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HC upholds order to carry originaldriving license

By Our Staff ReporterThe Madras High Court has

upheld the decision of the Stategovernment to make itmandatory for drivers to carrytheir original driving licenses

while driving.The first bench of Chief

Justice Indira Banerjee andJustice M. Sundar also upheldthe validity of the Aug. 24 orderof the ADGP (AdditionalDirector-General of Police,State Traffic Planning Cell)giving effect to the decision ofthe government.

While dismissing a pleamoved by All India Confe-deration of Goods VehicleOwners’ Association, the benchsaid “A policy decision takenby government authoritieswith a view to checking motoraccidents caused by rash andnegligent driving by unau-

thorised persons ought not tobe interfered with in a so-called public interestlitigation,”.

However, the bench clarifiedthat accidental omission tocarry original license mightattract penalty or fine but notpenal provisions or incar-ceration.

Only persons driving withouta valid license would suffersuch penal punishment, thebench added.

According to the petitioner,drivers of goods vehicles cannotbe prosecuted for not carryingtheir driving licences. Thesame might, if required, beproduced before the authorityconcerned later.

The Motor Vehicles Act andRules do not contemplateprosecution of a person whocarries duly attested truecopies of the documents whiledriving, the association said.

To this, the bench said, “Theact and rules make itabsolutely clear that no personcan drive a motor vehicleunless a driving licence isissued to him. Whendemanded, the necessarydocuments relating toregistration, insurance andother connected papers shouldbe produced to the authorityalong with the driving licence.”

It further said, “A driver maynot be in possession of alicence, inter alia, if he hasmade it over to the authoritiesconcerned for renewal orotherwise or has applied for aduplicate on the loss of theoriginal, in which case, he maycarry the official receipts andauthenticated photocopieswhen he is driving.”

Metrowater advisesresidents to clean

sumpsWith copious rains replen-

ishing the city’s reservoirs,Metrowater has increased thedaily supply of piped metrowater from 550 million litresper day (mld) to 650 mld.

In effect, Metrowater hasreduced the supply throughwater tankers from 7,000 tripsa day to 4,700 trips.

Since many areas in the cityincluding this neighbourhoodwith piped connections did notreceive water supply for severalmonths, Metrowater hasadvised residents to clean theunused sumps.

In its press note, Metrowaterhas said that due to inundationin streets, rainwater hasentered sumps in residentialbuildings. They have advisedthe residents to pump out thewater and clean the sumpsbefore opening the supplyvalve. Metrowater has alsostopped tapping water fromPorur lake, Sikkarayapuramquarries and agriculturalfields in Tiruvallur.

The combined level of thefour reservoirs in Chem-barambakkam, Poondi,Cholavaram and Red Hills onNov. 17 was 40% of the totalcapacity.

Corporationintensifies water

testing atdistribution points

With the increase in com-plaints of water contamina-tion across the city after therecent rains, Metrowater hasintensified chlorine testing ofwater at all its distributionpoints and also on all its mainsupply lines.

According to health officials,the water is being tested fornil residual chlorine usingChroroscope (a water-testingkit that contains a reagent andtest tubes to test residual chlo-rine in the water). They saidthat due to the recent rains,there is an increase in the riskof water-borne diseases due towater contamination fromleakage in sewage lines.

Ten water samples aretested by field staff in eachdivision of the corporation. TheWHO recommended safe lev-els of free chlorine in water isanywhere between 0.2 ppm(parts per million) and 0.5ppm.

The reports are sent to theChennai Metro Water Supplyand Sewerage Board so thatwherever nil-RC supply isfound, they can check the sup-ply for rectification.

Bhuvaneswari Trustready to conductmarriage of poorBrahmin couplesBy Our Staff Reporter

Sri Bhuvaneswari Charit-able Trust (K. K. Nagar) iswilling to conduct the marriageof poor Brahmin couples whosemarriage has already beenfixed. Parents interested inavailing of the service canemail details to sbctrust@yahoo.com.

The Trust members will vetthe applications and arrangefor conducting the marriage ofthe deserving couple.

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3 Mongrel pups available foradoptionBy Our Staff Reporter

3-week-old mongrel pups (2 female and 1male) are available for adoption.

They are presently under the care of A.Rajalingam (7/15, 2nd Cross Street, MH Colony,Aminjikarai).

Dog lovers can contact him in 95512 52964.

By Our Staff ReporterSewage water has been overflowing from a manhole chamber and

stagnating in Bharathi Nagar 1st Street in T. Nagar for several days.The residents complained to Mambalam Times that no action has

been taken by Metrowater Dept. to rectify the problem.They said, “We are exposed to severe health hazard and the

offensive smell throughout the day is unbearable”.Pedestrians are having a harrowing time walking along the road.

Sewage water stagnation inBharathi Nagar 1st Street

Sai bhajan programs inT. Nagar and MambalamBy Our Staff Reporter

Sri Sathya Sai Samiti conducts Sai bhajansevery week in the following venues in T. Nagarand Mambalam.

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

(near Panagal Park, Vijaya Bank building):Saturdays, 5 p.m.

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

50/38, Motilal Street (oppositeRanganathan Street): Wednesdays, 6 p.m.

Muthumaari Amman Temple, South BoagRoad: Mondays, 6.30 p.m

Mambalam:12A/27, Thambiah Road, West Mambalam:

Saturdays, 5.15 p.m.Vallabha Ganapathy Temple, Arya Gowda

Road, West Mambalam: Fridays, 6.30 p.m.Murugashramam, Srinivasa Pillai Street,

West Mambalam: Second Tuesdays, 6 p.m.For registration, please call 94456 11333 or

94447 73926.All are welcome.The Samiti also sells books on Sai literature

and CDs of Sai bhajans.ISKCON programs in theneighbourhoodBy Our Staff Reporter

International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) con-ducts its regular programs in the following centers in theneighbourhood:

1075, Munuswamy Naidu Salai, K. K. Nagar: Srimad Bhagavatamclasses from Mondays to Fridays from 8.30 a.m to 9.30 a.m, BhaktiVriksha classes on Mondays from 7 p.m to 9 p.m. Contact Priya (9444063643) A-6, Ashok Vihar Apartments, 21/20, 11th Avenue, AshokNagar: Bhakti Vriksha classes on Tuesdays from 7 p.m to 9 p.m.Contact S. Sowjanya (94452 12281) D-1, Mangala Flats, 1st Floor, 5,43rd Street, Ashok Nagar: Bhakti Vriksha classes on Thursdays from7 p.m to 9 p.m. Contact Venkataraman (96770 97338)

All are welcome.

Appeal for sewing machines totrain differently-abled persons

Hope Public Shelter Home for Mentally Challenged Children (1, 1stStreet, Muthu Irulandi Colony, Aminjikarai) has appealed for donationof manual or electric sewing machines (new or old) for giving trainingto differently-abled inmates of the Home.

V. Nagarani (Managing Trustee) told Mambalam Times that theHome is at present taking care of 55 inmates in the age group of 8 to45 years suffering from dyslexia and other such mental conditions.

Donors may contact Nagarani in 73580 95515 or 74013 61771.

Contests on kritis nextSaturday, SundayBy Our Staff Reporter

Sri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha will conducta music competition on the kritis composed bySaint Thyagaraya and Syama Sastri at 10a.m on Saturday, Nov. 25 in Vani Mahal, G. N.Chetty Road, T. Nagar.

On Sunday, Nov. 26, at 10 a.m, the contestwill be held on the kritis composed byMuthuswami Dikshitar and PapanasamSivan.

Those who are interested may register theirnames in 2815 2166.

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By Our Staff ReporterNo inlets were provided in the storm water drain cons-tructed in Guild Road, near its

junction with Madley Road, T. Nagar.During the heavy rains last week, this led to water stagnation in the street, forcing Cor-

poration wor-kers to break the slab of the drain to enable the water to flow from the road intothe drain.The opening, being close to the junction, poses a danger to motorists and pedestriansas it is close to the turning.

Drain slab broken to prevent waterstagnation

Krishnamachari donatesRs. 5 lakhs to school

By Our Staff ReporterR. P. Krishnam-machari (Managing Director, Tex Bio

Sciences Pvt. Ltd., 4th Avenue, Ashok Nagar) donated Rs. 5lakhs to the Children Garden School Society, Mylapore.

The Society was started 80 years back by Ellan Sharma andDr. V. N. Sharma to pro-vide quality education for poorstudents. The amount will be utilized to set up a science lab.Picturï shows Shankunthala Sharma (Correspon-dent) receiving the cheque from Krishnammachari.

State Aquatic Assn. wantscompulsory swimming classesin schools

By Our Staff ReporterThe new team of office-

bearers of Tamilnadu StateAquatic Association hascalled for making swimmingclasses compulsory in schools.

The new office-bearers wereelected for a period of 3 yearson Nov. 12.

Dr. Sadayavel Kailasamwas elected as President.

The new team has resolvedto conduct Asian Age GroupTournament in Tamilnadu.

Sadayavel told MambalamTimes that the Associationwill also take steps to

modernise the existingswimming pools in the State.

WomenHelpline 1091

By Our Staff Reporter25 persons detected with

cataract during the special eyecamp organised jointly byJaima Charitable Trust(Vadapalani) and SriBhuvaneswari CharitableTrust (K. K. Nagar) on Nov. 17will undergo free surgery inSankara Nethralaya.

75 persons having visionproblems were given free spec-tacles

Doctors from Sankara

25 to undergo free cataract surgery

Centenarycelebrations ofVidyatirthaSwamigal fromNov. 25By Our Staff Reporter

The centenary celebrationsof Jagadguru Sri AbhinavaVidyatirtha Mahaswamigalwill be conducted from Nov. 25to Nov. 29 at 6 p.m inTattvaloka Auditorium (76,Eldams Road, Teynampet. Ph:2432 8124).

The following is theprogram:

Nov. 25: Talk on GuruMahimai by Prema Pan-durang

Nov. 26: Musical discourseon Sringeri by ChitraMahadevan and Vijaya-lakshmi Subramaniam

Nov. 27: Talk on AbhinavaVidhyatirtha Vaibhavam byKalpagam Ramakrishnan

Nov. 28: Group dance recitalby students of Sri SaiNrithyalaya

Nov. 29: Talk on the virtuesof Vidyatirtha Swamigal byVidyashankar SaraswatiSwami of Nerur.

All are welcome.Vidyatirtha Swamigal was

born as Srinivasa in 1917 inBangalore and while in schoolexcelled in Maths and came upwith thought provokinginterpretations of Sanskritverses.

Srinivasa caught theattention of Jagadguru SriChandrasekhara BharatiMahaswamigal who chose himas his successor in 1931.

He was initiated into theholy order at a tender age andwas named Abhinava Vidya-tirtha. He was the Jagadguruof the math from 1954 to 1989.

Nethralaya examined the par-ticipants. The spectacles weresponsored by Larsen & ToubroLtd. under its CSR project.

Sudha Vijayakumar (Cor-respondent, Thai Sathya Ma-triculation School, K. K.Nagar), Vedic Ravi (Founder,Sri Bhuvaneshwari Chari-table Trust) and S.Jayasundari (Secretary,Jaimaa Trust) were presentin the camp.

Anyone interested in join-

Free talk on ‘GoverningBusiness and Relationship’ nextSaturdayBy Our Staff Reporter

Under the auspices of Vedanta Institute (Madras), R.Aravindan will give a free talk on ‘Governing Business andRelationship’ on Saturday, Nov. 25, from 10 a.m to 11.15 a.min Hotel Pratap Plaza, 168, Kodam-bakkam High Road,Mahalin-gapuram. All are welcome. For registration,contact Chithra Sundarrajan in 98404 93904.

Cultural programsin Sastha Sangamtill Nov. 24By Our Staff Reporter

Cultural programs will beheld daily at 5.30 in Sri SasthaSangam Ayyappan Temple,Poonambalam Salai, K. K.Nagar till Nov. 24

The following is theprogram:

Nov. 18: Devotional songsby Sastha Dasan.

Nov. 19: Bharthanatyam bymembers of Malar CulturalAssociation.

Nov. 20: Devotional songsby Sri Sabrinathan EnnisaiKuzhu.

Nov. 21: Devotional songsby Kalaivani In Ragangal.

Nov. 22: Flute recital byAthulkumar & party; 7.30 p.m:Music program by Swaralaya.

Nov. 23: Bhajans byPeriyanayaki Mandali; 7.30p.m: Keyboard concert bySanskriti.

Nov. 24: Vishnu Keer-thanam, Ayyappa Songs, Devisthuthi by Palghat G.Ramanathan; 7.30 p.m:Bharthanatyam recital bySindhu Shyam.

All are welcome

ing Jaimaa Trust as a volun-teer may contact 99400 30939.

Calling volunteersfor free servicein Tirumala

Sevas (Plot No. 103, 10thMain Road, Vijaya Nagar,Velachery) sends volunteersfor weeklong service to pil-grims in Tirumala starting onMondays and ending on Sun-days.

Men and women who arephysically fit and are willingto stay in Tirumala for a weekare welcome to offer their ser-vices for 6 hours everyday. Thework will be of supervisorynature. Accommodation, lunchand dinner will be providedfree of cost. They can have spe-cial darshan of LordVenkateswara. Travelling ex-pense and the cost of break-fast must be borne by the vol-unteers. Those interested cancontact P. Sundaram (Ph:98417 26695).

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By Our StaffReporterAn iron

street lightpost on themargin ofNorth Us-man Road,near its junc-tion withB a z u l l a hRoad, T.Nagar wascut and re-m o v e dseveral yearsback.

Its base

Sharp edged base of light post posesdanger

with sharp edges has still not been removed and poses a danger to passersby. It is not visibleat night and can trip or cause grave injury to anyone who accidentally steps on it.

By Our StaffReporter

The cover ismissing fromthe sewermanhole at thejunction ofRamakrishnaStreet andM a m b a l a mHigh Road,oppo-site thePolice Booth, T.Nagar.

A plasticsheet and acouple of broken

Cover missing from sewer manholein Ramakrishna Street

slabs have been used to partly cover the opening. Traffic police have placed a barricade in frontof the opening to caution motorists. A foul smell is emanating from the drain and it also posesa health hazard as it serves as a breeding ground for mosquitoes.

By M. A. SADANANDNO HOLDS BARRED

MY PARKER 51 GOLD CAP PENWhen I joined the Presidency College way back in 1950

I was attracted by the gold cap pen that our Englishlecturer, the beautiful Sharada Nair, used to carry andflaunt on her desk. The Parker with its gold cap used togleam holding us enthralled.

What I had was a dull “Black Bird”, but this marvel usedto attract my attention and I pestered my mother that Itoo must have a Parker Gold Cap. She took a month to getfather’s assent from Nairobi since, in those snail maildays, there was no network or Facebook. So, a month afterher letter crossed the Arabian Sea to Nairobi where fatherwas an officer working for the British government, theParker Gold Cap materialized! I felt on top of Everest andon level with Sharada Nair, pen wise!

It was my first lesson that there is nothing that cannotbe realized if you try for it. The Parker 51 and I becameinseparable and wherever I went, like Mary’s little lamb,it also went with me. I sought the help of Gem & Co, theMadras penologist, to make it self-filling as the suctiontechnology had trickled in by then.

I am writing this pen-history in its 66th year. It hadfailed me only once when, its black ink having run dry, Iattended the IPS interview without it at PresidencyCollege, carrying a substitute pen. The interviewers askedme to jump into the Marina sea where Amma now sleeps!That was a benevolent miss, because you cannot imaginea more non-policing person than good old Sadanand.

The pen will last as long as I do and I want to hand it overas an heirloom to my son Devanand who will use it for ahundred years before he leaves it to his son to carry on theParker Empire.

Sharada Nair, my inspirational English lecturer, is nowthe Managing Director of Parker Pen Company in heaven,having shifted there four years ago. She was as beautifula person as her Parker 51 Gold Cap was. Her tea-tycoonson Prabhat told me when he was in Chennai last yearthat she had died in her home in Assam. She was a greatsoul. Lakshmi and I had, some years back, visited herhome in Assam where her medical doctor husband ran, inhis spare time, a large tea factory. We saw a herd ofrhinoceroses in their habitat. On the trip back fromAssam to Calcutta we went by air, our first flight! It wasreally a memorable trip.

Thank you, Parker, which I will leave to my son who isan ad man and his wife Monisha who deciphers myhieroglyphics and sends off the stuff to Anna NagarTimes through a laptop.

Food stalls inundergroundmetro stationsBy Our Staff Reporter

Chennai Metro Rail plansfood kiosks and stalls in metrostations. Officials saidcommuters and even passers-by can stop for a quick bite.

A metrorail official said thatthe food stalls will come up inthe non-paid area in theticketing or concourse level ofthe underground stations bythe end of December orbeginning of January.

The 9-km underground linefrom Nehru Park to Thiru-mangalam was inauguratedon May14, 2017.

A few well-known brandsalready have outlets inelevated stations like those inAlandur, Koyambedu andVadapalani that have beenseeing good footfalls. They arein the non-paid area of theticketing level or close to theentrance of the stations.

Officials said that in theunderground section, stationslike Thirumangalam, ShenoyNagar and Anna Nagar Eastwitness good footfalls with theaverage number of commuterstaking the metro going up from12,000 to 24,000 a day.

Unlike elevated stationsthat have space on the surfacearea and in the concourse level,CMRL officials said that everyunderground station has anaverage space of about 60 to100 sqm. only in the non-paidarea of the ticketing level thatis left for commercial purpose.

Discourse on Bhagavad Gitatoday

Under the auspices of Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama (5,Maharaja Santhanam Salai, T. Nagar), SwamiSatyaprabhananda will give a discourse on Bhagavad Gita inTamil at 5.30 p.m, on Sunday, Nov. 19 in the Ashram’spremises. All are welcome.

For more details, call 2814 3896.

By Our Staff ReporterA portion of the compound wall on one side of W-25 All-

woman Police Station, Madley Road, T. Nagar collapsedrecently. The wall on the other side, which was linked to thetoppled portion, is also in a precarious condition and likely tocollapse anytime.

There is an overgrowth of bushes inside the compound andthe area is in an unhygienic condition.

The equipment in the children’s play area adjacent to thepolice station is damaged.

Compound wall ofW25 All-woman Police Station

likely to fall

ALCOHOLICSANONYMOUS

meets at 7 p.mon Fridays & Sundays:

Kesari School,Dr. Giriappa Road

(near Teynampet Signal).

Akhanda bhajanon Nov. 23 forSathya Sai Bababirth anniversaryBy Our Staff Reporter

The 92nd birth anniversaryof Bhagwan Sathya Sai Babawill be celebrated onThursday, Nov. 23 in ‘SaiDeepalaya’, 20, Giri Street,West Mambalam. Ph: 43512424.

There will be non-stopakhanda bhajan from 8.45a.m to 6 p.m. All are welcometo join in the singing of bhajan.

The following is theprogram:

5.30 a.m: Suprabatham.6 a.m: Veda paarayanam.7.30 a.m: Asthotharam and

Sahasranaamam.8.30 a.m: Sai Gayathri

Mantra chanthing.11 a.m: Sampradhya

Bhajan.12.30 p.m: Narayana Seva.3 p.m: Divine discourse.6 p.m: Mangala arathi.All are welcome.

Free counsellingfor personalproblemsBy Our Staff Reporter

Happy Life Counselling(AP30, 10th Street, AnnaNagar Western Extn.) offersfree counseling for stress,depression, anxiety,alcoholism and other personalissues including maritalproblems.

For appointments, call98407 12010.

4000 perform ‘Irumudi pooja’in Ayyappan temple

Special pooja was conducted for 4000 devotees going on a yatrato Sabarimalai on Nov. 17 (the first day of Karthigai month) in SriAyyappan Temple (Sastha Sangam, Ponnambalam Salai, K. K.Nagar). The devotees, after the irumudi ritual, were given garlandskept at the feet of the Lord.

Committee members of Sastha Sangam said that hundreds ofdevotees are visiting the temple daily for wearing the mala forSabarimala pilgrimage. K. P. Ravindranath (temple member) saidthat any devotee wishing to go to Sabaraimalai can perform theirumudi pooja between 5.30 a.m and 10.45 a.m and between 5 p.mand 8.20 p.m on all days. The devotees can either bring their poojaitems or buy them at the temple office. For more details call thetemple office in 2366 2395.

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By Our StaffReporter

A portion ofAlagirisamy Salai,near Lakshmana-samy Salai, K. K.Nagar caved in anddamaged anu n d e r g r o u n dMetrowater line onNov. 10.

Work is underway to repair thedamaged pipeline.A Metrowatercontractor em-ployed an exca-vator to dig theroad to access thepipeline and repairit.

Road caves in, damages water line inAlagirisamy Salai

The work is in progress and is expected to be completed in a week.

By OurStaff

ReporterShyam

Raja (Std.8 studentof PadmaSeshadri

PSBB studentselected for Statebasketball team

By Our StaffReporter

Chennai Corporationearmarked Wednesdayas ‘Plastic waste collec-tion day’ and installedbins at different placesincluding one outsideCorporation Office onChevalier Sivaji Gane-san Road, T. Nagar.

But, according toCorporation officials, ithas evoked poor responsefrom the public.

The campaign, theysaid, was started severalmonths back and widepublicity was giventhrough TV and newsmedia.

‘Plastic waste campaign futile,’ sayCorporation officials

Mass chanting ofVishnuSahasranaamamtodayBy Our Staff Reporter

Chennai Group of VishnuSahasranaama Mandalis hasorganized mass chanting of SriVishnu Sahasranaamam inGoshala, Sankara Math, KasiViswanathar Koil Street,West Mambalam at 10 a.m onSunday, Nov. 19 on theoccasion of Sri Kanchi MahaPeriyavaa birth star day(Anusham).

All are welcome.More details can be had in

95001 77505.

Bala Bhavan SeniorSecondary School, T. Nagar)has been selected as a memberof the Tamilnadu Statebasketball team.

He was selected based onhis excellent performance inthe State championship heldin Tiruvannamalai in theUnder-14 category recently.The team finished 4th in thetournament.

Shyam also participated inthe 44th Basketball Natio-nals which held in Rajasthanin the Under-14 category.

The Tamilnadu teamfinished 9th in the Nationalsout of 30 teams.

By Our Staff Reporter‘Stamp Album’, a

Tamil short film directedby B. Sivakumar (resi-dent of JagadeeswaranStreet, T. Nagar) andproduced by M. V. N.Murthy (11/8, LakshmiColony, T. Nagar) won the‘Best Short Film’ and‘Jury Award’ under the‘Asian Panorama ShortFilm Category’ in TheGolden ElephantFestival organized byInternational ChildrenFilm Festival of India inHyderabad on Nov. 14.

Tamil short film winsinternational award

There were 1409 entries from 109 countries of which 317films were screened and 10 films shortlisted for the finalcompetition. The other members of the team are SundaramRamasamy (Story), Vijay Shankar (Music) and Thangaraj(Editor). The theme behind ‘Stamp Album’ is that each stamphas a history behind it.

The story hovers around 9-year-old Rajappa, who startscollecting stamps as a hobby. He painstakingly works oncreating concept-based stamp albums and becomes popularin his village.

When one of his friends also starts collecting stamps andbetters him, it leads to jealousy and enmity and Rajappa’spopularity also starts to dwindle putting him under mentalstress.

How Rajappa overcomes the situation and restores thefriendship forms the remaining part of the story.

Sivakumar also won National and International awards forhis debut short film ‘Aayeeshaa’ in 2001. It was screened atthe International Children Film Festival held in Hyderabadin 2001.

By RANDOR GUY

TAMIL CINEMA 75 -A LOOK BACK

Tamil Cinema & Music - 77The noted Tamil writer Kalki (Ra. Krishnamurthi)wrote

that, inIndia, there may be places where the wind did not enterbut there wasno placewhere Saigal’s songs did not! Such wasthe popularity ofthis gifted singer and many of his film songshave been bestowed withimmortality. They thrilled the nationin the times gone by and arestill remembered, heard, and sungby many seventy and more yearslater.

(Recently there has been a revival of interest in Saigal’smusicand certain singers have built for themselves fame andname by singinghis songs in his style. Many of his melodieswere copied and sung inmany films in other languages.)

As ‘Ithu Nijama?’ did not do as well as expected at the box-office, the experimental songs, composed and rendered byBalachandar, did notbecome popular and receive the acclaimand attention they richlydeserved.

S. Soundararajan of Tamil Nadu Talkies, being a compulsivetalent-scout, recognized the multi-faceted talents ofBalachandar and engagedhim to score music for his folk mythfilm ‘Thulasidas’ (1947). Thisfilm had the famous MysoreState Classical Carnatic musician andKannada stage actor,B. S. Raja Ayyangar. He played the hero with thewell-knownmusician Lakshmi Shankar as the female lead.

(Raja Ayyangar became an immortal in Carnatic Musicwith hisexcellent rendering of the legendary Karnataka musiccomposerPurandharadasa’s famous song’Jagadodharana’ inwhich theaccompanying musical instrument was not violinbut harmonium. Inrecent years, this song has come intofashion again, being renderedregularly in Carnatic Musicconcerts by legends like M. S. Subbulakshmi,Balamuralikrishna, Kadri Gopalnath and several others.

While Balachandar was working at the Ranjith StudioinDadar, Bombayon ‘Ithu Nijama?’, many onlookers watchingthe shooting wereimmensely impressed by his multi-facetedtalents. His interest,involvement, effervescententhusiasmand ebullience won him manyadmirers includingthe managing partners of the studio, Chandulal ShahandGohar Bai. These two were famous during the bygone decadesasdirector-producer and actress. Indeed Shah and Goharcontributed in a large measure playing a major role in thedevelopment of Hindi Cinemaduring its early decades.

The impression that Balachandar created in Bombay filmcircles was sogreat that a producer engaged him to direct aTamil film at RanjithStudio. ‘En Kanavar’ (1948) was afamily melodrama whichBalachandar directed. He playedthe lead role in it and composed musicbesides supervising theproduction. Considering that he was onlytwenty-one years oldat that time, it speaks volumes of his creative genius.‘EnKanavar’ did not do well and is hardly remembered today.

(This writer had the pleasure of shooting a docu-dramaabout’Domestic Labor’ called ‘Help the Helping Hands’ (1980)in RanjithStudio.At that time part of the studio had beenconverted intoapartments. However, the famous Ranjithemblem - the warrior seated ona horse - was still intact on themain gate)

With the dawn of the 1950s, Balachander moved toCoimbatore to work forJupiter Pictures at the Central Studios.He played the lead role in‘Rani’ (1952) in which P. Bhanumathiwas the heroine. Directed by theleading Indian filmmaker L.V. Prasad, the film was a rehash of afamous Hollywood movie,‘Loves of Carmen’ which had the top starsof the period RitaHayworth and Glenn Ford in the lead roles. TheTamil version,duly adapted to native ambiance, was written by thewell-known Tamil filmmaker, A. S. A. Sami. Even though itwaslavishly produced both in Tamil and Hindi, the film didnot do well.

Surprisingly, in a television interview some years ago, thedirectorPrasad did not even remember the film and made nomention of it!

The Jupiter bosses M. Somasundaram and S. K. MohideensignedBalachandar to make a crime thriller film ‘Kaithi’(1951) for them. Based on a not sowell known Hollywoodmovie ‘Dark Passage’ (1947) with the celebratedcult figureand super star Humphrey Bogart in the lead and LaurenBacalland Agnes Moorehead, it was changed and adapted to suitlocalconditions and written by Balachandar. Besides directingthis filmand composing the music, he also played the lead rolein it.

It told a taut tale of suspense of an unemployed young mancaught in amurder trap - an excellent example of the crime filmgenre so rarelydone in Tamil Cinema.

(To be continued)

Appeal to fix leaning junctionbox in Sarangapani Street

By Our Staff ReporterThe large distribution box housing the control panel, belon-

ging to a private tele-com company, on the pave-ment ofSarangapani Street, T .Nagar is lean-ing towards the roadand is likely to fall anytime.

Residents have appealed to the company to fix it to preventany untoward incident.

The photo showing the precarious condition of the junctionbox was taken on Nov. 15

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LETTERS TO THE EDITORGovt. callous to RTI applicants

Sir, I sought certain details from the PublicInformation Officer, Zone 10, Greater ChennaiCorporation under the Right to InformationAct, 2005 (RTI), vide letter dated July 17,2017.

While a reply to a RTI letter should comewithin 30 days, since I did not get any replyeven after appealing to the Appellate Officer,that is the Zonal Officer, Zone 10, I sent a mailto the Commissioner, Greater Chennai Corpo-ration, on Sept.7, attaching the letter datedJuly 17.

The mail to the Commissioner had its effectin that I received a reply on Oct. 15. The replywas sent by the PIO in a cover under ordinarypost, affixing postal stamps of Rs. 5. Since thestamp value was insufficient, the Postal De-partment charged an additional Rs. 10 from mefor delivering the letter.

I could have refused to accept the letter, butaccepted it by paying the due.

From the above, I infer the following: 1. The reluctance of the Corporation to send

replies to the RTI letters which is tantamountto showing disregard for the RTI Act.

2. How can the Corporation send replies tothe RTI under ordinary post? It just showsthat its officers are either not in favour of RTIor are not serious about its implications.

3. Even if it so, how can the Corporation sendletters without affixing the correct value ofpostal stamps? With so many letters beingreceived and dispatched daily, does its staff notknow what value of stamp to affix, or is thefinancial condition of the Corporation so ap-palling. In that case, how does it meet itsmonthly commitment to its staff? V. S.Jayaraman, 31, Motilal Street, T. Nagar

Unauthorised slums in 10th Avenue hinder residents

Sir, We are residents of Kala Flats in 10th

Avenue, Ashok Nagar. Opposite our apart-ment complex there are 21 unauthorised hutsoccupying the 80-ft road for the past 18 years.They are a hindrance to us and the public ingeneral. They have occupied 50% of the car-riageway of the road.

In this connection, we have made severalrepresentations at all levels in Chennai Corpo-ration to point out that this encroachment isillegal and should be evicted. Mambalam Timeshad also published this 4 years back, but noaction has been initiated till date.

After our continued efforts with the Collector(Chennai District), he called for a report fromTashildar (Mambalam Taluk). He has repliedin writing that the encroachments come underporomboke land and the 21 houses have en-

croached illegally. The slum dwellers are caus-ing a lot of nuisance apart from living in unhy-gienic conditions. Some dwellers also repairautos and 2-wheelers createing noise pollutionthrough horn testing and racing of engines.They wash and bathe in the open and have alsoconverted the location into an open urinal.They play games and gamble outside our apart-ment complex while some sleep on the plat-form. Many are also engaged in peddling con-traband. To add to our woes, they also dumpdaily cooking waste and household garbage inthe storm water drains.

18 years is a very long wait for the aggrievedresidents and I hope our prayers are answeredat the earliest and the slums are cleared andthe inmates relocated. Kala Flat ResidentsAssociation, 10th Avenue, Ashok Nagar

Mobile tower rental fraudSir, I was moved by the fate which befell the

resident of Ashok Nagar who lost Rs.71,000 inthe mobile tower rental fraud as was publishedlast week in Mambalam Times.

Under no stretch of imagination can I fathomhow the resident paid so much money withoutchecking the antecedents of the representa-tives of the so called cell phone company.

Even if one decides to lease out a space forerecting a cell phone tower or whatever, it is forthe lessee to meet all the expenditure towardsregistration and documentation charges.

Even considering that the lessee persuadesthe lessor to foot the expenditure, how can thelatter go ahead without getting any tokenadvance, given the whopping rental value?

Why did he make the payment instead oftelling the representatives that he be paid therental advance after deducting the initial ex-penses? It appears that the resident was at-tracted by the huge lease amount and ac-cepted all conditions and was taken for a ride. V. S. Jayaraman, 31, Motilal Street, T.Nagar

Smart card distribution cannot be completed by Dec. 15Sir, A press release by the Tamilnadu Gov-

ernment stated that the distribution of smartration cards to cardholders will be completedby Dec. 15, and that those who have not re-ceived the smart ration cards should approachthe Civil Supplies Department with the neces-sary documents. While many cardholders have not received thecards, those who have received cards withincorrect details, are still awaiting receipt ofthe corrected ones.

There are others who have been told to fill upthe forms again with photographs forprocessing. In such a scenario, where the smartcards are yet to be received by all cardholders,how can the department state that the job is

completed?What is the guarantee that the

remaining cards it proposes to distribute byDec.15, will be error-free? The governmentcannot rest on its laurels when it completesthe distribution of smart cards as the job hasnot been done with perfection. Since it will takeyears for the department to redress the inad-equacies in the smart cards, and the govern-ment cannot deny supply to those who havenot received the same, one can safely say thatthe conventional ration card will remain inforce. This will mean that the department willhave no option but to provide a separate sheetto attach to the paper card for the ensuingyear. K. Harihar, T. Nagar

Musical discourseson Vishnu, Ayyappa,Devi Stuthi onNov. 24By Our Staff Reporter

Palakkad G. Ramanathan (resi-dent of Kothari Nagar, 5th Street,Ramapuram) will present musi-cal discourses on VishnuKeerthanam, Ayyappa Ganamand Devi Stuthi at 5.30 p.m onFriday, Nov. 24 in SriSasthasangam, 89, Ponnam-balam Salai, K. K. Nagar.

All are welcome.

Level in city reservoirs at40% of their total capacity

The combined storage in the city’s reser-voirs on Nov. 17 was 4494 mcft, close to 40 %of their total capacity of 11,057 mcft. Thestorage on the same day last year was 961mcft (around 9% of total capacity)

Poondi has 979 mcft as against its capacityof 3231 mcft (104 mcft on the same day lastyear); Cholavaram has 607 mcft (total capac-ity 881 mcft, 74 mcft last year), Red Hills has1503 mcft (total capacity 3300 mcft, 409 mcftlast year) and Chembarampakkam has 1399mcft (total capacity 3645 mcft, 380 mcft lastyear).

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Sai Seva Chakra conductsfree Veda classes

Sri Sai Seva Chakra (15, Bharathi Street, WestMambalam) conducts free Veda, bhajans and slokaclasses on Sundays in its premises from 3.30 p.m to 4.30p.m. It also conducts these classes in the following venues.

On Saturdays and Sundays from 6.30 a.m to 7.30 a.min Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Maharajapuram SanthanamSalai, T. Nagar.

On Mondays, Wednesdays and Tuesdays from 5 p.m to6 p.m in Sarva Priya Ganapathi Temple (Moorthy StreetExtension, 7th Avenue, Ashok Nagar).

On Mondays and Thursdays from 8 p.m to 9 p.m in No15, Bharathi Street, West Mambalam. All are welcome.

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WEST MAMBALAM, 9/5,Shyamala Vadana Street, nearBrindavan Street Extension,independent bacheloraccommodation, vegetariansonly, no brokers. Ph: 9840585917.

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WEST MAMBALAM, 3/3,Hanumar Koil Street, 2bedrooms, hall, kitchen, 900sq.ft, 1st floor flat, 2-wheelerparking, 24 hours water, rentRs. 15000, advance Rs. 1lakh, bank lease alsoaccepted, Brahmins only. Ph:86677 82532, 2474 3245.

T. NAGAR, 5, Flat No. 3,Krishnasamy Street, near JainCars (North Usman Road), 2bedrooms, hall, kitchen, 850sq.ft, ground floor, above 5feet, 3 balconies. Ph: 9841624450, 98413 89345.

WEST MAMBALAM, 9, K.R. Koil Street, 250 sq.ft, spaceavailable, 2nd floor, suitable foroffice / tuition centre. Ph:99406 64278.

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T. NAGAR, 25, NathamuniStreet, 1 room, 1 hall, 800sq.ft, ground floor, attachedbathroom, rent Rs. 27000(negotiable), complex for officeuse only. Ph: 2815 6447.

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WEST MAMBALAM, 24/60, Thambaiah Road, 200sq.ft, 1st floor, attachedWestern toilet, rent Rs. 6000,advance 10 months(negotiable), ideal for office /working person / bachelors /students / aged person. Ph:94448 69379, 98402 12230.

T, NAGAR, 8, Alacrity Flat,2 bedrooms, hall, kitchen,study room, 3rd floor, lift, opencar park, rent Rs. 32000,vegetarian family. Ph: 9444626187.

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WEST MAMBALAM, 33(10), K. R. Koil Street (South),2 bedrooms, hall, 1st floor, lift,covered car park, rent Rs.17000, advance Rs. 1 lakh,vegetarians only. Ph: 9840682147, 2371 6919.

ASHOK NAGAR, 2/2, Bankof India Colony, near GRTSchool, 2 bedrooms, hall,kitchen, 2-wheeler parking,rent Rs. 15000. Ph: 9600192285.

WEST MAMBALAM, 5, KalaFlat, Perumal Koil Street, nearGovindan Road, 2 bedrooms,hall, kitchen, 800 sq.ft, 1st

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WEST MAMBALAM, 70,Lake View Road, oppositeRama Anjaneyar Temple,single bedroom, area about400 sq.ft, ground floor, rentRs. 7000, domesticaccommodation. Ph: 9444639700, 2474 9376.

KODAMBAKKAM, 15, AzizNagar 1st Street, near Raga-vendra Kalyana Mandapam, 4rooms, 2 halls, 2 kitchen, 1660sq.ft, independent ground floorhouse, no car park,vegetarians only. Ph: 24727888, 98416 15465.

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WEST MAMBALAM, 10/15, Hanumar Koil Street, 2bedrooms, hall, kitchen, 2-wheeler parking, rent Rs.12000, vegetarian family. Ph:98412 50043.

ASHOK NAGAR, 94, 10th

Avenue, 2 bedrooms, hall,kitchen, 1000 sq.ft, 1st floor,lift, car park, 24 hours water,rent Rs. 17000 + maintenance,advance 5 months, family /bachelors / office. Ph: 7305344555.

ASHOK NAGAR,15-A, SarvamangalaColony, 6th Avenue,behind CanaraBank, 3 bedrooms,hall, kitchen, 1440sq.ft, ground floor,open car park, rentRs. 20000, prefe-rably vegetarians.Ph: 98406 96906.T. NAGAR, 32, Srinivasa

Reddy Street, near BusTerminus, 1 bedroom, hall,kitchen, 2nd floor flat, rent Rs.12000 (negotiable), vegetarianfamily / working professional,no brokers. Ph: 99529 01365.

WEST MAMBALAM, 7,Badani Complex, KuppaiahStreet, near Railway Station,2 bedrooms, hall, kitchen, 800sq.ft, 1st floor flat, 2-wheelerparking, rent Rs. 16500,vegetarians only. Ph: 9841227817.

WEST MAMBALAM, 27,Krupasankari Street, 2bedrooms, hall, kitchen, 950sq.ft, 2nd floor, no car park,vitrified tiles, security, rentRs. 18000 (negotiable),maintenance Rs. 1000. Ph:96001 83678.

WEST MAMBALAM, 16/11, Rajagopal Chetty Street,behind Ayodhya Mandapam,1 bedroom, hall, kitchen, 700sq.ft, ground floor, rent Rs.10500, Brahmins / vegetariansonly. Ph: 96000 39898.

WEWT MAMBALAM, 19,Dhanasekharan Street, 2bedrooms, hall, kitchen, 1200sq.ft, spacious, independent1st floor house, no lift, carpark, vegetarians only,immediate occupation. Ph:80560 12173.

WEST MAMBALAM, 18/9,Guru Flat, Balakrishna NaickanStreet Extension, 2 bedrooms,hall, kitchen, rent Rs. 11000,advance Rs. 40000,vegetarian family / bachelors.Ph: 99404 50528.

CIT NAGAR, 20, MainRoad, near Nandhi Status, 1bedroom, hall, kitchen, 700sq.ft, 2nd floor, rent Rs. 12000,bachelors / office. Ph: 9789070085, 99621 98322.

Talk on Thiru Arutpa onTuesdayBy Our Staff Reporter

Under the auspices of Vallalar SanmargaSangam (V.O.C Street, MGR Nagar, Ph: 9445343706), P. Dhandapani will give a discourse on‘Thiru Arutpa – ê£è£‚ è¬ô Mˆî蘒 Tuesday,Nov. 21, in Sakthi Vinayagar Temple (P. T.Rajan Salai, K. K. Nagar).

All are welcome.

Metro rail to constructmalls near its stationsBy Our Staff Reporter

Chennai Metro Rail Limited will soon floattenders to construct malls at Ekattuthangaland Arumbakkam metro stations.

The malls will house both shops and offices.A CMRL official told Mambalam Times that

the tenders will be floated as soon as approvalsare received from CMDA.

He said that these malls with office complexeswill generate additional revenue and alsoincrease footfalls in the stations.

A 9-storey building with more than 50,000sqft. of lease space has been planned atEkattuthangal and a 4-storey building with30,000 sqft. space at Arumbakkam.

The buildings will connect to the concourselevel of the stations. The lower levels will haveretail space and the upper levels will haveoffices.

Malls will also be constructed at Nehru Park,Shenoy Nagar and Thirumangalam metrostations, he added.

Portion of tree trunk lying onpavement

A portion of the trunkof a tree which wasrecently uprooted islying on the pavementof Arya Gowda Road,West Mambalam nearJubilee Road.

It is hinderingmovement ofpedestrians and is notvisible at night.

MAMBALAM TIMES: Ashok Nagar - K.K.Nagar Edition

Special poojas till Jan. 15in Sastha SangamBy Our Staff Reporter

Special poojas will be performed daily tillJan. 15 in Sri Ayyappan Temple (SasthaSangam, Ponnambalam Salai, K. K. Nagar)

The following are the details4.30 a.m: Abhishekam; 5.40 a.m: Ganapathi

pooja; 7 a.m: Pantheeradi pooja; 9 a.m:Annadaanam; 10 a.m: Sarva abhishekam; 7p.m: Deeparathanai; 7.30 p.m: Karpoora jothi;7.40 p.m: Cultural program.

All are welcome.More details can be had in 2366 2395.

Online vegetable/fruit storeoffers freebiesBy Our Staff Reporter

FAACART (Y2855, Y Block 3rd Street, off12th Main Road, Anna Nagar), an onlinevegetable and fruit store was launchedrecently. Customer can place orders on itswebsite www.faacart.com or over phone in95667 26659.

It offers door delivery within 90 minutes ofplacing the order.

As an inaugural offer, on minimum purchaseof 1kg of fruit or vegetable, FAACART willoffer 1kg of any fruit or vegetable of its choice.The offer concludes on Sunday, Nov. 19

P. M. Faisal (Proprietor) told MambalamTimes that it sources fresh organic vegetablesfrom farm houses in and around the outskirtsof Chennai and regular vegetables and fruitsfrom wholesale markets.

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By Our Staff ReporterThe members of Apoorva

Women’s Association (T.Nagar) donated tricycles andwal-kers to disabled persons,sewing machines to fourunderprivileged women to setup their own tailoringestablishments and marriagegifts to a bride during its 23rd

Annual Day cele-brations onNov. 11.

Radha Krishna-moorthy(President) told MambalamTimes that cash donationswere also made to GurupriyaVision Research Foundation(unit of Radhatri Nethralaya),RMD Pain and Palliative CareTrust, Jaimaa Trust and anorphanage home.

She said that theAssociation has 15 activemembers and the funding isprimarily from well settled kinof the members and otherphilanthropists.

By Our Staff ReporterK. Vaitheeswaran (resident

of Safire Apartments, 16, 11thAvenue, Ashok Nagar) is aGST consultant.

He represented theTamilnadu Plastic Manufa-cturers Association andrecently met Arun Jaitley(Union Minister of Finance &Corporate Affairs) along withNirmala Seetharaman

Resident meetsCentral Ministers regarding

GST

(Defence Minister) to discuss issues regarding GST and itsimplementation. He also handed over a written request fromthe Association to reduce GST rates in the plasticmanufacturing and trading sector.

His contact numbers are 90420 86163 and 2489 1633.

Women’s Association celebrates annual daywith charity

‘Swayamvara Parvathi’homam in Sankara Mathon FridayBy Our Staff Reporter

Sarvajana Raksha Samithi(9A, Madley Road, T. Nagar)will conduct ‘SwayamvaraParvathi’ homam from 10 a.mto noon on Friday, Nov. 24 inSankara Math (EaswaranKoil Street, West Mambalam).

It will start with Ganapathipooja.

Sankalpam will beconducted from 8.30 a.m to 10a.m. The fee is Rs. 500 perperson.

Those whose marriages aregetting delayed or who havenot been able to find a suitablebride or groom can benefit fromthe homam.

The homam will concludewith poornahuthi andprasadam distribution.

For more details call 9176076065.

Free model examfor NEET andJEE aspirants

Aim100 (Division of AkilanInstitute) will conduct a freemodel exam for NEET andJEE aspirants from 10 a,m to1 p.m on Sunday, Nov. 26 inK.K. Nagar and Anna Nagar .

Both Std. 11 and 12 stud-ents can appear for the exam.

The papers are designed bywell experienced teachers.

Cash awards will be givento the top 3 students with100% waiver in tuition fee tothe top 100 for the crash courseto be conducted by the insti-tute. Students can register inadvance or at the venue.

For more details, call 8124100100.

Discourses on ‘Saisath Saritha’Under the auspices of Sri Shirdi Sai Meditation Mandir (6, Sarojini Street, T. Nagar) there

are discourses on ‘Sri Saisath Saritha’ at 6.30 p.m on Sundays in its premises.T. Thiruvalluvan (Founder) told Mambalam Times that mass spiritual healing is conducted

at 7.30 p.m on Thursdays and Sundays. All are welcome.More details can be had in phones 2643 2323, 4212 5118 and 94444 53777.

By Our Staff ReporterFree laptops under the

‘Tamilnadu Governments FreeLaptop Scheme’ weredistributed last week amonghigher secondary students ofRKM Sarada Vidyalaya Girls’Higher Secondary School,T.Nagar.

B. Sathyanarayanan (T.Nagar MLA) handed over thelaptops to the students. R.Govindaraj (President, ExnoraGreater Chennai) was alsopresent.

N. Shanthi (Headmistress)welcomed the gathering.

Free laptops given to school students

By Our Staff ReporterThe grill constructed around

the EB transformer to preventanyone from venturing near iton Balaji Avenue, 1st Street, T.Nagar is missing. According

Grill around EB transformer missing

to nearby resi-dents, it wasstolen on the night of Nov. 7.

A junction box without doorsand in a damaged condition isfound lying on the pavement infront of the transformer.

Residents complain thatpassers-by have converted thespot into an open urinal.

They have appealed to EBto install a new grill or build awall around the transformer.

Free Veda classeson weekdays

During summer holidays,free Veda classes for boys areconducted from 6 a.m to 7 a.mdaily from Monday to Fridayin Guha Apartments (30,Vivekanandapuram 1st

Street, West Mambalam). Thecourse is conducted by VedaVidhya Samithi. Intere-stedboys can register in the venue.

For more details, contactVenkatraman in 98403 20005or mayurvenkat @gmail.com.