MAMBALAM TIMES ASHOK NAGAR - K.K. NAGAR EDITION ASHOK NAGAR - K.K. NAGAR EDITION ASHOK NAGAR - K.K. NAGAR EDITION ASHOK NAGAR - K.K. NAGAR EDITION ASHOK NAGAR - K.K. NAGAR EDITION www.mambalamtimes.in August 10 - 16, 2014 FREE Vol. 13, No. 5 CMYK 2-way traffic resumes on Kodambakkam Bridge for light vehicles By Our Staff Reporter Two-way traffic, except for heavy vehicles including MTC buses, was resumed on Kodam-bakkam Bridge couple of days ago. It has brought a big respite to motorists. The bridge was made one- way to facilitate the repair work being undertaken on the bridge. Earlier, vehicles going towards Kodambakkam fly- over from Vallurkottam were diverted via Thirumalai Road and Bazullah Road flyover to reach Kodambakkam. Veda paarayanam and free Yajur Veda sandhyavandanam class today By Our Staff Reporter In view of Avani Avittam, Sri Sai Seva Chakra (15, Bharathi Street, West Mam- balam) will conduct Veda paarayanam and Sai bhajan on Sunday, August 10, from 4 p.m to 5 p.m in Sarvapriya Maha Ganapathi Temple (Moorthy Street Extn., West Mambalam). It will be fol- lowed by free ‘Yajur Veda’ sandhyavandanam class. If the response is good, Sama and Rig Veda sandhya- vandanam classes will also be held on following Sundays. It also conducts free Veda classes on Saturdays and Sun- days at 6.30 a.m. There will also be admis- sion for free Veda classes at the venue. All are welcome. 21,000 copies of this edition are delivered FREE every Sunday! By Our Staff Reporter Shops selling novelties are gearing up to rake in busi- ness on account of India’s 68 th Independence Day on August 15. A shop owner told Mambalam Times that a num- ber of items, including hand bags, garlands, flags of all sizes, T-shirts, friendship bands, medals and mementos with slogans and messages with respect to nationalism are available for sale. Celebration of Indepen- Shops gear up for Independence Day celebration dence Day with flag hoisting and decoration is popular in banks, government offices, corporate houses, educational institutions, residential asso- ciations and social service or- ganizations.
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2-way traffic resumes on Kodambakkam Bridgefor light vehicles
By Our Staff ReporterTwo-way traffic, except for
heavy vehicles including MTCbuses, was resumed onKodam-bakkam Bridge coupleof days ago. It has brought abig respite to motorists.
The bridge was made one-
way to facilitate the repairwork being undertaken on thebridge. Earlier, vehicles goingtowards Kodambakkam fly-over from Vallurkottam werediverted via Thirumalai Roadand Bazullah Road flyover toreach Kodambakkam.
Veda paarayanam and free YajurVeda sandhyavandanam class today
By Our Staff ReporterIn view of Avani Avittam,
Sri Sai Seva Chakra (15,Bharathi Street, West Mam-balam) will conduct Vedapaarayanam and Sai bhajanon Sunday, August 10, from 4p.m to 5 p.m in SarvapriyaMaha Ganapathi Temple(Moorthy Street Extn., WestMambalam). It will be fol-lowed by free ‘Yajur Veda’
sandhyavandanam class.If the response is good,
Sama and Rig Veda sandhya-vandanam classes will also beheld on following Sundays.
It also conducts free Vedaclasses on Saturdays and Sun-days at 6.30 a.m.
There will also be admis-sion for free Veda classes atthe venue.
gearing up to rake in busi-ness on account of India’s 68th
Independence Day on August15.
A shop owner toldMambalam Times that a num-ber of items, including handbags, garlands, flags of allsizes, T-shirts, friendshipbands, medals and mementoswith slogans and messageswith respect to nationalismare available for sale.
Celebration of Indepen-
Shops gear up forIndependence Day celebration
dence Day with flag hoistingand decoration is popular inbanks, government offices,corporate houses, educationalinstitutions, residential asso-ciations and social service or-ganizations.
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Following an overwhelming response fromcommuters and considerable patronage, theState government has given its approval topurchase 100 more mini buses to ply in manymore interior parts of Chennai.
When contacted, an MTC official said thatthey are expecting a financial sanction in writ-ing from the government to enable them tofloat a tender. It is a long process and it will takeminimum of four months to purchase addi-tional mini buses for the fleet.
Science teacher guidesstudents through ‘Whatsapp’By Our Staff Reporter
R. Soundarapandiyan, science teacher of SirM. Ct. M. School, Purasawalkam, guides Std.12students on scoring high marks in biology.
He shares all information and clears doubtsrelated to the subject using ‘Whatsapp’ app oncell phones.
He has been teaching the subject to stu-dents for more than a decade. Engineering andmedical college aspirants can contact him forassistance. For those who do not have‘Whatsapp’ on their phone, they can eithersend him an sms or email him [email protected].
He can be contacted in 98411 47705.
SMS to consumers to give up LPG subsidy uncalled forSir, Indian Oil Corporation has been soliciting its LPG consumers
through SMS to join its campaign of ‘Nation Building’ by giving up LPGsubsidy. While it is true that the burden arising out of the subsidy isheavy, the Oil companies must first set their house in order and supplyLPG cylinders at full cost to all its employees.
Furthermore, the Ministry of Petroleum and Oil should not exemptMPs, MLAs and bureaucrats from the 12 subsidized cylinder caps peryear to save on money. Oil companies must weed out the corruptionfrom the system to ensure that subsidized cylinders do not find a wayinto the open market. This in itself would bring about a huge saving.Many households do not consume 12 cylinders and do not keep trackof the consumption. Distributors take advantage of this and divert thebalance subsidy into the open market and make a killing. If Aadhaaris made mandatory to avail subsidy, even if the distributors resort todivert the stocks, at least the subsidy amount would get credited to theconsumers who do not use up the entire capped quantity. When thereare so many ways to restrict the supply of subsidized cylinders andsave money, the request of the oil companies to the common man, whois already hit hard by the spiraling prices of all essentials, is unjust anduncalled for. – V. S. Jayaraman, 31, Motilal Street, West Mambalam
Appeal to resume sale of ‘Children’s Health Mix’ to allSir, I am a regular buyer of the special ‘Health Mix Powder - Sathu
Maavu’ for infants and children from Public Health Center (Lake ViewRoad). When I went to buy the same this month I was surprised to notethat the sale has been restricted only to children born in the healthcenter and to outpatient kids registered with them. There was noexplanation from the staff to the new rule which I initially presumedwas due to shortage of stock. I appeal to the higher officials at PHC toresume sale of the health mix to everyone as it a good source of healthfood to infants and kids. – P. S. Parthasarathy, F4, SuganthyApartments, 22, Nara-simman Street, West Mambalam
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
OBITUARYL. KALYANI
L. Kalyani (resident of 13, Aparna Apartments, Balakrishna MudaliStreet, West Mambalam) passed away on Aug.7.
She was 85 and had been a resident of West Mambalam for the morethan 70 years.
Kalyani was the wife of late Lakshmana Iyer.She is survived by her son Sriram, daughters Shyamala and Radhika,
grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Discourses on ‘Saisath Saritha’By Our Staff Reporter
Under the auspices of Sri Shirdi Sai Meditation Mandir (6, SarojiniStreet, T. Nagar) there are discourses on ‘Sri Saisath Saritha’ at 6.30p.m on Sundays in its premises.
T. Thiruvalluvan (Founder) told Mambalam Times that mass spiri-tual healing is conducted at 7.30 p.m on Thursdays and Sundays.
All are welcome.
Sai bhajans on SaturdaysBy Our Staff Reporter
Sai bhajans are conducted at 6.15 p.m on Saturdays in Sri SathyaSai 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 2489
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SHRI KamakshiCaterers undertakesquality & deliciousfood supply formarriage and allauspicious func-tions, also daily tiffin,sambar, rasam,porial and koottu. Foryour requirement Ph:99412 75647, 8754587827, 94447 44227.PLEASE contact Mrs. V.
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Android app to help commuters tracklocations of MTC buses
G. Dileep Kumar, an IT employee, has developed a mobile Androidapplication ‘My MTC’ to keep track of plying MTC buses through GPStracking.
Dileep said that MTC has not provided any mechanism for itscommuters to keep track of bus schedules and delays in runningtime. It results in commuters waiting and spending anxious mo-ments at bus stops. He said that his ‘My MTC’ app would try to solvethis problem as it is a crowd sourcing application developed to trackreal time bus locations for Chennai city buses.
Bus commuters who download this app to their phones and use itcan update the current location of their bus during their commute.
The app would update this information into the server databaseand instantly notify any other user searching for the same busnumber about its current location. App users can also setup apermanent notification alarm so that they don’t have to process therequest every time.
The app also has a built-in offline database of bus stops, route mapsand fares which he said would be updated regularly.
Users would also get important news alerts about bus diversions,new buses, bus strikes and more.
Android phone users can download the ‘My MTC’ app from GooglePlay Store.
Dileep resides in Thoraipakkam. His phone number is 9176760402.
Walkers Club to releasebook on ‘Good Health’todayBy Our Staff Reporter
Walkers Club of Ashok Nagar, K. K. Nagarand West Mambalam will jointly release thebook ‘A guide for good health’ at 3.30 p.m onSunday, Aug. 10, at Mahodaya Hall, 62, 4th
Avenue, Ashok Nagar.Dr. B. R. Nammalwar (Senior Pediatri-
cian and Nephrologist) will give a talk.It will be followed by a light music concert.All are welcome.
Free certificate course inSanskrit from Aug. 20By Our Staff Reporter
Samskrita Bharati (Nungambakkam) willconduct ‘Bala Kendram’, a free certificatecourse in Sanskrit, on Wednesdays for chil-dren aged between 6 and 12 years.
The class commences on Wednesday, Aug.20, and will be held from 5.30 p.m to 6.30 p.m.at 55, Brindavan Street, West Mambalam.
The course will focus on values, traditionsand step by step learning of the language
For prior registration, please call 8939619337 / 2473 4649.
Joggers Association (G. N.Chetty Road, T. Nagar. Ph:94440 15053, 98810 01357)released the 4th edition of itsmembers directory for 2014on Aug.2.
D. Gopalakrishnan (Presi-dent) said that the directory,apart from names, addressesand contact numbers, alsoconsists of members’ memo-ries and anecdotes duringtheir walks in the park withfriends.
He said that the directoryalso lists blood group of mem-bers which can prove benefi-cial in case of a medical emer-
Jeeva Park Walkers Assocation releasesmembers’ directory
gency.Members who have not col-
lected the directory may con-tact the Association for a copy.
Calling volunteersfor free service inTirumalaBy Our Staff Reporter
Sevas (50, Dharga Road,Rajaji Nagar, Pallavaram)sends volunteers for week-longservice to pilgrims in Tirumalastarting on Sundays and end-ing on Saturdays.
Men and women who arephysically fit and are willing tostay in Tirumala for a week arewelcome to offer their servicesfor 6 hours everyday.
The work will be of supervi-sory nature.
Accommodation, lunch anddinner will be provided free ofcost.
They can have specialdarshan of Lord Venkates-wara.
Travelling expense and thecost of breakfast must be borneby the volunteers.
Those interested can con-tact Nalini Ravikumar (18/43,Jubilee Road, West Mam-balam) in 99621 53644, L. S.V. Mahadevan (98411 76386),P. Sundaram (98417 26695)or D. Gopinath (94442 09751).
Doctor donatesclothes to villagersduring padayatrato TirupatiBy Our Staff Reporter
Dr. Suneel (resident ofVijayaraghava Raod, T.Nagar. Ph: 95512 96999/98412 07788) donated dhotis,sarees and medicines to villag-ers during his 150-kmpadayatra from Chennai toTirumala Temple (Tirupati)from Aug. 1 to 4.
He went on this pathyatrafor the ninth consecutiveyear.
He said that the yatras helphim to analyze the condition ofthe villages on the way and heinteracts with the dwellersduring his rest periods to as-sess their needs.
Sai bhajanprograms inT. 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.
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.
By Our Staff ReporterGMCKS Pranic Healing
Center (9/6, MahadevanStreet) will conduct a free work-shop on ‘Philosophy of Life’ onSaturday, Aug. 16, and Sun-day, Aug. 17, from 10.30 a.m to4 p.m in Rajeswari Hall (64,Lake View Road, WestMambalam).
Indra Ramamurthy who willconduct the workshop said thatthe participants who attendthe workshop will get a better
Workshop on ‘Philosophy ofLife’ next weekend
understanding of one’s innerself.
All are welcome.For more details, call 97104
03991/ 9710403992/ 23715038.
Free spokenSanskrit class forhousewives fromAug. 18By Our Staff Reporter
Samskrita Bharati (Nun-gambakkam) will conduct freespoken Sanskrit class forhousewives from Aug.18 to 22from 11 a.m to 1 p.m at 272/1, Lakshmana Samy Salai,K.K. Nagar, near post office.
Brahma Kumaris RajayogaMeditation Centre (17/8,Ramasamy Street, T. Nagar,Ph: 97910 92461, 9444011194) will celebrate its3rd anniversary on Tuesday,Aug. 12, from 5 p.m to 8 p.m inits premises.
There will be a pictorial exhi-bition of Rajayoga meditation.
Visitors will be given an in-troduction to Rajayoga medi-tation and can register for the4-day class to be conductedfrom Aug. 13 to 16, from 6.30p.m to 7.30 p.m.
They can also celebrateraksha bandhan with themembers.
All are welcome.
Colouring anddrawingcompetition forchildren on Friday
6Dots Play School (18/12A,Danasekaran Cross Street,near Kali Bari Temple, WestMambalam) will conduct acolouring competition for LKGto Std. 3 students and drawing-cum-colouring competition forStd. 4 and Std. 5 students onFriday, Aug. 15, from 9:30 a.mto 3 p.m in its premises.
Colouring / drawing chartswill be provided but partici-pants will have to bring theirown colouring materials.
Registration is free.
By Our Staff ReporterThe Passport Seva Kendra
in Aminjikarai received themuch awaited passport book-lets last week, putting an endto the shortage of the docu-ments.
Many, planning for a travelabroad including job aspirants,are stranded due to absence ofthe travel document.
The booklets were not sup-plied to Passport Kendra asthe stationery, the laminatedsheets required to make thebooklets, were not being madein enough quantity by IndiaSecurity Press in Nashik,Maharashtra. The govern-ment press prints all docu-
ments, including passport,postage stamps and visas.
C. Senthil Pandiyan, Re-gional Passport Officer, Nun-gambakkam, said that theyare working on clearing thebacklog.
There will not be more delayfor new applicants. The pass-ports will be dispatched to themon prescribed date.
A 64-page booklet costs Rs.2,000 while an ordinary 36-page booklet costs 1,500.
The Regional Passport Of-fice (Nungambakkam) and thethree passport seva kendras,including the one Aminjikarai,receive about 4,000 applica-tions every day.
Much awaited passportbooklets arrive in Chennai
Police beef upsecurity in BJPoffices followingthreat
Following appeals frommembers of Hindu Munnani toprovide additional security, thepolice have beefed up securitymeasures in and around BJPfunctionary offices in the city.
A single-page handwrittenletter in Tamil was posted fromPalakkad in Kerala to theHindu Munnani office on AyyaMudali Street last week. Theletter mentioned names ofmany leaders and stated theywould be exterminated by agroup called Fatwa.
Further investigations are on.
Program inRamana BhakthaSamajamon SundaysBy Our Staff Reporter
Sri Ramana Baktha Sama-jam, West Mambalam (BVSNMoorthy School, ThambiahRoad, West Mambalam) con-ducts the following program onSundays:
5 p.m: Veda paarayanam5.30 p.m: Ramana Maha-
rishi’s Aksharamanamalai.6 p.m: Discourse.All are welcome.More details can be had in
phone 94441 72623.Special pooja is conducted
and prasadam distributedamong special children at 11.30a.m on Ramana Maharishi’sbirth star day (Punarpoosam).
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUSmeets at 7 p.m
on Fridays & Sundays:Kesari School,
Dr. Giriappa Road(near Teynampet Signal).
DRESS CODEGood old Mahatma Gandhi earned his law degree from
England where, during his studentship, he must haveworn trousers which protected him from the biting coldthat Mother Nature had decreed as nature’s gift to theisland.
Gandhi’s peregrinations took him to South Africa whereequatorial climate made him progressively shed the Brit-ish second skin of woollen clothes as his first foray intothings Indian and the compulsive draw to the all perva-sive dhoti of the Indian male. That, I believe, is one of thecauses that impelled him to dump his practice and a fewmolar teeth in South Africa and return to good old Indiawhere the Sun god was and is the reigning climatic deityto make the Indian a warm fellow. The degrees of warmthis dependant on one’s positioning relative to the equator!
Back in India, Gandhi plunged into a war to free thecountry from all that is imperial western, one phase ofwhich was the burning of all western clothes. Mounds ofwestern clothes including, I assume, the choking legalpractitioner’s black gown were made a bonfire of. Gandhi,in one of the meetings, representing the Congress, withthe Emperor in London, appeared swathed in a dhoti andshawl and his majesty could find no fault in his presenta-tion of early freedom for India. In answer to a presscorrespondent on how, in just his thin dhoti and shawl, hemanaged to tackle the cold at the palace, Gandhi isreported to have said,”His majesty wore enough clothesfor both of us”!
Dhoti-wearing Gandhi and Co won us freedom to estab-lish Sports Clubs and various venues of entertainmentamong other things. Yet, recently, a Sports Club inChennai is reported to have allegedly indicated to a dhoti-wearing Judge of the Madras High Court and his compan-ion lawyer friends in dhoti who are members of the Club,that dhoti disqualifies them from entering, and refusedthem entry because of their sartorial offence! That Judgesshould not be members of any Club is my verdict on thisnasty episode of dress code violation. Seclusion should betheir credo!
By Our Staff ReporterInternational Society for
Krishna Consciousness(ISKCON) conducts its regu-lar programs in the followingcenters in the neighbourhood:
1075, Munuswamy NaiduSalai, K. K. Nagar: SrimadBhagavatam classes fromMondays to Fridays from 8.30a.m to 9.30 a.m, BhaktiVriksha classes on Mondaysfrom 7 p.m to 9 p.m. ContactPriya (94440 63643)
A-6, Ashok Vihar Apart-ments, 21/20, 11th Avenue,Ashok Nagar: Bhakti Vrikshaclasses on Tuesdays from 7p.m to 9 p.m. Contact S. Sow-
ISKCON programs in theneighbourhood
janya (94452 12281)D-1, Mangala Flats, 1st
Floor, 5, 43rd Street, AshokNagar: Bhakti Vriksha classeson Thursdays from 7 p.m to 9p.m. Contact Venkataraman(96770 97338)
All are welcome.
Sai Seva Chakraconducts free VedaclassesBy Our Staff Reporter
Sri Sai Seva Chakra (15,Bharathi Street, West Mam-balam) conducts free Veda,bhajans and sloka classes onSundays in its premises from3.30 p.m to 4.30 p.m.
It also conducts theseclasses in the following ven-ues.
On Mondays, Wednesdaysand Tuesdays from 5 p.m to 6p.m in Sarva Priya GanapathiTemple (Moorthy Street Ex-tension, 7th Avenue, AshokNagar).
On Saturdays and Sundaysfrom 6.30 a.m to 7.30 a.m in SriKrishna Gana Sabha, Mahara-japuram Santhanam Salai, T.Nagar.
On Mondays and Thursdaysfrom 8 p.m to 9 p.m in No 15,Bharathi Street, West Mam-balam.
All are welcome.More details can be had in
phone 98843 05676.
Former students ofJawahar Vidyalayato meet on Aug. 16
Jawahar Vidyalaya BeyondBatch (JVBB), Ashok Nagarhas organised an alumni meetto be held on Saturday, Aug.16, in Kamakshi Hall (Maha-devan Street, West Mamba-lam).
Former students are re-quested to call A.S. Kumar in98840 48960 to register.
GAMBLERSANONYMOUS
meets atHoly Angels Convent
every Sundayfrom11.30 a.m to 1 p.m.
All compulsive gamblers whowish to get rid of the habit
Thirupugazh Anbargal(West Mambalam) will con-duct free Thirupugazh classeson Wednesdays from 6.30 p.mto 8 p.m at 33/54, KamakotiColony, Kuppaiah Street,West Mambalam, Ph: 9566046163.
Anyone can join the clas-ses.
By Our Staff ReporterS. Sandhya, a resident of
Ramachandra Street, T.Nagar, won the first prize inthe junior category in theinterschool chess tournamentconducted by Chennai SportsAcademy on July 27.
She is a Std. 2 student ofPSBB School.
Wins first place ininterschool
chess tourney
Hepzibah Institute offerscourse on conserving paintings
demonstrations, hands on ex-perience of handling heritagematerials and visit to muse-ums.
The last date for the receiptof filled-in application is Mon-day, Aug. 18.
Application forms can becollected from the office from10 a.m to 5 p.m on week-days.
For course fee and other de-tails, please call 2474 5944 or2471 3239.
Wins third prize ininter-school Karate
tourney
By Our Staff ReporterSrijith Hrishikesh (resident
of West Mambalam) won the3rd prize in the 7th IGKA Na-tional Karate Tournament –2014, in the green-brown beltcategory, conducted by ColtInstitute of Karate andHoslistic Health on July 27 inIndoor Basketball Stadium(Kilpauk).
She is a Std. 3 student ofPSBB Millenium School.
By Our Staff ReporterYogi Ram Surathkumar
Mandali (22, Raja Apartments,
Satsang in Postal Colony(West Mambalam) today
Postal Colony 4th Street, WestMambalam, Ph: 98847 24271)will conduct Satsung on Sun-day, August 10, from 4 p.m to6.30 p.m in its premises.
There will be chanting of YogiRamsurathkumar’s name,Hanuman chalisa followed byarathi.
This will be followed by a lec-ture on Yogi Ram’s spirituality‘Guru Darshan Leelaigal’ inwhich the devotees can sharetheir personal experiences withthe guru.
All are welcome.
Talk on stressmanagement inGerman Hallon FridayBy Our Staff Reporter
P.S. Lalitha (Reiki practitio-ner and acupuncturist) will givea free talk on ‘Stress Manage-ment’ in Bala Mandir GermanHall, Prakasam Street, T.Nagar, on Friday, Aug. 15, from10 a.m to noon.
The talk will cover ailmentscaused by stress and how torelieve it with simple tech-niques like meditation.
All are welcome.Lalitha, after retiring as pro-
fessor from Madras VeterinaryCollege, started practicingReiki and acupuncture. Sheruns a clinic in Tiruvanmayurand is a consultant in BharathiRaja Hospital (T. Nagar).
For more details visit thewebsite www.pslalitha.com.
Talk on ‘ThiruArutpa’on TuesdayBy Our Staff Reporter
Under the auspicious ofVallalar Sanmargasangam(V.O.C Street, MGR Nagar, Ph:94453 43706), M.B. Babu willgive a discourse on ‘ThiruArutpa – Sathvicharam’ onTuesday, August 12, at 6 p.min Sakthi Vinayagar Temple(P.T. Rajan Salai, K.K. Nagar).
All are welcome.
Awarenessprogram on roadsafety on Friday
Daasya (12th Avenue, AshokNagar, Ph: 99406 38972,94459 54262), an NGO, andRotary Club of Chennai SilkCity will jointly conduct a freeawareness program ‘RoadSafety – Accident FreeChennai’ on Friday, Aug. 15, at11 a.m at Panigraha KalayanaMandapam (Arya GowdaRoad, West Mambalam).
Dr. K. Chellappan (Dean,Madras Medical College) willgive a talk on road accidentsand injuries caused by them.
All are welcome.
New shop offerscoffee powder atRs. 320 per kg.By Our Staff Reporter
MSK Iyengar Coffee was re-cently opened at 39/13, Naic-kamar Street, West Mamba-lam, near Pillaiyar temple.
The shop sources coffeeseeds from Mysore.
The inaugural price for 1kgcoffee powder is Rs.320.
It offers free door delivery forminimum orders of 500 g, from4 p.m to 9 p.m.
Its contact numbers are89397 48053 and 8939748054.
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Vocal concerts in Tirupurasundaritemple on Aug. 15
New office bearersfor Thyaga BrahmaGana SabhaBy Our Staff Reporter
N. Krishnamoorthy waselected as President of SriThyaga Brahma Gana Sabhafor the term 2014-17 during its69th annual general meetingheld on Aug. 3.
The other office bearerselected are T.K. Raghunathan(Vice President), J. Krishnama-chary (Honorary Secretary),S.V.S. Mani (Honorary Secre-tary) and R. Seshadri (Honor-ary Treasurer).
Free Veda classesthrice a week
Kurichi Lakshminarasim-hachariar (resident of 8, 2nd
Main Road, CIT Nagar East,Nandanam) conducts freeVeda and Suktham classesfrom 9 a.m to 10 a.m on Mon-days, Wednesdays and Fri-days.
Hamsavinodhini, KeerthanaSivaramakrishnan will pre-sent a Carnatic vocal concerton Friday, Aug. 15, at 5.30 p.min Sri Karumari Tirupu-rasundari Temple (WestMambalam).
She will be accompanied byR. Satish Kumar on the violinand Karthik Thiruvengadamon the mridangam.
It will be followed by a vocalconcert by Kanaka DurgaVenkatesh.
She will be accompanied bySrividya R.S. Iyer on the violinand Thanjavur Subramanianon the mridangam
Senior Citizens Bureau (90,Rama Street, Nungambak-kam), in association with In-dian Board of Integrated Medi-cines (West Mambalam), willconduct a free consultation-cum-workshop on ‘Acu-pres-sure and Nature Cure’ on Sat-urday, Aug. 16 from 10.30 a.mto 12.30 p.m in Sai Baba Hall(2A/68, Balakrishna NaickerStreet, near Ayodhya Mada-pam, West Mambalam).
Dr. F.A. Abdul Nazar willdemonstrate and talk aboutthe benefits of acupressure and
nature cure.Participants can avail free
consultationFor registration, contact S.
Jayakumar in 2823 1388.
Free workshop on ‘Acupressureand Nature Cure’ on Saturday
Krishna Jayanthimahotsavam inSankara Mathfrom Aug. 17 to 22By Our Staff Reporter
Sri Krishna Jayanthi Ma-hotsavam will be held atSankara Math (New No. 38,Old No. 29, KrupasankariStreet, West Mambalam) fromAugust 17 to 22.
Following is the program de-tails.
Aug. 17: 8.30 a.m: Mahaabhishekam to moolavar andurchava Navaneethakrish-nar.
7.15 p.m: Namasankeertha-nam by S. K. S. HariharaSubramania Baghavathar &party.
Aug. 18: 6.30 p.m: Uriyadiutsavam
Aug. 19 to 22: 7.15 p.m:Narayaneeyam Upanyasamby Thamal Ramakrishnan &Thamal Perundevi
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Special janmashtami celebrations inISKCON temple on Aug. 17 and 18By Our Staff Reporter
International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) willcelebrate Krishna Janmashtami on Aug. 17 and 18 in ISKCONTemple (Hare Krishna Land, Bhaktivedanta Swami Road, off ECR,Akkarai, Sholinganallur).
There will be group bhajan singing from 4 p.m, to 10 p.m followed bya discourse by Bhanu Maharaj at 10 p.m, maha abhishekam at 11.15p.m and special aarati at 12 midnight.
All are welcome.
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Free dance and meditationprogram for womenon SatrudayBy Our Staff reporter
‘Udbhavam’, a program with a blend of danceand meditation for women, will be conducted byAthma Laya on Saturday, Aug. 16, from 5 p.mto 7 p.m in Tattvaloka Hall, Teynampet.
According to Mala Bharat, who foundedAthma Laya in 1998, Udbhavam will helpwomen to relax and rejuvenate through a uniqueblend of dance (infuenced by Bharatanatyam)and meditation.
It helps women to contemplate about theirown lives and rejuvenate them to lead betterlives, she said.
For registration, contact GowriJayakrishnan in 98849 53013 or 98841 53013or email [email protected].
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Cardiologist available forconsultation in PHCBy Our Staff Reporter
Dr. V. Ganesh (cardiologist)is available for consultation atthe out-patient ward of PublicHealth Centre (Lake ViewRoad, West Mambalam) from11 a.m to 1 p.m on weekdays,since Aug. 1.
The consultation fee is Rs.70.
The cardiology section ofPHC is well equipped with ECG,echo cardiogram, treadmill andCathLab for performing angio-gram, angioplasty, stentingand a well-equipped operationtheatre for performing heartsurgeries.
There are two cardiacsurgeons and the charges fortreatment are nominal.
For appointments, contactPHC in 2489 3101.
By Our Staff ReporterA mongrel puppy with a
white and brown coat and ared collar was found near Postal Colony 3rd Street on Aug. 2.It appeared to be lost and isnow under the care of S. Ana-nd.
Anand said that the dog ap-pears to be depressed and isrefusing to eat properly.
The owner of the dog oranyone willing to adopt it maycontact Anand in 9841279222.
GMCKS Pranic Healing Cen-ter (9/6, Mahadevan Street)will conduct a free pranic heal-ing program on Friday, Aug.15, from 10.30 a.m to 4 p.m inRajeswari Hall (64, Lake ViewRoad, West Mambalam).
The program will be con-ducted by Indra Ramamurthy.
She said that Pranic healingis a highly developed and testedsystem of energy based heal-ing technique that utilizes“prana” to heal physical andpsychological ailments. It is a“no-touch no-drug therapy”,she added.
All are welcome.For more details, call 97104
03991 / 97104 03992/ 23715038.
Kamakshi Trustconducts art meetson SundaysBy Our Staff Reporter
Sri Annai Kamakshi Educa-tional Trust (Plot 998, Door19, 74th street, 12th sector, K.K.Nagar) conducts art meets onSundays from 4 p.m to 5 p.m.
Anyone interested in art canjoin the meets and share theiropinions.
There is no entry fee and allare welcome.
For more details, please call2474 0429 / 93810 24002 /81440 04001.
62-year-oldcompletes 8 km run
By Our Staff Reporter62-year-old V. Sethuraman
(a resident of 23, PinjalaSubramaniam Street, T.Nagar; Ph: 96001 88824) suc-cessfully participated in the 8km ‘Race against cancer’ runheld at Island Grounds on Aug.3.
He completed the run in 64minutes.
He said that more than 6000persons participated in the runwhich was flagged off by Dr. V.Shantha (Adyar Cancer Insti-tute).
He had retired as a seniorexecutive from BHEL.
By Our Staff ReporterTwo infants undisturbed by the traffic noise were found sleeping in makeshift saree cradles
hung from a tree branch on the pavement of Dr. Nair Road (T. Nagar) on Aug. 6.The parents were engaged in storm water drain work nearby.Even as the country gears up to celebrate its 68th year of independence, many are still
struggling to get even basic needs of survival.
Infants enjoy blissful sleep amidstheavy traffic
142 blood units collectedfrom 200 donors
By Our Staff Reporter142 units of blood from 200 donors were collected during a
blood donation drive conducted jointly by Rotary Central TTKand VHS Blood Bank in Jaigopal Garodia Hindu Vidyalaya (4th
Street Postal Colony, West Mambalam) last week. The students who helped the organisers and the donors in
conducting the drive will be honoured with appreciation certifi-cates.
Athma Vicharam YogaKendra will conduct a 8-daycourse on Athma VicharaYoga (a practice of ‘looking at’or ‘seeking’ ourselves) compris-ing pranaayama, art of livingand meditation from Thurs-day, Aug. 14, to Thursday,Aug. 21, from 6.30 p.m to 8.30p.m, in SMR MatriculationSchool (35/1, Jothi Ramalin-gam Street, West Mamba-lam).
The classes will be conductedby L. Ramadoss.
According to Ramadoss,regular practice of AthmaVichara Yoga will help one toget rid of chronic ailments suchas high blood pressure,asthma, diabetes, ulcer andspondylitis.
Memory power will also im-prove, he said.
The program is secular andhas no religious overtones.
Anyone 12 years and abovecan attend the course.
The course fee is Rs. 500.For more details please con-
tact Ramadoss in 2433 4747.
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Free eye-check andtreatment by LionsClub on FridayBy Our Staff Reporter
To mark Independence day,Lions Club of Wisdom (13,Easwaran Koil Street, WestMambalam, Ph:2371 5060/98411 16123), in associationwith Sri Sabarimalai BakthaEducational and Social Trust,will conduct free eye check-upon Sunday, August 10, from 9a.m to 1 p.m in PandianKalyana Mandapam (10, Sta-tion Road, West Mambalam).
Doctors from Udhi Eye Hos-pital (Alwarpet) will examinethe participants.
Those needing medical in-tervention will be given freetreatment at Udhi Hospital.
Exhibition-cum-sale of homemadeproductsBy Our Staff Reporter
Amirtha Fashions (Srini-vasa Iyer Street, West Mam-balam) will conduct a 3-dayexhibition-cum-sale of home-made products like vathal,appalam, pickles, bags, fash-ion jewellery and garmentsfrom August 12 to 14 in SriKumaran Anugrha Kal-yanaMandapam (Arya GowdaRoad, West Mambalam).
Customers can avail spe-cial discounts and take part ina lucky draw contest.
Tomato dearer bythree times thanprevious yearBy Our Staff Reporter
Tomato prices continue tobe hover at around Rs. 60 a kgin Chennai putting a gapinghole in the pockets of the con-sumers.
By mid-August last year, theprice of tomatoes had crashedfrom Rs. 40 a kg to Rs. 20 a kg.