MAMBALAM TIMES ASHOK NAGAR - K.K. NAGAR EDITION. Report on pool death in a week, High Court told

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1 MAMBALAM C M Y K Vol. 11, No. 12 TIMES ASHOK NAGAR - K.K. NAGAR EDITION September 30 - October 6, 2012 Report on pool death in a week, High Court told FREE The Tamilnadu Government informed the Madras High Court on Sept. 28 that investigation of the drowning of M. Ranjan, a Class 4 student of Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan Senior Secondary School, K. K. Nagar in the school s swimming pool on Aug. 16 will be completed soon and a report on the inquiry will be submitted to the court within a week. The First Bench, comprising Chief Justice M. Y. Eqbal and Justice A. Arumughaswamy, before which the petition came up for hearing, posted the next hearing of the case to Oct. 10. The investigation report has not been produced so far, the Bench had said in an interim order. During the hearing, Ranjan s parents said that they had not been examined. The Public Prosecutor denied this but the parents said eyewitnesses had also not been Sai bhajans are conducted at 6.15 p.m on Saturdays in Sri Sathya Sai Organization, Ashok Nagar Samithi (143, 101 st Street, 15 th Sector, K. K. Nagar). More details can be had from T. S. Mani (Convenor) in phones and examined. The Bench said that such objections could only be raised after the final probe report is submitted. As far as allegations of nonexamination are concerned, the parents are at liberty to file an affidavit and explain their stand, the Bench said in the order. Ranjan was attending a swimming class when he collapsed while getting out of the pool. The coach and other staff members rushed him to a hospital where doctors declared him dead. K. K. Nagar police registered a case of death due to negligence and arrested 5 persons including the swimming coach, physical trainer and the contractor in charge of the pool s maintenance. All of them were later released on bail. On Aug. 27, a PIL filed before the High Court sought a thorough investigation of the death. Sai bhajans on Saturdays 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 p.m on Saturdays in its premises. phone

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3 Sept Oct. 6, 2012 Page 3 MAMBALAM TIMES: Ashok Nagar - K.K.Nagar Edition Special program in Yoga Shanthi Gurukulam Yoga Shanthi Gurukulam (Chakrapani Street, West Mambalam) has organized a special program at 3.45 p.m on Sunday, Oct. 7 in Sri Sarada Sabha Bhavan, Sri RKM School, 71, Bazullah Road, T. Nagar as part of 150 th Jayanthi celebrations and the occasion of the return of Swami Brahmayogananda (Founder, Yoga Shanthi Gurukulam) from the US. R. Nataraj (Chairman, Tamilnadu Public Service Commission), Dr. T. S. Sridhar (Additional Chief Secretary, Higher Education Department), Durai Shankar (State President, Seva Bharathi, Tamilnadu), C. Easwaramoorthy (Deputy Inspector General of Police, CBI, Chennai) and N. Gopalaswami (Former Chief Election Commissioner) will felicitate Swami Brahmayogananda. Sudha Raghunathan will sing the invocation song. Students of Vivekananda Vidyalaya will sing bhajans and Shraddha Nagaraj, Saathvika, Mahalakshmi and Sri Lakshmi will present a dance program 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. phone Special pooja is conducted and prasadam distributed among special children at a.m on Ramana Maharishi s birth star day (Punarpoosam). The track on one side of an earthmover, which was engaged in desilting the canal which passes along Dr. Ramasamy Salai and ends in Earthmover desilting canal breaks down Adyar river, slipped off last week. The disabled earthmover, which is now lying on Dr. Lakshmanasamy Salai, is occupying a large portion of the Vasantha Memorial Cancer Centre (33, 35 th Street, opposite JFA showroom, Ashok Nagar), in association with Anderson Diagnostics (Poonamallee High Road) will conduct 100 free mammograms between Oct. 3, 2012 and Sept. 30, 2013 under its 1000 mammograms project. The scheme applies only to women who attend the breast cancer awareness sessions in Vasantha Cancer Memorial Center. Women have to register for these sessions by paying a fee of Rs. 50. Mammogram will be done free for the first 100 registrations. The remaining will be charged Rs Only women above 40 are eligible. The following are the other road and disrupting free flow of traffic on the busy road. Corporation workers had demolished a portion of the wall along the canal to facilitate entry of the earthmover mammograms project from Wednesday programs: Breast cancer awareness: a.m to 12 noon on Oct. 3, 5, 7, 9 and 12; 2 p.m to 3.30 p.m on Oct. 4, 6, 10 and 12. Clinical breast self examination by women surgeons: 10 a.m to 12 noon on Oct. 7 and 14. Women volunteers from the trust are ready to conduct allwoman sessions in schools, colleges, offices, housing societies and other organizations on the basics of breast cancer and teach self examinations with the help of models. If possible a video on self examination will also be shown. Sessions will last 30 to 45 minutes. At least 25 women should be present for a session. phones /77, , ATM card stolen from woman in temple B. Nirmala (37) of Thoraipakkam, whose ATM card was stolen in the TTD Temple on Venkatanarayana Road, T. Nagar on Sept. 22, lost Rs 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 in the temple, received a message on her mobile phone saying Rs. 25,000 had been withdrawn from her account. When she searched, she found the purse containing her ATM card and Rs. 5,000 missing.

4 Page 4 MAMBALAM TIMES: Ashok Nagar - K.K.Nagar Edition Sept Oct. 6, 2012 NO HOLDS BARRED By M.A. SADANAND When Das, my nephew and scion of the Royal family through his father Chirakkal T. Sreedharan Nair (the master Kalarippayatu exponent of Kerala and the author of the book published by Westland) told me that the present titular ruler of Chirakkal Kovilakam, Sri Kerala Varma Thamburan, is a permanent resident of Shanthi Colony, hardly two km from my home, my own royal blood thirsted for a pow-vow with royalty, because my maternal grandfather was a Rajah, of a tiny princedom Aduthala Kovilagam, a few miles from Chirakkal. My mother was the last of the Rajah s generous product of 6 children to my beautiful grandmother whose bewitching beauty conquered the narrow wall of caste, leaving me, my granny s grandson, to inherit the royal dark skin of Kerala Varma. I have the proud privilege of inheriting the royal epidermis, says my mother who was probably 4 years old when the old bloke left for a meeting with Yama leaving the Nair scions impoverished. The link between the Royalty thus established, I wanted to meet the present head of the Chirakkal Kovilagam, now a mere name after Indira abolished Royalty, of whom nephew Das spoke in glowing terms. The reigning Rajah Sri Kerala Varma, Valia Thamburan, is a retired Physical Director of a College in Madras, (Presidency College, I think he said) and that cemented our connection further, because I had been a Presidentian, years before young muscles did not prevail over the skulled grey matter that now leads to bus-wars. Nephew Das and I were before Royalty and Mrs. Royalty. As is mandated by the Constitution of India, one of their sons is in Obamaland and the other is in Bangalore. His copious grey hair and walrus moustache and the robust physique and a firm handshake, my debut with royalty, made me wonder whether my maternal grandfather was similarly endowed! Das, who was in Chirakkal then, when I expressed a desire to visit my grandfather s palace, took Lakshmi and me in his car to Aduthala but there was not even a photograph of the elusive Rajah or even an oil painting. So all I can imagine is that my maternal royal grandfather must have been a handsome strapper like me! My day was made. Thank you, Das. Feeding in tandem While 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. Free yoga classes from today Sannyasi Krishnayogam will conduct free yoga classes for adults for 3 weeks from 5.30 a.m to 7 a.m from Sunday, Sept. 30 in Bala Vidya Higher Secondary School, 30, Vasudevapuram (between Chakrapani Street and Janakiraman Street, near Doraiswamy Road subway). The classes are conducted according to the curriculum of the Bihar School of Yoga. Asanas, praanayama pratyahara (sense withdrawal techniques), dharana (concentration), meditation, mantra, value education, food habits, shat kriyas (internal pathways cleaning for managing diseases) etc. are taught. Doctors give lectures on alternative medicines. Classes on stress management for corporate executives are also conducted. Those interested can register their names in phones / or Swamiji offers counselling to his students. Dr. V. Arun (resident of 2, 3 rd Street, Habibullah Road, T. Nagar and Chief Cardio-Thoracic Surgeon, Lifeline Multi Portion of road sinks A portion of the surface of the road near Anna Main Road-K. K. Salai junction in K. K. Nagar sank on Sept. 29. Corporation workers filled the depression with debris and placed barricades to caution motorists. Best Doctor Award for heart surgeon Hundreds of devotees participated in the procession organized by Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Dhyana Maiyam (6, Sarojini Street, T. Nagar) on Sept. 23 as part of 10 th anniversary celebrations. Devotees chanted Sai Sathsaritha, Sthava Manjari and Vishnu Sahasranamam, and sang bhajans. The following are the special programs on Saturdays and Sundays: Saturdays: 6 p.m: Aarathi; 6.25 p.m: Ashtothram; 6.35 p.m: Vishnu Sahasranama paarayanam; 7.10 p.m: Om Sai paarayanam; 7.30 p.m: Group prayers; 8 p.m: Pallaku procession; 8.30 p.m: Night aarathi. Sundays: 6 p.m: Aarathi; 6.25 p.m: Ashtothram; 6.35 p.m: Vishnu Sahasranama paarayanam; 7 p.m: Sai Sathsaritha; 7.30 p.m: Om Sai paarayanam; 7.45 p.m: Group Speciality Hospital, Perungudi) was recently presented Best Doctor Award by Tamil Nadu Dr. M. G. R. Medical University for exemplary contribution to the cause of medical education and health services. Dr. Arun has performed several complex heart surgeries. Hundreds participate in Shirdi Sai procession prayers; 8 p.m: Night Aarathi. Bala Vikas classes on Sundays Sri Sathya Sai Samiti, T. Nagar conducts Bala Vikas classes from a.m to 1.30 p.m on Sundays in A-15, BBC Homes, 41, South Boag Road, T. Nagar. The classes are conducted by Paravathi Ramachandran and Lakshmi Narayanan and Free Veda classes during weekends 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. phone phone C M Y K

5 Sept Oct. 6, 2012 Special darshan in TTD on Purattasi Saturdays The Art of Living Founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar will participate in Pearls of Wisdom, an exclusive interactive session with corporate executives, professionals and executives, at a.m on Sunday, Sept. 30 in AVM Kalyana Mandapam, Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai, Mylapore. Ajay Bagga (MD & Head, Private Health Management, of Deutsche Bank) and A. K. Sabat (leading tax and budgeting expert), will provide insights into ways of overcoming the current slowdown in the industry and economy. Those who want to participate may contact / Sri Sri will also address the State-level convention of the Kalasangamam Centre for Classical Arts (CCA) is organizing examinations in carnatic music at various levels in February Practical and theory tests will be conducted on the basis of syllabii formulated by CCA. Devotional songs will include Thevaram hymns, Thiruppavai, Thirupugazh and bhajans in different languages. Registration begins on Oct. 1. The last date for registration is Dec. 15. More details can be had from Easwari Narasimhan (56, Mahadevan Street, West Mambalam) and in phones , Contests for school students Exnora International Sports Club and Drona Education There are special darshans have organized sloka, vocal, instrumental, drawing and in TTD on Saturdays during painting competitions for the Tamil month of Purattasi. The following is the schedule school students from 9 a.m on for special darshans: Oct. 14 in Shri S. S. Jain College for Women, T. Nagar (near Madley subway). There is no entry fee. Online registration can be done in phones and Ravi Shankar meets corporate executives today 4 a.m: Suprabhatham a.m: Sarvadarshan. 5 a.m: Sathumurai. 6 a.m: Sarvadarshan a.m: Neivedyam p.m: Sarvadarshan. Free Veda classes thrice a week Discourses 3.30 p.m: Sarvadarshan p.m: Neivedyam. on Tirupathi 8 p.m: Sarvadarshan. Mahathmayam Picture shows the heavy crowd of devotees on Sept. Mukunadachariyar Swami29. gal will give discourses on Tirupathi Mahathmayam at 5.30 p.m on Oct. 1, 2 and 3 in TTD Devasthanam Hall, Venkatanarayana Road, T. Nagar. phone 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. phone Lions Club award for teacher Dharma Sastha Homam in Sankara Mutt Under the auspices of Sri Kamakshi Mandali Trust (44/ 38, Kuppiah Street, West Mambalam), Sri Dharma Sastha Homam is being conducted from Sept. 27 in Sri Sankara Mutt, 33, Eswaran Koil Street, West Mambalam. It will conclude on Jan. 14. The following are details of the program till Oct 13: Sept. 30 to Oct. 14: 7 a.m to 11 a.m: Ganapathi homam, Navagraha homam and Sastha homam; 6.30 p.m to 9 p.m: Sri Harihara Puthra Sapthagam by Mahasasthru Priyadasanan, Anmeega Thagaval Pettagam by V. Aravindh Subramaniyam. Oct. 5 to 13: Valmiki Ramayan Navagam by Panaiyur V. Rajaraman. V. Balasubramanian (resident of 3/12, Kamakshipuram 2nd Street, West Mambalam and teacher of Jawahar Vidyalaya Higher Secondary School, Ashok Nagar) was presented Best Teacher Award by Lions Club of Golden Park on Sept. 23. telephone number He started his career in 1990 as a Physics teacher Page 5 Tamilnadu volunteers convention of the Art of Living at Vanagaram in the evening. Around 3,000 volunteers are expected to participate. Blood donation camp tomorrow Chennai Samuga Vizhipunarchi Trust (Badani Complex, 4, Kuppaiah Street, West Mambalam) and Sivaji Ilakiya Association have organized a blood donation camp from 9.30 a.m to 1.30 p.m on Monday, Oct. 1 in Murugan Thirumana Mandapam, South Boag Road, T. Nagar. A team doctors from Government General Hospital will collect the blood from donors. More details can be had from Video Ramesh (President) in and CM YK Carnatic music exams to be conducted MAMBALAM TIMES: Ashok Nagar - K.K.Nagar Edition

6 Page 6 Sept Oct. 6, 2012 MAMBALAM TIMES: Ashok Nagar - K.K.Nagar Edition REQUEST TO READERS! Please help us to serve you better! Mambalam Times is being delivered free at every doorstep in this neighbourhood week after week. If our delivery boy skips your house or flat in any week, please call between a.m and 5 p.m on week days to enable us to take effective and immediate remedial action.

7 Sept Oct. 6, 2012 MAMBALAM TIMES: Ashok Nagar - K.K. Nagar Edition Page 7 ASHOK NAGAR - K.K. NAGAR BAZAAR This column is intended to help small businesses in Ashok Nagar and K.K. Nagar to have a cost-effective advertisement medium. Advertisement in this section will be in standard panel sizes of 4 cm. x 1 column (costing only Rs. 300) and 4 cm. x 2 column (costing Rs. 600) ASHOK NAGAR - K.K. NAGAR BAZAAR POLYWOOD Loft cover, Pooja Shelf, Cupboard, Showcase, Modern Kitchen, False Ceiling, Painting 5% - 10 % Discount upto Oct. 6 VISWA ENTERPRISES VADAPALANI , The Tamilnadu Cabinet on Sept. 26 approved the new guidelines on safety measures in school vehicles, the draft of which was submitted in the Madras High Court recently. The State Government submitted a report before the court, laying fresh safety guidelines for school buses in Tamilnadu in the wake of the death of a Class 2 student, Shruthi, on July 25 after she fell through a hole in the floor of her school bus and was run over. The special rules lay stress on the qualification and experience of the bus crew, stating that a driver should have at least 5 years of experience in similar category of vehicles and that he should not have been fined more than twice in a year for minor traffic offences such as signal jumping or violation of lane discipline. He should not have been booked even once for offences such as overspeeding, drunken driving and dangerous driving resulting in fatal accident. The crew shall wear a khaki uniform too, the rules say. As for attendants, the special rules state that he/she should be aged between 21 and 50 years and should be medically fit to get down first from This space costs Rs. 600 only! Govt clears new safety rules for school buses the bus at each stopping point to facilitate embarkation and disembarkation of children. In case of vehicles exclusively carrying girl children, there shall be a female attendant in the vehicle. School buses should be inspected once in three months, and a districtlevel committee headed by the Regional Transport Officer and having parent representatives shall discuss, decide and recommend measures relating to the safety of children and their transportation. School heads welcomed the decision to have an exclusive parent-teacher association as part of the school-level transport committee. Correspondent of Shree Niketan Group of Schools P. Vishnucharan said, It is very important for us to get feedback about whether safety measures taken by the school are satisfactory. The initiative will also help parents understand the realities faced when it comes to providing school transportation for all children. Founder of Shri Natesan Vidyasala N. Ramasubrahmanyam said, The Government has been very practical in reproducing the Supreme Court guidelines on the issue. We can vouch for the fitness of the vehicles but restricting the vehicles age would have put us in deep trouble. Schools expected the guidelines set to 7 to 8 years as the maximum of age for a vehicle used to transport chil ren. Report courtesy The Times of India ISKCON programs in neighbourhood International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) conducts programs in the following venues: Residence of Priya (1075, Munuswamy Naidu Salai, K. K. Nagar, Ph: ): 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 (A-6, Ashok Vihar Apartments, 21/20, 11th Avenue, Ashok Nagar, Ph: ): 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: ): 7 p.m to 9 p.m on Thursdays: Bhakti Vriksha. Plant more trees

8 Page 8 MAMBALAM TIMES: Ashok Nagar - K.K.Nagar Edition Sept Oct. 6, 2012 Plea for bus-stop shelter Commuters who board MTC buses at MGR Nagar stop on Anna Main Road near its junction with K. K. Salai in K. K. Nagar have appealed to MTC officials to provide a shelter at the stop. The shelter that existed a few years back was damaged by a lorry after which the structure was removed. Award for serving association M. S. Soundarajan (resident of 537, 20 th Street, 4 th Sector, K. K. Nagar) was presented Brahamana Seva Bhusan Award by Tamil Nadu Brahmin Association for serving the association for the past 15 years. The award was presented at its annual general body meeting on Sept. 23. Soundarajan was the President of the K. K. Nagar unit from 2004 to He has organized religious tours, free upanayam for poor boys and undertaken several social projects during his tenure. He can be contacted in phone Street light junction box tied to tree A street light junction box has been tied to a tree at Dr. Natesan Road-A. P. Patro Salai junction where construction of a stormwater drain is in progress. Devotional music concert this evening Under the auspices of Sarvani Sangeetha Sabha, Bhamidipati Lalitha and Vishnu Priya will present a concert of devotional songs written by Poetess Saint Tarigonda Vengamamba of Tirumala at 6 p.m on Sunday, Sept. 30 in PRCC Charities Hall, Lodi Khan Street, off Raman Street, behind Holy Angels School. They will be accompanied by Shyamali Venkat (flute), GRS Murthy (veena), Kandadevi Vijayaraghavan (violin), S. Vijendran (mridangam), H. P. Ramamurthy (tabla) and D.V. Venkatasubramanian (ghatam). V. L. V Sudarshan, who will conduct the program, has composed the music for the songs. phone Special programs in Vallalar Thondu Niruvanam Special programs have been organized in Vallalar Thondu Niruvanam (8/165, 10 th Street, Annai Sathya Nagar, Nesapakkam) from Oct. 2 to 5 as part of 190 th year of incarnation of Saint Vallalar. The following are details: Oct. 2: 9.30 a.m: Discourse on Thiru Artupa- Ezhuthari Peruman Maalai by Dr. M. K. Ramanan; 11 a.m: Thiru Arutpa-Gudisai Nuzhainthanaive by Prof. A. M. Malathi; 5.30 p.m: Music concert by Mazhaiyur Sadhasivam & party. Oct. 3: 9.30 a.m: Discourse on Thiru Artupa-Vallalar Kanda Orumaippadu by Prof. R. Narayanan; 11 a.m: Thiru Arutpa-Anbenum Pidiyul by Mozhiyarasi Asokan; 5.30 p.m: Music concert by Thiruvarur N. Rajagopalan & party. Oct. 4: 9.30 a.m: Discourse on Thiru Arutpa-Azhai Thenathu Kaiyil Onru Koduthay Medical, blood donation camp on Tuesday Sri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha (Vani Mahal, G. N. Chetty Road, T. Nagar) has organized a medical, eye and blood donation and diabetes check-up camp from 9 a.m to 1 p.m on Tuesday, Oct. 2 (Gandhi Ja-yanthi Day) in Vani Mahal. Jeevan Blood Bank and Research Centre will collect blood from donors. Rajan Eye Care Hospital will conduct the eye screening camp. A team from Agada Diabetes Care will screen patients for diabetes. Random blood sugar test will be done and counselling given. Height, weight and blood pressure will be checked and body mass index calculated. Balamuralikrishna s vocal concert Under the auspices of Sri Sadguru Gana Nilayam (G-1, Janakam Apartments, 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, Jothy Ramalingam Street, West Mambalam. He will be accompanied by Nagerkoil Anandh (violin), Thiruvidamarudur S. Radhakrishnan (mridangam) and Nergunam Sankar (ganjira). phone Now the Ashok Nagar - K.K.Nagar edition of Mambalam Times can be accessed in by Prof. V. Sethuramalingam; 11 a.m: Thiru Arutpa-Kalanthu Kondane Kalithey by J. Mahadevan; 5.30 p.m: Thiru Arutpa-Thiruvarutpaeru by Aranga Ramalingam. Oct. 5: 9.30 a.m: Discourse on Thiru Arutpa-Kootram Kuthithalam Kai Koodum by Ramanan; 11 a.m: Vallalar Thiruvullam by T. Sankara Narayanan; 12 noon: Distribution of walking sticks among visually challenged persons; 5.30 p.m: Music concert Manumurai Kanda Vaasagam by Pattabiramanjadhasar & party. phone Amateur musicians invited to perform Tamil Nadu Brahmin Association, K. K. Nagar Unit (Dr. Ramasamy Salai, K. K. Nagar) has invited amateur vocalists and instrumentalists to perform during Navarathri celebrations from Oct. 15 to 24. Vedic Ravi (President) told Mambalam Times that there is no age bar. The last date for registration is Oct. 8. phone Free classes on Bhagavatham Free classes on Srimad Bhagavatham are conducted at 11 a.m on Tuesdays at 2, 50th Street, Ashok Nagar. phone Edited & Published by K.S. Ramakrishnan. Office: 7/3, Madley Road, T. Nagar, Chennai 17. Ph: , Printed by Ramesh Adityan at Powerfull Printers, 74, Kannappan Street, Aminijikarai, Chennai 29. C M Y K