizes that his low-born farm-hand, Nandan (KBS), is indeed a Lord Nataraja-blessed soul.By way of making amends for the past ill-treatment of hisfarmhand, he has to fall at his feet in obeisance and apology.Now Iyer was a Brahmin and KBS hailed from a lowbornobscure background. KBS felt upset and did not want Iyer tofall at her feet. But it was necessary for the story and thereseemed no way out.
Though he had never heard of Alfred Hitchcock at that time,Iyer felt like his famous line, ‘It’s only a movie, Ingrid [Bergman]!’And he agreed to do the scene. He looked at KBS as a greatfellow musician and the incarnation of Goddess Saraswathi!Tandon was a happy man when the two fell at each other’s feetby turn!
Regretfully, ‘Nandanar’ failed at the box office. Kalki, in afamous review in ‘Ananda Vikatan’, tore it to bits and pieces.He wrote that a buffalo which appeared in the movie actedbetter than everyone else!
For some uncomplimentary reasons, the film’s negative wasdestroyed in a mysterious fire. Today there is no trace of thishistoric film except a few stills, a few 78-rpm gramophonerecords of songs by Maharajapuram which are preserved byhis descendents and some collectors. What remain still arefond but fast-fading memories of old-timers still around afterseventy-plus long years.
(His son Maharajapuram Santhanam told this writer thathis father invested his income of Rs. 3000 from this movie inthe purchase of a house in Kumbakonam. Over the years, itsvalue grew by leaps and bounds and more. “One of the few wisethings my father did in his life!”, Santhanam wisecracked withglee.)
The story of Nandanar, as immortalised by GopalakrishnaBharathi, was filmed thrice, each time with a few Carnaticmusic greats.
Of all the silent and talking film versions of the GopalakrishnaBharathiar’s immortal musical ‘Nandan Charitram,’ the mostsuccessful one was the S. S. Vasan-Gemini Studios productionof 1943, ‘Nandanar’. The well-known classical Carnatic musi-cian and one of the pillars of the Thamizh Isai Movement, andsometime Tamil movie star, M. M. Dhandapani Desikar,played the lead role of the ‘Lord Nataraja- devotee’. (All aboutthe colourful Dhandapani Desikar, whom this writer knew well,later in a separate article!)
‘Murugadasa’ (Muthuswami Iyer), one of the pioneers ofTamil Cinema, directed ‘Nandanar’. He had begun his life asreporter in the now defunct Madras city eveninger ‘ The Mail’,for which he wrote film reviews. Drawn to the medium ofcinema, he gave up his job and promoted a short-lived monthly‘Sound And Shadow’ in the early 1930s. It was one of the earlymovie magazines in English in Madras and created muchimpact in those days. (To be continued)
“Brick-dropping”Being something of an amateur brick dropper of local
eminence, I had done a little research in this enviable fieldand felt eclipsed by the greats of history.
We have heard about how Columbus, being a little highthanks to the sendoff party and a little low on geography,went West in search of India (when he should have sailedEast) and landed in America. (We are getting near the brick,smoke-screened by the historians.) Columbus took onelook at the faces crowding the beach and his face blanched.He didn’t know what to say to hide his chagrin and said thefirst thing that occurred to him “Howdy!” with which hegreeted the Red Indian Chief. The brick was on the beach,for, the Chief thought he was called “Rowdy” by thiswretched paleface and thus ensued the pleasurable pastimeof scalping and all those brave deeds that have made JohnWayne &Co household names.
The completeness of the brick in this case is evident whenwe see that neither Columbus nor the Chief knew a wordof English (if “Howdy” is English!).
Another famous brick-dropping is allegedly attributed tothe French Queen Marie Antoinette. Upon learning thatthe peasants had no bread to eat, the Queen is credited withthe brick, “Then let them eat cake!” The brick was tooheavy for the famished ears and the monarch’s headdropped into the basket under the guillotine. Those twobricks built a new world.
The sizeable pile of my personal bricks have, instead ofbuilding anything, demolished my ego. Being the first lawyerin the family - a clan of many branches - I saw the legalrainbow like a pronounced red carpet laid out for me. On atrain journey, I got chummy with a chap who shared withme a common strain of selective insomnia, inability to sleepon a train. We got talking and soon what he didn’t knowabout my practice wasn’t worth knowing. I was going tomove bail the next day at the Madras Vacation Court andgenerally let go about Vacation Judges. “They usually putthe dumbest chaps as Vacation Judges,” I joked.
“Not necessarily”, my fellow insomniac said.“You seem to know some vacation judges.”“Yes, I am one... I am going to Ernakulam...as vacation
judge.”“Sir, I mean My Lord, I mean...”, my tongue went on a
lightning strike in protest against the scarcity of greymatter in the headquarters. I expected the train to stop atthe heaviness of the brick.
I have got the bright idea from somewhere, or maybe it’soriginal, that if you have a perfectly rotten case to argue,there is no sense in doing it with a long face. So, in an accidentcase appeal where my fellow’s vehicle had killed an old man,I decided to joke my opening through, “My Lords, it is mysingular misfortune to appear for owners of vehicles whoare killers,” I said with the brightest smile. The two ‘MyLords’ appeared to have been hit by a brick. They whisperedto each other while I shrivelled in my shoes. I looked aroundat my learned friends. All were smiling. Then came the boltfrom the bench: “What do you mean, ‘misfortune’?” I had tohem and haw for a full five minutes to get the choicewarning, “Think before you speak.” The Lords took it intotheir heads that I was having a dig at them for being kindto the accident victims. That brick nearly ended up as myprofessional tombstone.
Tomorrow to fresh fields of clay for bricks anew.
Whose life is it anyway?
By S. VidyaakarWith every step forward in
technology, we are taking athousand steps backward inhumanity. No matter howmuch progress the worldmakes, it is still the Stone Agefor the poor and the mentallyill.
Kumar, aged about 45 years,had been in iron chains for aquarter of his life. This is howhe was found on Sept. 28 byPatrick, a social worker fromUdavum Karangal, on VelloreHigh Road, Thurinjapuram.The CB CID Sub-InspectorDoss of Thiruvannamalai hadreferred Kumar to Patrick.
Kumar was set free from theiron chains once he was insideUdavum Karangal’s abode inThiruvannamalai and liber-ated from his physical trauma.After counseling, he was ableto give his name and details ofhis parents.
He is from EechankuppamVillage, near Kolathur and hisparents Krishnan andRangammal lived there. Hewas under treatment for men-tal illness in CMC, Vellore.After his parents’ death, a lo-cal rice mill owner from hisvillage had chained him for notdoing any work and to prevent
him from running away fromthe village.
Doctors have assessedKumar to be schizophrenic.
Do we need to chain someonewho is mentally ill? Is this theprogress psychiatry hasmade? Can’t one see there is ahuman being hidden under thebizarre behavior of a mentallyill person? It can happen to youor me.
There is a percentile increasein the number of mentally illand depressed persons due tothe changing dynamics of soci-ety and the pressures thatcome along with it.
I question the attitude of thegeneral public who turn a blindeye to the mentally ill.
Oct. 10 is marked as WorldMental Health Day with semi-nars and speeches all over theglobe. Though we talk big thingsabout mental health and theneed to treat the affected in anunderstanding way, this inhu-man condition persists in frontof our eyes, or should I say ourseeing blind eyes. After all,whose life is it anyway?
Vidyaakar is the Founder ofUdavum Karangal, 460, NSKNagar, Arumbakkam,Chennai 600 106. His contactnumber is 99401 88011.
By Our StaffReporterTo manage
crowds ofD e e p a v a l ishoppers andto preventthem fromjaywalking,traffic policehave installeda central med-ian with barri-cades on Dura-isamy Road, T.Nagar.
Barricades used as medianon Duraisamy Road
A vehicle in broken down condition has been lying on thepavement of A. P. Patro Salai, K. K. Nagar for several days.
Vehicle lying on pavement
Abandoned policebooths removedafter report inMambalam TimesBy Our Staff Reporter
Following the report ‘Unusedpolice booths dumped on roadmargin’ published inMambalam Times last week,the two air-conditioned policebooths dumped on the marginof 18th Avenue, Ashok Nagarwere removed on Oct. 11.
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Major cracksdeveloped in the wallalong Mam-balamCanal on 4th MainRoad, CIT Nagarduring desilting workby a JCP.
Residents havesuggested installing agate in the wall whichcan be opened foraccess to the canalfor desilting to pre-vent such damage inthe future.
Mambalam Canal wall damaged duringdesilting work
Corporation forming team forsmart city project
The officials responsible forimplementing the smart cityproject in Chennai have begunforming a team. The speed ofimplementation of the project,which is to kick off in thecommercial hub of T. Nagar,has been slow.
The project has received aRs. 200 crore grant from theCentre.
The board of directors ofChennai Smart City Limited(CSCL), the special purposevehicle formed in May to receivefunds and execute theambitious project, held ameeting recently. “All positions
in the special purpose vehicle(SPV) have to be filled. We haveformed a Project ManagementUnit which will recruit people,”said a senior Corporationofficial.
The Corporation Comm-issioner will be the chairpersonof CSCL, to be housed in AmmaMaaligai, the annexe of RiponBuildings, while the otherdirectors are the MD ofMetrowater and TamilnaduSlum Clearance Board,TANGEDCO Chief Engineerand Additional Commissionerof Police and two independentmembers.
By Our Staff ReporterKeerthana Shankar, resident of
Subbulaxmi Nivas, 27, VeerasamyStreet, West Mambalam, won the 2ndprize in the Bhagavad Gita recitationcompetition conducted by ChinmayaMission in Chettinad Vidyashram lastweek.
She is a Std. 1 student of the school.
Comes 2nd in Gita recitationcontest
Talk on Thiru Arutpa onTuesday
ISKCON program inMambalam on Saturdays
By Our Staff ReporterA pavement tender
coconut vendor on G. N.Chetty Road, T. Nagar hasdisplayed boards at hisshop saying the price of atender coconut, irrespec-tive of size, is Rs. 20. Ifanyone else (presumablytending the shop in hisabsence) demands a higheramount, the buyer can callhis mobile number whichhas been mentioned in thenotice.
Pay only Rs. 20, says tender coconut seller
By Our Staff ReporterUnder the auspices of
Vallalar Sanmarga Sangam(V.O.C Street, MGR Nagar, Ph:94453 43706), Mu. Bala-subramaniam will give adiscourse on ‘Thiru Arutpa –Vallalarin Vaazhvum Vaz-hiyum’ at 6 p.m on Tuesday,
Oct. 18, in Sakthi VinayagarTemple (P.T. Rajan Salai, K. K.Nagar).
All are welcome.
By Our Staff ReporterThe International Society for
Krishna Consciousness(ISKCON), Injambakkam,conducts ‘Bakthi Vriksha’ pro-grams from 7 p.m to 9 p.m onSaturdays at 28, South K. R.Koil Street, West Mambalam.
The program includesbhajans, congregational chan-ting and Bhagwad Gita classes.
More details can be had inphone 2371 3606 or fromRanga Krishna Das (24744900, 98400 27800).
All are welcome.
Free Veda classeson SundaysBy Our Staff Reporter
Veda Vidhta Samithi, WestMambalam conducts free Vedaand 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.
Program inRamana BhakthaSamajam onSundays
Sri Ramana BakthaSamajam, West Mambalam(BVSN Moorthy School,Thambiah Road, WestMambalam) conducts the fol-lowing program on Sundays:
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 distributedamong special children at11.30 a.m on RamanaMaharishi’s birth star day(Punarpoosam).
Pavements blockedby damaged vehicles
Damaged vehicles have been lying on the pavements of themain road in Ragavan Colony, Jafferkhanpet for severalmonths causing hindrance to pedestrians.
Lab offers health checkpackage
Nithya’s JK, a diagnostic center (29A, Duraisamy Salai,T.Nagar), is offering health check-up package at subsidizedcharges till Nov.11.
The package includes blood tests, cholesterol, kidney andliver function tests, doctor’s consultation etc.
The charge for the tests is Rs. 499.Blood sample is also collected from the patient’s home.The center is open from 7 a.m to 9 p.m on week days and 7
a.m to 1 p.m on Sundays.Its phone numbers are 2431 2913/94451 22913.
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WE arrange wellexperienced trustworthyBrahmin / non-vegetarian cook/ housemaids / baby, patient,caretakers. Abi Home CareService. Ph: 99403 35114,2447 1382, 98404 35708.Email: [email protected].
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assistant & sales executivefor Anu Chitra Publication, No.21/9, Rajagopalan Street,West Mambalam. Ph: 24743719, 98410 70592.
WANTED lady assistantfor an Eye Clinic and Opticalat No. 55, ThiruvengadamStreet. Mandavelli. Ph: 24622462, 93840 51009.
WANTED delivery boys,plastic beads cleaning staffsand teachers for abacus,phonics and vedic Maths. Ph:81444 43777.
WANTED ladycandidate withchemistry basic forconsultancy firm inAshok Nagar. Ph:95512 58888.
SOFA SERVICESSOFA SERVICESSOFA SERVICESSOFA SERVICESSOFA SERVICESANY old type of sofas,
cushions repairing &reconditioning at verymoderate charges. Contact:K.N.S. Rajan, New No. 58,Peters Road, Royapettah. Ph:93818 03956, 76671 33233.
Support group to launchInternational Day of ElderlyBy Our Staff Reporter
Senior Citizens’ Support Forum, a groupconsisting of former bureaucrats, will launchInternational Day of Elderly on Sunday, Oct.16 in Russian Cultural Centre, Alwarpet.
The forum plans to conduct health relatedprograms, training schemes like using smartphones and computers for senior citizens andwelfare schemes for the poor.
It also plans to set up reading rooms withdaily newspapers in government and aidedschools.
It is also launching home care service forelderly patients through an organization onOct. 22.
It is looking for volunteers to help launch itsschemes.
Those who willing to help the forum maycontact 94444 55872 / 94440 36701 / 9840099170.
By Our StaffReporterA 10-ft wide
and 20-ft longtrench hasbeen dug todesilt anddeepen thestorm waterdrain on G. N.Chetty Roadclose to Mam-balam Canal.
Storm water drain being deepened
By Our StaffReporter
There is amanually rotat-able statue ofM a h a t m aGandhi in theentrance toGandhi Memo-rial Library inThakkar BapaVidyalaya, T.Nagar.
The 61-year-
Rotatable Gandhi statue in schoolis 61 years old
old statue made of wood can be rotated manually according to theprayer or meeting session.
Lions Club conducts free eye campBy Our Staff
ReporterChennai Lions Club
(District 324, A8, VGPComplex, 1st Avenue,Ashok Nagar) con-ducted free eye check-up for the students andstaff of Quaid e- MillathGovernment Collegefor Women on Oct. 8.
Opening of water booth aftercivic poll
By Our StaffReporter
Inauguration of theAmma water purifierbooth installed nearEB office on AnnaMain Road, K. K. Nagarhas been postponeddue to the civic elec-tion.
Free accounts coaching for +2studentsBy Our Staff Reporter
Free accounts coaching will be given for 1 month for +2 students fromSunday, Oct. 16, at 5.30 p.m in Sri Devi Colony, Ashok Nagar. Classeswill be conducted by Geetha. For more details contact 90031 36605.
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.
Physically fit men and women below 60 yearsare welcome to volunteer.
The travelling expense has to be borne by thevolunteers. Accommodation, lunch and dinnerwill be provided free of cost.
Those interested can call 78455 58334.
The trench has been barricaded to caution motorists and pedestrians.
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WANTED 2 bedrooms, hall,kitchen, 1st floor, around 800sq.ft, with Indian & Westerntoilet, with/without car park inWest Mambalam (preferablyK.V. Colony, Mahadevan Str-eet, Moorty Street, JaisankarStreet & Postal Colony) for asmall Brahmin family, nobrokers. Ph: 97890 37632.
MINI HALLMINI HALLMINI HALLMINI HALLMINI HALLWEST MAMBALAM,
Mahadevan Street (StateBank Building), 2 Halls –Kamakshi Mini Hall A/c (100guests), Kamakshi Hall A/c(200 guests). Ph: 4351 2233,4351 2556, 99404 54545,94450 54545.www.kamakshihall.com.OLD AGE HOMEOLD AGE HOMEOLD AGE HOMEOLD AGE HOMEOLD AGE HOMESENIOR citizen home ( run
by Brahmin) in Keezhkattalai,3 times food, 2 times coffee,very near bank, hospital,temple, normal person - Rs.7500 per month, bedridden –Rs. 12000 per month, noadvance & donation. Ph:98840 56233, 98840 56203.
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CHENGALPET, MahindraWorld City, Paranur, nearRailway Station, RTO & carshowroom on GST Road, infront of Nu-Tech, DTCP plots,1500 sq.ft (30’ x 50’), rate Rs.900 sq.ft (negotiable). Ph:93828 31239.
ASHOK NAGAR, PariNagar, near Kasi Theatre, landarea 1200 sq.ft, built-up area2500 sq.ft, rent income Rs.60000, price Rs. 1.40 crores(negotiable). Ph: 74016 47771.
RENTALRENTALRENTALRENTALRENTALWEST MAMBALAM, No.
18/2, Patel Street, 500 sq.ft,independent house, rent Rs.11000 (negotiable), suitablefor office / bachelors. Ph:99410 99921, 98411 30933.
WEST MAMBALAM, No.3, Raju Naciken Street, nearPanigraha Kalyana Man-dapam, 950 sq.ft, 2nd floor, 3bedrooms, hall, modularkitchen, 3 phase, rent Rs.18000, 10 months advance,car parking. Ph: 94884 49887.
ASHOK NAGAR (Vasu-devan Nagar), No. 115/2,Vedhachalam Street, near KasiTheatre, 2 bedrooms, hall,kitchen, 800 sq.ft, ground floor,semi furnished, 3 phase, rentRs. 12000, vegetarian family/ Brahmins preferred, nobrokers. Ph: 98403 91670,94455 82845, 2489 2385.
WEST MAMBALAM, NewNo. 12, Old No. 30, PatelStreet, 2 bedrooms, hall, kit-chen, 2nd floor, no lift, Western& Indian toilets, no car park,rent Rs. 13000. Contact: B.Sivakumar. Ph: 98408 59867,98842 96692.
T. NAGAR, No. 78, AnandBhavan, South Boag Road,next to GLM & Meridian Hotel,2 bedrooms, hall, kitchen, 1st
floor, woodwork, rent Rs.15000, vegetarians only. Ph:78110 98999.
ASHOK NAGAR, No. 8/57,1st Avenue, near 100 FeetRoad & Corporation Bank(Pillar), 750 sq.ft, 1st floor, 2-wheeler parking, commercialor residential. Contact: Ravi.Ph: 99400 44800, 9600106457.
WEST MAMBALAM, No.12, Arya Gowda Road, 550sq.ft, office space, 1st floorapartment, rent Rs. 20000,advance 10 months,commercial, suitable for audit/ marketing office. Ph: 7338977422.
WEST MAMBALAM, No.2, Sathyanarayana Street, nearRailway Station & T. NagarBus Terminus, 2 bedrooms,hall, kitchen, 2nd floor flat, roadfacing, 2-wheeler parking,Brahmins only, no brokers.Ph: 94447 10772.
T. NAGAR, No. 2, Bala-muthu Krishnan Street, 2bedrooms, hall, kitchen, 1100sq.ft, 2nd floor, fully renovatedflat, open car park, rent Rs.25000, Brahmins only. Ph:97910 63232.
ASHOK NAGAR, No. 32/148, Kanchi Natarajan Street,Vasudevan Nagar, near Kasitheatre, single bedroom, hall,kitchen, ground floor, 3 phase,Brahmins only, no brokers.Ph: 87544 85924.
KODAMBAKKAM, No. 35,Aziz Nagar 2nd Street, spacioussingle bedroom, 2nd floor, rentRs. 9500, vege-tarian familyonly, no brokers. Ph: 9790701222.
WEST MAMBALAM, No.13/5, NagarathinammalColony, 90 sq.ft, shop. Ph:98409 95779.
WEST MAMBALAM, No.11, Thambaiah Road, nearRailway Station, 2 bedrooms,hall, kitchen, 1st floorapartment, balcony, attachedbathroom, car park, tilesflooring, rent Rs. 9500, family/ bachelors. Ph: 95439 28551,98411 93685.
T. NAGAR, No. 105, Pad-manabhan Street, near NorthUsman Road, 3 bedrooms, 2hall, 4 balconies, big veranda,3000 sq.ft, individual 2nd floor,100% vaastu, open car park,rent Rs. 50000 (residential),rent Rs. 65000 (office). Ph:93828 31239.
WEST MAMBALAM, No.148, Lake View Road, 2bedrooms, hall, kitchen, 680sq.ft, 1st floor, 24 hours water,all covered cup boards, A/c,fans & lights provided, 2-wheeler parking, Brahminspreferred. Ph: 2224 0299,98400 98286.
T. NAGAR, Old No. 13/2,New No. 8, Bharathi Flats,Giriffith Road, near PanagalPark, 2 bedrooms, hall,kitchen, 850 sq.ft, ground floor,semi furnished, open reservedcar park, residential / comm-ercial. Ph: 91503 79475, 9884232883.
T. NAGAR, No. 174,Habibullah Road (West), 2bedrooms, hall, kitchen,dining, study room, balcony,1250 sq.ft, 3rd floor, lift, carpark, 24 hours water & secu-rity, rent Rs. 23000, Brahminsonly, no brokers. Ph: 09483724511, 094837 24512.
T. NAGAR, No. 18,Gopalakrishna Street, nearPondy Bazaar, 2 bedrooms,1050 sq.ft, 4th floor flat, lift, 24hours water, open car park,woodwork, geyser, security,family / bank lease. Contact:Owner. Ph: 98415 69629, 42169629.
WEST MAMBALAM, No.11/6, Ganapathy Illam, RajajiStreet, 1 bedroom, hall,kitchen, 2nd floor, 24 hourswater, EB as per card, rentRs. 9000, advance Rs. 40000,vegetarian only. Ph: 9283180834, 74189 06373.
ASHOK NAGAR,No. 61, R.A.S. Flats,10th Avenue, next toJeevan Stores, 2bedrooms, hall, kit-chen, 985 sq.ft, 1st
floor, lift, renovatedflat, covered carpark, no brokers.Ph: 98410 98481.T. NAGAR, No. 1, Rajam-
bal Street, 2 bedrooms, hall,kitchen, independent 1st floorhouse, vegetarian/Brahminfamily only / office. Ph: 24333003, 98403 26120.
T. NAGAR, No. 15, Muthu-rangan Salai, 3 bedrooms, hall,kitchen, 1200 sq.ft, groundfloor, car park, newlyrenovated, rent Rs. 36000(negotiable), residential / office/ guest house. Contact:Ganesan. Ph: 94440 70139.
NUNGAMBAKKAM, No.49/1, Arundathi Apartment, S-1, West Mada Street, nearSiva Temple, room withattached bathroom, 1 or 2office going male / female,rent Rs. 7000 (single person)/ Rs. 4000 (each for 2 person),strictly vegetarians, preferablyBrahmins, no brokers.Contact: N. Ramasubramani.Ph: 2821 1468.
WEST MAMBALAM, No.9/1, Burma KanakambalStreet, single room, 200 sq.ft,ground floor, bath / toiletattached, separate entrance,geyser, Brahmins only,bachelors / spinsters. Ph:94449 02011, 4330 7096.
RANGARAJAPURAM, No.3, Valliammal Gardent 1st
Street, near Five Lights, 3bedrooms, hall, kitchen, 1500sq.ft, independent 1st floorhouse, covered car park,Brahmins only. Ph: 9444533738, 2472 4114.
ASHOK NAGAR, No. 43/2B, 11th Avenue, upstairs ofKFC Building, 3 bedrooms,hall, kitchen, semi furnished,lift, covered car park. Ph:98844 59194, 98841 06028.
WEST MAMBALAM, No.1, Satyapuri Street, nearDuraisamy Subway & Pothys,double bedrooms, 2nd floor,North facing, good ventilation,2-wheeler parking, family only,immediate occupation. Ph:99402 75111.
WEST MAMBALAM, No.74/39, Thambaiah Road,opposite Ration Shop, 1bedroom, hall, kitchen,individual ground floor house,Western toilet, 3 phase, rentRs. 12000, maintenance Rs.500, advance 4 months,Brahmins only. Ph: 9884376625.
T. NAGAR, No. 15/7A,Duraisamy Road, oppositeRamakrishna Ashram, nextto Pothys car park, 2bedrooms, hall, kitchen, poojaroom, 1050 sq.ft, independent1st floor house, open car park,rent Rs. 20000, Brahmins only.Ph: 2434 1601, 75662 17636.
ASHOK NAGAR, No. 11/8,86th Street, close to 19th
Avenue & West Mambalam, 2bedrooms, hall, kitchen, 800sq.ft, 1st floor, A/c, geyser, 2-wheeler parking, 24 hourswater, rent Rs. 18000, family/ bachelors (employed inMNC). Ph: 94440 31545,97898 66572.
T. NAGAR, No. 15/4,Amaravati Apartment,Maharajapuram SanthanamStreet (Griffith Road), 2bedrooms, hall, kitchen, 2nd
floor, fully renovated, fullyfurnished, no car park, rentRs. 16000, no brokers. Ph:93840 55660, 97905 12203.
T. NAGAR, No. 24, RanganStreet, opposite Chennai Silks,single bedroom, above 700sq.ft, 2nd floor flat, residentialonly, no brokers. Ph: 9941457253.
ASHOK NAGAR, No. 45 /95, Pappi Flat, 7th Avenue, 3bedrooms, 1300 sq.ft, 1st floor,lift, 3 balconies, open car park,rent Rs. 28000, Brahmins /vegetarians only, no brokers.Ph: 98403 34886.
WEST MAMBALAM, No.26/12, Raghavan Colony, 2bedrooms, hall, kitchen,individual ground floor house,EB direct, rent Rs. 11000 orlease Rs. 6.5 lakhs. Ph: 9940598082.
ASHOK NAGAR, No. 54,11th Avenue, near PazamudhirCholai, 2 bedrooms, hall,kitchen, open car park, 24hours water, family / bachelors/ commercial. Ph: 7305344555.
WEST MAMBA-LAM, No. 24/B-1,Rams Maruthi,Muthalamman KoilStreet Extension,behind Jai GopalGarodia School &Postal Colony,compact 2 bed-rooms, hall, kitc-hen, pooja room,ground floor flat,rent Rs. 15000, smallBrahmin family. Ph:99620 40443, 42640932.ASHOK NAGAR, No. 15A,
Sarvamangala Colony, 6th
Avenue, 42nd Street, 3bedrooms, hall, kitchen,dining, 1440 sq.ft, car park,fully furnished, vegetarians.Ph: 98406 96906.
VALASARAVAKKAM, No.57/D, Thirupathi Nagar MainRoad, 3 bedrooms, hall,kitchen, pooja room, 1330sq.ft, covered car park, fullyfurnished, vegetarians. Ph:98406 96906.
WEST MAMBALAM, No.57, Postal Colony, 3 bed-rooms, hall, kitchen, 1500sq.ft, 1st floor, vitrified tiles,fully woodwork, new flat, cove-red car park. Contact: Mani.Ph: 95513 28853, 9380566667.
ASHOK NAGAR, No. 21,12th Avenue, near R.V. Nagar,1 bedroom, hall, kitchen, 600sq.ft, 2nd floor flat, 2-wheelerparking, rent Rs. 10000. Ph:74016 47771.
T. NAGAR, No. 23,Mahalakshmi Street, 2bedrooms, hall kitchen, 950sq.ft, 3rd floor, no lift, A/c, nocar park, family / bachelors /office. Contact: Navin. Ph:98401 31073.
WEST MAMBALAM, No.3, Venkatachalam Street, nearDuraisamy Subway, 5 rooms,hall, kitchen, 1000 sq.ft,independent upstairs, rent Rs.13000, advance 6 months,Tamil speaking employedBrahmins. Ph: 2814 2474,94444 18596.
T. NAGAR, No. 73, MadleyStreet, near Bus Terminus, 1bedroom, hall, kitchen, 560sq.ft, Western toilet attached,A/c, rent Rs. 9900, advance 6months, Brahmin / vegetarianfamily / bachelors / office.Contact: Vimal. Ph: 9444116320.
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By M. A. SADANAND
NO HOLDS BARRED
A fellow by name Hieun Tsang awoke one morning with feet asitchy as the dickens. His father, a pedagogue, which in ancientChina meant a foot-doctor, assured the itchy son that a little walkwould cure him instantly. So Hieun took a little walk and he couldn’tstop for fear that it would return the moment he stopped for a greentea. He walked, walked and walked and arrived in India.
He was surprised that noone had asked him for his passport orvisa or ‘P’ form, or tapped his valise to see if there was a false bottomcontaining opium. That was the golden age of tourism, withoutanyone knowing that there was such a thing as ‘tourism’.
There wasn’t much by way of ruins to be seen in the 7th centurywhen the said Chinaman visited, as the process of man’s destruc-tion of things to provide food for the tourism of the 21st century hadnot been started yet.
Emboldened by Hieun’s long walk, Fahien followed, it is said,though not recorded in books by historians, with a consignment ofopium that gave the ancient Indian a taste for it. That is the genesisof the ‘Opium Act’. Those travellers certainly contributed to thewelfare of the people they visited, which is more than can be saidof the present visitors.
Keats, in his short life, said that ‘heard melodies are sweet butthose unheard are sweeter still’. Things seen are good but thoseunseen are better, and that’s the pull of tourism, of course aided bythe imagination of copywriters employed by the promoters. Somechauvinistic Roman even went to the extent of saying “See Romeand then die.” A wrong thing to say to promote tourism, but beinga fascist, anything he says isn’t sensible. What I say is that faraway fields look greener and if you don’t want to be disillusioned, youhad better stick to your easy chair and read a travelogue.
Vedanthangal, the bird sanctuary just 53 miles by road fromChennai, is listed as a tourist attraction but, in my 65-plus yearshere, all I had seen were some crows and sparrows who visit us.Cousin Mohan drove us to the lake, the islands in the middle of whichallegedly house an avian U.N.O. The lake looked like polished glass;not a ruffle on its surface. What’s more, no dashed birds, or if therewere any, they must have been at the bottom of the lake with O2tanks strapped to their backs. “Something wrong”, said cousinMohan, who is famous for prize understatements. “You betcher”,I broke into American. When angry, I always do.
We asked the sleeping warden where the hell the birds were. Hesaid, “Must have got tired of seeing so many people; they’re alsotourists...the flying itch must have done it”. That’s bird brain foryou.
Our next sally was to Thirukazhukundram, the hilltop templewhere a couple of birds (really God and His wife) appeared likeclockwork at noon for food, or so said the government handout, forwhich we fell. After an endless climb of a handed thousand steps orperhaps a million, we waited in vain for the proxy Gods in avian formto show up. “That’s the second time birds have given us the slip.These things of the air are bad for tourism... Look at the pilots...theyhave practically killed tourism”, I observed learnedly, to which wifesaid, “No wonder with atheists like you around, no decent God willshow Himself”.
Another tourist bubble burst by me was the one about throwinga handkerchief weighted with a stone from ‘Arthur’s Seat’ inMahabaleshwar near Pune. I threw it hoping to see it boomerangand land in my hand as I was told it would. Well, I lost a beautifulhandkerchief and the urge to see any more of the fabled tourist spot.What a fool I was to imagine that there are things like boomerangs.If it’s true, then a speeding arrow and a spoken word can jolly wellcome back, in which case politicians will not have to eat their words.They need to only stand at the door with a bag and collect them.
A real seeker of knowledge wouldn’t gather all that wisdom coopedup in his insular home, reading what So & So wrote. He seeks notonly to relive the past but to see the present and project his mindinto the future of unheard melodies and unseen things. Or am Icreating another bubble of a legendary tourist who puts up with ourvampire mosquitoes, auto dacoits, greedy guides, vacillating laws,snoopy custom hounds and a fellow like me who maintains, “Thereis no place like home!”
Free Veda kramam and ghanamclasses on SundaysBy Our Staff Reporter
Under the auspices of Veda Vidhya Samithi, free classes on thekramam and ghanam of Vedas (different styles of reciting Vedas) willbe held at 10 a.m on Sundays from Oct. 16 in Guha Apartments, 30,1st Street, Vivekanandapuram, West Mambalam.
Anyone can join the class.Interested persons can send their name and contact number for
registration by email to [email protected].
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By Our Staff ReporterThe police booked two senior
officials of SRM NightingaleMatriculation Higher Second-ary School (West Mambalam)on Oct. 11 for negligence aftera nine-year-old student,Logamithra, died in a fallfrom the school’s terrace onOct. 7.
Logamithra, a Std. 4 stu-dent, fell from the terrace ofthe 4-storied school buildingand suffered head injuries. Shelater died in a private hospitalin Vadapalani.
The school authorities toldthe police that the terrace,which is normally locked, waskept open for some mainte-
School officials booked afterstudent falls to death
nance work on the day.Police reportedly suspect
suicide as a ‘thank you andsorry’ note was recovered fromthe girl’s notebook.
Ashok Nagar police are in-vestigating the case.
By Our Staff ReporterA. S. Kumar (resi-dent of Ashok Nagar) presented cash awards of Rs. 5000, Rs. 3000 and
Rs. 1000 respectively to the three school toppers of Government Girls Higher SecondarySchool, Ashok Nagar in the Std. 10 and 12 board exams held this year.
Resident’s awards for Governmentschool toppers
Free talk on‘GoverningBusiness andRelationship’ nextSaturdayBy Our Staff Reporter
Under the auspices ofVedanta Institute (Madras),R. Aravindan will give a freetalk on ‘Governing Businessand Relationship’ on Saturday,Oct. 22, from 10 a.m to 11.15a.m in Hotel Pratap Plaza, 168,Kodambakkam High Road,Mahalingapuram.
He will speak on the conceptsof fundamental values, workethics, stress management,productivity, leadership andtime management.
All are welcome.For registration, con-
tact Chithra Sundarrajan in98404 93904.
Meet to discuss‘Debates on newschannels’By Our Staff Reporter
Thalaiangam Vimarsanam(Headlines Review, T. Nagar)has organized its 200th weeklymeeting from 6.30 p.m to 8.30p.m on Sunday, Oct. 16 inUzhaikum Makkal Maaman-dram, 5, Vasudevan Street,Kilpauk.
The topic of discussion willbe ‘The debates on televisionnews channels’.
A number of eminent per-sons will participate in the dis-cussions.
All are welcome.More details can be had from
V. Jothiramalingam in 9941747030.
Corporation has installed concrete benches on the pavementof A. P. Patro Salai, K. K. Nagar for the benefit of pedestrians,morning walkers and others.
An old man was seen taking a siesta on a bench while an autodriver and two others were seen reading newspapers.
Corporation installs bencheson pavement
Free yoga course from todayBy Our Staff Reporter
Sannyasi Krishnayogam willconduct a month-long free yogacourse for adults from 5.30 a.mto 7 a.m, from Sunday, Oct. 16in Bala Vidya Higher Secon-dary School (30, Vasudeva-puram, near DoraiswamyRoad subway).
The classes are conductedaccording to the curriculum ofthe Bihar School of Yoga.
Asanas, praanayamapratyahara (sense withdrawaltechniques), dharana (concen-tration), meditation, mantra,value education, food habitsand shat kriyas (internalpathways cleaning for mana-ging diseases) will be taught.
The classes will includesessions on anatomy andphysiology for better under-standing of the benefits of yoga.
For more details, call 9444240383 / 94450 51015 or visitwww.satyamyogatrust.net.
Free presentationon ‘Good healthand mind control’todayBy Our Staff Reporter
Bharat Science of LivingFoundation has organized afree presentation on ‘Goodhealth and Alpha mind’ from10 a.m to 12.30 p.m onSunday, Oct. 16 in 2nd Floor,Espee Complex, 52,Brindavan Street, WestMambalam.
Experts will give amultimedia presentation ongood health and mind controlwhich will be followed by aninteractive session. All arewelcome.
Health expo for elders heldBy Our Staff Reporter
An expo for senior citizens was held on Oct. 8 in VidyodayaGirls Higher Secondary School, T. Nagar.
Geriatrician Dr. V. S. Natarajan spoke on health relatedtopics and gave tips on leading a healthy life.
Memory clinics, naturopathy treatment, geriatric counselingand physiotherapy, fall prevention, adult immunisation andsiddha/varma/ayurveda clinics were some of the attractions inthe expo. There were stalls displaying nutritious food.
Nephrologists, orthopaedics, gynaecologists, psychiatristsand neurologists provided free counseling.
The expo concluded with a light music program andpattimandram. A Tamil book for elders titled ‘Mudhumai OruMuzhu Nila’ authored by Dr. V. S. Natarajan was releasedduring the expo.
PHC appeals fordonations for
cardiac surgeriesBy Our Staff ReporterPublic Health Center
(Ramakr ishnapuramStreet, West Mambalam)has appealed for donationsto perform cardiac surgeryon infants and childrenunder 12 years belongingto poor families.
Dr. Srimathi (retiredcardiac thoracic surgeonfrom Govt. Children Hos-pital) will perform thesurgeries free.
The other expensesincluding those on drugs andmaterials are estimated atRs. 1.25 lakhs per surgery.
The cardiac center wasestablished in 2012 andsince then 280 open heartsurgeries have beenperformed at a subsidizedrate.
Donors can contact S.Chandrasekaran, Comm-ittee Member in 9444009235.
