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9444943293Debris dumpers beware
Civic body watching
Dumping of the sand
ks and steel rods
being dumped at all
struction sites on the
s by the constructionpanies which is a
tmare for thecyclists
two wheeler riders.
When this staffer time
again complained to
construction company
ervisors it goes into the
ear and in some places
to the proximity of the
cians all are ignored.
Recently a 30 year old
men riding a two wheeler
with an accident and
hand was fractured
on the sand spilled on
oad near a constructionhelped in skidding
and women fell from the
scooter.
This is nothing new
in our neighbourhood.
The civic authorities turna blind eye as they are
decently looked after by the
construction companies.
After the fatal accident
recently in Adambakkam,
the Corporation rising from
the deep slumber have
started taking action.
If reports are to be
believed, as many as
54 cases have been
slapped against persons
who dumped construction
materials on the road.
T h e C h e n n a i
Corporation instructed
builders and house owners
not to misuse road space
for storing construction
material or dump building
debris. As such illegal useof road space even lead to
fatal accidents, the civic
body warned of tough
action and the ne amount
was also raised from
Rs 500 to Rs 2000.
We have stepped
up our vigilance and are
actively trying to stop such
things from happening. We
will take stringent action
against anyone flouting
the norms. More than
Rs 3,40,000 has been
collected as ne, said Chennai
Corporation CommissionerD Karthikeyan.
This debris is just opposite Sathyanarayana Temple in West Mambalam
This debris is at Balakrishna Street in West Mambalam
Construction materiallike sand, gravel, bricks.
pipes etc all come under
the debris category. and
it was the responsibility of
property owners to ensure
that the construction
material did not spill on to
the road.
W h y c a n ' t t h e
corporation declare that
all material dumped on
the foot-paths and roads
belong to the corporation.
They can simply take away
the material and use it for
corporation's constructionprojects. Also they can
collect fines to cover
the cost of removing the
debries. If this is enforced
with guts strictly, such
dumping will stop. What is
preventing the corporation
from enforcing rules? Is it
the will to do things and
ofcers with guts!
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ALPHA TIMESg. 26, 2012
For Brahmin Horoscoand Physically Challeng
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Chennai Sai SankaRa MatRiMo7, 9th Avenue, Ashok Nagar
(Near Ashok Pillar Govt. Girls High Sch
Chennai - 600 083
Ph: 044-2471 6920www.ssmatri.om
Mambalam's pride Sri Suprabatha
ha which is over 4 decades old will
elebrating its 43rd anniversary from
30 to Sept. 2 this year.
Programme details are:
August 30: 4.00 PM Veda Parayanam;
PM Sabha Students Dance; 7.00
Patti Manram By Sabha Students
K.Rajendran , Asst CommissionerPolice, AshokNagar, Chennai 83
ides
August 31: 6.00 PM Quiz competition
Ramayana nals for Sabha students;
0 PM Anthakshari on Slokas
petition nals for Sabha students; 8.15
Prize distribution; .S. Ramakrishna
, Managing Trustee, Sringeri Sarada
rathi Trust, West Mambalam, Anand
anidhi, Managing Director, Stahl Crane
ems India Pvt Ltd; T.T.Varadarajan,
inistrati ve Off ice r IOB Trai ning
Sri Suprabhata Sabha 43rdAnniversary celebration on Aug. 30
College Chennai, participate and distribute
the prizes to Sabha children
September 1: 6.15 PM Bhajan by
Students of PSBB Sr Sec School, Chennai
78 ( I Prize Winner of Open Group Bhajan
Competition 12 ) 7.15pm Srinivasa
Kalyanam discourse by Vidwan Villur
Nadathur, Sri Bashya Simhasanam, V.S
Karunakarachariar SwamySeptember 2: 7.00 to 11am
Laksharchana to Lord Sri Venkateswara;
6.30 PM Anniversary, Prize distribution;
V.Narayanan FCA, Vaidyanathan
Narayanan&Co, Chartered Accountants;
N.Mani, Sr Vice President, Shriram Capital
Ltd, Chennai; G.Thamizh Selvan, M A., B L,
Asst Commissioner of Police, T Nagar, will
participate and distribute the prizes to the
winners of the open competitions conducted
by the Sabha
Fifth Pratishta
day at Shirdi
Sai Seva SamajShirdi Sai Seva Samaj,
21 Jaishankar Street, West
Mambalam, will be celebrating
the fifth Prathishta day on
Friday Aug. 31 at the temple
premises.
The programmes begin
with a Kakad Aarthi at 5.15 am
Punyahavachanam, Ganapathi
Homam Navagraha Homam,
Mruthyunjaya Homam,
Prathishta Homam from 6.30
am; Maha Abhishekam and
Sahasranama Archanai 10.30
am followed by annadhanam
at 11.30 am.
At 12.00 noon Madhyana
Aarthi.; 6.00 pm Dhoop Aarthi;
6.30 pm Vishnu Sahasranama
Parayanam, 7.00 pm Vedha
Parayanam; 8.00 pm Bhajans
by SSSS Bhajan Mandali 9.15
pm Shej Aarthi.
All are welcome
The third Srijayanthi Music Festival of
Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha will be
between Sept.1 to 15 in Mahaswami
torium Vani Mahal,
G. N. Chetty Road, T. Nagar.
ustice V. Ramasubramanian of the
ras High Court presides and N.
alaswamy (Former Chief Election
mmissioner of India inaugurates the
ramme at 6.00 p.m on Saturday,
t. 1; Suneeta Reddy (Joint Managing
ctor, Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd.)
be the guest of honour. the programme
be preceeded by Mangala Isai at 5.00
by S P Arulanandam and Party.
Vani Kala Nipuna title will be
ferred on Chinmaya Sisters Ms.
a and Ms. Radhika-Vocal; Akkarai
halakshmi- Violin; K.Arun Prakash-
dangam; A.Zakir Hussain- Dance and
Subramanian ( Suppini - Theatre)
ma.
The programmes commence at 7.00
every day
Sept.1: Namasankeerthanam by
anasam Ramani Bhagavathar.
Sept. 2: Namasankeerthanam by Raviminathan Bhagavathar.
Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha
rijayanthi music festival from Sept. 1Sept. 3: Namasankeerthanam by Sant
Muralidas Bhagavathar.
Sept. 4: Namasankeerthanam by
Srivanchiam K.Muralidharan Bhagavathar.
Sept. 5: Geetha Govindam by
Ananthalakshmi Natarajan.
Sept . 6: Namasankeerthanam
by Melarcode Sisters Ranjani &
Madhuvanthi.
Sept. 7: Namasankeerthanam by
Sukvasini Arunachalam.
Sept. 8: Prasana Venkataraman
(vocal), H. N. Bhaskar(violin), K. Arun
Prakash(mridangam), Nanaganallur
S.Swaminathan (ghatam).
Sept. 9: Chinmaya Sisters Uma and
Radhika (vocal), Usha Rajagopalan (violin),
B. Sivaraman (mridangam), Madipakkam A.
Murali (ghatam).
Se p t . 1 0 : T r i c h u r B ro t h e rs
Sr i k r i shna Mohan & Ramkumar
Mohan (vocal), V. Sanjeev(violin),
Trichur R. Mohan(mridangam), D. V.
Venkatasubramaniyam (ghatam).
Sept. 11: Vinaya and Saindhavi
(vocal), K. J. Dileep (violin), Guru
Raghavendran(mridangam), Sainath
(ghatam).
Sept. 12: Nisha Rajagopal(vocal),
Dr. Hemalatha (violin), Cherthalai
R. Ananthakrishnan (mridangam),Chandrasekara Sharma (ghatam).
Sept. 13: Maharajapuram S. Ganesh
Viswanathan (vocal), M. A. Sundareswaran
(violin),
Thanjavur Kumar (mridangam),
Papanasam S. Sethuraman (ganjira).
Sept . 14: Amrutha Venkatesh
(vocal), Padma Shankar (violin), R.
Sanakaranarayanan (mridangam), G.
Ravichandran (ghatam).
Sept. 15: S. Saketharaman (vocal),
Akkarai Subhalakshmi (violin), Mannargudi
A. Eswaran (mridangam), Dr. S. Karthick
(ghatam).
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India's No. 1 ranked
ate University, SRMersity in its endeavour
opagate Classical Tamil
uage has embarked upon
mbitious programme by
erring Thamizh Academy
mizh Perayam) Awards
wherein many stalwarts
amil Language were
oured today coinciding
the birthday of the
ncellor of the University
R Pachamuthu.
The Thamizh Academy
hamizh Academy awards conferred
awards will be conferred
annually on 10 persons invarious categories for works in
Tamil which is considered par
excellence - like the Sahithya
Akademi awards conferred by
the Central Government - as
detailed below
1. Pudumaipi ththan
Creative Literature Award for
the best small stories Novels
and Drama
2. Poet Bharathiar award
for th best collection of
poems
3.Azha Valliappa award for
the best Children Literature
4. G U Pope Translation
award for the best translated
works
5. P N Appusami award
for the best science works in
Tamil
6. Anandakumarasami
Award for Fine Arts (Best work
in Fine Arts)
7.Muthu Thandavar awardfor the best in Tamil Music
8.Valar Thamizh award
(for the best young researcher
in Tamil)
All these awards carry a
cash prize of Rs.1,50,000/-
and two more awards were
also announced. Parithimar
Kalaignar award for the best
Tamil laureate will be given
a prize of Rs.2,00,000/- and
Parivendhar Painthamizh
Award (Best Tamil laureate for
their life time achievements)
Rs.5.00 lacs.
Addressing the gathering
the chief guest Justice A R
Lakshmanan, former judge
of the Supreme Court of India,
said that it is heartening to note
that Tamil Academy awards
are conferred on the best Tamil
literary works and wish that the
Tamil tribe may increase.
Dr T R Pachamuthu.
Chancellor of the SRM
University and patron of theTamizh Perayam said that
these awards were instituted
in the best interest of Tamil
Language and we wish it will
be recognised more than the
Sahithya Akademi awards
nationally. Though we have
plans to honour the Tamil
Laureates every year not
only from Tamil Nadu but also
globally.
Parthimar Kalaignar award
was conferred on Dr. S.V.
Shanmugham, former director,
department of linguistics,
Annamalai University who had
written many books on Tamil
Literature and its growth.
The Par i Vendhar
Painthamizh award was
conferred on Ira Ilankumaranaar
a great Tamil Laureate who had
spent his life for the growth of
Tamil Language.
The other awards and
awardees are:
1. Pudumaipi ththan
Creative Literature Award
for the best small stories
Novels and Drama which
was given to Mr thoppil
Mohammad Meeran for hisbook Anjuvannam Theru.
2.. G U Pope Translation
award for the best translated
works, was conferred on K
Kuppuswami for translated
literary work En Peyar
Sivappu.
5. P N Appusami award for
the best science works in Tamil
to Dr K Anbazhagan for his
Tamil book on medicine Valiya
Elumbe vazhu vazhuppaana
mutte
6. Anandakumarasami
Award for Fine Arts (Best
work in Fine Arts) especially on
Sculpture conferred on Madras
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Organic food is not
assing fad, it is here
tay. And it has soon
eloped the position of
ging trend. Anything
is a trend develops
y myths around it.
urally, organic foods
have grown a halo of
hs; most of which are
ue. Most people do not
w what is the essenceating this kind of food.
y only associate it with
unrelated cluster of
ds like 'fresh', 'nutritious'
'natural'.
These are some of the
gs that you should know
ut organic foods. They
myths and deserve to
roken.
Organic food is natural
: Not all food that are
ral are organic. Natural
ds could be apples
wing in the wilderness.
ds that are organic arewn in special farms by
cially trained farmers. It
ains no chemicals and
grown without using any
id seeds. Sustainable
ing methods are used
to cultivate these crops.
Organic foods are too
expensive: Although, the
price of organic food is
more than normal food
but, it is not substantially
high. You can buy these
foods at a much cheaper
price from organic farms
on a large scale. Whatever
extra cost is being added to
your monthly food cost willbe repaid tenfold in terms
of a good health.
Organic foods are
vegetarian: Absolutely not.
A major part of this kind
of natural organic food
includes meat, poultry and
diary products. So there is
no need to think that only
vegans can get benefit
from these healthy foods.
The animals who provide
organic meat are grown
on sustainable and natural
grazing grounds. Thus their
meat is not contaminatedby chemicals or toxins.
Any thi ng gr ee n is
organic: It is like saying
anything that glitters is gold.
But the proverb forewarns
us. Organic foods are
Myths About Organic Foodusually marked by a quality
assurance agency. This
agency varies from country
to country. Find out which
is the concerned body of
certication in your country
and look for their mark on
the food you are buying.
There is no organic food
for babies. Baby organ foods
is specifically sold in many
stores. Who do you thinkneed fresh organic nutrients
more than babies? In fact, they
should be given rst priority
among the list of people who
should go organic!
Eating organic foods is
a one way ticket to good
health. Unfortunately, there
is no short-cut to good
health. If you buy organic
food and then overcook
it, then it going to lose its
nutrient value. Moreover
overeating organic foods
or eating them at the wrong
timings ill also defeat thepurpose of having them.
These are some of the
myths about organic food
that need to be broken.
Did you believe in any of
these?
Diabetes is a disease
is rarely reversible.
worst part is that it is a
ressively degenerativease. The best you can
s to control diabetes
re it starts damaging
organs. Some spices
good for diabetes
nagement . These
thy spices give hope
iabetics that they do
have to depend on
in injections and sugar
plements in order to
rol their diabetes.
Here are a list of spices
are diabetes-friendly.
Cinnamon: This is
of the best spices foretes control because
it improves the glucose
metabolism of the body.
Diabetics basically have
a problem with glucosemetabolism because insulin
production is reduced in the
body. Cinnamon contains
methyl hydroxy chalcon
polymer that helps the cells
of the body absorb sugar.
Cinnamon powder is also
used as a supplement for
sugar in many desserts
because it is sweet to
taste.
Cloves: This spice
has even more anti-
inammatory polyphenols
than cinnamon. But it
cannot be eaten in as muchamounts as cinnamon, thus
it stands second in the list
of spices that help manage
diabetes.
Cayenne Pepper: The
rst thing that gets affected
by diabetes is your blood
circulation. Blood circulationbecomes sluggish and
pushes the blood to the
extremities of the bodies.
Cayenne pepper contains
capsian (responsible for
the spiciness) that boosts
blood circulation and thus
manages this symptom of
diabetes.
Sage: It is a commonly
known fact that diabetes
leads to degeneration of the
brain cells. This eventually
results in dementia and
Alziemer 's disease. Sage
is a spice that manages
diabetes by f ight ing
dementia and regenerating
the brain cells.
Turmeric: Turmeric also
improves blood circulation
and helps in maintaining
an equilibrium in the body.
Diabetes slows down your
immune system, any kind
of infection takes more time
to heal when your blood
sugar level is high. But
turmeric with its antiseptic
and anti- inf lammatory
properties, helps peoplesuffering from diabetes
Spices That Control Diabetes build their immunity. It isan indispensable spice fordiabetes management.
Oregano: Oregano also
helps improve your immune
system because it is fungus
busting. Just like Turmeric
keeps bacterial and viral
infections at bay, oreganois supposed to protect
diabetics from fungal
infections.
Garl ic: Every one
knows that garlic is heart
healthy. It increases the
pumping capacity of the
heart. Diabetes is a hub
of all diseases to come. It
makes your blood pressure
uctuate and the smooth
functioning of the heart
too. That is why garlic as a
spice that is very important
for diabetics. It keeps their
heart pump strongly and theblood circulation functioning
normally.
Do you include all these
spices in your food on a
regular basis?
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A city like Chennai certain ly deserves
elebrate its birthday. The city that was
ded on Aug 22,
9 is believed to have
wn from where Fort.
eorge stands today.
Madras Day - Aug 22
s years celebrations
n over a week from
19-26.
Today, Chennai
lourishing for a
ber of reasons
h as centuries-old
cational institutions
St George School,
sidency College,
etc, state-of-the -art
itals, IT companies,
history, tourism,
ywood etc.
The primary motivation of celebrating the
ras day is to focus on the city, its past
ts present. The idea originally started off
approximately ve events in 2004. But in
, it grew to a total of sixty different events
ncluded heritage walks, speeches, quiz
ests, food festivals etc.,The buildings that spotted Chennais
ne in the past decades described the
y of its builders. When it started in 2004,
few photographs were displayed in
ji Hall where the event of Madras Day
organized.
After a year, it had picked up momentum
re three men exhibited their collections
oins, books, maps and photographs at
e Hall in Fort St. George.
n 2006, a number of contributors
ding the Archaeological Society of India
Southern Railways, have demonstrated
collections. The exhibitions narrated
business shaped Chennais economic
nsion.n 1938, MCC hosted the Tambaram
ference which ultimately created the
d council of churches. Being the rst
ge in India to be granted Autonomy
978 and the rst batch of autonomous
uates passed out in 1981.
nitially, Madras Day celebrations used to
or a day but now it has been expanded
week. The day focuses on the city, its
ory, its past and its present where the
team motivates communities, groups,
panies and campuses in the city to host
ts that celebrate the citys birthday.
The Madras Day celebrations and the
e extravaganza concluded each year
the Madras Quiz, separately in Tamil
English. As years passed,Chennai has
wn to become a huge metropolis where
e than a million people live now.
As a part of the Madras Day celebrations
a Times takes pride in bringing you the
age of T Nagar for the gen now.
Theagaraya Nagar, popularly known
ts abbreviated form T. Nagar, is a
hbourhood in the city of Chennai, Though
nally conceived as a residential locality,
presently one of the principal shopping
of the city.
Until the turn of the 19th century, the
ges to the west of Mount Road formed
rt of Chingleput District. The Long Tank
ed the western frontier of the city. The
g Tank was drained-out in 1923. Thatsame year, the administration of the
Madras Namma MadrasMambalam zamindari, situated to the west
of the Long Tank, was relinquished by its
hereditary chief.
Theagaraya Nagar was constructed
between 1923 and 1925 by the Madras
Presidency government of the Raja of
Paanagal as a part of town planning activities
initiated according to the Madras Town
Planning Act of 1920.During 1923-25, the township of
"Theagaraya Nagar" named after Sir P.
Theagaraya Chetty was carved out of the
southern part of the erstwhile Mambalam
zamindari. A park was developed at the centre
of this new locality and was named in honor
of the then Chief Minister, as Paanagal Park
and now known as panagal park.
The lush green Panagal Park, named
after the then Chief Minister Raja of Panagal,
was thrown open to the public in 1928. The
Hindu quotes the Madras Governor Viscount
Goschen saying that there was considerable
apprehension with regard to the financial
success of the township.
According to historian S. Muthiah, PondyBazaar was initially known as 'Soundarapandia
Bazaar' after Justice Party politician W. P.
A. Soundarapandian Nadar A well -planned
residential area was created. Most of the
streets in the new locality were named after
provincial cabinet ministers, Justice Party
bosses or ofcials in the administration.
From its early days, Theagaraya Nagar
remained one of the most preferred residential
localities in the city. The population grew
exponentially during the 1930s. In its early
days, lm artists such as M. K. Thyagaraja
Bhagavathar, T. R. Rajakumari, N. S. Krishnan,
Vyjayanthimala, N. T. Rama Rao, Thangavelu,
Manorama, Sivaji Ganesan and T. S. Balaiah
set up their residences here.
Talking to Alpha Times on the heritage of
Chennai, Padmashri Dr Nalli Kuppuswamy
Chetti turning nostalgic said that there used
to be a public radio inside Panagal Park those
days. A small crowd used to gather there to
listen to music and news. The crowd would
disperse after the last news broadcast at 7.15
p.m., after which all the streets would become
deserted.
Mr Kuppuswami Chetti said that Devaraj
Mudaliar of Pondicherry built 10 shops on Sir
Thyagaraya Road and called it Pondy Bazaar.
The broad roads in this new locality were tree-
lined, as were other parts of the city, and were
named after stalwarts in the ruling Justice
party then. Two of the roads, however, were
named after two workmen, Nagamani andGovindan, who died while digging trenches
for the new drainage system.
The Nalli story is part of the growth of
T. Nagar. When Nalli Chinnasami Chetty
opened his showroom in T.Nagar in 1935,
it become the rst Kancheepuram silk sari
shop in the area, though he had been selling
silk saris from a house in T.Nagar as early
as 1928.
Though Nalli Chinnasami Chetty had anumber of famous and well-to-do clients,
the shop did not clock the roaring sales
it does now. Mr Kuppuswami Chetti, the
founder's grandson, remembers that if
sales then crossed the Rs 102-mark on any
particular day, he would get an ice cream
as a bonus.
Then came World War II; Madras city was
evacuated as the fear of Japanese bombing
grew. Mr Kuppuswami Chetti said that all the
textile shops in Madras closed down, except
Nalli.
For 21 days Nalli was the only textile shop
open, which created goodwill and also served
as a brand-building exercise. By 1951, Nalli
became the top seller of silk saris in the city,he said.
In 1946, the three silk saris used in a
Hindu wedding cost Rs 54, while today the
average spend would be Rs 75,000 to Rs 1
lakh for the three wedding saris, the saris to
be given as presents and the silk dhoti. This
could go up to anything between Rs 2 lakh
and Rs 5 lakh. A 9-yard silk sari cost Rs 18
then; customers used to pay Rs 5 for three
months and Rs 3 in the fourth month.
When, Nalli opened, none of the banks
had branches in this largely residential area,
Mr Kuppuswami Chetti said. The nearest
bank was in Mylapore. The rst bank opened
its branch in T.Nagar in 1935, followed by
Indian Bank in 1937, to which Nalli shifted its
account. and till today Nalli is a prized catch
of the Indian Bank.
Strangely, there was no hotel in the three-
and four-star categories in T.Nagar until the
Residency came up in 1991. Today there are
seven hotels with over 80 per cent occupancy
rates, according hotel industry sources.
With T.Nagar growing as a central
business district, once famous theatres like
Sun, Rajakumari and Nagesh have given way
to commercial complexes, Mr Kuppuswami
Chetti said.
Panagal park today is a place for morning
walkers who to shed that extra ab walk for
an hour or so in the renovated facilities and is
still a notable landmark. Another landmark is
the Duraiswamy Road bridge which connectst Nagar with West Mambalam.
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was always a sell out especially du
week those days.
Another joint near the Ramak
School is the Geeta Cafe on th
Narayana Road. The schools whi
programmes for the children usedmorning tiffen after the parade c
from Geeta Cafe.
An ice factory opposite the T
stand was a place for the school
have their ice cream sticks and
ice water those days used to cos
paise,
Ranganathan Street entrance u
two shops One the Anbazhagan P
and the Iyappa Medicals as
Balagaas of the street and at the
street near the station was the Kaly
Textile shop and Sapthagiri book
Despite modern constructions
forget these images.
Another famous fast sweets Gomathi Sankar which was always
for its famous Wheat Halwa and M
joint enjoyed a great rputation fo
sweets and even it enjoys the sam
despite manysweet shops coming
Mobile Post ofces used to fu
60s with T.Nagar as the last pick-u
to reaching airport.
A van in a post office set u
members used to visit six places
between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. It offer
such as late night money orde
delivery and Postal .Stamps, en
cards were also sold. People could
in the box. It was immediately pic
and put in designated bags.T Nagar is no less a Mylap
Carnatic Music is concerned. Sab
Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha V
Sri Krishna Gana Sabha and I
Arts Society used to host progra
stalwarts of Carnatic Music.
Sri Rama Samaj a religious
during the Sri Rama Navami fest
Carnatic Music for one and a
many doyens of carnatic music in
Jesudoss have performed at the S
the sake of Lord Rama.
Youngistans may be surprise
Nooyi the Pepsico Head, a forme
T Nagar.
With inputs from The Hindu an
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stian College professor S Balusamy.
7.Muthu Thandavar award for the best in
l Music to Mr Mammadhu for his work
amizhisai Peragarathi.
8.Valar Thamizh award (for the best
g researcher in Tamil) was conferred
rof. K Sundarapandian for his best
arch work on Tamizh Porul Ilakkanam.
Poet Bharathiar award for the best
ction of poems and Azha Valliappa award
e best Children Literature were not given
ear as the books received did not reach
pecications set for the award.The awardees were selected by the
l of judges unanimously.
n his special address Mr Ravi
hamuthoo Chairman SRM group of
utions, said, We are Tamilians and
upport Tamil and our interest in Tamil
uage is well known. A living example
e Tamil scholar head of our University
is the Vice chancellor Dr M Ponna
ko.
Dr N Sethuraman Registrar of the
ersity offered felicitations.
All the awards were conferred on the
rdees at a function commemorating
birthday of the chancellor Dr. T R
amuthu today.
The programme ended with the vote ofks by Prof. P M Habibullah
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