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Sai bhajan in LR Swami KalyanaMandapam on Wednesday

By Our Staff ReporterSai Seva Chakra will conduct Sai Bhajans on Wednesday, Jan. 1,

from 6.30 p.m to 8 p.m in LR Swami Kalyana Mandapam (SouthUsman Road, opposite Siva Vishnu Temple, T. Nagar).

Veda Parayanam will take place from 6 p.m to 6.30 p.m.All are welcome.

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3-day music fest at TAGAuditorium from tomorrowBy Our Staff Reporter

Maarga (Gandhi Street,West Mambalam, Ph: 9884170114), in association withSadthguru Vidyalaya (USA)and Sri ChandrasekharaGurukripa, will organize a 3-day music festival from Sun-day, Dec. 29, to Tuesday, Dec.31, at 4 p.m at TAG Audito-rium (54, Burkit Road, T.Nagar).

The following are the concertdetails:

Dec. 29:4.30 p.m: Vocal concert by

Vani Ramamurthi, ShankarRajan (violin), ArvindVenkatraman (mridangam).

5.45 p.m: Vocal concert byDevesh Vasishta, SahanaVasudevan (violin), SriramNatarajan (mridangam).

7 p.m: Violin duet concert byArun Ramamurthi and ShivaRamamurthi, Guru Ragha-vendra (mridangam), Udipi S.Srikanth (ghatam).

Dec. 30:3 p.m: Hindustani vocal con-

cert by Bhairavi Balaji, B.Anantaraman (violin), AdityaSrivatsan (tabla).

4 p.m: Violin concert bySmitha Krishnan, Varun Vis-wanath (mridangam), S. SunilKumar (khanjira).

5.15 p.m: Vocal concert byMayuri Vasan, Shankar Rajan(violin), Arjun Narayanan(mridangam).

6.30 p.m: Violin concert byVignesh Thyagarajan, GopalRavindran (mridangam), S.Sunil Kumar (khanjira).

7.45 p.m: Vocal concert byGeetha Shankar, VigneshThyagarajan (violin), VarunViswanath (mridangam).

Dec. 31:3 p.m: Vocal concert by

Viswanathan Ganesh, Shan-kar Rajan (violin), VikramBharathi (mridangam).

4 p.m: Violin concert bySahana Srinivasan, GopalRavindran (mridangam), S.Krishna (ghatam).

5 p.m: Violin concert byPragathi Guruprasad, VigneshThygarajan (violin), AkshayVenkatesan (mridangam).

6 p.m: Violin concert by MayaMalavi, Sahana Srinivasan(violin), Akshay Venkatesan

(mridangam).7.15 p.m: Violin concert by

Ramakrishnan Murthy, Keer-thana Sankar (violin), ArjunNarayanan (mridangam).

All are welcome.

Arun Systemsoffers Rs. 1000discount on‘Brother’ printersBy Our Staff Reporter

Arun Systems and Commu-nications (120, Arya GowdaRoad, West Mambalam) is of-fering a discount of Rs. 1000for new ‘Brother’ printers un-der its exchange scheme, tillSaturday, Jan. 4.

One can bring any brand ofused printers (working or non-working) to avail the exchangeoffer.

It sells all major brands ofcomputers and laptops.

Easy EMI schemes are alsoavailable.

The telephone numbers ofthe showroom are 9940082714, 84385 35198 and98400 91532.

Anniversaryfunction of SSBEST on Tuesday

Sri Sabarimalai BhakthaEducational and Social Trust(SS BEST) will hold its anni-versary function at Vasan-tham Kalyana Mantapam,Srinivasa Pillai Street, WestMambalam on Tuesday, Dec.31, at 5.30 pm.

A symposium on upholdingmoral values will be held onthat day. Justice Dr T Vallina-yagam of Lok Adalat, High Co-urt, Chennai, film actor DelhiGanesh and R. Rajkumar,Asian Delegate for Interna-tional Blood Donors’ Associa-tion, will participate in the sym-posium. The Trust will felici-tate Lion M Murugan, socialworker.

The Trust has also organiseda devotional music programmeby Murali and party.

All are welcome.

By Our Staff ReporterTraffic officials have put barricades in front of important bus

stops in T. Nagar, Mambalam and Ashok Nagar to block theentry of autos and share autos.

Traffic constables are also manning these bus stops duringpeak hours to prevent share autos from breaching the barri-cades.

Barricades near bus stops toprevent entry of share autos

The Editor andStaff of

Mambalam Timeswish you a

Happy New Year!

By Our Staff ReporterUnder the auspices of Sri

Kamakshi Mandali Trust(West Mambalam) and SriSubba Narasaiah-Karunam-bal Trust, a 3-day Namasan-keerthana Mahotsavam isgoing on since Dec. 27 in San-kara Madam (West Mam-balam).

The following are the pro-gram details:

Dec. 28:9 a.m: Ashtapathi by

Gnanaanandha Mandali.2.30 p.m: Abhanga bhajan

by students of Sankara Vid-yalaya (Urapakkam) and byVittal Baktha Sangam (Kera-la).

Namasankeerthana Mahotsavamin Sankara Madam

8.30 p.m: Dhivya Nama-sankeerthanam and Dolot-savam.

Dec. 29:7.30 a.m: Unjavrithi followed

by Radha Kalyanam per-formed by Mohanur, Srikanthand Koundinya Bhagavathar.

2.30 p.m: Discourse byMuralidhara Swamy.

4.15 p.m: Premiga sampra-dhaya keerthanaigal byYagnarama Bhagavatar.

7 p.m: Anjaneyar Utsavam.All are welcome.

By Our Staff ReporterThe Art of Living (6, Siva-

prakasam Street, T. Nagar)will conduct ‘Marghazhi Sat-sangam’ on Wednesday, Jan. 1from 5.45 p.m to 9 p.m in AVMRajeswari Kalyana Manda-pam, Radhakrishnan Salai,Mylapore.

There will be meditation,bhajans and sloka sessions.

For more details please call97909 22622, 94449 08800.

The Art of Livingto conduct Satsangon Jan. 1

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Music and danceconcerts inRukmani ArundaleHall till Jan. 1By Our Staff Reporter

Naadhabrahmam (Nagap-pan Street, Jafferkhanpet), amonthly music journal, is con-ducting its 12th annual musicfestival in Rukmani ArundaleHall (Kuppaiah Street, WestMambalam) since Dec. 13.

The following are the concertdetails from Dec. 28 to Jan. 1:

Dec. 28:5 p.m: Vocal concert by Sai-

sharan.7 p.m: Vocal concert by O.S.

Thyagarajan accompanied byMullaivasal Chandramouli,K.R. Ganesan and MadhubabuYella.

Dec. 29:5 p.m: Bharatanaatyam

concert by Madhavi Reddi.6.15 p.m: Bharatanaatyam

concert by Tara Kola.7.30 p.m: Bharatanaatyam

concert by Anuradha Murali.Dec 30:5 p.m: Vocal concert by

Radha Kalyanaraman.7 p.m: Naamasankeertha-

nam by Mohanur Srikanth-koundinyan.

Dec. 31:6 p.m: Bharatanaatyam

concert by Logambal Soupra-yen Cavery.

7.15 p.m: Bharatanaatyamconcert by Arundhathi.

Jan. 1:5 p.m: Vocal concert by Ma-

hathi.7 p.m: Vocal concert by Dr.

Sriram Parasuram accompa-nied by Neyveli Venkatesh(violin) and Rajandra Nakod(tabla).

All are welcome.

By Our Staff Reporter23-year-old K. Kumaran

(resident of 37/19, 12th Avenue,Ashok Nagar), suffering fromcerebral palsy, has written hisautobiography in Tamil titled‘Aanandha Thaandavam’ whi-ch was released by SolomonPaappayya (‘Pattimandram’fame) on Dec. 21.

Parvathy Viswanath(Director, AIKYA, Center forspecial children), Dharani (FilmDirector) and other persona-lities were present.

Kumaran said that the ideafor writing his autobiographywas given by his parents IlangoKumannan and Karpagam.

He said that the132-pagebook has 14 chapters on va-rious topics including cerebralpalsy and the challenges hefaced due to this condition,tackling hardships with asmile, self confidence, love formother, his friends, interestsincluding his liking for films, hisbelief in God, and message fordifferently abled persons andtheir parents. Copies of thebook, priced at Rs. 250, can behad from him.

Not a handicap for this young man

Ilango and Karpagam saidthat Kumaran was bornprematurely at 7 months andlater diagnosed with cerebralpalsy. He attends daily thera-py sessions. They said thatKumaran studied in a normalschool till Std. 5 and later joinedthe Na-tional Institute of OpenSchoo-ling from where hepassed the Stds.10 and 12examinations with distinction.

Kumaran studied M.Sc.(Counseling Psychology) inMadras University and is doing

Ph.D (Psychology) in Bhara-thiar University. He is pro-ficient in Tamil, English, Hindiand French.

Kumaran, with the supportof Prof. R. Krishnamoorthy,offers counseling for problemsincluding stress and familymatters. He also gives guida-nce on personality develop-ment, career promotion andlifestyle management.

He can be contacted in phone98414 07561 or godk6790@gmail.com

By Our Staff ReporterDrummer Sridhar (resident

of A-64, Gnanamani Street,Sathya Moorthy Block,

Jafferkhanpet) created an‘Assist World Record’ by play-ing 12 hours nonstop blind-folded for AIDs awareness onDec. 22 in RMZ Millenia Busi-ness Park, Kandanchavadi.

He played the drums from11 a.m to 11 p.m cheered by anenthusiastic audience.

His record making video canbe viewed in http://www.yout u b e . c o m / w a t c h ? v = E l l -5 w 1 Z 8 N Y & f e a t u r e = c 4 -overview&list=UUxWYbE8UUdyA51xIkG3MveQ

Sridhar, who has been play-ing drums since 1998, has sev-eral other records to his credit.He has entered ‘Limca Book ofRecords’ (for “24 hours non-stop drumming”), ‘Tamil NaduBook of Records’, ‘World Amaz-ing Records’, ‘RHR India’ and‘Unique World Records’.

He played ‘Darbuka’, an Ara-bic instrument, nonstop for 12hours, which helped him enter‘Tamil Nadu Book of Records’,‘Asia Book of Records ’and ‘In-dia Book of Records’.

Sridhar is also an expert in

He drums his way into records

placing miniature images in-side bottles which craft hasalso earned him several hono-urs. The list includes “181 min-iature images in a single bottle”and “100 images of Thiruval-

luvar in one bottle” (‘India Bookof Records’, ‘Tamil Nadu Bookof Records’, ‘Assist WorldRecords’ and ‘Unique WorldRecords’). He recently made adrawing inside an egg shell.

He has given concerts inDubai, Bahrain and other coun-tries in the Middle East.

Sridhar has worked witheminent musicians.

He runs a light music troupe‘Sukkiravaari’which hasstaged a number of shows.

Sridhar wants to enter the‘Guinness Books of Records’by playing the drums continu-ously for 121 hours.

He can be contacted in phone98400 97378 or www.drummersridhar.com

Corporation workers burntyres to melt tar

By Our Staff ReporterViolating the ban on burning

of tyres imposed by the Pollu-tion Control Board, ChennaiCorporation workers werefound burning old tyres formelting tar for road repair workon Reddy Kuppam Road, T.Nagar on Dec. 17. On the otherhand, Corporation contractorworkers engaged in road layingwork on G. N. Chetty Road, T.

Nagar were seen burning woodto melt tar for their work onDec. 19.

The contract workers toldMambalam Times that 1 tonneof wood costing Rs. 8000 laststwo days. They said that burn-ing of tyres affects the healthof workers and road users.

The Corporation will cam-paign for a ‘Smokeless Bhogi’next month.

Students entertain Karuna Sagar inmatesBy Our Staff Reporter

The social work departmentstudents of Loyola College,Madras Christian College andMadras School of Social Workentertained inmates of KarunaSagar (a home for palliativecare run by RMD Pain Pallia-tive Care Trust,13, Ragha-vaiah Road, T. Nagar) on Dec.19 as part of Christmas cel-ebrations.

The students also presentedfirst aid kits, bedsheets andother necessities to the in-mates.

Singing contesttomorrowBy Our Staff Reporter

Nalaiya Sigarangal will con-duct a singing contest inCarnatic music and Tamil filmsongs on Sunday, Dec. 29, from9 a.m to 5 p.m in RamakrishnaMission Boys School (South),Burkit Road, T. Nagar.

The competitions will be heldin different age group rangingfrom 5 to 25.

Interested persons may con-tact S. Raman (94444 21264)for registration.

Free medical camptomorrowBy Our Staff Reporter

Ungalukagha CharitableTrust (T. Nagar, Ph: 9551345999) has organized a freemedical camp from 8 a.m to 1p.m on Sunday, Dec. 29 inBharathirajaa Speciality Hos-pital (20, G. N. Chetty Road, T.Nagar).

Shakeel Akthar (InspectorGeneral of Police, Police Head-quarters) will inaugurate thecamp. Dr. C. Natesan (Medi-cal Director, BharathirajaaSpeciality Hospital) and R.Suresh Kumar (industrialist)will be present.

Dr. Suneel (Founder andManaging Trustee, Ungalu-kagha Charitable Trust) saidthat cardiologists, neurologists,urologists, gastroenterologists,ENT specialists, pediatri-cians, oncologists, gynecolo-gists, diabetologists, derma-tologists, general physiciansand general surgeons will ex-amine the patients.

Ultra sound, sugar check,ECG/echo, BMD, screeningfor breast and cervix cancer,and other tests will be donefree.

Special New Yearpooja to LordHanuman inSanjeevini PeetamBy Our Staff Reporter

On the occasion of New YearDay on Wednesday, Jan. 1,Panchamukha Hanuman dhyana manthram, Sathr-unjaya sthothra paarayanamand Dhrishti dhosha niva-rana pooja with lemon andpumpkin will be performed toLord Hanuman from 6 p.m to7 p.m in Sanjeevini Peetam (5,Kavarai Street, West Mam-balam; Ph: 98405 96050).

All are welcome.

By Our StaffReporter

An angry mobwent on a ram-page after a pri-vate water tan-ker on contractwith Metrowaterran over a 24-

Mob goes on rampage after watertanker runs over motorcyclist

was on the pil-lion seat escapedwith bruises.

On hearing thenews, relativesand friends of thevictim, who ru-shed to the spot,got enraged on

year-old man on a motorbikeon Dec. 22 at 3.30 p.m on G.N.Chetty Road, T. Nagar.

The tanker hit the bike frombehind while taking a turn fromG.N. Chetty Road towardsSundar Rao Street.

R. Veeraraghavan, who wasriding the bike, fell down and gotcrushed under the rear rightwheel of the tanker, while hisfriend N. Sarath Kumar who

seeing his body and went on arampage.

They set fire to the tankerlorry and also pelted stones atpassing MTC buses.

Personnel from TeynampetPolice Station chased away themob and tried to pacify thevictim’s relatives.

The tanker driver K. Karu-nanidhi was taken into cus-tody.

R. Lakshmi (resident of B-3,Kala Flats, No. 12/28, Baktha-vatchalam Street, WestMambalam, Ph: 98400 76024)passed away on Dec. 22.

She was 58 and had been aresident of Mambalam for morethan 26 years.

She was survived by herhusband G. Raghavesan, sonR. Subramanian, daughter H.Sunitha and grandchildren.

R. LAKSHMI

OBITUARY

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By Our Staff ReporterChristmas crib in Holy Cross Church, South Boag Road, T.

Nagar will be on display till Jan.1.

Christmas crib on displaytill Wednesday Residents told to choose

flyover designIn the first public referen-

dum on a civic project inChennai, residents of T. Nagarhave been given the option tovote for and choose the best ofthree flyover designs.

Chennai Corporation invitedresidents of T. Nagar to a pub-lic hearing on Dec. 23 andshowed them three proposeddesigns to extend and connectthe congested South UsmanRoad and North Usman Roadflyovers.

They have 10 days to votefor the design they feel will workbest for the busy locality.Mayor Saidai Duraisamy saidthat the Corporation will, in alllikelihood, opt for the designthat wins the most votes.

Usman Road, with malls andstores selling everything fromjewellery to clothes and kitchenutensils across all price ranges,is a cauldron of vehicles, shop-pers and vendors between 9a.m and 9 p.m on all days withthe ill-conceived flyovers builtin a hurry more a hindrancethan a boon. With the numberof pedestrians and motoristsincreasing day by day, trafficpolicemen can only attempt tolimit the bedlam in an impos-sible situation.

The South Usman Roadflyover begins barely 50 metersfrom the T. Nagar bus termi-nus and ends in front of GRTThangamaligai. The NorthUsman flyover, also called theMahalingapuram Flyover,starts from Panagal Park andends at the KodambakkamHigh Road junction. The Cor-poration and the public havelong since given up on theflyovers as useless.

“The South Usman Roadflyover only helps commutersskip the Panagal Park junc-tion,” said Udaykumar, a rep-resentative of CMD Smith, theconsultant appointed by theCorporation to come up with asolution to the problem. “It doesnot even skip the Rangana-than Street junction, which isthe most congested part of thelocality.”

Residents say the flyovershave also made the roads oneither side very narrow. “Theflyovers were constructed with-out acquiring land on either sidefor proper roads, so the exist-ing roads are always con-gested,” said T. Babu, a resi-dent of T Nagar.

The Corporation decided tolink the two flyovers and ex-tend a single elevated road tillAnna Salai. This would allowmotorists to get from Maha-lingapuram to Anna Salai with-out getting stuck at any of thejunctions in the shopping hub.But consultants ruled out thepossibility of merging theflyovers because it will notbenefit enough motorists andwould require too much con-struction. “It will benefit only20% of the motorists,”Udaykumar said. “Most peopledo not pass through T. Nagarbut stop in the locality to shop,so we have to incorporate drop-off points in the flyover design.We cannot have only one longflyover,” he said.

CMD Smith came up withthree options that will allow

Residents to pick T.Nagar flyover design

motorists to get to CIT Nagarfrom Mahalingapuram. TheCorporation and the consult-ant presented the designs toresidents with the Mayor say-ing that no land will be acquiredfor the project.

The first option is to extendthe South Usman Road flyover— where there is the most con-gestion — on the southern sidetill just ahead of Boag Road.The North Usman Roadflyover will be left untouched.“This flyover will bypassRanganathan Street and theMadley Road junction,” saidUdaykumar. This option willcost Rs. 260 crores and requireland to be acquired for the ex-tended part of the flyover to be10 meters wide.

Pedestrian subways will beprovided across Madley Roadand Duraisamy Road. The roadbetween Duraisamy Road junc-tion and Madley Road junctionwill be only for pedestrians.

The second option, which will

cost Rs. 384 crores, is to ex-tend the South Usman Roadflyover both south and north,to just before Boag Road on thenorthern side and beyond theBazullah Road junction at theother end, to within 100 metersfrom the North Usman Roadflyover. The North UsmanRoad flyover will remain un-touched in this plan too.

The third option, which willcost Rs. 342 crores, involvesthe extension of the SouthUsman Road flyover as

planned, but with the construc-tion of a new flyover on thenorthern side from the GRTThangamaligai junction to 100meters of the North UsmanRoad flyover. The new flyoverwill be connected to the SouthUsman Road flyover at a heightof 2 meters, with a pedestriancrossing where they meet.

Residents who attended theDec. 23 meeting appeared un-sure as to which design is best,but a majority appeared toprefer either the second or thirdoption. Giving them more timeto think it out, the Mayor askedresidents to email their choiceto mayor@chennaicorporation.gov.in and udayakumarr@cdmsmith.com) in 10 days.Drawings of the three designsare on the Corporation web-site.

The consultants said thatthe road has traffic of between4,000 and 6,000 passenger carunits per hour. Usman Road is3.5 km. long and the two sub-ways are each 800 meters long.

Courtesy: The Times of India

90-year-old Parur M. S.Anantharaman (veteran vio-linist) was conferred the title of‘Rasika Kala Bharathi’, whichhas a cash component of Rs.75,000, by Rasika Fine Arts(West Mambalam) duringits10th annual musical festivalwhich was inaugurated on Dec.24 in Jaigopal Garodia HinduVidyalaya, 4th Street, Postal

Title for veteran violinist

Colony, West Mambalam.The award was presented by

Dr. R. Krishnamurthy (Editor,Dinamalar). ‘Cleveland’ V. V.Sundaram, Dr. B. M. Sundaram(musicologist), Girija Seshadri(President, Rasika Fine Arts)and R. P. Krishnammachari(Secretary, Rasika Fine Artsand Chairman, Tex-BiosciencePvt. Limted) were present.

By Our Staff ReporterPurnima Sriraman (resident

of old no. 55, 48th Street, AshokNagar, Ph: 98410 44768) will

Purnima’s bharatanatyamconcert on Jan. 2

present a Bharatanatyamconcert on Thursday, Jan. 2,at 4 p.m in Krishna Gana SabhaMini Hall (MaharajapuramSanthanam Salai, T. Nagar)

She is a pupil of LakshmiRamaswamy (Founder, SriMudhraalaya, Ashok Nagar).

All are welcome.Purnima has given a num-

ber of solo concerts in the pastin leading sabhas.

She was part of the groupbharatnatyam concert‘Jagam Nee Aham Nee’ whichwas staged in the Sri LankanParliament recently.

By Our StaffReporter

M. Venka-tasubba RaoHigher Second-ary School, (57B, ThirumalaiPillai Road, T.Nagar) dona-ted Rs. 2 lakhsto Little DropsO r p h a n a g e(Paraniputhur,Iyyapanthan-gal) last week.

N. Venkat-narain Rao(school corre-

Venkatasubba Rao Schooldonates Rs. 2 lakhs to orphanage

spondent), who handed over the cheque, saidthat the school gave the donation for the yeo-man service done by the orphanage.

The orphanage is home to more than 1500destitute men, women and children.

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WE arrange experienced male/ female, Brahmin / non-Brahmin,South / North / Chinese cooks,housemaids, baby / patientcaretakers, drivers, staff nurses,stay / come & go, also arrange forother States. D. Devi, ExpressLabour Supply Service, No. 17/9, Thirukumarapuram 3rd Street,Arumbakkam. Ph: 97911 22111,99401 55372, 2900 1392

EDUCATIONALNIMAI coaching classes in

West Mambalam, home / regularStd. 6 to 12, B.Com., BBA, MBAall subjects. Ph: 98406 38669.

SADHANA CoachingCentre (Estd. 1979),Guntur Subbiah SchoolT. Nagar. Classes for std.9, 10, +1, +2 (all boards &subjects), Maths,Physics, Chemistry,Business Maths,Accountancy, ComputerScience, English &French, Hindi. Personalattention & test (everySunday). Ph: 9444059108, 98400 52853,94440 20232, 2434 0873.RESULT-oriented Mathe-

matics, Chemistry, Biology,Accountancy, English, Hindi,Science, Economics, all levels.Home tuitions, experiencedtutors. Fee Rs. 500 per hour.Learning can be Fun. Motivationis the key. Education iscelebration. Ph: 98404 16553.

CRASH course: upto Std. 12,B.E, MBBS, BDS, UG, PG, IIT-JEE, NEET, SAT I & II, NET,TOEFL, GRE, IELTS, GMAT,Spoken English, Hindi, French,German. MBBS Papers HumanAnatomy, Physiology, Bio-Chemistry, Pathology, ENT,Ophthalmology, OG, GeneralMedicine, Surgery Orthodontics,Prosthodontics, Pediodontics andall. S V T Rengammal Academy.Ph: 98403 24260, 99623 19638

COACHING in T. Nagar (verynear Kodambakkam RailwayStation), Std. 11 & 12 Chemistry(CBSE), limited number ofstudents per batch, individualattention. Ph: 97108 77611, 28140052, 2814 2217.

HOME tuition offered, exampoint of view preparation for allboards and standards (Mathe-matics & Computer Science),100% personal attention, centumguaranteed, making the studenta expert in the subject, moderatefee. Senthil. Ph: 90032 62699.

Home / regular / one-to-oneSchool Tuitions. LKG to +2 AllBoards, all Subjects, 2nd & 3rd

languages also. Hindi examsPrathmic to Praveen, B.E,B.Tech, Diploma, MBA, MCA,UG & PG, GRE, GMAT, TOEFL,IELTS, ICWA & all exams.Spoken English, Hindi, Tamil,French, German, Arabic,Chinese, Korean, Italian and all.Drawing, painting and schoolprojects also. S.S.L.T.C –Mambalam & T. Nagar &anywhere in Chennai. Ph: 9841435095; 98413 35075/95.

ELECTRICALWORKS

SITUATIONVACANT

(GENERAL)WANETD sales girls for a

reputed saree showroom in WestMambalam. Good salary, conve-nient timing.DhanalakshmiSarees, 7/15, Thambiah Road.Ph: 4261 4193, 97898 99510.

WANTED experiencedAccountant withCommerce backgroundand Computer Tallyknowledge. Goodremuneration for rightcandidates, apply withbio-data to: SunshineCorporation, ‘Vijayam’New No. 14, LakshmananStreet, T. Nagar. Email:Chennai.vmc@gmail.com.

WANTED housekeeping cum officeassistant (male), age 18 -40 years, good salary withPF, ESI, bonus. Ph: 9840816042, 95662 20203.WANTED office clerk, sales

executives and office boy for anew showroom in T. Nagar. Walk-in on Dec.30 & 31, 2013. Sree-vatsa Stainless, No. 5/6, Thiru-malai Pillai Rd., Near Padma-seshadri School. Ph: 2834 1120.

SOFA SERVICESANY old type of sofas,

cushions repairing & recondition-ing at very moderate charges.Contact: K.N.S. Rajan, New No.58, Peters Road, Royapettah. Ph:2813 2762, 93818 03956.

TOURS &TRAVELS

(1) Feb. 8/9: Nadu NaduDivya Desam. (2) Feb.16to 27: Pancha Dwarka,Pushkar & Jaipur. (3) Mar.6 to 10: Andhra PanchaNarsimhar. (4) Mar. 18 toApr. 1: Muktinath Yatra.Vaidehi Parthasarathy,Ph: 94447 62968, 9444754468, 99401 47313.

INTERIORWORKS

INSURANCEMEDICLAIM, Life Insurance

Corporation of India policies, carpolicies. For immediaterequirements contact R.Selvaraju. Ph: 94444 47379,98410 14379.

MATRIMONIALThink of Brahmin

alliance? Think of us.Chennai Sai SankaraMatrimonials, 7 (15/2), 9th

Avenue, Ashok Nagar.Ph: 2471 6920, 9840330531. Web: www.ssmatri.com. Astroservices, latest chartavailable. Thank you formaking us No. 1. –Panchapakesan.

MUSIC & DANCEEXCELLENT coaching

for carnatic in keyboardwith individual attentionand nominal fees by wellrenowned artist Mr. R.Saiganesh in 11/6, J.P.Street, West Mambalam,near Kali Bari Temple. Ph:2483 7796, 98843 70896or N. Panchapakesan ofssmatri.com – Ph: 9840330531.TRINITY Music Point. Piano,

keyboard, guitar, Trinity examwestern & carnatic both Rs. 500per month, 15 days course Rs.1500. All days except Monday.No. 55/26, Murthy StreetExtension, West Mambalam. Ph:99403 15101, 4266 8646.

PACKERS &MOVERS

MAMBALAM ACLPackers & Movers forshifting in local withinChennai Rs. 3300,insurance free. Chennai,Hyderabad, Bangalore,Pune, Mumbai, NewDelhi, all over India. 0%damage. Ph: 98400 47501,4263 9387, Email:i n f o @ a c l p a c k e r smovers.com.MAMBALAM SVL Packers &

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MAMBALAM SriThangam Packers &Movers for shiftinghousehold, local Chennaicity, full truck, mini truck,sharing load. Door-to-door Tamil Nadu,Hyderabad, Bangalore,Pune, Mumbai, NewDelhi, all over India. Safe,0% damage, reliablereasonable charge. Ph:4212 0864, 2441 4055,98412 22437.

SITUATIONVACANT

(EDUCATIONAL)REQUIRE Lady

teachers, fluent inEnglish to handle middleschool, English, Maths -flexi timings, salaryabove Rs. 10000, walk-inon 23rd & 24th Decemberfrom 10 a.m to 12 noon.Contact: SaraswathiVidyalaya, No. 238, ArcotRoad, Vadapalani. Ph:2483 8211, 91766 62141.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Sir, Sewage waterhas been overflowingfrom a drain for thepast one week inSivasailam Street, T.Nagar.

I have calledMetrowater office andhave also sent anonline complaint butno action has beentaken so far to plugthe leakage.

The road is used bymore than 400 stu-dents on weekdays toreach MCN Schoolnearby. The overflow

Sewage overflow in Sivasailam Street

is emanating a foul smell and poses a healthhazard.

I appeal to the authorities to take immedi-ate action to stop the leakage. – R.Chandrasekaran, Sivasailam Street, T.Nagar.

Tenant verification is a futile exerciseSir, The recent order of Commissioner of Police to furnish details

of tenants with photographs to nearest police station in a prescribedformat is not practical and is not possible for the following reasons:

1) Nowadays the rents are quite high and for a 900 sq.ft flat, itranges between Rs. 18000 to Rs. 20000 in T. Nagar / Mambalam. Itis hard to find families who can afford such rent and owners are oftenforced to give it to working bachelors, especially women who thenshare the rent.

2) The tenants are reluctant to provide photos as mandated by thepolice as they are afraid of undesired consequences.

2) It is another headache for the owner when a tenant vacates, ashe will then have to provide details of the new tenant to the policestation. This is not practical and what will the police do with so manyforms, will it be filed and what about the guarantee of security of thepersonal data.

3) Since the police are already burdened with day-to-day law andorder maintenance, why burden them with such a futile exercisewhich involves lots of clerical work. – V. Thiagarajan, PostalColony 4th Street, West Mambalam

No advance noticegiven for

important civicmeeting

Sir, To obtain publicopinion on the proposedextension of UsmanRoad flyover and build-ing a new one on NorthUsman Road (T.Nagar), Chennai Cor-poration held a meet-ing on Dec. 23 at Sir PTThyagaraya Hall.

While one appreci-ates the concern of thecivic body to ascertainpublic opinion, whatone fails to understandis why there was noadvance informationabout the meet. Theresidents got to knowabout the meet only onMonday morning fromthe papers. As a result,a large numbers of in-terested residents couldnot attend the meet. Further, holding suchan important meet on aworking day does notmake sense. I hope thatin the future, to makesuch meets purposeful,the officials take care tohold such meets on aSunday or a public holi-day and give advancenotice about it.

Alternatively, thecivic body can elicit theopinion of the public byuploading the projectdetails on its website. – V.S. Jayaraman, 31,Motilal Street, T.Nagar

Sir, I appre-ciate the workof traffic po-lice and Che-nnai Corpora-tion officialswho swunginto action inthe earlyhours on Jan.20 to removean MTC bus,one of whosewheels hadgot stuck in apit on 4th Av-enue, nearJ a w a h a r

Timely action by civic authorities prevents traffic jam

Vidyalaya, Ashok Nagar. Traffic officials coordinated with Corpora-tion authorities and pulled the bus free with the help of a bulldozerstationed nearby.

Since this happened at around 8.30 a.m, the peak hour for bothschool students and office goers, it could have created a major trafficjam, but the authorities solved the problem within 30 minutes andrestored smooth flow of traffic.

The pit which was dug by Metrowater workers has not been filledproperly. – M. Seetharama Rao, Member-Secretary, Exnora –Chakrapani Street Extension, West Mambalam

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Classified Advertisements under the heads Accommodation Required, Old Age Home, MarriageHall, Mini Hall, Real Estate (Buying & Selling) and Rental will be published on this page. Thecharges are Rs. 500 (upto 35 words); Bold Rs. 750. Ashok Nagar - K.K. Nagar & Mambalam-

T.Nagar Editions. Display: Rs. 240 per col. centimeter. Each advertisement of Real Estate andRental must relate to only one house / flat. Full Address with Door Number is must for Rental

advertisement. Advertisement will be received upto 1.00 p.m on Friday.

SPECIAL CLASSIFIEDADVERTISEMENTS

ACCOMMODATIONWANTED

WANTED for lease -Flat / house, 1 bedroom,hall, kitchen for smallvegetarian family (3members). Ph: 9092113056, 95003 42560.

BACHELORSACCOMMODATION

T. NAGAR, No. 39, PinjalaSubramanian Street, indepen-dent single spacious room (A/c),attached bathroom, balcony, 1st

floor, airy, for gents only, 24 hourswater, IT employees / bank staffpreferred, 2-wheeler parking. Ph:2434 5209, 94456 15209.

WEST MAMBALAM, No. 11/23, Jubilee Road, near SRMHospital, deluxe rooms with A/c,T.V, geyser, 24 hours water,security. Ph: 95661 20832, 9500144566, 2489 2959, 2370 0723.

LADIESACCOMMODATION

SHARING accommodationavailable on short term basis forworking women in a wellconnected area in K. K. Nagar.Reasonable rent and advance.Ph: 94441 66590.

MINI HALLT. NAGAR, Sri Malola Mini

Hall, New No. 174, HabibullahRoad, near KodambakkamRailway Station, available forsmall functions, non A/c. Ph: 28143406, 92831 12153, 8939337313, 89391 43014.

WEST MAMBALAM, Maha-devan Street (State BankBuilding), 2 Halls – KamakshiMini Hall A/c (100 guests),Kamakshi Hall A/c (200 guests).Ph: 4351 2233, 4351 2556, 9940454545, 94450 54545.www.kamakshihall.com

OLD AGE HOME

REAL ESTATE(SELLING)

T. NAGAR, KodambakkamHigh Road, Bridge ViewApartment, plinth 840 sq.ft, UDS365 sq.ft, built-up 900 sq.ft, 2nd

floor, road facing, no lift & carparking, price Rs. 45 lakhs(negotiable). Ph: 94440 48302.

KUMBAKONAM, MelakorkaiThambrass Nagar, approved2400 sq.ft plot, rate Rs. 400 persq.ft (negotiable). Ph: 9600162211.

T. NAGAR, Unnamalai AmmalStreet, 3 bedrooms, hall, kitchen,1137 sq.ft, UDS 736 sq.ft, groundfloor, 20 years old, open car park,price Rs. 1.2 crores (negotiable),no brokers. Ph: 2814 1779.

GURUVAYOOR, walkabledistance (below 200 meters) totemple, a Studio flat, 225 sq.ft,price Rs. 12 lakhs (nego.). Ph:094471 01745, 094460 61669.

T. NAGAR, North UsmanRoad, luxury flat, 3 bedrooms, 2big halls, kitchen, 2350 sq.ft, UDS1360 sq.ft, total 3 flat, 2 coveredcar park, pipe line gas, vasthu,ready to occupy. Babu. Ph: 9381030922.

T. NAGAR, No. 7/50, MadleyApartment, Madley Road, nearRailway Station, single bedroom,350 sq.ft, 2nd floor flat, semifurnished, price Rs. 30 lakhs(negotiable), newly renovated.Ph: 95430 97317.

T. NAGAR, Anandhan Street,off. North Usman Road, 2bedrooms, hall, kitchen, 725 sq.ft,open car park, 20 years old, pricearound Rs. 70 lakhs. Ph: 9444782765.

NUNGAMBAKKAM, LakeView 6th Cross Street, 754 sq.ft,UDS 433 sq.ft, ground floor, 15years old, open car park, priceRs. 77 lakhs. Ph: 98412 51051.

RENTALT. NAGAR, No. 40C,

Vijayaraghava Road, next toAndhra Club, 2 large bedrooms,2 large halls, spacious kitchen, 2toilets, 1400 sq.ft, semi furnishedflat, wardrobe & cupboards,electrical fitting, separate carparking, rent Rs. 25000. Contact:Suresh. Ph: 94447 42851.

WEST MAMBALAM, No. S6,Kirupasankari Street, nearSaradha Temple, 1 bedroom, 528sq.ft, 2nd floor, lift, security,vegetarians only, rent Rs. 11000(negotiable), maintenance Rs.750 extra. Ph: 91764 46800.

T. NAGAR, No. 52/17, Maha-lakshmi Street, 2 bedrooms, 1000sq.ft, ground floor, attached bath,rent Rs. 16000, open car park,only vegetarians. Ph: 9962944222.

WEST MAMBALAM, No. 31,A-7, V.S. Apartment, K. R. KoilStreet, double bedrooms flat,small Brahmin family only, 2-wheeler parking, site visit after11 a.m, no brokers. Ph: 9176392117.

T. NAGAR, No. 20/54, E,Kamakoti Flat, RameshwaramRoad, 2 bedrooms, hall, kitchen,3rd floor, 2-wheeler parking, rentRs. 12000 (negotiable). Ph:98405 40850.

WEST MAMBALAM, No. 29,Ellai Amman Koil Street, nearChandrasekar KalyanaMandapam, 2 bedrooms, hall,kitchen, 780 sq.ft, 2nd floor flat, nolift, rent Rs. 20000 (negotiable),Brahmins only. Ph: 98407 92194.

T. NAGAR, No. 8/3, SarojiniStreet, single bedroom, hall,kitchen, 650 sq.ft, ground floor,vegetarians only. Ph: 9444018242.

WEST MAMBALAM, No. 7,Chakkarapani Street, 2 bed-rooms, 910 sq.ft, ground floor,East facing, minimum advance,vegetarians only. Ph: 9884465598, 98849 36686.

SAIDAPET, No. 18, SrivariApartment, Adbul Razack Street,very close to Mount Road, next toPanagal Maligai, gated comm-unity, 2 bedrooms, hall, kitchen,1000 sq.ft, ground floor, 24 hourswater supply, marked car park,rent Rs. 22000 + maintenance.Ph: 2435 0888, 91766 77702.

WEST MAMBALAM, No. 4/12, Postal Colony Cross Street,independent portion, about 300sq.ft, 2nd floor, new construction,2-wheeler parking, suitable forsmall Brahmin family only, nobrokers. Ph: 94449 26225.

ASHOK NAGAR, No. 110/79,Vasudeva Nagar, 2 bedrooms,hall, kitchen, open car park, 24hours water, vegetarians only.Ph: 98404 22766, 2471 4767.

WEST MAMBALAM, No. 5,Hanumar Koil Street, 2 bedrooms,hall, kitchen, 820 sq.ft, 1st floorflat, 2 A/cs, inverter, false ceiling,woodwork, newly painted, rentRs. 16000, advance Rs. 1.20lakh, small vegetarian family, nobrokers. Ph: 98840 23711.Photos on bit.ly/2bhkhouse.

WEST MAMBALAM, No. 26/48, Hare Krishna, SubramanianStreet, near Indian Bank (AryaGowda Road), 2 bedrooms,independent ground floor house,24 hours water, 2-wheelerparking, rent Rs. 12500, advance6 months. Ph: 97898 15972.

WEST MAMBALAM, No. 6,Flat No. E-8, Sankara NarayanaFlat, Kuppiah Street, 2 bedrooms,hall, modular kitchen, 3rd floor, nolift, furnished, 2-wheeler parkingonly, rent Rs. 13000. Ph: 9600046501.

T. NAGAR, No. 7, Thanika-chalam Road, near Hindi PracharSabha, deluxe flat, 3 bedrooms,hall, kitchen, 1300 sq.ft, groundfloor, marble flooring, woodwork,covered car park, 24 hours water,rent Rs. 24000. Ravi Chandran.Ph: 98410 89791.

RAMAPURAM, No. 4, Flat No.S-1, Kalyani Ponnappan Avenue,near Eyetex Company, 2 bed-rooms, hall, kitchen. Ph: 9444160830.

WEST MAMBALAM, No. 17,Postal Colony, near HinduVidyalaya School, 2 bedrooms,hall, kitchen, 1st floor apartment,balcony, bath attached, wood-work, car park, rent Rs. 14000,advance 6 months, family /bachelors also. Ph: 2433 3477,98411 93685.

ASHOK NAGAR, No. 2, Rag-hava Reddy Colony, near Aavin,2 bedrooms, hall, kitchen, 780sq.ft, 1st floor, attached bathroom,2-wheeler parking, rent Rs.10000, vegetarians only. Selvam.Ph: 91761 20459, 99624 30669.

K. K. NAGAR, No. 162/2,Ramasamy Extension, oppositePondicherry Guest House,commercial space, 900 sq.ft, 2nd

floor. Ph: 97107 86685.

WEST MAMBALAM, No. 6/1,K. R. Koil Street, 2 bedrooms,hall, kitchen, pooja room, around1100 sq.ft, duplex house, 2attached bathrooms, rent Rs.18000, Brahmins / vegetariansonly. Ph: 99529 61289, 9445392545.

WEST K.K.NAGAR, A/4,Janaki Apartments, 133, EastVanniar Street, 700 sq.ft. 2bedrooms, hall, kitchen, rent10,000, vegetarians only, brokersexcuse, Ph: 98416 58374, 24861617.

CIT NAGAR, No. 2,Gandhi Street, KaveriNagar, near Aran-ganathan Subway, newlybuilt, 2 bedrooms flat,hall, kitchen, Brahmins /vegetarians only. Ph:89392 77497.

By Our Staff ReporterThe annual music festival

of Thyaga Brahma GanaSabha (Vani Mahal, G. N.Chetty Road, T. Nagar), whichbegan on Dec. 9 in P. ObulReddy Hall, will conclude onJan. 15.

There is no entry fee for the10 a.m, 1 p.m, 2.15 p.m & 4p.m concerts.

For the 6.30 p.m concerts,which will be by leading mu-sicians, tickets are priced atRs. 100, Rs. 250, Rs. 500 andRs. 750.

On Jan. 2 at 7 p.m, S. Ve.Sekhar’s drama troupe willpresent ‘Yamirukku Bhay-amen’ and on Jan. 3 at 7 p.m,Y. Gee. Mahendra’s dramatroupe will present ‘Natakam’.

The following are details ofthe concerts from Dec. 28 toJan. 3

Dec. 28: Veena concert byRajesh Vaidhya, accompaniedby Karukurichi N. Moha-naram (mridangam), Then-kasi H. Paramasivam (kan-jira), D. Chandrajith (tabla),N. Subramanian (ghatam).

Dec. 29: Vocal concert byMalladi Brothers Sriram-prasad and Ravi Kumar, ac-companied by Mysore Nagaraj(violin), Neyveli R. Narayanan(mridangam), Alathur T.Rajaganesh (kanjira).

Dec. 30: Sangeeta Upnay-asam by Visaka Hari, accom-panied by Charulatha Rama-

Daily evening concerts by leadingmusicians in Obul Reddy Hall

nujam (violin), H. N. Sudhi-ndra (mridangam), SukanyaRamgopal (ghatam).

Dec. 31: Vocal concert byChinmaya Sisters Uma andRadhika, accompanied by B.Raghavendra Rao (violin), B.G a n a p a t h i a r a m a n(mridangam), MadipakkamMurali (ghatam).

Jan. 1: Violin jugalbandi byV. V. Subramanian , V. V.Ravi and V.V. S. Murari, ac-companied by Pooavalur Sriji(mridangam), N. Guruprasad(ghatam).By Our Staff Reporter

Mambalam Canal, which passes along North BoagRoad, CIT Nagar, is filled with garbage that blocksthe flow of water and creates health hazards forresidents in the neighouring areas.

Canal full of garbage

Free 21-day yoga coursefrom tomorrowBy Our Staff Reporter

Sanyasi Krishnayogam will conduct a 21-day freeyoga course for adults from Sunday, Dec. 29, from5.30 a.m to 7 a.m in Bala Vidya Higher SecondarySchool (30, Vasudevapuram, between ChakrapaniStreet and Janakiraman Street, near DoraiswamyRoad subway, Mambalam).

The classes are conducted according to the curricu-lum of the Bihar School of Yoga. Asanas, praanayamapratyahara (sense withdrawal techniques), dharana(concentration), meditation, mantra, value educa-tion, food habits and shat kriyas (internal pathwayscleaning for managing diseases) are taught.

Qualified doctors will give lectures on alternativemedicines.

Classes on stress management for corporate ex-ecutives are also conducted.

For more details, please call 94442 40383 / 9445051015 or browse www.satyamyogatrust.net.

Swamiji also offers counseling to his students.

T. Nagar Residents’Association to meetat 11 a.m tomorrowBy Our Staff Reporter

T. Nagar Residents’ WelfareAssociation will conduct itsnext meet on Sunday, Dec. 29,at 11 a.m at 30, Rangan Street,T Nagar.

The meet will discuss aboutthe new proposal of theChennai Corporation to ex-tend South Usman roadflyover and construct a newone over North Usman Road.

The meet will also decide onthe filing of a public interestlitigation on a number of longstanding civic issues.

Association members andrepresentatives of other mem-ber associations are requestedto attend the meet and airtheir grievances.

Non-members can also at-tend the meet and avail mem-bership.

By Our Staff ReporterTo welcome New Year, Sri

Ram Samaj (West Mam-balam) will conduct religiousprograms from Dec. 28 to Jan.1 in Ayodhya Mandapam(Arya Gowda Road, WestMambalam).

The following are the pro-gram details:

Dec. 28: 8 a.m: Radha Kal-yanam – Thodayamangalam

Pavamana homam on Jan. 1Sri Anjaneyar Seva Sabha will organize Pavamana homam from 7.15 a.m on Wed., Jan. 1 in Sri Rama

Anjaneyar Temple, Hanumar Koil Street, West Mambalam.There will be abhishekam and alangaaram for Lord Anjaneya at 7.30 a.m.All are welcome. More details can be had from K. Srinivasa Moorthy (91766 20760).

New Year program bySri Ram Samaj from today

and Geetha Govindam byVittaldas Maharaj.

7 p.m: Dhivyanama san-keerthanam followed byDolotsavam.

Dec. 29: 8 a.m: RadhaKalyanam – Unchavrithi.

Dec. 30, 6.30 p.m and Dec.31, 10 p.m: Namasankeer-thanam by Vittaldas Maharaj.

Jan. 1: 4 p.m: Sri HanumathJayanthi.

All are welcome.

Brisk sale of TTDdiaries, calendarsBy Our Staff Reporter

There is brisk sale of TTDcalendars and diaries (2014)in TTD, VenkatanarayanaRoad, T. Nagar.

P. Prabhakar Reddy (AEO,TTD, T. Nagar) said that 12-sheet calendar (Rs. 72), diary(Rs. 100), single sheet calen-dar (Rs. 10 and Rs. 7) andTelugu panchangam and cal-endar (Rs. 10) will be soldfrom 9 a.m to 1 p.m and 4 p.mto 8 p.m on all days till stockslast.

Procession ofHanuman idolbrought fromAyodhya on Jan. 1By Our Staff Reporter

On account of HanumanthJayanthi and New Year,Srimath Ramanujas (10, GiriStreet, West Mambalam) willconduct a procession of aHanuman idol brought fromAyodhya on Wednesday, Jan.1, from 12 a.m.

The procession will startfrom Ayodhya Mandapam andgo along Arya Gowda Road.

Devotees can performpoojas and archanas duringthe procession.

New Year Day celebrationby ISKCONBy Our Staff Reporter

ISKCON Chennai will hold its New Yearcelebrations on Wednesday, Jan. 1, at itstemple off Hare Krishna Land, off East CoastRoad, Akkarai, Sholinganallur.

Darshan will be open from 7.30 a.m to 1p.m and from 4 p.m to 8 p.m. The deities canbe offered archana seva during this time.Professor Ananantaraman, disciple of SriPithukuli Murugadas, will render devotionalmusic from 10 a.m to 12 noon. From 4 p.m to5.30 p.m, there will be a classical dancerecital on Lord Krishna by Vennir AdaiNirmala and students. All are welcome.

Free computer course forpoor youths, senior citizensBy Our Staff Reporter

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Gandhi Institute ofComputer Education & Information Technology willconduct a free computer course for educated unem-ployed youths belonging to the economically back-ward section and senior citizens in its centers at 12,Thanikachalam Street, T. Nagar and 18, East MadaStreet, Mylapore, from Feb. 3.

The course includes Tally, DTP, C & C++, VB.NETand multimedia.

Application forms can be obtained from the cen-ters on weekdays from 10.30 a.m to 5.30 p.m.

The last date for submitting applications is Janu-ary 15.

Details may be had in person at both centers.

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The Dept. of Posts will con-duct its annual letter writingcompetition for school stu-dents on Jan. 5, 2014, atAnjuham School, Jubilee Road,West Mambalam.

The topic for the competi-tion is ‘How music can touchthe lives’ in English or any other

Letter writing competition byPostal department

major language.Schools can send students

up to the age of 15 by sendingapplication along with twopassport size photographs ofthe students to Asst. Director(Mails), O/o the PostmasterGeneral, Chennai City Region,Chennai-2.

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