Vol. 25, No. 22 February 15 - 21, 2020 16 pages Free Circulation OFFICE : 2498 2244, 2467 1122 EDITORIAL : 2466 0269 WEBSITE : www.mylaporetimes.com YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD NEWSPAPER MYLAPORE TIMES The annual Thaipoosam teppam of Sri Kapaleeswarar Temple was held on three days, from Feb.8 to 10. The flower-decorated and illuminated float, carrying the images of the gods and goddesses were taken on several rounds inside the tank on the three evenings. Hundreds of people filled into the tank on the weekend, sat on the steps, offered prayers and watched the journey of the float. WATCH VIDEO of the teppam festival at the MYLAPORE TV channel - www.youtube.com/mylaporetv
The annual Thaipoosam teppam of Sri Kapaleeswarar Temple was held on three days, from Feb.8 to 10. The flower-decorated and illuminated float, carrying the images of the gods and goddesses were taken on several rounds inside the tank on the three evenings. Hundreds of people filled into the tank on the weekend, sat on the steps, offered prayers and watched the journey of the float.
WATCH VIDEO of the teppam festival at the MYLAPORE TV channel - www.youtube.com/mylaporetv
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FEB 15Sai Bhajans by Mandav-
eli samithi of Sathya Sai Seva Organisations, Tamilnadu. At V-Excel Educational Trust, 10/23, Thiruvengadam Street, R. A. Puram. At 6.30 p.m. Ph: 9789098458.
Sri Devi Mahatmyam puja and parayanam by Swami Su-prajnananda. At R. K. Math, Mylapore. 8 a.m. Ph: 24621110.
Talk on ‘Dakshinamurthy sto-tram’ by Swamini Satyavratan-anda Saraswathi. At Samskritha Barathi Hall, 5, 7th Street, Dr. R. K. Salai, Mylapore. At 8.30 a.m. Ph: 24328087.
Talk on ‘Kena Upanishad’ by Swami Shashishikananda. At R. K. Math, Mylapore. 5.30 p.m. Ph: 24621110.
Painting competition. At E-Magic Studio, 78/103, R. K. Salai, Mylapore. 10 a.m. Ph: 9941983758.
50th meet of Alwarpet Toastmasters Club. At Dimen-sions Health Club, C. P. Ra-maswamy Road, Alwarpet. Ph: 9566993796.
Sri Vidya Abhivirithi Sankalpa Archanai for students of classes X and XII. At Sri Vedanta Desi-kar Temple, Mylapore. 8 a.m. onwards. Ph: 24953799.
First anniversary of Sri Sath-ya Sai Study Circle for Chartered Accountants and other finance professionals. At Sundaram, 7, Sundaram Salai, R. A. Puram. 10 a.m.
Bhagavad Gita lecture se-ries in English. By Sunandaji, daughter-disciple of Swami Parthasarathy. Organised by Vedanta Institute. Till Feb. 20. At The Music Academy, T. T. K. Road, Alwarpet. All are welcome. 6.30 p.m.
Talk on ‘Uddhava Gita’ by Swamini Satyavratananda Sar-aswathi. At Shri Rangavilasam, Nandalala Temple, 8, Dr. Ranga Road, Mylapore. At 11 a.m. Ph: 24328087.
Sri Ramanama Sankirtanam. At R. K. Math, Mylapore. 7 p.m. Ph: 24621110.
Talk on ‘Naishkarmya Siddhi’ by Swamini Satyavratananda Saraswathi. At Shri Rangavila-sam, Nandalala Temple, 8, Dr. Ranga Road, Mylapore. At 11 a.m. Ph: 24328087.
Maha Shivarathri. Whole night puja and bhajan. At R. K. Math, Mylapore. 9 p.m onwards. Ph: 24621110.
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Leith Castle Residents’ Association (LECRA) in San Thome, keen to increase the tree canopy in the neighbourhood, arranged for saplings to be planted in the area on Feb.8.
This civic activity was conducted in association with the local unit of Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC); 25 saplings were planted across three streets of Leith Castle – Centre, South and North.
Pradeep, executive engineer and Iniyan, assistant executive engineer from GCC were the special guests and they kick-started this initiative by planting the first sapling.
Thanks to the generosity of Sundaram Industries Pvt Ltd (TVS Group), the com-munity here received 25 saplings. The TVS Group also provided men to help in the planting of the trees.
Also, Bharathi Mess has come forward to watering the plants and trees in these three streets regularly.
LECRA has lined up a series of projects to make the neighbour-hood a clean, safe and green area.
As of now, a interim committee manages LECRA’s affairs. The office bearers are – president – Bernadette John, secretary – Venkat Raghavan M., joint secretary – Jayaprakash Ethira-
julu and treasurer – Merwin Stellas.Contact Venkat Raghavan –
7299992758.
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COMMUNITYFeb 15 - 21, 2020
YOUNG SPORTS ACHIEVERS Six students from Lady Sivaswami Girls School,
Mylapore won medals at various sports meets held in the country recently. At the SGFI Nationals held at Andhra Pradesh, M. Swetha won the gold medal in ball badminton and S. Shaintavi won the silver medal in volleyball. At the SGFI Nationals held at Punjab and Dharmapuri, T. Sathya and M. Malai Selvi of class XII won the gold and silver medal in pole vault and in volleyball.
S. Monika Sri was awarded the bronze medal in shot put at the National South Zone meet at Andhra Pradesh and J. Raveena received a bronze medal in basketball at the Junior National event at Bihar. ALL ABOUT
AUSTRALIA To mark Australia
Day on Jan. 26, students of Children’s Garden School, Mylapore got up an exhibition. Mod-els depicting the Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Jenolan Caves and other Australian landmarks were put up by the students of class-es VI to XI. Students took turns to explain their themes to guests at this event.
The forest fires which have ravaged the conti-nent were also illustrated at this show.
As a part of the monthly ‘Kutcheri at the Park’ event organised by Sundaram Finance, 14 year old Mahathi, a student of guru Shubha Ganesan presented a lively kutcheri at the Chess Square of Nageswara Rao Park,
Luz on Feb.2. She was accompanied by
G. Vagadeeshwar on the violin and by S. Aniruddh on the mridangam. N. Sriraman, senior GM, Sundaram Finance presented the certificate and memento to Mahathi at the end of the kutcheri.
The event provides opportu-nities to youngsters to sing in front of an informal park audience. Mikes and speakers are not used at this event.
For details call 9444040748.
CRICKET TOURNEY WINNERSThe cricket teams of two local schools, Vidya Mandir
and P. S. Senior Secondary School won trophies at cricket tournaments held in the city recently.
At the Don Bosco MHSS DB-MASPRO Cup Fr. Gatti Memorial under-10 players tournament, the Vidya Mandir team (seen in the picture) beat Don Bosco, Egmore by nine runs. The man of the match was Rishab Sriram.
The under-11 team from P. S. Senior Secondary School, Mylapore were declared the winners at the P. C. Sekhar memorial inter-school T20 tournament. It beat Vidya Man-dir. The player of the match was V. Shavin.
For the senior and junior class students at Chettinad Vidyashram, R. A. Puram, their annual day celebration held recently at the school campus was a big event.
While the students of the primary section entertained the audience with contemporary dances and excerpts from classic English plays, the senior students put up a medley of semi-classical dances. Young achievers received prizes at this event.
A CULTURAL FIESTA
KUTCHERI AT THE PARK
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Mahashivarathri falls on Feb. 21 (Friday) this year.
At Sri Kapaleeswarar Temple in Mylapore, a special abhisekham will take place for the lord through the midnight till early morning. (11.30 p.m. to 4 a.m.)
Devotees can offer milk, honey and panner water for the abhisekham. The offerings can be made at the temple from 10 p.m. onwards. Says Thirunavukarasu, a temple staff,
“As pradosham is also falling on the same day, we expect a larger crowd.”
Similar religious events will take place in the five other well-known temples in Mylapore dedicated to lord Shiva.
MAHASHIVARATHRI CONCERTSLayapriya’s 28th Mahashivarathri musical night will be
held at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore from 4 p.m. on Feb. 21 to 5 a.m on Feb. 22. There will be Thirumuraipadal-gal, devotional songs, namasankeertanam and Carnatic music concerts by several artistes. Ph: 9444493639.
AWARDS FOR ARTISTESCarnatic music artistes Trichur V. Ramachandran and
Giridhar Udupa and actor Bombay Gnanam will be hon-oured by Laya Laavanyaa Fine Arts Foundation (headed by mridangam guru Umayalpuram. K. Sivaraman) at an event to be held at Narada Gana Sabha, Alwarpet on Feb. 15. Sid Sriram’s vocal concert will follow the award function.
At T. T. K. Road, Alwarpet. 6 p.m.
SATHYA SAI GROUP MEETSSri Sathya Sai Study Circle for Chartered Accountants
and other finance professionals will be celebrating their first anniversary on Feb. 16 at R. A. Puram. The event will start off with a veda parayanam. Later talks will be given by R. Bupathy, past president, ICAI and V. Ranganathan, chartered accountant. At Sundaram, 7, Sundaram Salai, R. A. Puram. 10 a.m.
Chennai Corporation and Fisheries dept. to carry out survey of fish hawkers on Marina’s Loop Road
By Our Staff Reporter
Chennai Corporation and the state’s Fisheries depart-ment plan to carry out an enumeration exercise in the fish hawkers market on Marina’s Loop Road. The in-tention – to database all the fisherfolks who use the Loop Road zone for the fishing and hawking business.
Said a police officer of E5 Marina Police station, “Officials of Corporation and Fisheries department will carry out the enumeration soon. We (police officers) will
A CLUB TO HONE PUBLIC SPEAKING SKILLS
About a year ago, the area director of Toastmaster International, Jayanthi Sundar, started the Alwarpet Toastmasters Club to promote public speaking and leadership skills. The club is run by a seven member executive team headed by Alwarpet resident Prema Krishnan.
Members meet once a week. The club also conducts speaking contests every six months. The club will be celebrating its 50th meet on Feb. 16 by organising educa-tion sessions and other fun activities. Anyone above the age of 18 can join this club.
Reach out to Prabhakaran, VP (Membership) at 9566993796 for details.
CONCERT SERIESA series of music concerts will be held from Feb. 16
to 20 to mark Nadopasana’s 52nd anniversary music festival. Noted vocalists including Rithvik Raja and Chinmaya Sisters will perform at this event.
At Raga Sudha Hall, Luz. 6 p.m. onwards.
provide them security.”This information, he
says is being collected for a report to be submitted to the Madras High Court.
Recently, the court had asked the civic body to submit this report along with a few other details. The report, the police officer says will be used to plan the con-struction of the fish market for the fishermen hawking on the sandy side of Loop Road.
The civic body has planned to construct the market at Nochinagar, and
then shift the hawkers there. Says a Corpora-tion official attached to zone 9, “The fish hawk-ing is affecting vehicu-lar movement on Loop Road. Hence, we have been asked to shift them to a market.”
However, the fish hawkers, who are mostly women say that Loop Road is their tra-ditional zone and they would not move from there. Said a fishseller of Nochikuppam , “This Loop Road is ours. If
we move to some mar-ket away from road we will lose our business. We will not shift from here in any case.”
As of now, fish hawking continues but the tension is palpable here.
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NEW IN CHINESE Foodies who are always
looking out for new places and new kinds of food to relish can now check out this new one from next week. The promoter of the popular Pumpkin Tales restaurant in Al-warpet, Chindi Varadara-julu has opened a new food place in the same complex. It is called Zhouyu and fo-cuses on Chinese food made from locally available, fresh produce. And pork and beef are not on the menu here.
Instead, all the food is made from seasonal produce sourced from dif-ferent parts of the country and treated traditionally, outside the Indian-Chinese taste that most people who dine at local Chinese
restaurants are familiar with.
The menu is unique but small for starters and will expand as the restau-rant settles down.
At 20, Bheemana Garden St., Alwarpet. Call 9841507557 for reservations.
BEST OF THAI The celebrated
Bejarong restaurant in Alwarpet has clocked 20 years and is welcoming its well-wishers and foodies with the best it has offered in Thai food.
There is also an ex-clusive cooking workshop featuring chef Waipop Saepueng from Thailand at Benjarong on Feb. 16 - limited seats available. Register / book table res-ervations at - 7604915094. On TTK Road ( south end).
OPEN STUDIOAbiramapuram artist Darshana
Bajaj is hosting Open Studio on Feb.15. You can walk into her home and studio, enjoy the big range of her paintings, look at her studio and even chat with her. At 2, Tyre House, 2nd floor, Prithivi Avenue (next to Crest Clinic), Abhiramapuram. On Saturday only, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Open to all. Darshana can be contacted at 9094341945
KOREAN’S ART INSPIRED BY RAMANA MAHARISHI
InKo Centre, R. A. Puram presents ‘Ocean of Silence’, a solo exhibition of SoonYoung Yang’s paintings at The Gallery @ InKo Centre. Deeply in-spired by the teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi, SoonYoung Yang travels every year to spend time in quiet reflection at the Sri Ramanasramam at Tiruvannamalai in Tamil Nadu. In the artist’s words, ‘it is the trembling intensity that infuses her canvas, a silence that ripples outwards to engulf the world with compassion.’
SoonYoung Yang’s works offer a window into a world that unfolds with light from chaos. Her canvas moves from the confines of a small city to the vastness of the universe as a continu-ous trajectory of block coloured pieces. The exhibition will remain open until February 28 (except Sundays) from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. On Adyar Boat Club Road.
n ART WATERCOLOUR PORTRAITS - FOR BEGINNERS
Watercolour portraits for beginners is a workshop by Nikita Ale. At this workshop you get to learn all about fluid art with acrylics. Participants will take home a finished artwork in the end. Register at : www.imojo.in/wc16 Organised by Hindustan Trading Company. All materials provided and prior registration is required. Feb 15, Time: 2 pm to 5:30 pm. Venue: Madras Art Store, Alwarpet. Contact: 9790995771. There is also another workshop on Sunday here on fluid art. Call to register.
SIVAJI GANESAN FILM NTFANS (Nadigar Thilagam Film Appreciation
Association) is celebrating the golden jubilee of the Sivaji Ganesan movie, “VILAIYATTU PILLAI” (made in 1970) with a screening of this film. On Feb.16, 6 p.m. at the Russian Cultural Centre, 74, Kasturi Ranga Road, Alwarpet. Open to all.
As part of the function, some crew members of the movie / their wards will be honoured with a memento.
PONNIYIN SELVAN ON STAGEKalki’s epic and evergreen story ‘Ponniyin Selvan’
will be staged as a Thamizh play by a private theatre group at Narada Gana Sabha, Alwarpet. Feb.16, 6.30 p.m. Ticketed show. Tickets sold at venue.
n CINEMA. THEATRE.
BED LINEN SALEPremier Mills is holding a sale of its luxury bed
linen - printed and dyed bedsheets, pillow cases, quilts, cushion covers and napkins and fabrics. At C. P. Art Centre, Eldams Road, Alwarpet. On till Feb.18, through the day with special discounts. Call 9884541063.
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Senior cost accountant and company secretary, R. N. Ratnam passed away on February 5.
He was a former president of the Madras Management Association, was a leading consultant in the business world, played an active role in Tamil Nadu cricket and was a passionate Carnatic music rasika.
Ratnam studied at P. S. High School, then at St. Joseph’s College in Tiruchi for a year before graduating from Vivekanan-da College, Chennai. He then did his articleship at Fraser & Ross following his studies in chartered accountancy.
He was the first Indian chief accountant in an English-owned company – E.I.D. Parry. He played a vital role in the conversion of E.I.D.Parry to an Indian company and that was a time when the government control was much tighter.
He rose to become deputy managing director of E. I. D. Parry. Later, he was with a Hong Kong company. He had moved to Hong Kong in the 1980s. In a corporate case when he had to give evidence, the judge was amazed at his memory of numbers even without the aid of any notepaper, his family recalled.
He was perhaps one of the senior-most chartered accountants in the country when he passed away.
He was a member of the Association of Company Secretar-ies and served as president of Madras Management Association (MMA). Ratnam served in top positions in other bodies too.
Family members said he was an avid sportsman and played cricket, squash, golf and also rowed. He was the treasurer of Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA).
Said Prabha Sridevan, retired judge of Madras High Court and a niece in a tribute she wrote, “He was devoted to his parents almost bordering on bhakti. We were ten, his sisters’ children and almost all of us have spent a considerable time with mama and mami in the house on Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai. In our minds, mama and mami were inseparable and she did exactly what he wanted unquestioningly. He was a gem of an uncle, a real ratnam.”
Ratnam’s father was U. S. Ramasundaram, Suptg. Engineer, PWD and his mother was Rajam, daughter of the celebrated law-yer T. R. Venkatarama Sastri. ( Ramasundaram is credited with having built 13 aerodromes across south India in about a year’s time in the colonial era as the British prepared for World War II).
He leaves behind wife Sumitra Ratnam, and sisters Sarada Venkataramani, Meenakshi Sivaramakrishnan, Kamala Ratnam and Lakshmi Balasubramanian.
The family’s address: No.8, 5th Street, Dr. Radhakrishnan Road, Mylapore. Phone: 2811 1781.- Content for the tribute was shared by Prabha Sridevan
V. Sanjeevi, 86 years, who retired as Assistant Head Master and Thamizh pandit of P. S. Hr Sec School, Mylapore passed away on Feb.5.
Sanjeevi was a popular pandit who had a way of taking
language classes and was known by generations who studied at P. S. School. He pioneered the idea of bringing out Thamizh Notes and Guides which helped students who were weak in the language.
Family friends say he compiled the Thiruppugazh Madani under the banner of Thiruppugazh Anbargal and had written lots of
books on Thamizh literature. He is survived by his wife Santha Sanjeevi, sons Ramesh Kumar and Suresh Kumar and their families. Family’s address – Flat 3/D, Green Inn Apartments , 7th Avenue, Besant Nagar, Chennai 600090.
Phones: 8056168756, 9080315480– Reported by C. S. Balaji
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It was a visual delight for devotees as the teppam made rounds around Sri Kapaleeswarar Temple tank on the three days of this festival ( Fab.8 to 10).
On Day Two and on Day Three of the teppam, Lord Singaravelar and his consorts Valli and Deivanai were placed on the float that was adorned with colourful serial lights, banana trees and flowers.
Earlier, on Monday evening, water was pumped into the tank to increase the water level. The float made nine rounds around the tank. Unlike the past two days, as it was a working day on Monday, the crowd was small. However, as the teppam started making a few rounds, it got bigger.
Dozens of police personnel and fire and rescue personnel were deployed for security purposes to prevent any untoward incident. The temple’s gopuram and tank’s surroundings have been illuminated for the celebration.
Snack and toys stalls and mobile playthings were set up by hawkers on South Mada Street, creating a village fair look here.
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Play badminton indoors at this new facility
By Our Staff Reporter
Shuttler, a new badminton facility with six courts opened recently at Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai, Mylapore.
Spread across 10,000 sq ft, the wooden surfaced court makes this place one of the largest dedicated badminton facility in Chennai, says Alagappan Meyyappan of Shuttler.
This is the eighth sports venue of Tiki Taka, a collective that provides rooftop football facilities in Chennai. They also have facilities for basketball and cricket located elsewhere in the city.
Insulation sheets are fitted on top of the courts to absorb excess heat. The sports arena is also equipped with separate changing rooms and restrooms for men and women.
It also has a space for warm-up exercises. Luz-based couple Prahlad and Lakshmi Palaniappan are the promoters of the facility.
Says Lakshmi Pala-niappan, “In 2015, my hus-band Prahlad, who is also a football player launched our first sports venue when he realised that the Corporation’s playgrounds were unsuitable for pro-fessional players.”
The badminton court can be booked on an hourly basis. The price is Rs.800 per hour. Shuttler also provides badminton coaching for women and children between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. The coaching fee is Rs.4000 for attending classes five days a week.
Located at Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai, 9th Street, opposite to Citi Cen-tre. Ph:7604984996.
- Photo courtesy: Shuttler
Aavin now offers cookies, chocolatesBy Our Staff Reporter
Aavin has introduced a new set of cookies and chocolates recently. The cookie varieties include salt, coconut, custard, choco chip, butter and oats. The
oats cookies don’t have sugar.
They are now on sale at the Aavin parlour on C. P. Ramaswamy Road, Alwarpet.
A set of eight cookies arranged in aluminium pack-ets are packed in colourful boxes.
Vanilla flavoured chocolates with the dark choco-late and nuts combination are also available for sale. These are also sold at other Aavin parlours in the neighbourhood.
The cookie varieties are priced at Rs 35. The dark chocolate is priced at Rs 20.
By Our Staff Reporter
A new filter coffee joint has come up at Kutchery Road, near the Mylapore Head Post office. It is a franchise of Grind Coffee House located at C. P. Ramaswamy Road, Alwarpet.
Two friends, Jyothi and Aravind opened the joint when they realised this area did not have a dedicated shop for filter coffee.
Says Jyothi, “We use only full cream milk and coffee powder procured from the coffee estates at Coorg, Karnataka to make the coffee.”
Salt cookies, kara thattai, samosa, Osmania peanut cook-ies and cold coffee varieties are also sold here. Snacks like vegetable puffs and paneer tikka puff have already become popular here.
Says Jyothi, who is a yoga instructor and runs a private travel agency, “The snacks are prepared fresh at my house in Krishnaswamy Street, Alwarpet and then sent to the shop.”
Coffee is priced at Rs.18. The shop is open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Located at 46, Kutchery Road, Mylapore.
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We ordered a plate of bondas. Sridhar said he would like just idlis. Both of us were hungry. When the food arrived we traded a bonda and a idli and lapped up the delicious coconut chutney and the sweetish sambhar.
We were at the popular Abhinandan restaurant of Hotel Ashoka in Egmore. We were there to catch up with a school-mate, Radha we had not met for ages. She had come in from Dubai and was very keen to meet a few of us. So we decided on this place.
It is a place we had grown up with. In school, we would scamper across to have our fill of iced drinking water. And if we had some pocket money to spare, buy a bar of chocolate or a small pack of lozenges in the hotel’s little store, next to the hair-dresser.
Radha soon joined us after a drive across the city that took almost an hour. And the meet came alive when another classmate, Jamal joined us.
Now, Jamal has this habit of carrying a large plastic bag with him whenever we are to meet a classmate after a long break. In that crumpled bag are dozens of photos - some black and white, some in faded color. Some post-card in size, some 5 x 7s and some large ones. They are all photos that feature our classmates - in school and outside.
They are not captioned. So Jamal brings each photo alive, spicing up his backgrounders with tidbits that ring a bell or makes us cringe or roll in laughter. Now, many of us have seen all these photos but we are all ears when someone in the group recalls an anecdote that seems ‘all new’ to some of us.
That evening, there was a new album in Jamal’s plastic bag. A small album of photos shot at his wedding. A mix of black and white and colour pictures. Now this was ‘all new’ for the three of us at this meet-up. We whipped out our phones and copied some of them. Photos of us at Jamal’s wedding reception we had attended. Photos which took us back to the mid-1980s.
It had been a long evening and diners around us were tucking into Abhinandan’s famous Udupi meals. We said goodbye to Radha in the driveway and chatted; the three of us.
“What will happen to us this year?” Jamal confronted me, all of a sudden.
I stared at him.“What will Modi do?”, he asked, looking very concerned.“Why are you this disturbed?”, I asked him.“Something is going to happen to all of us,” he said.“You don’t have to fear this much,” Sridhar tried to
assure him.
He told us that his community which dominates the neighbourhood just behind where we were standing that evening was agitated and uncertain. That the elders were saying that dark clouds were gathering and that they would have to be prepared to face them.
“The local members of a political party meet us and tell us that Modi’s party is going to get us…that we must side on the parties that can challenge him,” Jamal told us.
“Do you believe everything that people are talking about?” I asked him.
“I am helpless,” he said. “ When I ask my community to sit down and discuss this calmly…when I tell them not to be taken in by extreme conversations, some of my people get back on me. They say I am Modi’s man. So I shut up.”
I put my arm on Jamal’s shoulder and told him not to live in fear. But I knew those words weren’t enough. He started his scooter and sped away, to his home closeby.
And Sridhar and I realised what the mood and thoughts, feelings and fears, currents and cross-currents were in many a neighbourhood. In one, where our school was located.
Metro Rail feeder cab services: frustrating experience
It is heartening to note that Chennai Metro Rail has introduced a fleet of cabs for its feeder services.
The cabs pick and drop you at points around each Metro Rail station for better connectivity.
But there are many hiccups. On Feb. 5, we reached the Teynampet Metro station by rail from the airport at around 11 a.m., hoping to get a cab to reach home that is close to TTK Road, Alwarpet.
We could see a cab parked at the exit but the driver was not to be seen around. For a few minutes we looked for him on all sides and waited. Then we booked a Ola auto since we had given up on the cab.
It took quite some time to book even Ola.So for about 20 minutes we were loitering
near the station after having alighted from the rail and I must mention here that the driver was not back till then.
(Ola charged Rs 66 for this roughly 2 km distance probably because it was peak time.
We paid Rs 70. Now, Metro Rail’s feeder service costs Rs 10 per person)
This experience is frustrating and Metro Rail should closely see to it that the facilities and system functions properly.
We feel very proud about Metro Rail in our city that gives us clean and quick com-muting. It would be better if some share autos are tied up with Metro stations for the last mile connectivity.
These services at Teynampet are essential for people who reside in Alwarpet, R. A. Puram and Mylapore areas and in the reverse direction as well. Many are regulars to the airport.
- Soundararani V., Alwarpet
Ping me if there is chaos: mada street anecdote
Thoughtfulness can go a long way!Recently, I was visiting a temple located in one of
the ‘not so wide’ streets of Mylapore. The one-way traffic rule did not do any good to pedestrians who were using this road.
You will find that many people who visit temples in Mylapore squeeze their cars into some parking space and this can really cause a big headache to many.
That evening though I noticed that one of the car owners who was probably visiting the temple had parked his car in the corner of the street and had left his number on a cardboard sheet placed inside the car.
He had done this so that anybody who found his parked car a hindrance could call him up immediately.
Thoughtful move indeed in the midst of chaos.- Subha Dilip, Mylapore
Open-close food jointsLots of for joints are opening and closing in the
Mylapore zone. And the reason seems to be the stiff rentals that entrepreneurs cannot withstand when they need time to be popular.
A thattu idli shop closed down even before I could make up my mind to sample its menu.
- R. P. Govind, Mandaveli
Gandhi statue on Marina is not lit upNot a day passes by of people referring to Gan-
dhiji. But his statue lives in darkness on the Marina promenade, decorated and looked at on his birth and death anniversaries only.
So many VIPs walk and exercise on the Marina. Cannot some of them join hands and organize to sponsor some smart lighting here?
- Rama Devi, Mylapore
Office does not issue ration card to single person, a senior citizen
Reading Venkateeswaran’s letter in last week’s Mylapore Times on his woes of getting a ration card, I would like to register my woe too.
The local Civil Supplies office is not recognising my 96 year old father’s card saying that they have stopped providing ration for single card owners.
They first said that he should come in person and sign their ledger, then they said he should come in person to buy rations and lastly they refused to issue a card saying it cannot be issued to single card owners.
He has been using the ration card to buy ration for more than 40 years and now the Civil Supplies office refuses to acknowledge his card.
We do not know what the rules regarding this are and it is left to the officers to interpret as they understand it.
It would be helpful if the Civil Supplies office clears our doubts about this matter .
- Rama Prabhakar, Mandaveli
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When the news of the passing away of well-known Sanskrit guru Malathy
Balasubramanyan on November 22 last year at her residence in Medavakkam in the city reached far and wide, her legion of students were distraught.
Malathy was 76 years old. She used to teach Sanskrit for women and children at Saraswathi Giri Veda Patasala at Sringeri Mandapam, Mandaveli for several years.
Malathy’s second daughter-in-law Mathangi Gurumurthy says that she was unwell for over a year before her passing.
Malathy started learning Sanskrit from the age of 35. She obtained Sahitya Shironmani and Vedanta Shironmani qualifications under the tutelage of different gurus. Malathy continued her Sanskrit studies, and has also conduct-
ed Samskritasri and Chittoor exams for students for more than three decades.
Born on June 6, 1943, at Kumbako-nam, Malathy studied at Banaa Durai High School, Kumbakonam. She married her maternal uncle K. Balasubramhanyan at the age of 15. The couple moved to Chennai in 1960. They were residents of Warren Road, Mylapore for over 40 years and later moved to Medavakkam.
Mathangi says that her mother-in-law was a very organised person who never uttered a word in anger. “She was a doting mother, a devoted wife, a loving mother-in-law and a caring daughter who somehow found time to manage all four roles with aplomb, in addition to being a teacher. She was inherently a fun-oriented grandmother - all her grandchildren sought her out to play,” Mathangi says.
Malathy is survived by her sons B. Ganapathy and B. Gurumurthy, daughter B. Gayathri, and their families. The family can be reached at 22463258/9940328516.
Big group of students pay tribute to their Sanskrit guruBy Our Staff Reporter
Some 100 people attended a memorial meeting late last year at a hall in Mandaveli to pay their tributes to the well-known San-skrit guru, Malathy Balasubramanyan. The meeting was held at Sringeri Mandapam in Mandaveli. Malathy’s large number of stu-dents and classmates were at the meeting.
Malathy passed away on Nov.22, 2019 at her residence in Medavakkam. She was 76 years old.
She used to teach Sanskrit for women and children at Saraswathi Giri Veda
Patasala at Sringeri Mandapam, Mandaveli for several years. She was a resident of War-ren Road in Mylapore for over 40 years.
Said Sulochana Ramani, a senior student of Malathy and the organiser of the meet-ing, “We said a silent prayer and then a few students and classmates of Malathy spoke about her.”
Sulochana, who has been associated with Malathy for a long time says that Malathy was very humble and soft-natured. “She was an excellent teacher who encouraged each and every student to study Sanskrit and also take exams in it,” she said.
TRIBUTE: MALATHY BALASUBRAMANYAN
Long, long after cyclone Vardah damaged a portion of the com-pound wall at MTC’s Mandaveli bus depot, its civic workers have fixed the damage by erecting a temporary wall now. The contractor of Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) carried out this work recently. Said a staff at the bus depot, “We have erected only a temporary wall as the Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) has plans to take over much of this area for its project.”
MTC ‘fixes’ damaged compound wall of Mandaveli bus depot
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This Saturday, the stairs that lead up to the residence of Abiramapuram artist Dar-shana Bajaj, her hall and living room will turn into a art gallery.
To celebrate her love for art, the artist is hosting a Valentine’s day special studio exhibition.
In a way, this is Open Studio.A range of paintings that the artist has
created based on different themes will be on display.
Darshana has been in this field of work for some 20 years now. This is the first time that the self-taught artist will display her artworks in an ‘open studio’ set-up. Says Dar-shana, “These days, most art galleries in the city do not host artwork of self-taught artists
like me. Only artists with professional art degrees get to showcase their work.”
She hopes people will come by, spend time at the studio and if keen, buy a painting or two.
Through years of meditation, the 47-year-old says she realised that all humans are deeply bonded with nature. And this theme dominates most of her work. “I also derive inspiration from the trees, plants, and leaves that I observe during my walks around the neighbour-hood.”
While most of her works are oil paintings, she also experiments with water-colours, crayons and pencil sketches. Some of her abstract paintings are drawn using painting
knives. On Saturday, guests can step into her work space and chat with her about her work.
The show is at 2, Tyre House, 2nd floor, Prithivi Avenue (next to Crest Clinic), Abhiramapuram. On Feb.15 (Saturday) from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Open to all.
WATCH VIDEO on this show at the MYLAPORE TV channel - www.youtube.com/mylaporetv
Artist Darshana Bajaj invites you home to see her artworks
ARCHANAI FOR STUDENTSAPPEARING FOR PUBLIC EXAMS
Sri Vidya Abhivirithi Sankalpa archanai for stu-dents of classes X and XII will be held at Sri Vedanta Desikar Temple, Mylapore on Sunday, Feb. 16. The morning session will be from 8 a.m. to 12 noon and the evening session will be from 4.30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The cost of one ticket is Rs. 200.
For details contact the temple at 24953799.
SANSKRIT CLASSES FOR BEGINNERSSri Ramakrishna Math, Mylapore is conducting
Sanskrit classes for beginners from the third week of February. The classes will be held three days a week in the evening. The fees is Rs. 700. At 7.15 p.m. For details contact 9840235395.
PAINTING COMPETITIONEMagic Animation Academy is
organising an on-the-spot paintng competition on Feb. 16 at its studio at R. K. Salai, Mylapore. The com-petition is open to adults aged 18 years and above. The winner of the competition will be offered a full scholarship to a six month 3D animation course. A free inter-active session and a demonstration on the ‘World of Animation’ will be held after the competition.
At 78/103, R. K. Salai, Mylapore (Opp. Hotel Clarion). To register contact 9941983758.
