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MAMBALAM TIMES ASHOK NAGAR - K.K. NAGAR EDITION www.mambalamtimes.in Vol. 11, No. 38

THAMBRAAS to release new Panchangam

March 31 - April 6, 2013

New building for budget canteen

Precarious storage levels in city’s reservoirs By Our Staff Reporter

By Our Staff Reporter Tamilnadu Brahmin Association (K. K. Nagar unit) will release ‘Vijaya Varusham Panchangam’ at 3 p.m on Sunday, April 7, at Saranam Hall (Ayyappan Temple, Ponnambalam Salai, K. K. Nagar). K. S. Krishnamurthy (President, Chennai District, Thambraas) will release the panchangam. All are welcome. For details of pricing and availability, please contact poration ground (24th Street, By Our Staff Reporter Saraswathi Nagarajan in A new building under con- LGGS Colony, Ashok Nagar ) 90031 99803. struction within Chennai Cor- will house a Corporation budget canteen. The work is in full swing and the canteen will be functional within a week.

With scanty rains last year during November, the storage levels in the city’s reservoirs are precariously low now. Compared to the total storage of 7080 mcft (million cubic feet) on the same date last year, the storage on March 29 is only 4064 mcft. Poondi has a storage of 425 mcft as against its full capacity of 3231 mcft (2600 mcft on the same day last year); Cholavaram has 77 mcft as against its full capacity of 881 mcft (122 mcft last year); Red Hills has 1772 mcft as against its full capacity of 3300 mcft (2326 mcft last year) and Chembarampakkam has 1790 mcft against its full capacity of 3645 mcft (2032 mcft last year).

General Hospital offers free treatment to stroke patients Government General Hospital (opposite Central Station) is providing free thrombolysis treatment (which usually costs around Rs. 1 lakh) to patients who have suffered stroke. The treatment is covered under the Chief Minister’s comprehensive health insurance scheme.

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EDUCATIONAL STUDENTS looking for Maths coaching AIEEE 2013 and Std. 12, 2014. Contact: Dhanalakshmi, M.Sc, Maths, teacher of more than 20 years experience in teaching top rankers of reputed schools, Shivaji Street, T. Nagar. Ph: 2434 3015, 98412 49741.

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HOME tuition No. 1, keyboard, guitar, Western Carnatic – vocal, drums. We prepare students for Trinity Exam, monthly 8 classes, payment Rs. 5000 per month, 100% genuine, 25th (Silver Jubilee) year of music teaching experience. Isaikalaimani Jagadeeswaram. Ph: 9884549425.

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INSURANCE MEDICLAIM, Life Insurance Corporation of India policies, car policies, mutual funds. For immediate requirements contact R. Selvaraju. Ph: 94444 47379, 98410 14379.

INTERIOR WORKS

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Continued from previous page SITUATION VACANT GENERAL WANTED lady front office executives, full time, for Dr. Smilez Advanced Dental Center in Ashok Nagar. Contact: Sophie. Ph: 97104 72909, 4265 8323. WANTED computer billing operator (male / female) with accounts knowledge. Contact: M. Swaminathan. No. 33, Natesan Street, T. Nagar. Ph: 91764 37653, 2435 2734.

WANTED clerk (male / female), helpers, VRS persons can also apply. Anuchitra Publication, 21/ 9, Rajagopalan Street, West Mambalam. Ph: 2474 3719,9841070592.

REPUTED Trading House in Alwarpet urgently requires: 1) Lady accounts manager, minimum 5 years experience in independently handling accounts with proficiency in Tally ERP, exposure to sales tax, central excise, imports must. 2) Lady accounts officers with 2 years experience in Tally ERP. Contact (during working hours). Ph: 2498 7417, 2498 5501/02, 94444 15643. Email: vikas.newprojects@ gmail.com.

SUMMER CAMP MAKE this summer a creative one! Art & Craft classes conducted for kids aged 5 to 12 years. Batches start from April 2nd , 2013 at 10/3 Sai Baba Street, West Mambalam. Contact : 96772 74716.

By Our Staff Reporter by a short in its electrical circuit A Tata Indica car bearing at 6 a.m on March 29 while registration number TN-10P- plying along 1st Avenue, Ashok 9546 was gutted in a fire caused Nagar. On seeing the fire, the

driver stopped the car and got out in time. The personnel of Ashok Nagar Fire & Rescue Services put out the fire.

Radha Kalyanam in Sankara Mutt today

High mast lamp at Model House Road junction inaugurated

Mambalam). Dindugal Kumar BaghavFollowing is the program: athar and party will perform Sunday, March 31: Radha Kalyanam on Sunday, 7 a.m- Unchavarthi bhajaMarch 31, from 8 a.m to 1.30 ns followed by Radha Kalyap.m in Kanchi Sankara Mutt nam. (Easwaran Kovil Street, West All are welcome.

By Our Staff Reporter

Hundreds witness Thirukalyanam in TTD

Sai bhajans on Saturdays By Our Staff Reporter

Sai bhajans are conducted at 6.15 p.m on Saturdays in Sri Sathya Sai Organization, Ashok Nagar Samithi (143, 101st Street, 15th Sector, K. K. Nagar). All are welcome. More details can be had from T. S. Mani (Convenor) in phones 2489 7017 and 98843 92244. In Bharathidasan Colony Bharathidasan Colony Bhajan Mandali (18-D, Bharathidasan Colony, K. K. Nagar) conducts Sri Sathya Sai bhajans from 6.30 p.m to 7.30 By Our Staff Reporter p.m on Saturdays in its preHundreds of devotees witnessed Thirukalyanam performed mises. to Lord Srinivasa and Thayar in Tirumala Tirupati All are welcome. Devasthanam (Venkatanarayana Road, T. Nagar) on March More details can be had in 27 on the occasion of Panguni Uthiram. phone 94448 25183.

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By Our Staff Reporter The new 8-light high mast lamp post erected inside the round tana at the junction of Model House Road and 5th Main Road (C.I.T Nagar, Nandanam) is now functional. It was inaugurated by Mayor Saidai Duraiswamy on March 20.

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EB equipment blocks pavement

By M.A. SADANAND Having admitted defeat after a 65-year war against good old fiery summer in my adopted city of Madras, I escaped to the less lethal Bengaluru to cool my body and fool the unknown devil - climate - which outrivals the political ethos of good old India that is a lunatic asylum of myriad tongues thoughts, Cascas, Kasabs, Gurus and the many unhanged countrymen of good old India that I sailed into just after Hitler with his tooth-brush moustache awoke one bad morning in Germany and shouted “Kill all the suckers”. My father, who was working in Nairobi in the British Emperor’s Postal Service as the P.A. to the Postmaster General, packed off his family of five by a ship named Esipingo. It sailed from Mombasa to Madras via Colombo for some mysterious reason, while Bombay was easier and nearer India than Colombo, unless the shipping company wanted to fleece the escapees. Hitler had been born mad, but it gave me the chance to visit Colombo of which I remember seeing Buddha idols or statues by the hundreds. All the present day killers, except the scions of good old Ravanan, would not have been born then. We bought two replicas of black elephants carved in wood before we left the harbour to continue our journey to Madras. I still have one gifted by my sister to remind me always of the elephentine folly of Rulers of Ceylon. Any lurking doubt whether Hitler or the direct descendents of Ravanan deserved the ‘Order of the Devil’ award was dissolved yesterday when, on Neethi’s hometheatre DVD, we saw Maniratnam’s all time classic ‘Kannathil Muthamittaal’, supplemented by a Channel-4 documentary film named ‘Srilanka’s Killing Fields’ depicting the true Hitlerian happenings of very recent times that would have shamed a beastly coffle of Ghengis Khan, Timor, Hitler and barbarians of the ilk of Idi Amin. Channel4 takes the cake.

Temple car dragged by hundreds of devotees

An EB official told the reNagar substation (Dr. Rama- days. By Our Staff Reporter Customers of a nearby road- porter that the installation is Packed boxes of TNEB samy Salai, K. K. Nagar) are transformers and other equip- lying on the pavement out side eatery are using the boxes getting delayed due to some procedural issues. ment to be installed in K. K. side the office for more than 15 as dining tables.

ISKCON programs in neighbourhood By Our Staff Reporter International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISK CON) conducts programs in the following venues: Residence of Priya (1075, Munuswamy Naidu Salai, K. K. Nagar, Ph: 94440 63643): 7 p.m to 9 p.m on Mondays: ‘Bhakti Vriksha’; 8.30 a.m to 9.30 a.m from Monday to Saturday: Srimad Bhagavadham classes. Residence of S. Sowjanya (A6, Ashok Vihar Apartments, 21/20, 11th Avenue, Ashok Nagar, Ph: 94452 12281): 7 p.m to 9 p.m on Tuesdays: ‘Bhakti Vriksha’. Residence of Venkataraman (D-1, Mangala Flats, 1st Floor, 5, 43rd Street, Ashok Nagar, Ph: 96770 97338): 7 p.m to 9 p.m on Thursdays: ‘Bhakti Vriksha’. All are welcome.

Swetaranyam sister’s vocal concert today By Our Staff Reporter Under the auspices of Sadguru Gana Nilayam (Janakam Apartments, 180, Lake View Road, West Mambalam), Swetaranyam sisters R. Nithya and R. Vidya will present a vocal concert on Sunday, March 31, at 6.30 p.m in Thyagaraja Hall (SMR Matriculation School, Jothi Ramalingam Street, West Mambalam). They will be accompanied Tanjore Subramaniyam on the simhan on the ghatam. All are welcome. by R. Kailasam on the violin, mridangam and N. Nara-

Base of broken iron post poses danger to pedestrians

Program in Ramana Bhaktha Samajam Sri Ramana Baktha Samajam, West Mambalam (BVSN Moorthy School, Thambiah Road, West Mambalam) conducts the following program on Sundays: 5 p.m: Veda paarayanam 5.30 p.m: Ramana Maharishi’s Aksharamanamalai. 6 p.m: Discourse. All are welcome. More details can be had in phone 94441 72623. Special pooja is conducted and prasadam distributed By Our Staff Reporter among special children at 11.30 The broken base of a hollow rectangular iron post used in Metro Rail construction work with a.m on Ramana Maharishi’s sharp edges is protruding a foot out of the ground on the road side of 1st Avenue close to its birth star day (Punarpoosam). junction with 4th Avenue (Ashok Nagar), thereby posing a danger to pedestrians.

Free Veda classes on Sundays

Hundreds of devotees dragged the temple car of Kasiviswanathar Temple (Kuppaiah Street, West Mambalam) on March 23 as part of Brahmotsavam celebrations.

The temple car was taken along Kuppaiah Street, Madley Subway Service lane, K. R. Koil Street, Ellamiamman Koil Street, Gandhi Street and Easwaran Koil Street.

Sri Sai Seva Chakra (15, Bharathi Street, West Mambalam) conducts free Veda classes from 6.30 a.m to 7.30 a.m on Sundays in Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Maharajapuram Santhanam Salai, T. Nagar. Veda classes are conducted from 3.30 p.m to 4.30 p.m on Sundays in Sai Seva Chakra’s premises. All are welcome. More details can be had in phone 98843 05676.

Calling volunteers for free service in Tirumala

Sevas (Plot No. 103, 10th Main Road, Vijaya Nagar, Velachery) sends volunteers for week-long service to pilgrims in Tirumala starting on Sundays and ending on Saturdays. Men and women who are physically fit and are willing to stay in Tirumala for a week are welcome to offer their services for 6 hours everyday. The work will be of supervi-

sory nature. Accommodation, lunch and dinner will be provided free of cost. They can have special darshan of Lord Venkateswara. Travelling expense and the cost of breakfast must be borne by the volunteers. Those interested can contact Nalini Ravikumar (18/43, Jubilee Road, West Mambalam) in 99621 53644,

Free Veda classes during weekends By Our Staff Reporter Free Veda classes are conducted from 6.30 a.m to 7.30 a.m on Saturdays and Sundays in Krishna Gana Sabha, Maharajapuram Santhanam Salai, T. Nagar. All are welcome. More details can be had in phone 98843 05676.

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By Our Staff Reporter Veteran actress Sukumari (resident of B. N. Road, T. Nagar) passed away on March 26 at a private hospital in Chennai where she was undergoing treatment for burn injuries. She had suffered the injuries when her saree accidentally caught fire while lighting the traditional lamp at a function in Chennai on Feb. 20. She was admitted with 45% burn injuries. She was 72, and had been a resident of T. Nagar for more than 20 years. She is survived by her son Suresh Bhim Singh. Her husband Bhim Singh (a film producer and director) had died when she was in her 30s. The body was kept in her T. Nagar residence on March 27 for her fans and other dignitaries to pay homage. Her acting career, which primarily was with the Malayalam film industry, spanned over six decades. She had acted in more than 2,500 movies in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi and a few movies in Bengali and Oriya as well. She was also a good stage artist and had acted in more than 5,000 plays in Malayalam and Tamil. She played the lead female role in 20 plays written

RPF staff undergo training on safeguarding signaling equipment By Our Staff Reporter

by Cho. Ramaswamy and in most of the plays of Y. G. Parthasarathy troupe. She had co-starred with almost all the leading actors of her time. Four of her co-stars NTR, MGR, Janaki and Jayalalitha went on to become Chief Ministers. She was influenced by her paternal aunts Lalitha, Padmini and Ragini, (popularly known as Travancore Sisters) to take up acting. She made her film debut at the age of 10 in the Tamil film ‘Oru Iravu’. Her last film was ‘3G’ in Malayalam. Her role in the movie ‘Namma Gramam’ won her the 2011 National award for the best supporting actress. She has also won four State film awards. In 2003, she was awarded the Padma Shree.

More than 25 RPF (Railway Police Force) officers and junior staff members underwent a training program on ‘How to control the menace of tampering and theft of railway signal and telecommunication equipment’ conducted by Railway Signal and Telecommunication Department at Mambalam Railway Station on March 25. The training was conducted due to a number of recent incidents of tampering and theft of signal and telecommunication related equipment at railway stations leading to delay of train services. Tampered units of equip-

ment were used in training the participants and live examples of the modus operandi used by miscreants were also demonstrated.

Chennai Stars conducts cricket coaching camp By Our Staff Reporter The Chennai Stars Cricket Academy will conduct its fifth summer cricket coaching camp for boys in the age group of age 6 to 19 years in Dr. Vimala Convent (West K.K. Nagar) from April 7 to May 31. The morning batch will be from 5.45 a.m to 8.30 a.m and the evening batch from 3.30 p.m to 6 p.m. For further details please

contact D. Jayaraman in 92832 88834 or K. Venkatramani in 92831 65447.

Free classes on Bhagavatham By Our Staff Reporter Free class on ‘Srimad Bhagavatham’ is conducted at 11 a.m on Tuesdays at 2, 50th Street, Ashok Nagar. All are welcome. More details can be had in phone 98406 03064.

Bangalore-Chennai double decker train to be launched soon

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A new double decker train on the Chennai to Bangalore route is likely to start plying next month. The train has successfully completed two trial runs and was given clearance by the Railway Safety Board (Southern Railway). The train will have 12 coaches with a seating capacity of 120 each. The train is fitted with a special chas-

sis of German make that prevents the coaches from piling up during collisions. The train is expected to take five-and-ahalf hours to commute between the two metros but officials said it can be reduced to four hours in future. The train will leave Chennai at 7.25 a.m and arrive at Bangalore City station at 1.20 p.m, and leave Bangalore at 2.40 p.m and arrive in Chennai at 8.45 p.m. The fare is Rs. 440 for adults.

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Domestic workers protest against exploitation By Our Staff Reporter

By Our Staff Reporter A leaning avenue tree on the road margin at the junction of Nair Road and Raman Street (T. Nagar) was cut long ago. However nearly 5 feet of its trunk, still rooted to the ground, which was left uncut is protruding into the road thereby posing a danger to motorists, especially at night. The Traffic Department has painted the protruding portion in white to warn the motorists at night.

Domestic worker representatives from different parts of Chennai including those attached to Domestic Workers Welfare Association (T. Nagar) took part in a protest outside Government Guest House, Anna Salai, on March 27 demanding better work benefits. A minimum wage of Rs. 50 per hour, weekly-offs, notice before termination of service, paid holidays and medical benefits were some of the demands made. Talking to reporters, Clara (State Coordinator for Tamilnadu Domestic Workers Federation) said that domestic employees are exploited in many ways and overworked. She handed over copies of memorandum with the demands to the State Labour Minister, Secretary to the Labour Department and Commissioner of Labour. Similar protests will be held in the coming weeks to highlight the plight of the workers, she added.

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By Our Staff Reporter Swami Brahmayoganandha (Founder, Yoga Shanthi Gurukulam, West Mambalam) will give a talk on the spiritual aspects of Swami Vivekananda on Sunday, March 31, at 4.30 p.m in Infosys Hall (R.K.M. Matriculation School, Bazullah Road, T. Nagar). S. Gurumoorthy (Columnist and Co-convener, Swadeshi Jagaran Manch) and R. B. V. S. Manian (State Vice-President, Vishwa Hindu Parishad) will give talks on Vivekananda’s role in the spread of Hinduism. All are welcome.

By Our Staff Reporter A number of autorickshaws in damaged condition are seen abandoned within the commercial complex of Tamilnadu Housing Board (Ashok Pillar Road, Ashok Nagar) for the past several months.

Low hanging TV cable poses danger

By Our Staff Reporter A low hanging TV cable is crossing the road at the junction of Giriappa Street and Vijayaraghava Road, T. Nagar and poses a danger to road users.

Free Veda classes thrice a week By Our Staff Reporter Kurichi Lakshminarasimhachariar (resident of 8, 2nd Main Road, CIT Nagar East, Nandanam) conducts free Veda and Suktham classes from 9 a.m to 10 a.m on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

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