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FREEVol. 15, No. 43 April 30 - May 6, 2017

Son held for murder of mother,sister in SaidapetBy Our Staff Reporter

A 57-year-old widowHemalatha Shanmugam andher 22-year-old daughterJayalakshmi Shanmugam (anengineering student) werefound murdered with stab inju-ries in the chest and neck intheir house in MahalakshmiFlats on Pillayar Koil Street,Saidapet on April 26.

Police did not find any evi-dence of burglary and even thejewels worn by the slain womenhad not been removed.

Police suspected the involve-ment of Hemalatha’s sonBalamurugan in the murder ashe was found missing. He hadlast been seen leaving the housein the morning by someneighbours which matched thepostmortem report of the timeof murder.

He was arrested the next daywhile attempting to commitsuicide by entering the sea nearKovalam.

According to the police,Balamurugan (25) confessedto killing his mother and sisterby slitting their throats whilethey were asleep early on April26.

Police said that Bala-murugan was depressed sincethe death of his father and hadfrequent quarrels with hismother and sister. The placehe attempted suicide was wherethe ashes of his father had beenscattered.

While police were on the look-out for him, he was spotted by

a patrol team at the beachnear Kelambakkam while en-tering the sea in an apparentsuicide bid.

Hemalatha was employedas a stenographer in Anna Uni-versity, and her daughter wasa final year student inMeenakshi Engineering Col-lege, K. K. Nagar. Her husbandShanmugam had died lastyear in a road accident.

Balamurugan, a mechani-cal engineer, was employed ina private company inSholinganallur.

The murder came to lightwhen Hemalatha’s youngersister Yasoda, who lives else-where in the city, kept callingher sister but got no response.

When even Balamurugan’sphone remained switched off,she got worried and reachedher sister’s house only to findher younger sibling and niecedead. She found the main dooropen and Hemalatha’s bodylying in the hall, while herdaughter’s body was found inthe bedroom.

A shaken Yasoda immedi-ately alerted the neighbourswho called the police.

Police found a bloodstainedknife in the bathroom. Someneighbours told the police thatthey had seen Balamuruganleaving the house early in themorning. Police also found thatJayalakshmi had not attendedcollege that day.

Balamurugan has been re-manded to judicial custody.

Two car thieves held, 9 vehiclesrecoveredBy Our Staff Reporter

The city police arrested twocar thieves on April 22 andseized nine stolen vehicles fromthem.

In Ashok Nagar, police de-tained N. Sadam Hussain (25)after they found that the car hewas driving bore a registrationnumber that was different fromthe one mentioned in the RCbook. The man was taken to anearby police station and ques-tioned.

During interrogation,Sadam, a resident of Moongilerinear Pammal, told police thathe was part of a gang whichsold stolen cars after forgingownership documents. Aftergathering information fromSadam, police recovered sevenstolen cars from Ashok Nagar,

K. K. Nagar, Pulianthope,Mylapore and Otteri. Policehave formed a team to tracethe other members of the gang.In a similar arrest, policenabbed G. Dhana-sekaran(21) of Ambattur and seizedtwo stolen cars from him.

Dhanasekaran told policethat he targeted cars parkedin Valasaravakkam andnearby areas. The arrest cameafter B. Umapathy lodged apolice complaint after his se-dan was stolen.

While browsing throughCCTV footage, police foundDhanasekaran getting into thecar and driving away. Policetraced him with the help of thefootage and arrested him.

Both have been remandedto judicial custody.

Pulse polio immunization drivetodayBy Our Staff Reporter

The second phase of oral poliovaccine for 2017 will be admin-istered to children below 5 yearson Sunday, April. 30, under thePulse polio immunization pro-gram.

The first phase was admin-istered on April 2.

Children under 5 should beimmunized irrespective of theirprevious immunization status.

Sick children, including thoseaffected by diarrhea, can alsobe administrated the poliodrops.

The vaccine will be adminis-tered at the following centersin Ashok Nagar and K. K.Nagar: ASHOK NAGAR

Health Post 34, 35th Street.Health Post, 26, 5th Avenue.ICDS, 371, 45th Street.ICDS, 369, 77th Street.ICDS, 87th StreetGovernment Girls Higher

Secondary School, 53rd Street.Corporation Gymnastic

Center, 22nd Street.Corporation School, 83rd

Street, Kanniappa Nagar.Rajarajeshwari Nursing

Home, 7th Avenue.Guild of Service, 13th Street,

Pudur.Sri Sai KRS Hospital, 7th

Avenue.Corporation Dispensary,

62nd Street, Nallan Kuppam.LAB 22, 8th StreetMobile centers: Udayam

Bus-stop, St. Mathias Church(Kamarajar Salai), CSIChurch (100 Feet Road).

K. K. NAGARLions Club School, P. V.

Rajamannar Salai.Corporation Division Office,

10th Sector.Ayyappan Temple, Ponna-

mbalam Salai.49/13, Bismi Builders, West

K. K. NagarYokesh Flats, 28, East

Vanniar Street, West K. K.Nagar.

38, East Vanniar Street,West K. K. Nagar.

ICDS, 361, 13, Vivek-anandar Street, West K. K.Nagar.

N. N. Nagar Health Post,Lake View Road, Nesa-pakkam.

Pillayar Koil Street, KhanNagar, Nesapakkam.

Corporation Middle School,Erikkarai Street, Nesa-pakkam.

K. K. Nagar Health Post,56th Street, Vijayarag-havapuram.

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Free Veda classesBy Our Staff Reporter

Sri Sai Seva Chakra (15, Bharathi Street,West Mambalam) conducts free Veda, bhajansand sloka classes on Fridays from 5 p.m to 6p.m and on Sundays from 3.30 p.m to 4.30 p.min its premises. It also conducts the classes atthe following venues:

From Monday to Friday from 6.30 a.m to7.30 a.m in Sai Murugan Trust Temple(Vadhiyar Thottam, Rangara-japuram).

On Mondays, Wednesdays and Tuesdaysfrom 4 p.m to 5 p.m in Sarva Priya GanapathiTemple (Moorthy Street Extension, 7th Avenue,Ashok Nagar).

On Saturdays from 6.30 a.m to 7.30 a.m inSri Krishna Gana Sabha (MaharajapuramSanthanam Salai, T. Nagar) and from 8 a.m to9 a.m in Guha Apartments (29, Viveka-nandapuram 1st Street, West Mambalam).

Sundara Kandam classes are held onWednesdays from 3 p.m to 4 p.m at No. 1,Jawahar Street, T. Nagar.

All are welcome.More details can be had by calling 98403

2005 or 94443 02113.

Creative programs for students inCircle Library today

Circle Library (11th Avenue, Ashok Nagar) has organized free cre-ative programs for school students during summer vacation on Sun-days from 10 a.m to 12 noon in its premises. The first program will beheld on Sunday, April 30. It will include training by professionals increative writing, drawing, poetry and oratory.

For more details and registration, call 98406 25051.

Brahmotsavam in KothandaramarTemple tomorrow

Brahmotsavam will be held in Kothandaramar Temple, K. R. KoilStreet, West Mambalam from Monday, May 1 to Thursday, May 11.

There will be special poojas and programs at 7.30 a.m daily and idolprocession in different vahanaas at 7.30 p.m on all days.

The temple chariot will be taken in a procession through nearbystreets at 5 p.m on Monday, May 8. All are welcome.

Program in Ramana BhakthaSamajam on Sundays

Sri Ramana Baktha Sama-jam, West Mambalam (BVSN MoorthySchool, Thambiah Road, West Mambalam) conducts the followingprogram on Sundays:

5 p.m: Veda paarayanam5.30 p.m: Ramana Maha-rishi’s Aksharamanamalai.6 p.m: Discourse.All are welcome. More details can be had in phone 94441 72623.

Special pooja is conducted and prasadam distributed among specialchildren at 11.30 a.m on Ramana Maharishi’s birth star day (Punar-poosam).

Calling volunteers for free servicein Tirumala

Sevas (Plot No. 103, 10th Main Road, Vijaya Nagar, Velachery)sends volunteers for weeklong service to pilgrims in Tirumala startingon Mondays and ending on Sundays.

Men and women who are physically fit and are willing to stay inTirumala for a week are welcome to offer their services for 6 hourseveryday. The work will be of supervisory nature. Accommodation,lunch and dinner will be provided free of cost. They can have specialdarshan of Lord Venkateswara. Travelling expense and the cost ofbreakfast must be borne by the volunteers.

Those interested can contact P. Sundaram (Ph: 98417 26695).

Sai bhajans on SaturdaysSai bhajans are conducted at 6.15 p.m on

Saturdays in Sri Sathya Sai Organization,Ashok Nagar Samithi (143, 101st Street, 15th

Sector, K. K. Nagar).All are welcome. More details can be had

from T. S. Mani (Convenor) in phones 24897017 and 98843 92244.

In Bharathidasan ColonyBharathidasan Colony Bhajan Mandali (18-

D, Bharathidasan Colony, K. K. Nagar) con-ducts Sri Sathya Sai bhajans from 6.30 p.m to7.30 p.m on Saturdays in its premises.

All are welcome.More details can be had in phone 94448

25183.

Play equipment damaged inChakrapani Street ground

All the play equip-ment in the Corpora-tionPlay-ground in Chakrapani Street, WestMambalam, behind Corporation DivisionOffice is damaged.

With summer holi-days having started,nearby residents have appealed to the Cor-poration to repair or replace the damagedequipment at the earliest.

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Concerts to celebrateThyagaraja jayanthion ThursdayBy Our Staff Reporter

To commemorate SaintThyagaraja’s 251st birth anni-versary, Sri BhuvaneswariCharitable Trust and SriBhuvaneswari Vedic Center(Subba Colony, MunusamySalai, K. K. Nagar) haveorganized Carnatic concertsby leading musicians from 3p.m to 9 p.m on Thursday, May4 in Tatvaloka Auditorium(Eldams Road, Teynampet).

At 5.20 p.m, the Tamil book‘ï£î ð¤ó‹ñî 251 ê¤øŠ¹èœ’compiled by J. K. Sivan(Chairman, Sri Krishnar-panam Seva Society) will bereleased by NarayanaViswanath (Chairman, Nara-yana Iyer Memorial Trust,Anna Nagar) and the first copywill be received by VednathRamanujam (Founder,Parampara). The following isthe program for concerts:

3 p.m: Vocal concert by K.Giridharan accompanied bySwetha Anandasivan (violin)

and Thirucherai Kaushik(mridangam).

4 p.m: Vocal duet by ShwethaChandrasekar and RamyaChandrasekar accompaniedby Swetha Anandasivan(violin) and Thirucheri Kaushik(mridangam).

5.10 p.m: Veda ghosham.5.30 p.m: Saint Thyagaraja’s

kshetra kritis by JayalakshmiSekhar (veena), accompaniedby Srinivasa Rao (violin),Thanjavur Kumar (mridan-gam) and N. Narasimhan(ghatam).

7 p.m: Vocal concert by T. V.Sankaranarayanan accom-panied by Mahadevan Sanka-ranarayanan (vocal support),V. V. Srinivasa Rao (violin),Neyveli Skandasu-bramanian(mridangam) and S. Venka-taramanan (kanjira).

All are welcome.For more details, contact

Vedic Ravi (Founder, SriBhuvaneswari CharitableTrust) in 98407 87957.

By Our StaffReporterMore than

150 villagersattended thefree medicalcamp orga-nized jointly byRMD Pain andPalliative CareTrust (Ragha-viah Road,ParthasarathiPuram, T.Nagar) andK a m a k s h iK a i n k a r y aTrust (Nanga-

RMD Hospital holds health campin village

nallur) in Kannathangal Vil-lage (Maduraman-galam,Kancheepuram District) onApril 23. Doctors and para-medical staff from RMD Spe-ciality Hospital (Ambara-mbedu) examined the partici-pants. Dr. Republica Sridhar

(Medical Director, RMD Trust)told Mambalam Times thatgeneral health check, BP, BMI,blood sugar tests and tests forspecific health problems re-ported by the participantswere conducted. She said thathealth cards were given to the

participants for availing fur-ther check-up in the hospital.

She added that NGOs, localclubs and associations cancontact her for conducting freehealth checks in the neigh-bourhood. Her contact num-ber is 93810 16588.

Yagna Murthyidol of MattapalliTemple brought toT. NagarBy Our Staff Reporter

The idol of Yagna Murthy(Lord Narasimhar) from thefamous Mattapalli Temple(Andhra Pradesh) has beenkept for darshan in Sri SwathiNarasimha Maha YagnaTrust (34/24, VenkatesanStreet, T .Nagar).

The idol was installed by wellknown Vedic scholar SriMukkur Lakshmi Narasim-hachariar.

After his demise, Sri SwatiNarasimha Maha YagnaTrust has continued conduct-ing yagnas and celebratingoccasions at Mattapalli.

Devotees can have freedarshan from 8 a.m to 10.30a.m and from 6.30 p.m to 8 p.mon all days. More details can behad in phone 2435 3704.

All are welcome.

Improperly placed slabs pose dangerto motorists

By Our Staff ReporterThe damaged storm water drain at the junction of Nethaji Nagar Main Road and Bharathidasan

Road, K. K. Nagar, adjoining Sri Bhava-neswari Amman Temple has not been closed properly.The concrete slabs used to cover the drain have been placed unevenly and pose a danger to

motorists, especially 2-wheeler riders, while taking a turn at the junction.

By Our StaffReporter

A 12-ft deep sewagechamber is being laidin SambhasivamStreet, T. Nagar.

It will be linked tothe sewage line in thestreet and the adjoiningstreets.

The chamber willalso be connected tothe main line inUsman Road.

12-ft deep sewage chamber inSambhasivam Street

Seminar on Vedicastrology todayBy Our Staff Reporter

The Vedic Astrology Asso-ciation for Social Awakeningand Change (Subba ReddyStreet, West Mambalam) willconduct a free seminar/interactive session on VedicAstrology on the topic ‘Plane-tary strength and weaknessin horoscopes and their effect’from 5.35 p.m to 8.30 p.m onSunday, April 30 inAuditorium Hall, KoviloorMadalayam, KuppaiahStreet, West Mam-balam.

All are welcome.More details can be had from

VKSM Sharmaji in 9176359580 / 88381 58072.

Free Veda classesfrom today

Free Veda classes for thenext batch will start on Sun-day, April 30 in Guha Apart-ments, 30, Vivekananda-puram 1st Street, WestMambalam.

The classes will be conducteddaily at 6.30 a.m. For admis-sion, report at the venue.

ISKCON programin Mambalam on Saturdays

The International Society for Krishna Consciousness(ISKCON), Injambakkam, conducts ‘Bakthi Vriksha’ programsfrom 7 p.m to 9 p.m on Saturdays at 28, South K. R. Koil Street,West Mam-balam.

The program includes bhajans, congregational chanting andBhagwad Gita classes.

More details can be had in phone 2371 3606 or from RangaKrishna Das (2474 4900, 98400 27800). All are welcome.

Free Veda classeson SundaysBy Our Staff Reporter

Veda Vidhta Samithi, WestMambalam conducts freeVeda and Surya Namaskaramclasses at 6.30 p.m on Sun-days in Murugasramam, Sta-tion Road. West Mambalam.

Previous knowledge of Vedaor Sanskrit is not essential.Beginners will be guidedthrough graded lessons. Inter-ested persons can register atthe venue.

All are welcome.

Free talk on‘GoverningBusiness andRelationship’on SaturdayBy Our Staff Reporter

Under the auspices ofVedanta Institute (Madras),R. Aravindan will give a freetalk on ‘Governing Businessand Relationship’ on Saturday,May 6, from 10 a.m to 11.15a.m in Hotel Pratap Plaza,168, Kodambakkam HighRoad, Mahalingapuram.

All are welcome.For registration, con-

tact Chithra Sundarrajan in98404 93904.

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By RANDOR GUY

TAMIL CINEMA 75 -A LOOK BACK By M. A. SADANAND

NO HOLDS BARRED

Seventy Summers Ago!Family friend Madhavan of Wyeth Laboratories, in what

was once Madras before the sun-baked city was ravagedby political rats, took me to the Madras Christian CollegeHigh School, opposite the Madras High Court, in the year1946.

My younger brother Kanthu and I had arrived in the cityfrom Kannur with my mother and hardly knew anyone oranything including the Queen’s language!

Madhavetten stood patiently in the serpentine queuewith Kanthu and I, who were waiting to be interviewed foradmission in that school that June. While we stood trem-bling before the apparition of the six-footer headmasterKuruvilla Jacob, my mentor Madhavan produced his pat-ented charming smile and bowled over the towering HM,without even having to tell him my name! A shadow of asmile on that stern visage was the entry pass and, presto,I was admitted in the 4th Form (today’s 9th Standard), andmy brother in the5th Standard of that famed institution!

From that fateful meeting, until Lakshmi’s passingaway last year, I have lived true to my name ‘Sadanand’,meaning ‘always happy’. That successful meeting with thefeared HM was one of Madhavetten’s many highlights inthe field of winning friends and influencing people just withhis disarming smile, inherent honesty and straightforwardapproach to people. Recently, after several years, I got aphone call from him. In a few breezy words, and his trade-mark chuckle, he casually told me that he was undergoingpalliative care for a cancer which had reached his bones.

Having retired as the top man in the pharmaceuticalindustry, he refused to succumb to the temptation ofchemotherapy, but chose, instead, to live his life to thefullest till the end.

When we met him in his house the next afternoon overtea and snacks, though visibly frail, he was not a whitlacking in his wit and wisdom, joking right through the halfhour of tea talk, advising me, a dozen years younger person,to laugh through thick and thin.

Though corporate law had made him retire at sixty, hecontinued working as consultant till the throbbing youngage of 93. At heart, he is perhaps only half his age and stillable to laugh at the buffoonery of Trump and at the politicalfish market chaos that is Tamilnadu politics of today. Whatan inspiration to people who had given up on life decadesearlier!

In all the time we spent with him that evening, he nevermentioned the dreaded C word except in passing and wasthe life of the party, chiding me lovingly not to be alazyyoung man, but to go on long walks so that I wouldn’t getswollen ankles at my tender age of 83! His smile neverwaned and his lovely wife of sixty years seemed to drawstrength from it as he teasingly complimented her sayinghe had no need to switch on the light since she lit up the roomjust by entering it!

Surely the man needed to be nominated for the NobelPeace Prize just because he made those who met him comeaway smiling and feel uplifted in spirit. His positive outlookwould kill all the malignancy that he said was spreading inhis bones. Laughter is surely the best medicine… I can feelit in my bones!

TAMIL CINEMA AND MUSIC - 51‘ Kalamegam’ remains an oddity, a paragraph in the history

of Tamil cinema, a movie in which a master of Carnatic musicfaced a movie camera with much hope and no success. Sadly,no print of this rare historic movie exists. Only some aging stillsand fading memories linger .…

M. K. THYAGARAJA BHAGAVATHARHe was the first Super Star of South Indian cinema. His

incredible following was not only among the masses but alsoamong the classes. A great favourite among the women, he wasperhaps the first film actor to achieve such popularity with amere fistful of films. Between 1934 and 1944, he was the mostsought after personality in the fields of fine arts, music andcinema in south India. His films usually ran for months andyears, and one film ‘Haridas’ (1944) established a stunningrecord by running uninterruptedly for 114 weeks in BroadwayCinema, Madras. This is a record untouched to this day, morethan half-a-century later. This movie witnessed three Deepawalifestivals in 1944, 1945 and 1946. Responsible for this successwas the matinee idol of his day M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar.He was no great actor, but he was an excellent musician anda singer with a rich and honey-dewed melodious voice.

A handsome man with great charisma, ThyagarajaBhagavathar became a household name in South India and isstill fondly remembered even after half century and more sincehis demise in 1959.

To this day, he has fans not only in South India but alsoaround the world wherever Tamilians and Tamil- speakingfolks live like Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Canada, USA.Australia, England, France, Germany and others. His films‘Chintamani’ (1937), ‘Ambikapathi’ (1937), ‘Thiruneelakantar’(1940), ‘Ashok Kumar’ (1941), ‘Sivakavi’ (1943) and ‘Haridas’(1944) are unforgettable.

A Bhagavathar film meant several songs rendered by him,many of which have become immortal melodies. During hisheyday, he was a cult figure, hailed by many as the reincarna-tion of Goddess Saraswathi.

Before he conquered the world of cinema, he was a leadingstage star over whom men and women went gaga. His stageplays like ‘Pavalakodi’, were enormous hits not only in SouthIndia but in Ceylon and Burma as well.

Mayavaram Krishnamurthy Thyagarajan was born in 1910into a family of struggling goldsmiths in Trichinopoly. Hisfather, Krishnamurthy Achari, earned hardly enough to makeboth ends meet. In spite of his poverty, he sent his sonThyagarajan to school, but the boy showed little interest instudies. He was more involved in music and singing in which herevealed astonishing talent in spite of lack of proper training.

Krishnamurthy pulled his son out of school and got him towork in his workshop. The father was surprised to see crowdsflocking to the workshop and his surprise grew greater when hefound that the crowd was not of customers but people who hadcome to listen to young Thyagarajan singing!

He thereupon decided to make his son a stage actor and tookhim to the noted talent scout, impresario and theatre person-ality of Trichy, F.G. Natesa Iyer, a senior railway official whohad his own amateur troupe. It was a time when Tamil Theatrewas under the influence of the ‘Boys’ Company Movement.

Thyagarajan made his debut as Lohidasa in ‘Harishchandra’and at once created telling impact with his vibrant voice.Indeed, his performance so moved the audience that manyabused the stage parents Harishchandra and Chandramathifor causing Lohidasa so much grief! Some in the audiencethreatened to beat up the concerned actors after the show!Many threw coins on stage when he sang the sorrow-tingedsongs.

Recognizing his son’s talents, Krishnamurthy Achari nowarranged for Thyagarajan to undergo proper training in classi-cal Carnatic music. Thyagarajan received such training underleading musicians like Namakkal Raghava Ayyangar. One ofhis gurus felt that his precocious pupil was now a master ofmusic and bestowed on him the honorific ‘Bhagavathar’. AndThyagarajan came to be known henceforth as M. K. ThyagarajaBhagavathar. (A ‘bhagavathar’ is an expert in music andmusical entertainment.) (To be continued)

Keep your neighbourhoodclean and green.

S. Rajalakshmi will conducta free class on ‘Maths madeeasy’ for students above 9years from 6 p.m to 7 p.m onSunday, April 30 in 23, PinjalaSubramaniam Street, T.Nagar.

She told Mambalam Timesthat the class will help students

Free ‘Maths made easy’ sessionfor students today

to get rid of Maths phobia,learn tables in a rhythmicpattern, improve mentalcalculation, employ powerfulanswer verification tools andlearn Science with simpleexperi-ments.

For registration, call 9445316363 / 81240 23222.

By Our Staff ReporterThe newly constructed

‘Vasantha Mandapam’ inKothandaramar Temple, K. R.Koil Street, West Mambalamwill be inaugurated on Sunday,April 30, with special programsfrom 8.30 a.m to 8.30 p.m.

The following are details:8.30 a.m to 10.30 a.m: Spe-

cial poojas, homams andaarati.

2 p.m: 108 kalasa thiruman-

Inauguration of ‘VasanthaMandapam’ in Kothandaramar

Temple today

janam to Sri Kothandaramarand Sri Ramanujar.

6.30 p.m: Divyapraban-dham.

8.30 p.m: Darshan of SriKothandaramar in ‘VasanthaMandapam’, followed by pro-cession of the deities.

At 6.30 a.m on Monday, May1, the idol of Sri Ramanujar willbe taken in procession in thetemple premises.

All are welcome.

By Our Staff ReporterGarbage and other rubbish

dumped into Mambalam Ca-nal flowing along Venkat-anarayana Road, near SouthWest Boag Road, T. Nagar isaffecting the free flow of water.

Its width has narrowed al-most to half due to the accu-

Garbage impedes water flowin Mambalam Canal

mulated garbage on both of itsbanks. Nearby residents com-plain of foul smell throughoutthe day and an increase in pro-liferation of mosquitoes.

Will the authorities con-cerned take immediate actionto remove the garbage anddesilt the canal?

Sai bhajans on FridaysBy Our Staff Reporter

Sai bhajans are conducted on Fridays, from 6.15 p.m to 7.15p.m in Sri Krishnan Temple, Thanikachalam Road, PondyBazaar, T. Nagar.

All are welcome.

MTC bus rams median, noneinjuredBy Our Staff Reporter

Thirty passengers of a State Transport bus travelling to thecity from Tiruvanamalai had a miraculous escape after thedriver of the bus lost control of the vehicle and rammed themedian near a bridge near Vadapalani junction in the earlyhours of April 24.

According to the police, the driver was overspeeding.The front portion of the bus was badly mangled. Traffic on the

bridge was affected for nearly an hour.Most of the passengers were shaken out of their sleep and

rushed out of the bus on realizing it was an accident.No one was injured in the incident. Pondy Bazaar (T. Nagar)

traffic police removed the bus from the spot.

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By Our Staff ReporterMost shops remained closed

in the neighbourhood on April25 in support of the State-widebandh called by DMK and otherparties besides farmer organi-zations.

Shops down shutters in support of bandh

Jaimaa Trust provides breakfast forleprosy patients

Jaimaa Trust (Vadapalani)provided breakfast for morethan 30 leprosy affectedoutpatients who visitedGovern-ment Hospital (Poo-namallee ) on April 24.

The Trust has decided tocontinue the free breakfast pro-gram on Mondays for leprosy

patients.According to the doctors,

leprosy affected persons fromnearby villages visit thehospital for dressing andtreatment.

Those who are interested insupporting the cause maycontact 99400 30939.

Almost all the shops in thecommercial hub of theneighbourhood includingRanganathan Street, UsmanRoad and Pondy Bazaar re-mained closed.

No untoward incidents were

reported.The bandh was called for

showing solidarity with thefarmers protesting in NewDelhi demanding drought-relief,setting up of Cauvery Man-agement Board, etc.

By Our StaffReporterM e e r a

Maya aliasS h o b h a n aNarayanan(a resident of

Book of shortstories in Tamil

released

Pillayar Koil Street, Ne-sapakkam) released the book‘â¡Âœ«÷ â¿‹ â‡íƒèœ’,a Tamil translation of her bookof short stories ‘E-Thoughts’,in RKV Studious, Vadapalanirecently.

The 100-page book is pricedat Rs. 100.

The book has 11 short storieswith quotes and pictures.

According to Meera, thestories try to build a bridgebetween traditional andcontemporary thoughts, waysof life based on day-to-dayincidents and experiences andaspirations of the modern-dayyoung Indian.

She said that the book is an‘easy read’ and all the storiesare set in an Indian locale.

Meera is a counsellor byprofession and specializes inaspects of self-development.

She is a Director in TechknowPvt. Ltd., Alapakkam.

Anyone wishing to buy a copyof the book may contact her in2476 0342 / 52.

By Our Staff ReporterDr. R. Thiagarajan (resident of 37/16A,

Arangappan Street, West Mambalam),a renowned Sanskrit scholar, wasappointed as the ‘Director of VedicStudies and Astrology’ in Astroved R &D Unit.

Astroved, which is headquartered inUSA, has an office in SIDCO Industrial

Local resident takes chargeas Director of Vedic Studies/Astrology in Astroved.com

Estate, Ambattur and branches in Hyderabad and Haryana.“Spirituality is an important instrument for social change.”

said Dr. Baskaran Pillai (Founder, Astro Ved.com).“In pursuance of this objective, we have established various

establishments in the field of Vedic Astrology, Nadi Astrologyand Ashtamangalam Prasna,” he added.

Thiagarajan’s contact number is 98403 16797.

Science project contest forschool students

Space Kids India (Saran-gapani Street, T. Nagar) has invitedentries for the 5th edition of the ‘Young Scientist South India’contest from students of Stds. 9 to 12, under their ‘MissionEducation’ program.

K. Srimathy (MD and resident of 48, Thirumalai Pillai Road,T. Nagar) told Mambalam Times that the students need tosubmit the project online. There is no entry fee.

Interested students should register their names by sendingan email to youmgscientist @spacekidzindia.com by Monday,May 15 and the project should be submitted by June 15.Professors from reputed institutions will select the ten bestprojects, and those 10 students will get to compete in anelocution competition on a common topic to select the winner.

The students of the ten selected projects will get an opportu-nity to exhibit them live at an event to be held on July 30.

For more details, contact Srimathy in 86088 89898 or visitwww.spacekidzindia.in.

Sai bhajanprograms in T.Nagar andMambalamBy Our Staff Reporter

Sri Sathya Sai Samiti con-ducts Sai bhajans every weekin the following venues in T.Nagar and Mambalam.

T. Nagar:Sai Keshav Hall, 157, G. N.

Chetty Road (near PanagalPark, Vijaya Bank building):Saturdays, 5 p.m.

Ayurvedasramam, 155, G.N. Chetty Road (near PanagalPark): Mondays, 6 p.m.

50/38, Motilal Street (oppo-site Ranganathan Street):Wednesdays, 6 p.m.

Muthumaari AmmanTemple, South Boag Road:Mondays, 6.30 p.m

Mambalam:12A/27, Thambiah Road,

West Mambalam: Saturdays,5.15 p.m.

Vallabha GanapathyTemple, Arya Gowda Road,West Mambalam: Fridays,6.30 p.m.

M u r u g a s h r a m a m ,Srinivasa Pillai Street, WestMambalam: Second Tues-days, 6 p.m.

For registration, please call94456 11333 or 94447 73926.

All are welcome.The Samiti also sells books

on Sai literature and CDs ofSai bhajans.

15-day coaching in swimmingBy Our Staff Reporter

VV International School of Swimming (Brown Stone Apart-ments, 36, North Usman Road Extn., near Loyola College,Mahalinga-puram, Chetpet) offers 15-day coaching in swim-ming for anyone from 5 to 65 years of age from 6 a.m to 8 a.m.

Those who want to join can choose daily or weekend batches.Woman coaches are available for women trainees at specific

timings. The pool was started by B. Malathi in 1996.A number of her students have participated and won prizes

in district and state-level competitions. For more details call 97108 82613 / 2817 0728 or visit the

website www.vvinternational swimming.com.

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By Our Staff ReporterTraffic police removed vehicles parked on the one way

stretch between CIT Nagar 1st Main Road and Anna Salai inT. Nagar on April 23.

Barricades were placed to prevent further parking of vehicles.

Barricades used to preventparking on CIT Nagar

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

plants in Vallur owing to non-payment of Rs.1,156 crore in dues.

TNEB has 50% stake in the joint venturecompany. 70% of the generated power from thethree units is supplied to the State and the restto Puducherry, Karnataka and Telangana.

Along with the loss of 500MW of power fromKudankulam, where a unit has been shut forrefuelling, the total power shortfall is 1,550MW.

I hope that the Tamilnadu govt. takes imme-diate action to clear the dues to avert a powercrisis in the State. B. Sivakumar, WestMambalam.

Condolence meeting forProf. Ananthan today

Is the State facing a power crisis?

Govt. should appoint committee to look into water crisis

Sir, There is an increase in the demand forpower in Tamilnadu due to the summer.

At midnight on April 26, a failure in theManali-Mylapore power distribution line leftseveral localities including Nandanam,Teynampet, Mylapore, Nungambakkam,Triplicane, Sowcarpet, some parts of AnnaNagar and most parts of north Chennai with-out power.

The same day, NTPC, a joint venture part-ner of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board(TNEB), stopped supply of 1,000MW power tothe state power utility from its two thermal

Sir, Chennai is under the grip of severe waterscarcity. While one can easily attribute thefailure of seasonal rains as the reason for thepresent situation, the State government can-not shirk its responsibility.

Also, successive governments have not takenany serious efforts to address the problemsarising out of failure of monsoons. The govt. hasdone pretty little to deepen the existing lakes orde-silt waterways and natural water bodies toimprove water storage during rainy season.

Further, it has not thought it fit to create anynew facilities for future needs looking into theproliferating population in the city.

Due to the uncontrolled real estate develop-ment, a number of water bodies have disap-peared, and this has seriously impacted water

storage levels.It, therefore, becomes incumbent upon the

present government to take immediate stepsto tide over the situation. Instead of tradingbarbs or blaming the monsoon, it should, atleast now, wake up to the realities and workfast to deepen the existing lakes which supplywater to the city and also remove silt wherevernecessary.

The government must appoint an expertcommittee comprising of water experts andknowledgeable persons drawn from the publicto find a long term solution to the problem andimplement the same well before the onset ofthe next monsoon. T. Nagar Residents’ Wel-fare Association, 30, Rangan Street, T.Nagar

Poorly laid concrete roads in West CIT NagarSir, Streets in West CIT Nagar were re-laid

with concrete recently. The new road surface,which is almost 4 inches thick, has not beenlaid properly. The sides of the surface have notbeen tapered causing problems for residentswho find it difficult to take out their vehicles. 2-wheeler riders are likely to lose their balance

while riding close to the street edges.2-foot wide spaces left at the sides for pedes-

trians are dirt paths and uneven in a numberof places.

Pedestrians are thus forced to walk on thestreet thereby risking their lives. S. Ponappan,1st Cross Street, West CIT Nagar

By Our Staff ReporterA meeting to pay hom-

age to Prof. Ananthan(Founder, The Physics So-ciety, and former Profes-sor of Physics, DGVaishnav College, Arum-bakkam), who passedaway on April 14, has been organized from 10a.m to 4 p.m on Saturday, April 29 in JawaharVidyalaya, Ashok Nagar.

Science teachers from schools and colleges,students interested in science, and friends andadmirers of Ananthan are welcome to attendthe meeting.

Ananthan’s vision, mission and achievementswill be recalled by speakers. Lunch and tea willbe served to all the participants.

For more details, contact K. Virupakshan in98408 47872 or C. Gopalan in 2276 0295.

Condemned van abandoned in streetSir, I am a resident of

West CIT Nagar. A TataMagic van in a brokendown condition has beenlying on the street marginnext to the entrance ofmy house for more thantwo months.

No effort was taken bythe officials concerned tomove the vehicle evenwhen the street was relaidwith concrete recently.The 10-ft stretch of thestreet occupied by the vanwas not relaid. Brokenconcrete slabs and otherconstruction debris havebeen dumped around the van. It is an eyesore and is encroaching on public space. I appeal tothe officials concerned to remove it. S. Ponappan, 1st Cross Street, West CIT Nagar

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floor flat, 1 covered car park,A/c, rent Rs. 28000, veg-etarians only. Ph: 98840 55669.

T. NAGAR, No. 39,Sarangapani Street, 2bedrooms, hall, kitchen, 2balconies, 1200 sq.ft, 1st floor,2-wheeler / car park, residen-tial, vegetarians only,inspection on Sunday only.Ph: 98409 66155.

K. K. NAGAR, AP-194, 2nd

Sector, 10th Street, 2 bed-rooms, hall, kitchen,independent ground floor,copious water, 2-wheelerparking, Brahmins only. Ph:99405 27932.

ASHOK NAGAR, No. 11/1B, 2nd Street, Nethaji Nagar,3 bedrooms, hall, kitchen, 1150sq.ft, independent ground floorhouse, sit-out, Brahmins /vegetarians only, no brokers.Ph: 98410 72037, 2489 7584.

WEST MAMBALAM, No.19/8, Janakiram Street, singleroom, separate bathroom, nokitchen, 1st floor, rent Rs.5000 (include maintenance &electricity) suitable forbachelors, 2 persons canshare. Ph: 96001 06311,73582 33051, 92836 32398.

WEST MAMBALAM, No.35/53, Postal Colony 4th

Street, near Jaigopal GarodiaSchool, double bedrooms, 900sq.ft, 2nd floor flat, lift, carpark, rent Rs. 18000 (includingmaintenance), advance 6months, vegetarians only. Ph:98849 25166, 98417 60078.

ASHOK NAGAR, No. 4 (5),67th Street, 11th Avenue, nearBlue Water Tank, 2 bedrooms,hall, kitchen, 800 sq.ft, groundfloor, 50 feet road, woodwork,wardrobe, marble flooring, rentRs. 14000, vegetarians only.Ph: 96290 04592.

ASHOK NAGAR, No. 77,11th Avenue, near RelianceFresh, 2 bedrooms, hall,kitchen, 1100 sq.ft, 1st floor,lift, semi furnished, coveredcar park, family / bachelors.Ph: 73053 44555.

ASHOK NAGAR, No. 29,Rams, Flat No. 18, 18th

Avenue, 2 bedrooms, hall,kitchen, 3rd floor, no lift, wellventilated, ample water, carpark, rent Rs. 12000. Ph: 9790901846.

ASHOK NAGAR, No. 7/3,6th Avenue, 2 bedrooms, hall,kitchen, ground floor,woodwork, rent Rs. 22000,vegetarians only. Ph: 9500071955.

WEST MAMBALAM, NewNo. 31, Reddy Kuppam Road,near Aranganathan Subway,1 bedroom, hall, kitchen, 2nd

floor, vegetarians preferred,no brokers, visit on Sundayfrom 10 a.m. Ph: 94980 38289,94449 03147.

T. NAGAR, New No. 50,Rameshwaram Road, 2bedrooms, hall, kitchen, 1st

floor, fully furnished, 2-wheelerparking, rent Rs. 15000,vegetarian family, ready tooccupy, no brokers. Ph: 9789003875.

C.I.T. NAGAR (East), No.84/2, 1st Cross Street, nearNandanam & T. Nagar, 2bedrooms, hall, modularkitchen, 1200 sq.ft, indepen-dent duplex house, attacheddining table, 2 bathrooms,water heaters, 3 phase. Ph:98408 33931.

C.I.T. NAGAR, Old No. 21,New No. 14, East Road, nearNandhi Statue, 2 bedrooms,hall, kitchen, covered car park,CCTV, woodwork, grill, 24hours water, rent Rs. 20000,vegetarians only. Ph: 9841195110.

KODAMBAKKAM, No. 16/6, Railway Border Road, nearJ.V. Hospital, 2 bedrooms,hall, kitchen, 1st floor, lift, Eastfacing, covered car park,inverter, vaastu, rent Rs.25000. Ph: 98403 13221,99400 13221.

Sri Ramanujarjayanthi celebrationsin Suprabhata SabhaBy Our Staff Reporter

Sri Suprabhata Sabha (10/6, Baroda 2nd

Street, West Mambalam) will celebrate the1000th birth anniversary of Sri Ramanujarfrom 6.30 p.m to 8.30 p.m, on Sunday, April 30and Monday, May 1 in its premises.

Three Std. 3 students, Viswajith, Krishnaand Utpalaksh (disciples of Anandji), will givediscourses on ‘Sri Ramanuja Vaibhavam’ onboth the days.

The newly constructed RTO (West) Officebuilding on Bharathidasan Road, K. K. Nagar,which was ready for occupation several monthsback, is yet to be inaugurated. According to anofficial, the office has not been opened due todelay in EB connection and some minor work.

The office has been functioning out ofMambalam Taluk Office for several years.

New RTO Office awaitspower connection

A TNEB junction box located near theentrance of an apartment complex on SubbhaStreet, West Mambalam, near Kasi Viswa-nathar Street toppled over several days back.

The residents told Mambalam Times that inspite of several reminders, the TNEB officialshave not taken any steps to re-erect the junctionbox.

EB junction boxtopples over

Iyakkam members cleanstreets, templeBy Our Staff

ReporterMembers of

All India VijayM a k k a lI y a k a mcleaned KasiViswanatharTemple andthe streetssurroundingthe temple onApril 22.

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delivery boy skips your house or flat in any week, please call98409 70091 between 10.30 a.m and 5 p.m on week days to

enable us to take effective and immediate remedial action.

T. NAGAR, Mannar Street,near Bus Terminus, 3 bed-rooms, hall, kitchen, groundfloor apartment, primelocation, no brokers. Ph: 7092612902, 95148 89997.

WEST MAMBALAM,Brindavan Street Extension,near Smart School, CMDAplan approved, 1 bedroom, 1big hall, kitchen, land area1200 sq.ft, built-up area 700sq.ft, ground floor. Ph: 9381030922, 93810 30933.

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BALAM, No. 6, K. V.Colony 4th Street, 2bedrooms, hall,kitchen, 1000 sq.ft,new flat, furnished,covered car park,rent Rs. 24000(negotiable) includ-ing maintenance,Brahmins only. Ph:98840 15834.WEST MAMBALAM, No.

7/33, Arya Gowda Road,opposite Indian Bank, 2bedrooms, hall, kitchen,service area, 600 sq.ft, 2nd

floor, lift, 1 Western bathroom,rent Rs. 14000 + maintenance,small Brahmin / vegetarianfamily. Ph: 99949 49609.

WEST MAMBALAM, No.1, Shyamalavadana Street, 2bedrooms, hall, kitchen, 720sq.ft, 1st floor, vegetariansonly, no brokers. Ph: 9444357544, 2817 3363.

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2,800 schools get breather tillMay 2018By Our Staff Reporter

Nearly 3,000 privateschools, whose recognition hadended by June 2016, breatheda sigh of relief after they weregranted temporary recognitionuntil May 2018 by the schooleducation department.

A government order (GO)dated April 22 has allowed tem-porary extension of recognitionfor 2,800 schools until May 31,2018.

The schools do not have per-manent recognition as theyrequire approval from the Di-rectorate of Town and Coun-try Planning, Chennai Metro-politan Development Author-ity or Local Planning Author-ity.

In the interest of students,the GO has been issued, saiddepartment officials. Directorsof school, elementary and ma-triculation had requested thegovernment to extend the tem-porary recognition until May31, 2019, but the extensionhas been allowed till May 2018.

Under RTE Act Section 18(5), it is mandatory for schoolsto have recognition to makeádmissions under the quota.Besides the RTE admissiongetting affected, students willnot be able to write board ex-ams in schools where there isno recognition. The transportdepartment also cannot issuefitness certificates for vehiclesof unrecognised schools.

However, the GO says that746 schools have been ex-cluded from this temporaryrecognition as a court case ispending.

While private school asso-ciations welcomed the exten-sion, they said it would be bet-ter to grant exemption for oldschools. “More than 90% ofschools don’t have the struc-ture that is required for ap-proval from the planning au-thorities. It is better to applythese rules to new schools. Giv-ing these schools a long termextension is what many pre-fer, as regularising the struc-tures now is a difficult task,”said K. Nandakumar, secre-tary of Tamil Nadu Nursery,Primary, Matriculation andHigher Secondary SchoolsAssociation.

Talk on ThiruArutpaon TuesdayBy Our Staff Reporter

Under the auspices ofVallalar Sanmarga Sangam(V.O.C Street, MGR Nagar,Ph: 94453 43706),Kolapakkam Santhanam willgive a discourse on ‘ThiruArutpa’ at 6 p.m on Tuesday,May 2, in Sakthi VinayagarTemple (P. T. Rajan Salai, K.K. Nagar).

All are welcome.