MAMBALAM TIMES The Neighbourhood Newspaper for T. Nagar & Mambalam www.mambalamtimes.in CMYK FREE 956th Issue : October 12 - 18, 2013 Vol. 19, No. 20 To mark the birth anniver- sary of noted Gandhian Nir- mala Deshpande, Harjhan Seva Sangam and Gandhian Integrated Forum Trust (1, 86 th Street, Ashok Nagar) will jointly conduct a ‘Tamil poe- try writing’ competition for school students on Sunday, October 13, at 10.30 a.m in Tamil poetry writing contest for school students tomorrow Gandhi Arangam (Thakaar Baba Vidyalaya, 58, Venkat- narayana Road, T. Nagar). The topic for those below 12 years is ‘Iraivan’ and for those above 12 is ‘Arivu Naadum Irai’. For registration please call 93810 07304 / 98406 88692 / 98844 25930. Meet on ‘Source waste segregation’ today By Our Staff Reporter T. Nagar North Exnora Innovators Club and Samriddhi Foundation will jointly conduct a meet on ‘Source waste segregation and composting’ on Sunday, October 12, at 2 p.m in Bharathi Nagar 1 st Street, North Usman Road, T. Nagar. There will be a display of several models of home compositors and a demonstration will be given on home composting. All are welcome. For more details, please contact Sriram Narasimhan in 98400 13035.
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MAMBALAMTIMES
The Neighbourhood Newspaper for T. Nagar & Mambalamwww.mambalamtimes.in
To mark the birth anniver-sary of noted Gandhian Nir-mala Deshpande, HarjhanSeva Sangam and GandhianIntegrated Forum Trust (1,86th Street, Ashok Nagar) willjointly conduct a ‘Tamil poe-try writing’ competition forschool students on Sunday,October 13, at 10.30 a.m in
Tamil poetry writing contestfor school students tomorrow
Gandhi Arangam (ThakaarBaba Vidyalaya, 58, Venkat-narayana Road, T. Nagar).
The topic for those below 12years is ‘Iraivan’ and for thoseabove 12 is ‘Arivu NaadumIrai’.
For registration please call93810 07304 / 98406 88692 /98844 25930.
Meet on ‘Source wastesegregation’ today
By Our Staff ReporterT. Nagar North Exnora Innovators Club and Samriddhi
Foundation will jointly conduct a meet on ‘Source wastesegregation and composting’ on Sunday, October 12, at 2p.m in Bharathi Nagar 1st Street, North Usman Road, T.Nagar. There will be a display of several models of homecompositors and a demonstration will be given on homecomposting. All are welcome.
For more details, please contact Sriram Narasimhan in98400 13035.
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By Our Staff ReporterA park visitor was seen ex-
ercising in front of a garbagebin designed like being heldby a monkey in Panagal Park
Is the monkey watching overhis exercise routine?
on the early hours of October9.
It was a funny sight as itseemed as though the mon-key was watching him.
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By Our Staff ReporterRepair and renovation work
on Kodambakkam flyover islikely to begin in the comingweek.
The bridge was closed forpublic use from October 6.
Traffic has been divertedthrough Rangarajapuramflyover.
A Chennai Corporation of-
Kodambakkam flyover closedto traffic for repairs
ficial said that presently reno-vation work is going on underthe flyover to strengthen it.
Soon the works on theflyover road would begin andmight go on for at least twomonths,” he said.
Trees on roads near thebridge were felled last weekto facilitate the repair andstrengthening of the 50-year-old structure.
The felling took place onViswanathapuram MainRoad, Station Road andChakrapani Street. Manybranches were also pruned toenable better movement ofvehicles.
A few years ago, the Corpo-ration had set in motion theprocess of repairing andstrengthening KodambakkamBridge which serves as a cru-cial link to Ashok Nagar,Saligramam, K.K. Nagar andVadapalani.
The civic body evicted sev-eral shops beneath the facil-ity to carry out repair workthat included spraying of anti-corrosion material, polymerplastering and grouting.
Repairs to the 623-metre-long and 12.8-metre-widebridge were necessitated af-ter an expert study commis-sioned by the Corporationfound that expansion jointshad weakened due to waterseepage.
By Our Staff ReporterUnder the auspices of
Saraswara Group of Music,Janaki Ramamani (residentof 9, Chakrapani Street Ex-tension, West Mambalam, Ph:2483 3706) will perform HariNama Sankeerthanam on
Saturday, October 12, at 6 p.min Devi Sri Aachi AmmanTemple (6/48, Sidhi VinayagarKoil Street, MuthuranganSalai, T. Nagar).
Sai Sampradaya Mandaliwill perform bhajans at 10a.m. All are welcome.
Hari Nama Sankeerthanam inAachi Amman Temple today
Talk on ‘ThiruArutpa’on TuesdayBy Our Staff Reporter
Under the auspices ofVallalar Sanmargasangam(V.O.C Street, MGR Nagar,Ph: 94453 43706), K.N.Umapathi will give a discourseon ‘Thiru Arutpa – SaalaiyilThanthaan’ on Tuesday, Oc-tober 15, at 6 p.m in SakthiVinayagar Temple (P.T. RajanSalai, K.K. Nagar).
Prema Pandurang will givea daily discourse in Englishon “Srimad Bhagavatam”from Monday, October 7, toSunday, Oct. 13, from 6 p.m to8.30 p.m in Narada GanaSabha (TTK Road, Alwarpet).
All are welcome.
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By RANDOR GUY
TAMIL CINEMA 75 -A LOOK BACKTAMIL CINEMA AND MUSIC - 70
Saraswathi Pooja will beperformed on Sunday, October13, from 4 p.m to 7.30 p.m inReddiyapatti Swamigal Tem-ple (6, Ranganathan Street,T. Nagar).
Music troupe of Savitha andAkilandeswari will render adevotional concert at 6 p.m.
Prasadam distribution willtake place by 7.30 p.m.
All are welcome.
By Our Staff ReporterParampara(46, Kasturi
Ranga Road, Alwarpet), aHindutva movement, distrib-uted 108 tulasi saplings todevotees visiting Muppath-amman Temple and BalajiTemple in T. Nagar last week.
The programme was spon-sored by CavinKare.
The program was conduc-ted to highlight the impor-tance of tulasi in preservingthe environment, sanctifyingthe homes, its properties as amedicine and its significancein Indian spirituality.
(NSS) students of M.C.N.Higher Secondary School (T.Nagar) conducted a cleanli-ness camp from September 25to October 1 in a village nearArani (Thiruvallur District).
NSS students of MCN Schoolclean village
The students cleaned thevillage, gave a facelift to thevillage school and its noonmeal center, planted a num-ber of saplings and conducteddoor to door awareness cam-paign about personal and com-munal hygiene.
Satsang in PostalColony on SundayBy Our Staff Reporter
Ramsuratkumar Satsangwill chant Yogi Ramsuratku-mar Namajapam on Sunday,Oct. 13, from 4 p.m to 6.30 p.mat 22, Raja Apartments, PostalColony 4th Street, West Mam-balam.
All are welcome.
By Our Staff ReporterA balloon vendor along with his child was taking an
afternoon nap on the pavement of North Usman Road, nearT. Nagar Post Office on October 9. It appeared as though theballoons too were taking a nap.
Balloons give company tosleeping vendor
Gandhimadhi Chandrase-kar (resident of H-24-M,Manthope Colony, AshokNagar. Ph: 90941 59933) hasbeen conducting creativepainting classes at her resi-dence on weekdays for the pastseveral years.
She said that she has taughtthe skill to a number of womenself-help group members.
She told Mambalam Timesthat she is a native of Karurand had settled in Chennaiafter her marriage.
Gandhimadhi said she tea-ches her students to drawrangolis and painting on glass,
Woman entrepreneur sells painted white metal artifactspots, white metals and othermaterials during her leisuretime at home. She said thatthere is a good demand forwhite metal paintings as giftitems. She said that she buysthe white metal products likepooja items, household ar-ticles, jewel boxes, deitystands and key holders fromRajasthan and paints themartistically before sellingthem. She does not have ashop and her customers areonly by way of references.
She said that a number ofher students have turned intosuccessful entrepreneurs.
By Our Staff ReporterAs part of Navarathri cel-
ebrations, Laksharchanai andreciting of Lalitha Sahasra-naamam will take place onSunday, October 13, at 5.30p.m in Chakara VinayakarTemple (5, South Dhandapani
Laksharchanai in ChakaraVinayakar temple on Sunday
Street, T. Nagar).They will be followed by
devotional music concerts.There will be special abhi-
shekam and aradhanai forthe presiding deity at 7.30a.m.
All are welcome.
Program inRamana BhakthaSamajamon SundaysBy Our Staff Reporter
Sri Ramana Baktha Sama-jam, West Mambalam (BVSNMoorthy School, ThambiahRoad, West Mambalam) con-ducts the following programon 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 Ramana Maha-rishi’s birth star day (Punar-poosam).
Sai bhajanson 3 daysa weekBy Our Staff Reporter
Sri Sathya Sai Samiti, T.Nagar conducts Sai bhajansevery week in the followingvenues in T. Nagar:
Sai Keshav Hall, 157, G. N.Chetty Road (near PanagalPark, Vijaya Bank building):Saturdays, 5 p.m.
50/38, Motilal Street (oppo-site Ranganathan Street),Wednesdays, 6 p.m.
All are welcome.More details can be had from
D. Srinivasa Rao (9840050875) or C. Ramamurthy(94440 54819).
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BN Reddy, Nagaiah, Bhanumathi and others saw themovie ‘Blood and Sand’ then running in the city at MinervaTheater, (the first air-conditioned cinema in Madras) morethan once and they were impressed by a melodious hummingdone by Rita Hayworth in it.
BN was keen on adapting it in his film and he began to workon it accordingly. At first BN thought that Bhanumathi couldjust hum it too but the melody and the tune developed byNagaiah were so fascinating that BN decided to have a fullthree minutes song. An All India Radio executive,Rajanikantha Rao, wrote the lyric for the song. It wasrecorded at the Newtone Studio, Madras by the notedaudiographer Dinshaw K. Teherani, who gave it a specialeffect by hanging a hollow metal dome above the mike.Bhanumathi was asked to sing into it. Those were the dayswhen there was no high-tech equipment and film technicianshad to rely on their ingenuity and creative juices to producesuch special effects.
Pioneers always work under difficult and trying circum-stances and Dinshaw was one such pioneer of Indian Cinema.
The song ‘’Ooooo oooooo ohohohoho Paavurama’ set SouthIndia on fire and became a rage and one of the all time filmhits. Indeed Bhanumathi sang her way to stardom with thissong in ‘Swargaseema’.
Ironically she had just then got married and was expectingher child and had thought seriously of bidding goodbye andall that to cinema and settling down to a life of happydomesticity with her film technician husband P. S.Ramakrishna Rao. However Dame Destiny had other plansfor her . As they say, ‘Inscrutable are the ways of Providence’.
One of the classics of South Indian Cinema which Nagaiahcreated in Telugu was his own production ‘Thyagaiah’ (1946).Earlier a Tamil version had been made based on the life of thelegendary Carnatic music composer and cult figure, SaintThyagaraja Swamigal. The lead role in this version had beenplayed by Mathirimangalam Natesa Iyer. While the film wasin Tamil, all the songs were of course had to be in Telugu.Some critics consider that this version was the better, music-wise. The Telugu version was the second, directed by Nagaiahwho played the title role too.
To make this film, Nagaiah worked against many hurdles,hassles and problems but nothing could deter his ambitionand desire to make it work. He spent a long time in visitingthe various places associated with the celebrated musicalsavant and took copious notes. He incorporated as many ofhis songs as possible in the film.
He struggled with one song which the Saint had composedon his visit to the famous Varadarajaswami temple inKanchipuram, “Varadaraaja ninne kori vacchithira”
(Nagaiah took a paternal interest in this writer when hewas a kid and active on Telugu stage under his stage name‘Master M. R. Dorai’. Years later he told him about theinterest and pains he took to sing this particular song.Nagaiah approached the immortal GNB who taught him howto sing it perfectly. The legendary Classical Carnatic musi-cian had sung it as a gramophone record in the early years ofhis career.
My dear boy& I sang it more than twenty times at thestudio before the recording was okayed but even then I wasnot satisfied. Only then I thought and finally realised that Icould never sing it like GNB even after one thousand and onetimes. I gave up trying and went on to sing other songs. I amonly Chittoor Nagaiah and not GNB!”, he said with hischaracteristic smile of humility.)
‘Thyagaiah’ not only turned out to be a ringing success butalso attained the status of a classic in South Indian Cinema.
Some time ago, the film was screened by the VintageHeritage and it attracted unusually large crowds.
Sri Madhwa Samaj (WestMambalam) conducts freeclasses on Sandhyavandanamon Sundays from 4 p.m to 5.30p.m in 12, Vivekandapuram1st Street, West Mambalam.
The next batch classes willbegin on Sunday, October 13.
For more details please call98843 64643.
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By Our Staff ReporterThe National Service Sche-
me (NSS) students of RKMSarada Girls School cleanedthe goshala in Kasi Viswana-thar Koil Street, West Mam-balam last week.
V. Gopalakrishnan (go-shala trustee) lectured thestudents on the importance ofcow in the Hindu religion.
He explained the goshala’simportant role in protectingold, sick and abandoned cowsfrom going to slaughterhous-es.
The visit was organized byGreater Chennai DistrictExnora.
NSS students clean goshala
Temporary pedestrian pathwaysto ease crowds in T. Nagar
By Our Staff ReporterTraffic police installed bar-
ricades to create a temporarypedestrian way on UsmanRoad, near Duraisamy Roadjunction, T. Nagar to ease traf-fic congestion and preventpedestrians from jaywalking.
Similar barricades have also
been installed near SardhaVidyalaya, Usman Road, T.Nagar.
The measures have beentaken in view of the oncomingfestival season in which hugecrowds are expected to throngthe shopping hubs in T. Nagarand Mambalam.
Lions Club of New RoyalAshok Nagar will conduct afree health check-up on Mon-day, October 14, from 2 p.m to5 p.m in Mahodaya Hall (7th
Avenue, opposite Pudur HighSchool, Ashok Nagar).
Doctors and support stafffrom Pranav Eye Care willexamine the participants forBP, sugar, obesity and eyedefects.
All are welcome.
Program forexceptionalchildren
Madhuram NarayananCentre for Exceptional Chil-dren (18, Prakasam Street, T.Nagar. Ph: 2834 0574), aschool for early interventionconducts a number of eventsthroughout the year to pro-vide its students with uniqueand new experiences.
The events include interna-tional conferences, nationalworkshops, nutri-fest, autismawareness workshop andother cultural events.
Currently, a program titled“Sambhavam” is taking placein the Centre. In this program,children with the help of theirparents are taught to makemodels of places visited bythem in Chennai during theyear. Models of Central Sta-tion, malls, parks, beach andPazhamudhir Cholai are cur-rently on display.
This event is conducted ev-ery quarter to help the chil-dren to utilize the skills learntin the class with the activitiesof their daily life.
U.Ve. Velukudi KrishnanSwamigal will give a daily dis-course on Vedanta Desikar’s‘Vega Sethu Stotram’ fromSaturday, October 12, to Mon-day, October 14, from 6.30 p.mto 8.30 p.m in Jaigopal Ga-rodia Hindu Vidyalaya (PostalColony, West Mambalam).
The discourse has been or-ganized by Kalakendra (thecultural wing of the school).
All are welcome.
Discourse on‘Miracles of CosmicMother’ tomorrowBy Our Staff Reporter
Satya Pranava Yogi willgive a free discourse on ‘Mi-racles of Cosmic Mother’ onSunday, October 13, from 10a.m to 12 noon in MahamayiAtma Vidya Mandiram (1005,Lakshmanasami Salai, WestK.K. Nagar, Ph: 99415 48551).
All are welcome.
By Our Staff ReporterS. Sujitha (Std.9 student in
Stella Matriculation School,Ashok Nagar) won the firstprize in the Vallalar speechcontest conducted by VallalarSanmargha Sangam (55, VOCStreet, MGR Nagar) on Octo-ber 5 in Sakthi VinayakarTemple (K. K. Nagar).
The first prize for poetrywent to I. Easwari (Std. 11student in Government GirlsSchool, Ashok Nagar).
33 students from sevenschools participated in thecompetitions.
The contests were held tocommemorate the 191st birthanniversary of Vallalar.
Wins drawing contest onwildlife theme
By Our Staff ReporterS. Shivacharan (resident of
1, Vidyodaya 1st Main Road,T. Nagar) won the first prizein the drawing competition onthe theme “Wildlife and itsdiversities” in the sub-juniorcategory conducted by Forest
Department on October 8 atChildren’s Park (Guindy).
More than 500 children par-ticipated in the contest.
He is a UKG student in DAVNursery School (Gopalapu-ram).
Sujitha Easwari
Schoolgirls excel inVallalar speech and
poetry contests
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WANTED teachers on part / fulltime basis. Ayas also required.Freshers / college goers welcome.Contact: Bumble Bees Play School.Ph: 98840 10039.
SITUATIONVACANT
(GENERAL)WANTED office admin and
receptionist (male / lady), age below30 years, salary Rs. 10000. Contact:Saravana Computers, Narasinga-puram Street, near Geetha Hotel,Mount Road. Ph: 98408 87788.
SOFA SERVICESANY old type of sofas, cushions
repairing & reconditioning at verymoderate charges. Contact: K.N.S.Rajan, New No. 58, Peters Road,Royapettah. Ph: 2813 2762, 9381803956.
TAILORINGSAREE falls, small alteration
work, re-stitching and handattachment of ready made garmentsunder one roof, immediate deliveryavailable. Ph: 99405 59675.
to the honest citizen, who is a voter, the bonuschoice of choosing none of the uglies whoharass the registered voter through the can-didates’ oily guys for his/her “valuable votes”by providing an escape route in the form of alegend named NOTA which, expanded, reads“None Of The Above”.
Isn’t our democracy beautiful since no elec-tion in any part of the world gives the electorsuch freedom not to choose from the array ofgoofs who want to take him/her to paradise.It amounts to telling the guys that the para-dise they promise may not be the one that thevoter wants to enter through the ballot box.
I am the monarch of my life as ordained bysome force that guides us all and no electionpromise can affect the course of my journeythrough this beautiful life of quiet and peaceand universal love that is my guiding starthat has shone on me for 80 beautiful years,20 years of which I owe to Anna Nagar Timesand its Editor for not balling up my stuff andthrowing it in the trash bin.
NOTA, the new election philosophy, will, ifnot frowned upon by judicial diktat, set freethe Indian mind and revolutionise the elec-tive process as an aid to humanism in allwalks of life. Angry Rahul may not get arepeat chance to shout “nonsense” and simi-lar sweet words at attempted legislativeimbecility. I think NOTA is our second free-dom movement which is our birthright .
By Our Staff ReporterA dried tree which toppled several days ago
inside Panagal Park, Bashyam Road, T. Nagaris yet to be cut and removed.
It is not only an eyesore but is also causinga hindrance to park users.
Toppled tree insidePanagal Park yet to be cut
and removed
Damodara arati in ISKCONTemple from October 19By Our Staff Reporter
Damodara Arati will be celebrated from Oc-tober 19 to November 17, from 7 p.m to 7.45p.m, on weekdays and from 1p.mto 1.30 p.m onSundays in ISKCON Temple (off East CoastRoad, Akkarai, Sholinganallur).
Devotees can offer lamps. There will be adaily discourse on Damodaraleelai and chant-ing of Damodaraashtakam and Hare Krishnakirtan during the aratitime. All are welcome.
Discourses on‘Saisath Saritha’
Under the auspices ofSri Shirdi Sai MeditationMandir (6, SarojiniStreet, T. Nagar) thereare discourses on ‘SriSaisath Saritha’ at 6.30p.m on Sundays in itspremises.
T. Thiruvalluvan(Founder) toldMambalam Times thatmass spiritual healingis conducted at 7.30 p.mon Thursdays andSundays.
All are welcome.
Free Veda classes duringweekendsBy Our Staff Reporter
Free Veda classes are conducted from 6.30a.m to 7.30 a.m on Saturdays and Sundays inKrishna Gana Sabha, MaharajapuramSanthanam Salai, T. Nagar.
More details can be had in phone 9884305676.
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Display: Rs. 240 per col. centimeter. Each advertisement of Real Estate and Rental must relateto 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 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
ACCOMMODATIONWANTED
WANTED vacant land of 1500sq.ft on rental basis, in and aroundWest Mambalam / T. Nagar /Kodambakkam. Ph: 9952050431, 93811 88874.
MINI HALLWEST 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.
WEST MAMBALAM, No. 6,Station Road, near MambalamRailway Station, 1 bedroom, hall,kitchen, 423 sq.ft, 2nd floor, semifurnished, no car park, no brokers.Ph: 99623 27632, 6416 2460.
MALLAPURAM, Thirunee-lakudi (15 km from Kumba-konam), near Uppliappan,Ayyavadi, Thirunageswaram,Govindpuram temples,Vadamattam Bus Route, oldagraharam house, total area 9000sq.ft, built-up area 2500 sq.ft.Jack fruit, Amala, Mango andCoconut trees available. Ph:93810 00894.
WEST MAMBALAM, Bhara-thy Street, near AyothyaMandapam, 3 bedrooms, hall,kitchen, 1229 sq.ft, new 2nd floorflat, covered car park, rate Rs.11000 per sq.ft (negotiable), nobrokers. Ph: 93813 22203, 9176341000.
K. K. NAGAR, Bobbili RajaRoad, near P. T. Rajan Road,opposite Sivan Park, CMDAapproved, 1 ground (40x60),building area 2400 sq.ft, priceRs. 4.25 crores (negotiable), nobrokers. Ph: 91763 81000, 9176341000.
KODAMBAKKAM, RagavanNagar, near Vadapalani MuruganTemple & A. R. Rahman House,model bungalow, 6 bedrooms,kitchen, land size 54x70, buildingarea 3650 sq.ft, 3 car parks,vaasthu. Ph: 93810 30922.
KUMBAKONAM, No. 45,Dabir East Street, 2 bedrooms,hall, spacious kitchen, 850 sq.ft,plot area 1125 sq.ft, independenthouse, recently painted, woodfurnished, price Rs. 45 lakhs,Brahmins only, no brokers.Vasudevan. Ph: 99449 40094.
WEST MAMBALAM, JubileeRoad, near Hanumar Koil, 2bedrooms, hall, kitchen, 800 sq.ft,3rd floor, inspection on Saturdaybetween 11 a.m & 5 p.m. Ph:9840959881.
MOUNT ROAD, No. 9,commercial site, 1000 sq.ft, UDS240 sq.ft, 32 years old, rate Rs.5000 per sq.ft. Ph: 93822 31960.
WEST MAMBALAM, Old No.15, New No. 23, Flat No. 9, RamsFlat, Lake View Road, 2bedrooms, hall, kitchen. Outercar parking, rent Rs. 15000,vegetarians preferred, no brokers.Ph: 94453 88379, 2474 4729.
Sir, With the repair work on the Kodambakkam Bridgecommencing, the diversion of traffic via Rangarajapuramflyover began on Sunday, October 6.
Even on a Sunday, at around 8 a.m the traffic came to acrawl on the flyover. Many MTC buses and other heavyvehicles which used to pass through Kodambakkam bridgewill now use Rangarajapuram flyover.
One dreads the traffic that can clog the bridge on weekdays.With festival days coming soon, Bazullah Road residents atone end of the flyover will surely have nightmares.
By a simple stroke of work, the authorities can ease thetraffic on Usman Road for T. Nagar users by clearingMambalam High Road of encroachments and making it fullymotorable. This will make also ease the traffic onRangarajapuram flyover. – Sriram, 90, Bazullah Road, T.Nagar; Ph: 98407 73410
LETTERS TO THE EDITORKodambakkam bridge traffic diversion affects
Bazullah Road residentsCorporation should be
strict in relocatingpavement vendors
Sir, Chennai Corporationhad fixed the deadline as Au-gust 15 for the pavement ven-dors to shift to the newly builtshopping complex in PondyBazaar (T. Nagar). This waslater extended by a month asthe vendors cited reasons ofpending work relating to thefitting of shutters and otherstructures in the complex intheir allotted spaces.
It must be pointed out thatthe complex was built 2 yearsago and only now after legalwrangles and negotiationswith the vendor union, thedeadline was fixed and ex-tended.
Now it looks like they havesought time till Deepavali toget into the new complex onthe plea that the allocatedrooms need to be made safeand secure to protect theirgoods. These excuses are noth-ing but delaying tactics em-ployed by the vendors. For,what safety and security dothey have now for their wareswhich they keep on the pave-ment? All these days, theyhave carried out their busi-ness in rain and shine with-out any protection from theweather. Now that theyhave pucca rooms at the com-plex, for which they must re-main thankful to the govern-ment, they should havemoved into the new complexby this time. They could haveeasily carried out necessarystructural work in the roomsallotted to them at the com-plex even as they conductedtheir business from the newpremises. This is what is nor-mally done by the shop-keepers whenever they under-take alterations to their shops.
One does not understandwhy the Corporation remainspliant? Having given the ven-dors a long rope, the Corpora-tion should have taken toughmeasures to make them moveinto the new complex. It re-mains doubtful whether thevendors will ever move at allafter Deepavali.
In the likely event of thevendors vacating the pave-ment, credible measures mustbe put in place by the civicbody to prevent once and forall any illegal occupationat the vacated places by anew crop of vendors/hawkers.This is most important and ifthe Corporation is unableto do this, then the efforts tode-congest will become mean-ingless and futile. While onehas the right to do business,in so exercising such rights,it should not come in the wayanother exercising his/herright. Had the civic bodynipped the illegal occupationof the public places like pave-ments which are meant forthe exclusive use of the pedes-trians, in the bud itself, it doesnot have to build complexes tohouse them. Just because avendor has been doing busi-ness from an illegally occu-pied place for a long period,neither does it become legalnor can he claim as his/herright to do business.—V. S.Jayaraman, 31 MotilalStreet, T. Nagar
Sir, I am Vasu-devan, parent oftwo school goingchildren living onAlagirisamy Salai(K. K. Nagar).
Even though myhouse is just 300meters fromPSBB School whe-re my kids study,I have a harrow-
Traffic nightmare near PSBB School entrance
ing time daily in walking them to and fro from the school.Parents with vehicles, private and school owned vans and
autos block off the road near the school gate by parking thevehicles haphazardly and making it difficult and unsafe forpedestrians. The plight is even worse for a number of seniorcitizens who come by walk to drop and pick up their grand-children studying in the school.
The van drivers and even educated parents in vehicles arecallous in their attitude and hurl abuses when asked to movetheir vehicles. At least during morning hours, there is atraffic constable who tries his best to regulate the vehiclesand make a passage for the walkers.
I request the school and traffic authorities to take up thisissue and demarcate an area near the school gate as a no-vehicle zone during school opening and closing hours to easeand safeguard the life of the pedestrians and students. – S.Vasudevan, Alagirisamy Salai, K.K. Nagar, Ph: 9840708344
G. Govindarajan (resi-dent of Umapathy Street,West Mambalam, Ph:98840 23236) passed awayon Oct. 8
He was 60 and had beena resident of Mambalamfor more 60 years.
OBITUARYG. GOVINDARAJAN
He had retired as a correspondent ofBrindavan Vidyalaya.
He is survived by his wife and two daugh-ters.
P. N. Janaki, resident of32/16, Ramchandra Street,T. Nagar, Ph: 99416 86288)passed away on October 9.
She was 93 and had beena resident of T. Nagar formore than 65 years. Shewas the wife of late P.K.
P. N. JANAKI
Narasimhan. She is survived by 5 sons, 4daughters and grandchildren.
Free Veda classes thricea week
Kurichi Lakshminarasimhachariar (residentof 8, 2nd Main Road, CIT Nagar East, Nandanam)conducts free Veda and Suktham classes from 9a.m to 10 a.m on Mondays, Wednesdays andFridays. More details can be had in phone 9840640705.
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By Our Staff Reporter34-year-old V. S. Sivasub-
ramanian (resident of No.3, QBlock, Prem Nagar Colony,South Boag Road, T. Nagar.Ph: 97898 25597), popularlyknown as Siva Bhagavathar,
Siva Bhagavathar honouredwith ‘Asthana Vidwan’ title
By Our Staff ReporterGolu depicting the life of
Swami Vivekananda is on dis-play in Kali Bari Temple (12,Umapathy Street, WestMambalam) for Navarathritill October 14.
Sita (Member, Temple Co-mmittee) told MambalamTimes that the display in-cludes replica of SwamiVivekananda Rock Memorial,a number of his figurines, bi-ography and his motivationalproverbs.
A clay idol of Lord Kali keptin the golu will be taken on aprocession and immersed inthe sea near Pallavakkam at4 p.m on Monday, October 14.
A number of women devoteesdressed up as ‘Kali’ will accom-
Golu depicting Swami Vivekananda’s lifein Kali Bari Temple
pany the procession.All are welcome.
was honoured with the‘Kanchi Kamakoti PeethamAsthana Vidwan’ title by SriJayendra Saraswathi on Oc-tober 4 in the temple premises.
Siva Bhagavathar has per-formed thousands ofNamasankeerthanams andbhajans in Tamil, Telugu,Sanskrit, Kannada, Marathiand Hindi in a number oftemples and leading sabhasin the country.
He has sung more than12,000 devotional songs, someof which are his own composi-tions.
He works as a Sanskritteacher in PSBB MilleniumSchool (Gerugambakkam). Heholds an M. Phil degree inSanskrit.
By Our Staff ReporterMiscreants barged into an
apartment complex on Ven-katnarayana Road, T. Nagar,on the night of October 6 andset fire to a car and two motor-bikes parked in its premises.
According to the police, agang of five men barged into
Gang sets fire to car, 2 bikes inresidential complex
rushed out of their homes onhearing the screams of thesecurity guard.
The vehicles got badly dam-aged in the fire even beforethe residents managed todouse the flames with water.
Police suspect the gang hada rivalry with one of the resi-dents. A case registered inMam-balam Police Station isunder investigation.
the apartment complex ataround 3 a.m and overpow-ered the security guard whotried to stop them.
The men had brought a canof petrol with them with whichthey lit the vehicles and racedaway.
Sai Seva Chakra will con-duct free classes on SundaraKandam in Sanskrit fromMonday, Oct. 14. No previousknowledge of Sanskrit is nec-essary.
To register, please contactVasudevan in 94440 34917 orsend email to saise [email protected].
Probus Clubreleases book for
senior citizensBy Our Staff Reporter
To commemorate the ‘In-ternational Day of the Eld-erly’ which fell on October1, Probus Club of Chennaihas published a book forsenior citizens titled ‘Age-ing – Golden Era of Life’.
The 300-page book listsvaluable information for se-nior citizens such as nameand contact details of doc-tors who do house visits,hospitals, old age homes inChennai and neighbour-hood places, organisationshelping senior citizens andmore.
The book is priced at Rs.100.
The book will be avail-able in the office of Mamba-lam Times (7/3, 1st Floor,Madley Road, oppositeSairam College Adminis-trative Office, T. Nagar, Ph:2434 9236) on weekdaysfrom 10.30 a.m to 5 p.mfrom Monday, October 14.
For further details pleasecontact K. Venkatachari in2498 1099.
Laksharchanai inSarvasakthiVinayakar Temple
Laksharchanai will be per-formed to Meenakshi Ammanon Saturday, October 12, from8 a.m in SarvasakthiVinayakar Temple (IndiraColony, Ashok Nagar).
There will be a devotionalmusic concert at 6.30 p.m.
Chennai Champs (Uma-pathi Street, West MambalamPh: 98409 90499/9952996263) will start a fresh batchof play school admissions onOctober 13.
Children in the age group of1 year and 3 months to 5 1/2years are eligible for admis-sion.
The other courses conductedin the school include CarnaticMusic, sloka classes, and earlyEnglish and English languagedevelopment courses.
It also conducts weekendMontessori course for work-ing women.
By Our Staff ReporterGandhian Integrated Fo-
rum Trust (1, 86th Street,Ashok Nagar) will conduct afree day long workshop on‘Nonviolence’ on Sunday, Oc-tober 20, from 10 a.m to 5 p.m
in Gandhi Arangam (ThakaarBaba Vidyalaya, 58, Venkat-narayana Road, T. Nagar).
Since the seats are limited,please register in advance bycalling 93810 07304 / 9840688692 / 98844 25930.
Workshop on ‘Nonviolence’next Sunday
Burglars broke into anapartment in West Mamba-lam on the night of October 6and escaped with 40 sover-eigns of gold jewellery and Rs.20,000 in cash.
According to the police, R.Mohanram, a computer engi-neer, lives in the apartmentlocated on the first floor ofThirupura Sundari Apart-ment Complex.
On Oct. 5, he and his familyhad gone to Tirupur on a holi-day. On returning back in themorning of Oct. 7, they foundthe front door’s lock broken.Inside, they found that thealmirah was open and the goldjewellery and cash kept in itmissing.
Mohanram immediatelylodged a complaint with thepolice.
Police said that the familyhad made no attempt to hidethe key of the almirah.
The apartment complex is
manned by security guards,but there are no security cam-eras. The burglars managedto gain entry and make awaywith the jewellery with stealthand neighbours told policethat they did not see anystrangers or hear anythingunusual.
The burglars may have sur-veyed the area well before tar-geting the house, an investi-gating officer said. “We havecollected fingerprints from thespot and suspect the hand of afew habitual offenders,” headded. The case is under in-vestigation by Ashok NagarPolice.
House burgled in West Mambalam,40 sovereigns of gold stolen
