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FREE902nd Issue : September 29 - October 5, 2012Vol. 18, No. 18

By Our Staff ReporterChennai Samuga Vizhipu-

narchi Trust (Badani Complex,4, Kuppaiah Street, WestMambalam) and Sivaji IlakiyaAssociation have organized ablood donation camp from 9.30a.m to 1.30 p.m on Monday,Oct. 1 in Murugan Thirumana

Blood donation campon Monday

Mandapam, South Boag Road,T. Nagar.

A team doctors from Gov-ernment General Hospital willcollect the blood from donors.

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By Our Staff ReporterThere is heavy traffic congestion when the service lane along Duraisamy Road subway, T.

Nagar, which falls in the school zone, is closed during peak hours in the morning and evening.However, 2-wheeler riders can be seen squeezing through a gap near the barricades.

Closure of service lane causes trafficcongestion

By Our Staff ReporterVasantha Memorial Cancer

Centre (33, 35th Street, oppo-site JFA showroom, AshokNagar), in association withAnderson Diagnostics (Poona-mallee High Road) will conduct100 free mammograms be-tween Oct. 3, 2012 and Sept.30, 2013 under its 1000mammograms project.

The scheme applies only towomen who attend the breastcancer awareness sessions inVasantha Cancer MemorialCenter. Women have to regis-ter for these sessions by pay-ing a fee of Rs. 50. Mammo-

gram will be done free for thefirst 100 registrations.

The remaining will becharged Rs. 500. Only womenabove 40 are eligible.

The following are the otherprograms:

Breast cancer awareness:10.30 a.m to 12 noon on Oct. 3,5, 7, 9 and 12; 2 p.m to 3.30 p.mon Oct. 4, 6, 10 and 12.

Clinical breast self exami-nation by women surgeons: 10a.m to 12 noon on Oct. 7 and 14.

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trust are ready to conduct all-woman sessions in schools,colleges, offices, housing soci-eties and other organizationson the basics of breast cancerand teach self examinationswith the help of models. If pos-sible a video on self examina-tion will also be shown. Ses-sions will last 30 to 45 minutes.At least 25 women should bepresent for a session.

More details can be had inphones 2471 7871/77, 9791048379, 98940 89379.

1000 mammograms project fromWednesday

Bharat Kalachar announcesawards

Bharat Kalachar (Thiru-malai Road, T. Nagar) hasannounced its annual awards.

Violinist T. N. Krishnan willreceive the ‘Gnana KalaBharathi Award’ for contribu-tion to the field of Carnaticmusic.

Saxophonist Kadri Gopal-nath and Bharatanatyamdancer Lakshmi Viswanathanwill be given the ‘Viswa KalaBharathi Award’, and ActressLakshmi the ‘Natya KaladharAward’ for her performance inthe field of Tamil cinema.

Renowned Bharatanatyamteachers M. V. Narasimha-chari and VasanthalakshmiNarasimhachari will receivethe ‘Acharya Kala BharathiAward’. The ‘Kala Seva Bha-rathi’ awardees are RamyaHarishankar, who has pro-moted Bharathanatyam ab-road and Parvathi Ravi Ghan-tasala, who has worked to pro-mote the dance form here.

T. D. Sundararajan will begiven the ‘Nadaga Kala Bha-rathi Award’ for his service inthe field of Tamil drama.

This year, Bharat Kalacharhas introduced awards forartistes who have contributedimmensely to Naatya Sangee-tham.

The award function will

Bala Vikas classeson Sundays

By Our Staff ReporterThe International Society for

Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), Injambakkam, con-ducts ‘Bakthi Vriksha’ pro-grams from 7 p.m to 9 p.m onSaturdays at 28, South K. R.Koil Street, West Mambalam.

The program includesbhajans, congregational chan-ting and Bhagwad Gita clas-ses.

More details can be had inphone 2371 3606 or fromRanga Krishna Das (24744900, 98400 27800).

All are welcome.

be held on Dec. 1 in Vani Ma-hal.

Discourseson ‘TirupathiMahathmayam’By Our Staff Reporter

M u k u n a d a c h a r i y a rSwamigal will give discourseson ‘Tirupathi Mahathmayam’at 5.30 p.m on Oct. 1, 2 and 3in TTD Devasthanam Hall,Venkatanarayana Road, T.Nagar.

All are welcome.More details can be had in

phone 99401 80163.

ISKCON programin Mambalamon Saturdays

By Our Staff ReporterSri Sathya Sai Samiti, T.

Nagar conducts Bala Vikasclasses from 10.30 a.m to 1.30p.m on Sundays in A-15, BBCHomes, 41, South Boag Road,T. Nagar.

The classes are conduc-ted by Paravathi Ramachan-dran and Lakshmi Naraya-nan.

More details can be hadin 2434 6483 and 9445611333.

Discourses on ‘Saisath Saritha’By Our Staff Reporter

Under the auspices of SriShirdi Sai Meditation Man-dir (6, Sarojini Street, T. Na-gar) there are discourses on‘Sri Saisath Saritha’ at 6.30p.m on Sundays in its premi-ses.

T. Thiruvalluvan (Founder)told Mambalam Times thatmass spiritual healing is con-

ducted at 7.30 p.m on Thurs-days and Sundays.

All are welcome.More details can be had in

phones 2643 2323, 4212 5118and 94444 53777.

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By Our Staff ReporterHundreds of devotees par-

ticipated in the procession or-ganized by Sri Shirdi Sai BabaDhyana Maiyam (6, SarojiniStreet, T. Nagar) on Sept. 23as part of 10th anniversarycelebrations.

Devotees chanted SaiSathsaritha, Sthava Manjariand Vishnu Sahasranamam,

Hundreds participate in Shirdi Saiprocession

and sang bhajans.The following are the special

programs on Saturdays andSundays:

Saturdays: 6 p.m: Aarathi;6.25 p.m: Ashtothram; 6.35p.m: Vishnu Sahasranamapaarayanam; 7.10 p.m: OmSai paarayanam; 7.30 p.m:Group prayers; 8 p.m: Pallakuprocession; 8.30 p.m: Night

aarathi.Sundays: 6 p.m: Aarathi;

6.25 p.m: Ashtothram; 6.35p.m: Vishnu Sahasranamapaarayanam; 7 p.m: Sai Sath-saritha; 7.30 p.m: Om Saipaarayanam; 7.45 p.m: Groupprayers; 8 p.m: Night Aarathi.

All are welcome.More details can be had in

phone 94444 53777.

Medical, blooddonation campon TuesdayBy Our Staff Reporter

Sri Thyaga Brahma GanaSabha (Vani Mahal, G. N.Chetty Road, T. Nagar) hasorganized a medical, eye andblood donation and diabetescheck-up camp from 9 a.m to 1p.m on Tuesday, Oct. 2 (GandhiJayanthi Day) in Vani Mahal.

Jeevan Blood Bank and Re-search Centre will collect bloodfrom donors.

Rajan Eye Care Hospital willconduct the eye screeningcamp.

A team from Agada Diabe-tes Care will screen patientsfor diabetes. Random bloodsugar test will be done and coun-selling given.

Height, weight and blood pres-sure will be checked and bodymass index calculated.

Sai bhajanprograms inT. NagarBy Our Staff Reporter

Sri Sathya Sai Samiti, T.Nagar conducts Sai bhajansevery week in the followingvenues in T. Nagar:

Sai Keshav Hall, 157, G. N.Chetty Road (near PanagalPark, Vijaya Bank building):Saturdays, 5 p.m.

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 (contactno. 94456 11333).

All are welcome.More details can be had from

D. Srinivasa Rao (9840050875) or C. Ramamurthy(94440 54819).

Free Veda classesduring weekendsBy Our Staff Reporter

Free Veda classes are con-ducted from 6.30 a.m to 7.30a.m on Saturdays and Sun-days in Krishna Gana Sabha,Maharajapuram SanthanamSalai, T. Nagar.

More details can be had inphone 98843 05676.

By Our Staff ReporterDr. V. Arun (resident of 2, 3rd

Street, Habibullah Road, T.Nagar and Chief Cardio-Tho-racic Surgeon, Lifeline MultiSpeciality Hospital, Perungu-di) was recently presented‘Best Doctor Award’ byTamil Nadu Dr. M. G. R. Medi-cal University for ‘exemplarycontribution to the cause ofmedical education and healthservices’.

Dr. Arun has performedseveral complex heart surger-ies.

‘Best Doctor Award’ for heart surgeon

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MAMBALAM TIMES

By RANDOR GUY

TAMIL CINEMA 75 -A LOOK BACKTAMIL CINEMA AND MUSIC - 31

By Our Staff ReporterV. Balasubramanian (resi-

dent of 3/12, Kamachipuram2nd Street, West Mambalamand teacher of JawaharVidyalaya Higher Secondary

Lions Club award for teacher

By Our Staff ReporterYoga Shanthi Gurukulam

(Chakrapani Street, WestMambalam) has organized aspecial program at 3.45 p.mon Sunday, Oct. 7 in Sri SaradaSabha Bhavan, Sri RKMSchool, 71, Bazullah Road, T.Nagar as part of 150th Jayan-thi celebrations and the occa-sion of the return of SwamiBrahmayogananda (Founder,Yoga Shanthi Gurukulam)from the US.

R. Nataraj (Chairman,Tamilnadu Public ServiceCommission), Dr. T. S. Sridhar(Additional Chief Secretary,Higher Education Depart-ment), Durai Shankar (StatePresident, Seva Bharathi,Tamilnadu), C. Easwaramo-orthy (Deputy Inspector Gen-eral of Police, CBI, Chen-nai)and N. Gopalaswami (For-mer Chief Election Commis-sioner) will felicitate SwamiBrahmayogananda.

Special program in YogaShanthi Gurukulam

Sudha Raghunathan will singthe invocation song.

Students of VivekanandaVidyalaya will sing bhajans andShraddha Nagaraj, Saathvika,Maha-lakshmi and Sri Laksh-mi will present a dance pro-gram. All are welcome.

More details can be had in98408 32624.

The first known instance of the use of playback in TamilCinema took place in 1938 in ‘Nandakumar’. The film wasproduced in Poona (now Pune) as a partnership venture inMarathi and Tamil with the later day Indian movie mogulAV. Meiyappan as the partner of the Tamil version.

The film was directed by well known cameraman andMarathi filmmaker Keshav Rao Dhaibar. The cast includedT. R. Mahalingam (his film debut), T. P. Rajalakshmi, C.V.V.Panthulu , T. S. Rajalakshmi, T.R. Ramachandran (hisdebut) and others.

It was the first film for many of them. Helping Dhaibar forthe Tamil version in the script and direction was anothernewcomer, later the noted writer-director and producer, A.T. Krishnaswamy (ATK). The talented but sadly underratedfilm music composer, S. V. Venkataraman also came intofilms with ‘Nandakumar’. The ‘kid’ Krishna was playedby ‘Master’ Sethuraman. Later, as Madurai Sethuraman,he made a mark as the singer for noted Bharathanatyamdancers and toured all over the world. (A good pal of thiswriter, he passed away some years ago.) T. R. Mahalingamplayed the ‘boy’ Krishna and became a star with his veryfirst film.

A song sung by the actress playing Krishna’s motherDevaki was not up to mark and Meiyappan, ATK, Dhaibarand others were disappointed with the quality of her singing.Understandably they were eager to re-shoot the sequencewith some other star but, for many reasons, it was notfeasible.

Meiyappan and others thought hard and then came upwith an innovative idea. Why not replace only the soundtrack with another voice and shoot the song with the actressmoving only her lips in ‘sync’? (The movie world lingo for‘synchronization’). AVM gave the go-ahead signal and aprominent classical Carnatic musician based in Bombay,Lalitha Venkataraman, was brought in and she sang thatsong. The scene was re-shot with the actress moving her lipsto the Bombay musician’s singing. And, lo, the playbacksystem was born in Tamil cinema and Meiyappan madeSouth Indian film history! And Lalitha Venkataramanearned the credit of being the first playback singer in Tamilcinema.

Even after playback system became established and thepre-recording of songs before the shoot became technicallypossible, the songs were sung by the artistes themselvesand not by off-screen voice-lending playback singers. One ofthe earliest of off -screen singers was V. R. Dhanam (sisterof the noted stage, screen and TV star, late lamented V.Gopalakrishnan). The famed filmmaker of his day, SundarRao Nadkarni (He made films like ‘Haridas’, ‘ ShanthaSakkubai’, ‘En Manaivi’, ‘Krishna Vijayam’, ‘ Sudarshan’,and ‘Mahadevi’.) recorded a song for ‘Sakkubai’ (1939) whichhe picturised on T. S. Krishnaveni.

Another classical Carnatic musician who sang in filmsbehind the screen during late 1930s was the great exponentand star performer D. K. Pattammal. Her rendering of anemotionally charged patriotic song written by celebratedTamil writer and journalist, ‘Kalki’ ( Ra. Krishnamurthy)and composed by Papanasam Sivan, ‘ Desa Sevai SeyyaVaareer…’, in the Tamil film classic ‘Thyaga Bhoomi’ (1939)became very popular, reflecting the mood of the times whenthe atmosphere was charged with Indian Freedom Move-ment.

Interestingly, this song was not issued as a gramophonerecord along with the other songs of the film, and was broughtout later as a private disc by DKP with no mention of theorigin of the song. The producers were afraid that the recordmight be banned by the then British Indian rulers!

Other playback singers from the world of classical musicinclude (Radha) Jayalakshmi, K. J. Yesudas, MangalampalliBalamuralikrishna, P. Leela, and M. L. Vasanthakumari.She appeared on screen in a scene in R. S. Mani’s ‘KrishnaBhakthi’ (1948) singing s a song in a concert in a king’s court.She looked slim and very attractive in that scene!

(To be continued)

School, Ashok Nagar) was pre-sented ‘Best Teacher Award’by Lions Club of Golden Park onSept. 23.

He started his career in 1990as a Physics teacher.

Free Veda classesthrice a weekBy Our Staff Reporter

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.

More details can be had inphone 98406 40705.

Devotional musicconcert tomorrowBy Our Staff Reporter

Under the auspices of Sar-vani Sangeetha Sabha,Bhamidipati Lalitha andVishnu Priya will present aconcert of devotional songswritten by Poetess Saint Ta-rigonda Vengamamba ofTirumala at 6 p.m on Sunday,Sept. 30 in PRCC CharitiesHall, Lodi Khan Street, offRaman Street, behind HolyAngels School.

They will be accompaniedby Shyamali Venkat (flute),GRS Murthy (veena), Kanda-devi Vijayaraghavan (violin),S. Vijendran (mridangam), H.P. Ramamurthy (tabla) andD.V. Venkatasubramanian(ghatam).

V. L. V Sudarshan, who willconduct the program, hascomposed the music for thesongs.

All are welcome.More details can be had in

telephone number 28151417.

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By M. A. SADANANDNO HOLDS BARRED

When Das, my nephew and scion of the Royal family through hisfather Chirakkal T. Sreedharan Nair (the master Kalarippayatuexponent of Kerala and the author of the book published by Westland)told me that the present titular ruler of Chirakkal Kovilakam, SriKerala Varma Thamburan, is a permanent resident of ShanthiColony, hardly two km from my home, my own royal blood thirstedfor a pow-vow with royalty, because my maternal grandfather wasa Rajah, of a tiny princedom Aduthala Kovilagam, a few miles fromChirakkal.

My mother was the last of the Rajah’s generous product of 6children to my beautiful grandmother whose bewitchingbeauty conquered the narrow wall of caste, leaving me, my granny’sgrandson, to inherit the royal dark skin of Kerala Varma. I have theproud privilege of inheriting the royal epidermis, says my motherwho was probably 4 years old when the old bloke left for a meetingwith Yama leaving the Nair scions impoverished.

The link between the Royalty thus established, I wanted to meetthe present head of the Chirakkal Kovilagam, now a mere nameafter Indira abolished Royalty, of whom nephew Das spoke inglowing terms. The reigning Rajah Sri Kerala Varma, ValiaThamburan, is a retired Physical Director of a College in Madras,(Presidency College, I think he said) and that cemented our connec-tion further, because I had been a Presidentian, years beforeyoung muscles did not prevail over the skulled grey matter that nowleads to bus-wars.

Nephew Das and I were before Royalty and Mrs. Royalty. As ismandated by the Constitution of India, one of their sons is inObamaland and the other is in Bangalore.

His copious grey hair and walrus moustache and the robustphysique and a firm handshake, my debut with royalty, made mewonder whether my maternal grandfather was similarly endowed!Das, who was in Chirakkal then, when I expressed a desire to visitmy grandfather’s palace, took Lakshmi and me in his car to Aduthalabut there was not even a photograph of the elusive Rajah or even anoil painting. So all I can imagine is that my maternal royal grandfa-ther must have been a handsome strapper like me!

My day was made. Thank you, Das.

Balamuralikrishna’s vocal concerton FridayBy Our Staff Reporter

Under the auspices of Sri Sadguru Gana Nilayam (G-1, JanakamApartments, 180, Lake View Road, West Mambalam) Kunnakudi M.Balamuralikrishna will present a vocal concert at 6.30 p.m on Friday,Oct. 5 in Thyagaraja Hall, SMR Matriculation School, JothyRamalingam Street, West Mambalam.

He will be accompanied by Nagerkoil Anandh (violin),Thiruvidamarudur S. Radhakrishnan (mridangam) and NergunamSankar (ganjira). All are welcome.

More details can be had in phone 98408 70446.

ATM card stolen from woman intemple

B. Nirmala (37) of Thoraipakkam, whose ATM card was stolen in theTTD Temple on Venkatanarayana Road, T. Nagar on Sept. 22, lost Rs.25000 too as the thief got the PIN number on the back of the card.

Police said B. Nirmala, the headmistress of a private school, while inthe temple, received a message on her mobile phone saying Rs. 25,000had been withdrawn from her account. When she searched, she foundthe purse containing her ATM card and Rs. 5,000 missing.

Program in Ramana BhakthaSamajam on Sundays

Sri Ramana Baktha Samajam, WestMambalam (BVSN Moorthy School, ThambiahRoad, West Mambalam) conducts the follow-ing program on Sundays:

5 p.m: Veda paarayanam; 5.30 p.m: RamanaMaharishi’s Aksharamanamalai; 6 p.m: Dis-course. All are welcome.

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Calling volunteers for freeservice in Tirumala

Sevas (50, Dharga Road, Rajaji Nagar,Pallavaram) sends volunteers for week-longservice to pilgrims in Tirumala starting onSundays and ending on Saturdays.

Men and women who are physically fit andare willing to stay in Tirumala for a week arewelcome to offer their services for 6 hourseveryday. The work will be of supervisory na-ture.

Accommodation, lunch and dinner will beprovided free of cost. They can have specialdarshan of Lord Venkateswara.

Travelling expense and the cost of breakfastmust be borne by the volunteers.

Those interested can contact NaliniRavikumar (18/43, Jubilee Road, WestMambalam) in 99621 53644, L. S. V.Mahadevan (98411 76386), P. Sundaram(98417 26695) or D. Gopinath (94442 09751).

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Kodambakkam Railway Station, 2 bedroom, hall,kitchen, 600 sq.ft, ground floor flat, pure vegetarians/ Brahmins only, 24 hours water, 2-wheelerparking, no brokers. Ph: 98412 90273.

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The Tamilnadu Cabinet on Sept.26 approved the new guidelines onsafety measures in school vehicles,the draft of which was submittedin the Madras High Court re-cently.

The State Government submit-ted a report before the court, layingfresh safety guidelines for schoolbuses in Tamilnadu in the wake ofthe death of a Class 2 student,Shruthi, on July 25 after she fellthrough a hole in the floor of herschool bus and was run over. The special rules lay stress onthe qualification and experience ofthe bus crew, stating that a drivershould have at least 5 years ofexperience in similar category ofvehicles and that he should nothave been fined more than twice ina year for minor traffic offencessuch as signal jumping or violationof lane discipline. He should nothave been booked even once for

Government clears new safety rules forschool buses

offences such as overspeeding,drunken driving and dangerousdriving resulting in fatal accident.The crew shall wear a khaki uni-form too, the rules say.

As for attendants, the specialrules state that he/she should beaged between 21 and 50 years andshould be medically fit to get downfirst from the bus at each stoppingpoint to facilitate embarkation anddisembarkation of children. In caseof vehicles exclusively carryinggirl children, there shall be a fe-male attendant in the vehicle. School buses should be inspectedonce in three months, and a dis-trict-level committee headed by theRegional Transport Officer andhaving parent representatives shalldiscuss, decide and recommendmeasures relating to the safety ofchildren and their transportation. School heads welcomed the deci-sion to have an exclusive parent-

teacher association as part of theschool-level transport committee.Correspondent of Shree NiketanGroup of Schools P. Vishnucharansaid, “It is very important for us toget feedback about whether safetymeasures taken by the school aresatisfactory. The initiative will alsohelp parents understand the reali-ties faced when it comes to provid-ing school transportation for allchildren”.

Founder of Shri NatesanVidyasala N. Ramasubrahmanyamsaid, “The Government has beenvery practical in reproducing theSupreme Court guidelines on theissue. We can vouch for the fitnessof the vehicles but restricting thevehicles’ age would have put us indeep trouble. Schools expected theguidelines set to 7 to 8 years as themaximum of age for a vehicle usedto transport children”. Report cour-tesy The Times of India

The Madras High Court hasrefused to lift the police ban on useand sale of stone and glass pow-der-coated ‘maanja’ (kite thread)in Chennai.

Justice N. Paul Vasanthakumar,dismissing a writ petition filed byan association of kite sellers(Chennai Katradi UrpathiyalargalVirpanayalargal Sangam) last week,said that the regulatory measurewas introduced by police after thedeath of some persons, and purelyas a public safety initiative.

The association sought to re-strain the City Police Commis-sioner from interfering with themanufacture and sale of kites andthreads in Chennai, saying policeinterference was affecting the busi-ness of its members.

In the city, kite season begins in

Court upholds ban on glass powdercoated kite thread

August and ends in January, itsaid, adding that kite flying is arecognized legal pastime through-out the world. The associationsaid that its members procuredquality threads and used them in asafe manner.

Police, however, denied the al-legations of unwarranted interfer-ence in business and filed a counter-affidavit stating this year alone twopersons died after their throatswere slit by the ‘maanja’ thread. Inboth cases, ‘maanja’ threads wereseized and sent for forensic exami-nation.

Police said that traders applyrice paste and stone powder to thethread to make them stiff andstrong for flying kites. In somecases, crushed glass powder isused to make the thread fit for

cutting the opponent’s kite, theysaid. Such threads are prohibitedas they would endanger the livesof people if used on streets and inpublic. Noting that kite sale is notbeing prevented, police said thatonly dangerous threads are con-sidered illegal. The prohibition isreasonable and it is regulatory innature and not prohibitory, policesaid.

Justice Paul Vasanthakumarsaid: “It is a well accepted prin-ciple of law that when privateinterest and public safety are pittedagainst each other, public interestalone will prevail. Hence, the prayernot to restrict the petitioner (kitemakers and sellers) from using the‘maanja’ with coating cannot beaccepted.” Report courtesy TheTimes of India

Carnatic musicexams to beconductedBy Our Staff Reporter

Kalasangamam Centre for Clas-sical Arts (CCA) is organizingexaminations in carnatic music atvarious levels in February 2013.Practical and theory tests will beconducted on the basis of syllabiiformulated by CCA.

Devotional songs will includeThevaram hymns, Thiruppavai,Thirupugazh and bhajans in dif-ferent languages.

Registration begins on Oct. 1.The last date for registration isDec. 15.

More details can be had fromEaswari Narasimhan (56, Maha-devan Street, West Mambalam)and in phones 99401 44335, 9840372616.

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CMYK

By Our Staff ReporterThe Corporation had utilized

a portion of its playground inLalithapuram, T. Nagar toconstruct a hospital and as-sured residents that play

Corporation fails to install playequipment as promised

equipment would be installedin the remaining area for thebenefit of children of the local-ity.

Residents said that thoughthe hospital has started func-

tioning the Corporation is stillto install the promised playequipment.

They appealed to officials tofulfill the promise given tothem.

Eating in tandem

By Our Staff ReporterWhile one goat nibbles on leaves, another rests its front feet

on the other one’s back to enable it to reach a bunch of leaves.This photograph was snapped on South Boag Road, T. Nagar.

Child Helpline1098

By Our Staff ReporterSannyasi Krishnayogam will

conduct free yoga classes foradults for 3 weeks from 5.30a.m to 7 a.m from Sunday,Sept. 30 in Bala Vidya HigherSecondary School, 30, Vasu-devapuram (between Chakra-pani Street and JanakiramanStreet, near DoraiswamyRoad subway).

The classes are conductedaccording to the curriculum ofthe Bihar School of Yoga.Asanas, praanayama pratya-hara (sense withdrawal tech-niques), dharana (concentra-tion), meditation, mantra,value education, food habits,shat kriyas (internal pathwayscleaning for managing dis-eases) etc. are taught.

Doctors give lectures on al-ternative medicines.

Classes on stress manage-

Free yoga classes fromtomorrow

ment for corporate executivesare also conducted.

Those interested can regis-ter their names in telephonenumbers 94442 40383/9445051015 or www.satyamyogatrust.net

Swamiji offers counselling tohis students.

‘Dharma Sastha Homam’ inSankara MuttBy Our Staff Reporter

Under the auspices of SriKamakshi Mandali Trust (44/38, Kuppiah Street, WestMambalam), ‘Sri DharmaSastha Homam’ is being con-ducted from Sept. 27 in SriSankara Mutt, 33, EswaranKoil Street, West Mambalam.It will conclude on Jan. 14.

The following are details ofthe program till Oct 13:

Sept. 29 to Oct. 14: 7 a.m to

11 a.m: Ganapathi homam,Navagraha homam andSastha homam; 6.30 p.m to 9p.m: Sri Harihara PuthraSapthagam by MahasasthruPriyadasanan, AnmeegaThagaval Pettagam by V.Aravindh Subramaniyam.

Oct. 5 to 13: Valmiki Rama-yan Navagam by Panaiyur V.Rajaraman.

All are welcome.More details can be had in

phone 98410 95256.

Contests for schoolstudents onOctober 14By Our Staff Reporter

Exnora International SportsClub and Drona Educationhave organized sloka, vocal,instrumental, drawing andpainting competitions forschool students from 9 a.m onOct. 14 in Shri S. S. Jain Col-lege for Women, T. Nagar (nearMadley subway).

There is no entry fee. Onlineregistration can be done inwww.chennailead.com

More details can be had inphones 98414 75566 and76677 56677.

Residents’ meet oncivic problemstomorrowBy Our Staff Reporter

T. Nagar Residents’ WelfareAssociation (30, RanganStreet, T. Nagar) has organizeda meeting to discuss longpending civic issues at 11 a.mon Sunday, Sept. 30 in Ro-shini Flats, 52, UnnamalaiAmmal Street, T Nagar.

All are welcome to attendthe meeting.