MAMBALAM TIMES. The Neighbourhood Newspaper for T. Nagar & Mambalam. Tenders to be floated for

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1 MAMBALAM TIMES The Neighbourhood Newspaper for T. Nagar & Mambalam CMYK Vol. 19, No. 7 By Our Staff Reporter Tenders for the proposed multi-level parking facility on Bashyam Road, T. Nagar, adjacent to Panagal Park, will be floated in a couple of weeks. 943rd Issue : July 13-19, 2013 Tenders to be floated for multi-level parking facility The Rs. 25-crore facility will be tendered on a 30-year design, build, operate and transfer basis. The parking facility will On the night of July 6, burglars broke into three houses (two of them in adjacent apartments) on Arya Gowda Road (West Mambalam), but had to return empty handed from two have six to seven levels and will be able to accommodate around wheelers and wheelers. It will be fitted with CC TV cameras and electronic ticketing counters. The proposed parking fee for 4-wheelers is Rs. 30 per hour and for 2-wheelers Rs. 7 per hour. Burglars break into 3 houses on same night of them as the flats were vacant. According to the police, they broke into the flat belonging to Mani (a railway employee) in an apartment on Arya Gowda Road (West Mambalam) and found it to be vacant. They next broke into a 2 nd floor flat in the adjacent apartment and found it too to be vacant. In their third successive attempt, they broke into the flat belonging to Lakshmi Narayanan (a retired bank employee) on the first floor. The neighbours, on seeing the lock broken in the morning, called to police. They informed the police that Narayanan was away in the US with his wife. The police suspect loss of valuables and cash as they found an almirah in the house open. The value can only be ascertained after the return of Narayanan, they said. That same night, Rs. 5,000 in cash was burgled from the office of a local weekly newspaper on Srinivasa Pillai Street. Police suspect the involvement of the same gang in all the four cases. According to an investigating officer, it appears to be the handiwork of habitual offenders, who had prior information about the locked houses. He added that most apartment complexes have not installed closed circuit television cameras despite being advised to do so. The cases are under investigation in Mambalam Police Station. FREE

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3 July 13-19, 2013 MAMBALAM TIMES Page 3 Free diabetic check-up program in Kumaran Hospital Dr. K. Nandhakumar (Diabetologist) will conduct a free check-up cum consultation program for diabetic patients and persons suffering from diabetic symptoms from Saturday, July 13, to Friday, July 19, from 10 a.m to 1 p.m at Kumaran Speciality Hospital (1 st Avenue, Ashok Nagar). Persons having symptoms like burning feet, foot numbness and pain, kidney and neuro problems are encouraged to attend the program. To register please call or ,000 copies of this edition are delivered FREE every Saturday! Open manhole poses danger to motorists A manhole in the middle of Habibullah Road near its junction with North Usman Road and close to T. Nagar North Head Post Office is open as its cover has caved in. It poses a danger to motorists, especially at night. The hole is also letting out an offensive smell. Special alangaram for Aadi in Kaliamman temple The presiding deity of Nava Durgai Kaliamman temple (Jothi Ramalingam Street, West Mambalam)will be adorned with special alangarams during the 30 th Aadi festival from July 17 to 21. Daily abhisekam will take place at 7 a.m. Following are the details of the other poojas: July 19 at 4 p.m: Manjal Kaappu alangaram July 20 at 6 p.m: Vibhuti kaapu alangaram July 21 at 4 p.m: Sandhana Kaapu Alangaram, 6 p.m: Procession of Agni Kundam followed by procession of utsavmurthy. Toppled name board held upright by tethering to tree branch The reflective name board of Valmiki Street (T. Nagar) along with its frame toppled last week as its foundation got dislodged from the road. It has been held upright temporarily by tethering it to a nearby tree branch using a rope. Plant more trees New hall in Kasi Viswanathar Temple to be inaugurated tomorrow Sri Natarajar Sabai, a new hall constructed within Kasi Viswanathar Temple (Easwaran Koil Street, West Mambalam) will be inaugurated on Sunday, July 14, at 7.30 a.m. The hall was constructed with donations collected by Kasi Viswanathar Iraipani Seva Trust. All the temple idols will be placed in the hall during the inauguration function. The hall will be used for conducting religious functions, spiritual get-togethers, meditation and music concerts. The following are the pooja details: 5 a.m: Vinayagar pooja, kalasa sthabanam, ganapathi homam and Navargraha homam. 6 a.m: Pooranahuthi. 7 a.m: Special abhishekam to Kasi Viswanathar and Kasi Visalakshi. 8 a.m: Special thirumanjanam for to Lord Natarajar and Sivakami Ammal. 9 a.m: Maha deeparathanai. 7 p.m: Bharatanatyam concerts by disciples of Dharani Ramachandran (Saraswathi Natyalaya, West Mambalam).

4 Page 4 MAMBALAM TIMES July 13-19, 2013 TAMIL CINEMA 75 - A LOOK BACK By RANDOR GUY TAMIL CINEMA AND MUSIC - 60 Sachi worked with Dungan in his historic maiden movie Sathi Leelavathi (1936) produced by the Coimbatore-based producer A. N. Maruthachalam Chettiar. Chettiar had already produced the box-office bonanza Bhama Vijayam (1934), directed by Manik Lal Tandon, in which G. N. Balasubramaniam (GNB), the Carnatic music legend that still lives undiminished long after his demise, took his bow in movies as Sage Narada. Dungan s Sathi Leelavathi created history and many new talents made waves and forged ahead to conquer peaks of fame and fortune. The roster included the Gemini movie mogul S. S. Vasan as story-writer, and latter-day stars M. K. Radha (of Chandralekha fame!), T. S. Balaiah, and the last but not the least M. G. Ramachandran (MGR), the man of destiny, deified leader of Tamils, cult figure and all! Rajam played Lord Krishna in Radha Kalyanam while Radha was played by M. R. Santhanalakshmi, the noted star of yesteryears. A married Brahmin woman from the temple town Kumbakonam, she had entered the Tamil theater and made a mark with her good looks, bountiful buxom figure and singing talents and skills. Saachi, a keen talent scout, brought her into movies in this film. Santhanalakshmi was much older to Rajam and, not surprisingly, he felt embarrassed in doing romantic sequences with her! And according to Ellis R. Dungan, she was quite aggressive in enacting such scenes and invested them with much igniting impact-rich realism! (Ellis R. Dungan, a close pal of this writer, also directed her in the movie Ambikapathi with MKT. Dungan passed away some years ago at the age of 93 in Wheeling, West Virginia, USA. This writer is now at work on a book on him. Ambikapathi made Santhanalakshmi a star and she enjoyed a long and successful innings. A song by her in this film Aaathi Paranjyothi ennai. (based on a hit Hindi film tune) became very popular and old-timers still recall this song with joy. Radha Kalyanam did not do well commercially and few remember this movie today. Then came Rukmini Kalyanam (1936) and Rajam played Lord Krishna again in this movie. The famous Marathi filmmaker, actor, and later Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner, Balji Phendarkar directed it. He was the brother of Baburao (who had directed Seetha Kalyanam ). He was very fond of icecream and, according to Rajam, he used to take chunks of it for breakfast! This film too did not do well. By now Rajam had got married and, as his wife was not in favor of his acting in movies, it was goodbye to cinema, romantic scenes with elderly heroines and all that.! But later, in 1948, Rajam worked as the music composer (with no credit) and also sang a song offscreen Kaathal puyal thanile thurumbu pol in V. Shantaram s Nam Naadu. The celebrated Indian filmmaker had made a Hindi film Apna Desh and he dubbed it in Tamil. He released the Hindi version in Andhra with songs in Telugu! M. L. Vasanthakumari sang offscreen for the heroine Pushpa Hans in the Tamil version. (This writer found in his modest archives a magazine interview with Rajam by Kalki (Ra. Krishnamurthy), the icon of modern Tamil literature. It appeared in Ananda Vikatan of the 1930s when Kalki was its Associate Editor. Here are some extracts translated from the Tamil original: Kalki: Can you tell us something about how to improve Tamil Cinema? Master Rajam: Beshaaa! Acting is important and equally important is the delivery of dialogues. However, in Tamil cinema, nobody really bothers about it! Much of it is written only a few days before the shooting and what does it prove? Kalki: Dialogue is not that important for a film! Rajam: More or less you are right! Dialogue writers should know something about cinema and acting. However, here it is not so! They write long sentences in high-flown language while nobody talks like that in real life! Therefore, you cannot act in a realistic manner. It s all stagey and stilted. Artificial! They don t take any care about minor roles In a film all roles, big and small, are important. Kalki : Were all these things followed in your films? Rajam: I don t think so! Otherwise, they would have been better! Kalki: What do you think of directors not knowing Tamil directing such films? Rajam: Let s take my recent film Rukmini Kalyanam. The director did not know Tamil, but in a way it helped us! He (Balji Phendarkar) was also the writer. His dialogues were translated and we spoke them. If we made any mistake, he would spot it at once! He was also a fine actor. And he was very brilliant... Of course all directors are not so! (Obviously Tamil cinema has not changed much since the 1930s!) (To be continued) Garden around NSK statue under renovation The roadside garden housing the statue of N. S. Krishnan on G. N. Chetty Road is being renovated. Chennai Corporation workers removed an overgrowth of bushes and fixed a Street flooded by bore well work A resident of Patel Street (West Mambalam) let out water and slush, pumping them out onto the street, while drilling a bore well within the fence along its boundary. An official said that granite tiles will cover the outer portion of the island and saplings will be planted in the inner portion. compound of his house, thereby flooding the street and creating a nuisance to road users. Pedestrians and motorists avoided the lane as its surface had become slippery. Madhumita s arangetram tomorrow R. Madhumita (a resident of 23/53, 48 th Street, Ashok Nagar) will have her Bharathanatyam arangetram on Sunday, July 14, at 6 p.m in Mahaswami Hall (Vani Mahal, G. N. Chetty Road, T. Nagar). She is a student of Natyakala Saraswathi Chitra Subramani, a lecturer in Tamilnadu Government Music College. She is a Std. 9 student of PSBB School (K. K. Nagar). Name board of 11 th Avenue blocked by fruit vendor A shop put up by a fruit vendor on 11 th Avenue (Ashok Nagar) near Metrowater tank blocks the view of the street name board behind it. CMYK

5 July 13-19, 2013 MAMBALAM TIMES Page 5 Book on IOB opens all-women branch Now the T. Nagar - Mambalam edition commentaries of on Habibullah Road of Mambalam Times can be accessed in Ramana Maharishi to be released Indian Overseas Bank has on Sunday opened an all women branch Sri Ramana Baktha Samajam (West Mambalam) will release a book titled Commentary on Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi s Arunachala Pancharatnam on Sunday, July 14 at 10 a.m in KRS Auditorium (Meenakshi College, Kodambakkam). Prof. M.S. Swaminathan (founder MSSRF, Taramani) in Sri Mahalakshmi Apartments, No. 6, 3 rd Street, Habibullah Road on July 10. It is the ninth such branch in the country. The branch was inaugurated by M. Narendra (CMD). The centrally air-conditioned branch is fully computerized and offers core banking facilities. will release the book and Dr. K.S. Lakshmi (Meenakshi College) will receive the first copy. Daily proverbs and quotes displayed for M. Murali (Sri Krishna public by resident Sweets) will then unveil a portrait of Vidwan H. Vaidhyanathan in view of his remembrance day. The program will start at 8.30 a.m with Vedaparayanam, followed by Akhshara Parayanam and lighting of the lamp. Mandala Abhisekam in Reddiyapatti Swamigal Temple till Monday Mandala Abhishekam in Sri Reddiyapatti Swamigal Temple (Ranganathan Street, T. Nagar), which started on May 29 after Kumbabhishekam will conclude on July 15. The following are the program details: 9.30 a.m: Sri Reddiya Patti Swamigal Sahasranaama Archanai Sanghu Abishekam followed by pushpanjali and prasadam distribution. The temple is being maintained by Sri Reddiyapatti Swamigal Charitable Trust. R. M. Ramagiri (resident of 21/2, New Street, West Mambalam) has installed a notice board on the outside of her compound wall in which she writes proverbs and quotes of spiritual leaders on a daily basis. She told Mambalam Times that she started the practice on September 2 last year to coincide with Teachers Day. As she got a very good response from her neighbours, she was Walkers Club honours headmistress of Govt. Girls School Walkers Club of Ashok 6-month certificate course in Sanskrit for children Samskrita Bharathi will conduct a free 6-month certificate course in Sanskrit for children in the age group of 5 to 12 from Monday, July 29, at 5.30 p.m daily at 66, Anantha Sree, Brindavan Street, West Mambalam. For registration please call or Nagar, K. K. Nagar and West Mambalam (10 th and 11 th Avenue, Ashok Nagar) honoured V. M. Kalavalli (Headmistress, Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Ashok Nagar) on July 6 for the service rendered by her for the betterment of the school. The award was presented by Mayor Saidai Sa. Duraisamy. Kalavalli joined as Headmistress in 2008 and has since then been instrumental in constructing new classrooms, installing synthetic blackboards and renovating the toilets from allocated constituency funds. Pathayatra to Tirumla temple in October Tirumala Tirupathi Pathayathirai Trust (4/13, Aparana Apartments, Balakrishna Mudali Street, West Mambalam) has organized a pathayatra to Tirumala Venkateswara Temple (Tirupathi) from Sri Sathya Narayana Temple (Srinivasa Street, West Mambalam) on Oct. 18. S. L. Sriram (Organizer) told Mambalam Times that there is no fee and those who are interested may register their names by calling , or He said that, since the participation is limited and the Trust needs to make arrangements in advance, interested persons are advised to register well in advance. He said that yatra is expected to reach Tirumala by Oct. 23. Free food and shelter along the way will be provided to all the yatra participants, he added. motivated to continue reproducing a different quote everyday. She writes stanzas from Tirukkural and quotes of spiritual leaders like Saradha Devi, Swami Vivekananda, the Mother and Sri Aurobindo, Sri Ramakrishna and Mahathma Gandhi, spiritual quotes of Shiridi Sai Baba and Sathya Sai Baba, Vedic verses, religious quotes of Prophet Mohammed, Mahaveer, Buddha, Guru Nanak and from the Bible. Ramagiri said that she writes them in both English and Tamil. She said that when she is out of town, she arranges for someone to fill her role. She had retired as Headmistress of Sarada Vidyalaya (Burkit Road, T. Nagar). She conducts free tuition classes for deserving students in Sardha Vidyalaya from 3.30 p.m to 5.30 p.m from Monday to Saturday. Her contact number is CMYK

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SADANAND SUICIDE SQUAD Compared to the bottomless mighty oceans in which our poor pieces of earth float with their crowd of human animal and other baggage whom the great Creator had condemned to be despoilers of all that is loaded in the biblical ark for the good or bad of man, the stupid rivers that discharge the scum and shit of the millions of the people and animals sometimes grumble at the antics of man who imagine that their favourite gods and their cohorts would be gambolling on the banks of the Himalayan rivers. For them the sight is next to the final mystery of what heaven holds in store for them after their sojourn in mother India. Armed with ignorance and the deadly faith that God will spare the holy pilgrims, these God-trekkers in millions climb and descend the Himalayas where the human pathway was scrambled up hundreds of years ago.thousands of the pilgrims must have perished in the past either in the slush or floods or through diseases acquired through quirks of nature but not reported in the media for fear of antagonising our good old Gods and Goddesses. This new Godly season, the Himalayan game turned out to be a mock Olympiad and lakhs of dumb driven cattle and the sponsoring States caused the disappearance of thousands in floods, diseases, tsunamis and during rescue operations. The Gods are having a whale of a season at the pettiness of man for imagining that a painful trek is the antidote for all the past sins. What would you suggest to the sissy government? BAN these yatras! Why? They are stupid. I heard one God tell another that the human beings are crazy and, though we Gods have created them, they will destroy themselves without our help. Shiva the destroyer is closing shop. Poor chap needs rest. Daasya members bathe cows of goshala Members of Daasya (12 th Avenue, Ashok Nagar), an NGO, and volunteers bathed the cows and cleaned the goshala in Athur Village (Chengalpet District) belonging to Sri Chaturvedha Vidhya Ganapathi Vedhashram (26/8, Ramachandra Street, T. Nagar) on July 7. P. Raman (President, Daasya) told Mambalam Times that after the sanitation work, they performed gho pooja. They also donated provisions to the Vedhashram. B. Vaidyanathan (Trustee, Vedhashram) said that the Veda patasala was started a year ago and at present there are six students. Apart from Vedic education, they also learn English, Tamil, Sanskrit and mathematics. Students are provided free boarding and lodging. Those who are willing to make donations may call or LETTER TO THE EDITOR Playground misused as godown by contractor Sir, The Corporation playground in our area is in a bad condition. The playground was temporarily given to a Corporation contractor 5 years ago for storing his materials in connection with some sewage work he was carrying out. How a community playground could be given away in the first place in itself is a mystery. The contractor completely damaged and vandalized the playground during the period of his use. Our Resident Association has been fighting for its restoration ever since with little effect. The residents even staged a dharna in front of the Corporation office some months ago. The contractor is dragging his feet and the restoration is moving at a snail s pace. I request the Corporation officials to take action against the contractor and restore the playground so that it can be put to use for residents benefit. T. 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7 July 13-19, 2013 MAMBALAM TIMES Page 7 SPECIAL CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS Classified Advertisements under the heads Accommodation Required, Old Age Home, Marriage Hall, Mini Hall, Real Estate (Buying & Selling) and Rental will be published on this page. The charges are Rs. 500 (upto 35 words); Bold Rs Ashok Nagar- K.K. Nagar & Mambalam- T.Nagar Editions. Display: Rs. 240 per col. centimeter. Each advertisement of Real Estate and Rental must relate GUEST HOUSE T. NAGAR, No. 23, EVP Hall (A/ c), Sir Thiyagaraya Road, Pondy Bazaar, 40 rooms available, rent Rs. 2,000 per room for 24 hours, power back-up, also hall with capacity of 100 to 200 persons for family function, conference, exhibitions, get together party. Ph: , MINI HALL WEST MAMBALAM, Mahadevan Street (State Bank Building), 2 Halls Kamakshi Mini Hall A/c (100 guests), Kamakshi Hall A/c (200 guests). Ph: , , , OLD AGE HOME SRI Vidya Old Age Home Trust, West Mambalam. We care for aged citizens (both men and women). Healthy, hygienic food and clean accommodation will be provided with motherly care. Contact: B. Vijayalakshmi, Ph: , , REAL ESTATE (BUYING) WANTED land to build house in places like Mathananthapuram, Mangadu and otheretc. Ph: REAL ESTATE (SELLING) JAFFERKHANPET, VOC Block, Balasubramanian Street, 2 bedrooms, hall, kitchen, 1000 sq.ft, ready for possession. Contact: S.V. Construction. Ph: , , WEST C.I.T. NAGAR, West Road, near Alpha School, 2 bedrooms, 875 sq.ft, UDS 570 sq.ft, 2 nd floor flat, no lift, open car park, 18 years old, price Rs. 70 lakhs, no brokers. Ph: , WEST SAIDAPET, Jones Road, near Jaya Raj Theatre, independent house, 2400 sq.ft, ground + 2, expected rental income Rs. 40,000, price Rs crores. Ph: , K.K. NAGAR, Vannier Street, 1100 sq.ft, UDS 450 sq.ft, 2 bedrooms, 1st floor, no car park, 10 years old, Rs. 50 lakhs (negotiable). Contact: Ramesh, Ph: WEST SAIDAPET, Perumal Koil Street, behind Jayaraj Theatre, 3 bedrooms, hall, kitchen, 1224 sq.ft, 1 st floor, 5 years old. Ph: , WEST MAMBALAM, Kuppiah Street, near Mambalam Railway Station, 2 bedrooms, hall, kitchen, 750 sq.ft, 1 st floor, marble floor, woodwork, 11 years old, price Rs. 68 lakhs, 2- wheeler park, Brahmins only, no brokers, inspection on Saturday and Sunday only. Ph: , SRIRANGAM, Thathtam Street, near Devi Theatre, can have Rajagopuram Dharshan of Ranganathar Temple from house terrace, 2 bedrooms, hall, kitchen, 680 sq.ft, 2 nd floor flat, no brokers. Contact: Natarajan. Ph: WEST MAMBALAM, Baroda Street, 900 sq.ft, 20 years old, price Rs. 70 lakhs, no car park, no brokers. Contact: G. Suresh. Ph: MANNUR, near Poonamalle, DTCP approved plots, surrounded by International / Indian companies, SEZ, colleges, schools, opposite Kalsar Engineering College. Ph: , WEST MAMBALAM, Govindan Road, total area 2720 sq.ft, built-up area 3300 sq.ft, ground + 1 st floor, 15 years old. Ph: RENTAL T. NAGAR, B3, Burkit Road, off. Venkatanarayana Road, 1 st floor flat, lift, woodwork, car park, good ventilation, 24 hours water, rent Rs. 20,000. Ready to occupy. Contact: Ravi Chandran. Ph: T. NAGAR, B.N. Road, near G.N. Chetty Road Junction, 780 sq.ft, 2 bedrooms, hall, kitchen, 3 rd floor, no lift. Rent Rs. 13,000. Family/ bachelors or spinsters. Contact: Rajendran, RANGARAJAPURAM, No. 22, Karnan Street, 2 bedrooms, 945 sq.ft, 1 st floor flat, open car park, pure vegetarians only. Ph: , WEST MAMBALAM, Old No. 37B/1, New No. 124/1, Arya Gowda Road, shops /commercial, 200 sq.ft, 1 st floor. Ph: T.NAGAR No. 36, Prakasam Street, 2 bedrooms, hall, kitchen, 1 st floor, A/C, furnished, rent Rs 25000, open car park, inspection on Sunday, from 9 a.m to 6 p.m. Contact: Owner. Ph: WEST MAMBALAM, No.21, Postal Colony 1 st Street, 2 bedrooms, hall, kitchen, 750 sq.ft, balcony, newly renovated, Brahmins only, no brokers. Ph: T. NAGAR, Door No. 187, Habibullah Road, 2 bedrooms, hall, kitchen, dining, 1200 sq.ft, 3 rd floor, lift, 2 A/c, 2 covered sit-outs, car park, rent Rs. 18,500, ready for occupation. Ph: T. NAGAR, No. 16, Soundararajan Street, near TTD, 2 bedrooms, bachelors / small family, vegetarian, car park, no brokers, immediate occupation, contact on after 3 p.m onwards. Ph: , ASHOK NAGAR, No. 23, 7 th Avenue, near Jeevan Super Market, 2 bedrooms, hall, kitchen, balcony, bath attached, 1 st floor apartment, woodwork, rent Rs. 12,500, advance 6 months, family / bachelors also. Surya. Ph: , WEST MAMBALAM, No. 94/52, Arya Gowda Road, near Ayodhya Mandapam, deluxe flat, 2 bedrooms, hall, kitchen, 1100 sq.ft, 2 nd floor, lift, fully furnished, 2 A/c, geyser, marble, rent Rs. 20,000 (negotiable), Brahmins only, no brokers, visiting after Monday onwards. Ph: T. NAGAR, No. 17, Porur Somasundaram Street, 3 bedrooms, 1250 sq.ft, 1 st floor flat, no lift, small Brahmin family, strictly no broker, inspection between 9 a.m & 12 noon. Ph: WEST MAMBALAM, No. 4, K. V. Colony 2 nd Street, residential, 3 bedrooms, hall, kitchen, 1800 sq.ft, 1 st floor, semi furnished, 2 A/c, rent Rs. 30,000, Brahmins only. Ph: , WEST MAMBALAM, No. 4, K. V. Colony 2 nd Street, commercial purpose, 1000 sq.ft, 2 nd floor, fully furnished with A/c, office cabin. rent Rs. 35,000. Ph: , WEST MAMBALAM, New No. 7, Burma Kanakammal Street, opposite Muthalamman Koil, 2 bedrooms, hall, kitchen, 1 st floor, rent Rs. 8,500. Ph: VADAPALANI, No. 50 & 51, 100 Feet Road, next to Lakshamansurthi Musical, 2 bedrooms, hall, kitchen, 930 sq.ft, 3 rd floor, lift, covered car park, rent Rs. 16,000 (negotiable), vegetarians only. Ph: WEST MAMBALAM, No. 26, Naickamar Street, Flat No.1, 2 bedrooms, hall, kitchen, vegetarians only. Ph: KODAMBAKKAM, No. 15, Sunshine Apartment, Azeez Nagar 2 nd Street, 2 bedrooms, 700 sq.ft, 1 st floor, no car park, vegetarian family only, no brokers. Ph: , T. NAGAR, 15/42, Thirumurthy Street, 1100 sq.ft, 3 rd floor flat, 3 verandas, lift, semi-furnished, geyser, electrical fittings, rent Rs. 25,000 + maintenance Rs. 1,400. Ph: ASHOK NAGAR, No. 80, 53 rd Street, 3 bedrooms, hall, kitchen, 900 sq.ft, semi furnished, 24 hours water, lease Rs. 8 lakhs. Ph: WEST MAMBALAM, No. 38, Baroda Street, near Duraisamy Subway, 2 bedrooms, hall, kitchen, 900 sq.ft, 1 st floor, 1 balcony, 2- wheeler park, rent Rs Ph: T. NAGAR, 25/11, Mannar Street, 2 bedrooms, hall, kitchen, 2 nd floor, lift, covered car park, woodwork. Ph: WEST MAMBALAM, Old No. 22, New No. 30, Veerasamy Street, 2 bedrooms, ground floor, rent Rs. 12,000, vegetarian family only, no brokers. Cotnact: R. Rathnakumar. Ph: , ASHOK NAGAR, No. 5, 12 th Avenue, individual house, 3 bedrooms, hall, kitchen, attached bathroom, 1840 sq.ft, marble floor, car park, 24 hours water, 3 phase, rent Rs. 25,000, family / commercial. Contact: Vijay. Ph: T. NAGAR, 17/53, South West Boag Road, 2 bedrooms, hall, kitchen, 900 sq.ft, 1 st floor, 2-wheeler park, rent Rs. 15,000. Contact: Rajamani. Ph: , WEST MAMBALAM, New No. 11, Old No. 12/1, Krishnan Street, Mettupalayam, near Govindan Road & Church, double bedrooms, attached bathroom with Western toilet, rent Rs pure vegetarians. Contact: N. Karthik. Ph: T. NAGAR, No. 24, Rangan Street, 750 sq.ft, ground floor portion, open car park, residential only, rent Rs. 10,000, no brokers. Ph: T. NAGAR, No. 23, Muthurajansalai, near Bus Stand & Railway Station, single bedroom, 500 sq.ft, 1 st floor, separate EB Card, rent Rs. 8,000, family / bachelors / office. Contact: Krishnan. Ph: T. NAGAR, No. 1, Thirumalai Pillai Road, 2 bedrooms, 1200 sq.ft, 1 st floor flat, woodwork, covered car park, marble floor, rent Rs. 25,000 (negotiable). Ph: T. NAGAR, Old No. 24/1, New No. 30/1, Thyagaraya Street, near North Usman Road, 1000 sq.ft, 2 bedrooms, fully furnished, 2 nd floor, deluxe flat, covered car park, rent Rs Suitable for family/ bachelors/spinsters. Contact: S. Raghu, Ph: T. NAGAR, Old No. 24/1, New No. 30/1, Thyagaraya Street, near North Usman Road, 500 sq.ft, 1 bedroom, fully furnished, new deluxe apartment, 2-wheeler park, 1 st floor, rent Rs Suitable for family/ bachelors/spinsters. Contact: S. Raghu, Ph: WEST MAMBALAM, B-13, Sri Vidya Apartment, Balakrishna Mudali Street, 2 bedrooms, hall, kitchen, 3 rd floor, no lift, 2-wheeler parking, rent Rs Ph: Breach in compound wall of All Women s Police Station repaired Before After The wide breach in the compound wall at the rear side of W-25 All Women s Police Station at the junction of Madley Road and Police Quarters Road (T. Nagar) was repaired last week. The compound wall got damaged more than 4 months ago. Because of the breach, the premises was being misused by passersby and the rear portion of the station had been converted into an open urinal. Mambalam Times had reported about this breach a couple of times in the past. Free Paduka Sahasram classes on Thursdays and Fridays Free Paduka Sahasram classes will be conducted from August 8 onwards on Thursdays and Fri- Calling volunteers for free service in Tirumala Sevas (50, Dharga Road, Rajaji Nagar, Pallavaram) 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 supervisory 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 , L. S. V. Mahadevan ( ), P. Sundaram ( ) or D. Gopinath ( ). Free Veda classes thrice a week Kurichi Lakshminarasimhachariar (resident of 8, 2 nd 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. More details can be had in phone days, from 3.30 p.m to 4.30 p.m at the residence of R. Seshadri (8/ 32, 2 nd Main Road, CIT Nagar). The classes will be conducted by P. Govindarajan Swamigal. For registration please call or ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meets at 7 p.m on Fridays & Sundays : Kesari School, Dr. Giriappa Road (near Teynampet Signal).

8 Page 8 MAMBALAM TIMES July 13-19, 2013 Kodambakkam flyover repair work hits roadblock By Our Staff Reporter Repair work on the 55-year-old Kodambakkam flyover is progressing at a snail s pace. The repair and renovation work was started in April Corporation has so far finished re-plastering work, removal of rust from the iron bars, applying of anti-corrosive coating and strengthening of the beams. An official told Mambalam Times that the main bottleneck is in replacing the 50mm rubber bearings under the decks that connect the superstructure with the main pillars. To do this, the fly-over needs to be closed to traffic for at least a month as the decks Online portal offers booking for function halls in Chennai Caladium Systems, a Chennai based enterprise delivering e-services,has launchedits websitewww.chennaihalls.in to search and book function halls in the city and nearby towns. Thewebsite aims at easing the woes of undergoing the physical strain to search and book halls for functions like marriages, small family functions and corporate parties. According to PradhyumnaT. Venkat (Founder and CEO), it has already tied up with more than 300 halls in Chennai. With an integrated payment gateway, users can book the hall of their choice after checking the real-time availability online based on their budget and area of preference, he said. In addition to the general public, this website can come in handy for event managers, wedding planners and corporates who wish to regularly book halls, he added. It will be very useful especially to persons living outside Chennai and abroad who wish to conduct the function in the city. We will add more cities to the bouquet in the near future, he said. The company s contact number is Talk on Thiru Arutpa on Tuesday Under the auspices of Vallalar Sanmargasangam (V. O.C Street, MGR Nagar, Ph: ), Dr. R. Pugazhendhi will give a discourse on Thiru Arutpa Meinery on Tuesday, July 16, at 6 p.m in Sakthi Vinayagar Temple (P.T. Rajan Salai, K.K. Nagar). need to physically lifted, he said. According to Karuna Sagar (Additional Police Commissioner, Traffic), the only available alternate routes for the vehicles plying on this flyover are through the recently constructed Rangarajapuram flyover and the narrow subways of Duraisamy Road and Madley Road, T. Nagar. The subways are already congested and the Rangarajapuram flyover lands in an already crowded area. It is almost impossible to effect any traffic diversion for a long duration at pre-sent, he added. Kodambakkam flyover, which was built in 1967, is one of the oldest in the city. It is 623 metres long and 12.8 metres wide. A market under the bridge has been temporarily closed and the 60 vendors given alternate space near Kodambakkam railway station. Free 4-day Sahasranaamam classes for women and children from Monday Volunteers needed to help visually handicapped students Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organaisations (West Mambalam Samithi) conducts free reading of lessons and story books to visually handicapped students on Tuesdays from 3.30 p.m to 6 p.m in B.V.S.N. Murthy School for Special Children (No. 27, Thambiah Road, West Mambalam). Those who are interested in volunteering may contact Viswanathan (Coordinator) in Foundation stone laid for Corporation community hall on Giriappa Road Chennai Corporation laid the foundation stone for constructing a multipurpose community hall in Giriappa Road on July 10. P. Arumugam (Councillor, Ward 117) told Mambalam Times that the foundation stone was laid by P. Valarmathi (Minister for Social Welfare) in the presence of V. P. Kalairajan (MLA, T. Nagar constituency). The 30,000 sq.ft community hall to be constructed at a cost of Rs crores will house 3 floors with a total seating capacity of 900 and parking space for 60 cars. The first two floors will house big halls while the third floor will house a mini hall. He said that the construction is expected to get completed within 18 months. Mud from subway work makes road slushy The service lane adjoining the subway under construction on Rangarajapuram Main Road has become slushy due to recent showers. The lanes have been closed to motorists except the residents living there due to the ongoing subway work. Mud from a trench dug for the service lane compound wall, which was dumped on the roadside, has mixed with rain water and made the road slushy and slippery, causing a lot of hardship to the nearby residents. Devi Sri Aachi Amman Arutpani Sabai (6/48, Sidhi Vinayagar Koil Street, Muthurangan Salai, T. Nagar) conducts free Lalitha Sahasranaamam and Vishnu Sahasranaamam classes for women and children from Monday to Thursday, from 6 p.m to 7 p.m in its premises. For more details please call or 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. CMYK