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MYLAPORE TIMES YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD NEWSPAPER Vol. 25, No. 43 May 8 - 14, 2021 8 pages Free Circulation OFFICE : 2498 2244, 2467 1122 EDITORIAL : 2466 0269 WEBSITE : www.mylaporetimes.com 2 MYLAPORE TIMES May 8 - 14, 2021 USEFUL CONTACTS TRIBUTES Here is a check list of some people who provide food V. Dinakaran, former physi- Kartik Fine Arts for many years and Hailing for those affected by the virus. Some do it for the cal education teacher, P. S. Snr. headed a few other cultural bodies from Ray- Sec. School, like Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan; during ampettai, a patients, some also provide for the family of the affected, Mylapore his tenure he actively took part in village near if they are unable to cook – passed away events at Mylapore sabha halls.’ Thiruvaiyaru on 14th He headed many a corporate (Thanjavur April. He firm and the Chennai Super Kings district), she ● Thaligai in Luz ( opp. Nageswara Rao Park) says its was 56. management. migrated to diet is prescribed by the well-known Ayurvedic doctor Alumni Madras in Dr. PLT Girija. It follows the ‘pathiyam’ cooking process. It Venkatesh Enuga Seetharama Reddy, the seventies with her husband, offers a package for 7 days or 14 days three times a day. (1999 batch) president of Telugu Mahajana Sa- Jagannathan, a manager at Punjab Pick up or delivery to doorstep also done through Swiggy / mentions that ‘master’ personally majam and of National Bank. Dunzo. intervened with his parents when Sri Venugopal Mythili was among the earliest he was in class XII to ensure he Vidyalaya settlers in Second Main Road, Contact - 6374-071618 – call Nalina. could play for the school team in a Matricula- Raja Annamalai Puram, during a prestigious cricket tournament. tion Higher time when there was no traffic and ● Janaki Kanya Rajesh of R.A. Puram, runs a home- Anand Jayachandran recol- Secondary apartments. lects the times between 1995 and School, She used to regularly cooked food service - gives first preference to people af- ’97, when the school finished Mandaveli attend Sanskrit classes, and go for fected with COVID and senior citizens. For lunch she offers runners up in the TNCA schools passed away Vedic discourses at the Vedanta rice, sambar/kootu, rasam, a lot of veggies and sundal. For league tournaments. on April 23 in Bengaluru. Desika Hall in Mylapore. She also dinner she offers kichdi, upma and idli. She collaborates Dinakaran was an active He was fondly addressed as took shloka classes for children in with Dunzo and Swiggy to deliver food. cricket and hockey player in his Thatha Garu by staff and students. the neighbourhood. Contact: 9790914485 younger days and was also very “As long as he was in Chennai Mythili was also an ardent passionate about Ilaiyaraja’s until a few years ago, he ensured music lover, listening to many music. visiting the school every single day kutcheris of leading Carnatic ar- ● Gnaanam offers both vegetarian and non-vegetarian Dinakaran is survived by his and offered guidance,” a note from tistes. She ensured that her children meals but customises the food for patients. For vegetarian wife and two sons Vishnu and the school stated. and grandchildren trained in the Nakul, who stay in Chennai. Reddy completed B.Sc from arts, and was associated with veena lunch they offer rice, dal/sambar, rasam, vegetable, curd Condolence messages can Loyola College and became an player Rajeshwari Padmanabhan and pappad. Non-vegetarian can be customised. Veg. meal be sent to family at 81480 industrialist by starting Madras (who lived in Pattammal Street - Rs. 75 and Rs.150 for non-veg. 88543 or to the alumni group at Industrial Chemical Agencies. He in Mandaveli), vocalists Contact: 9841062039 9840938520. had earlier served as the Presi- Seerkazhi Jayaraman and Suguna Or mail – tollshrivatsa@ dent of ASCA (Andhra Social and Purushotaman. gmail.com Cultural Association), Amarajeevi Contact – 53, Second Main ● Jude’s M&N Kitchen was curated three months ago - Written by Srivatsan Parthasarathy Potti Sreeramulu Memorial Society, Road, R. A. Puram. Phone: to cater to senior citizens and now they offer food even to Kuchipudi Academy and Vice 9382602082 / 044-24357047. COVID affected patients. Cooking with less oil and spices: K. S. Manikka Rathnam, President of Andhra Mahila Sabha. Email: [email protected] the menu features easily digestible food. Lunch items – retired head master of P. S. High School Former TNCA league cricketer - Reported by Srinivasa Ramanujam sambar rice/ mor kozhambu/ brinji / dal rice and for dinner breathed his T. S. Viswanathan passed away on they provide idli, dosa and idiyappam, says Delivery via last at the April 26. He Dunzo, V fast and Zapster. age of 91 in was 88. MYLAPORE Contact: 9445166092 the United He was States. He a long time TIMES had served resident of Editorial & Publishing Office: ● A group of residents of the city have engaged the Shop 27, 2nd Flr., Corpn. Shopping Cplx., the school East Mada 77, C. P. Ramaswamy Rd., Alwarpet, Chennai -18 services of a veteran Mylapore caterer to cook and supply for thirty three years and retired as Street. He Phone: 2498 2244, 2467 1122 the headmaster in 1988. studied in E-mails : [email protected] meals to families affected by the virus. The caterer will cook [email protected] vegetarian meals and arrange them to be delivered. A He started out as the NCC P. S. High School and worked in ICF for Editor & Publisher - Vincent D’Souza donation can be made. This group runs Vedhasamrakshan- master in this school and rose up the ranks to become HM. several decades. Photographer - M. Madhan Kumar am, supporting the needs of patashalas across the state. He died on April 20 at his Tamil Nadu cricketer from Freelance Reporter - S. Prabhu Contact Vasanth – 9566146768 / Prasanna – 9500167977. eldest daughter, Malathi’s house in the 1960s and banker R. Chan- Trainee Reporter - Kavitha Benni the USA. Loganathan is his foster drasekaran recalls, “I had known Designer - S. Prema son who lives in Chennai . him from 1946. We used to play Accountant - K. Mohan ANY USEFUL KIND OF INFO we must provide you He is survived by his wife cricket at the P. S. school ground. Advertising Executive - R. Kathiravan here? Tell us the subject - [email protected] who was also in the US and three When he joined work, he would start Manager - M. Shanthi daughters, all belonging to the at 5am and cycle all the way from Office Asst - A. Nithyanandam medical fraternity. Contact Mylapore to ICF. He started to play Loganathan – 98417 59842 . for Milky Way Cricket Club and ADVERTISEMENT RATES - Report by Baskar Seshadri later played for my team BRC. He DISPLAY ADS was a very good off spinner and a Basic rate (Black & white) - Rs.200 pcc Fine arts promoter and former brilliant fielder.” Basic rate (Colour ) - Rs.230 pcc chairman of Kartik Fine Arts Vichu as he was affectionately Page 1 (Colour ) - Rs.340 pcc sabha, L. Sabaretnam passed called also played for ICF and cap- Back page (Colour ) - Rs.290 pcc away on tained the team for a brief period. Ear panel (Colour ) - Rs.2700 April 24. Viswanathan is survived by He was 80 his two sons. Contact Ramani @ CLASSIFIEDS and resided 9445352145. in Besant Real Estate and Rental - Nagar. Mythili Jagannathan passed 20 Words - Rs.350. 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May 8 - 14, 2021 MYLAPORE TIMES 3 Pandemic it is but prayers continue By Our Staff Reporter This is a habit, a practice and nothing can stop it. Not even pandemic regulations. Stop- ping at a temple to reflect, to pray. Big, popular temples are off-limits to people now but smaller ones in Mylapore’s crowded areas are open in part and offer a space for people to stand apart and pray. Thillai Vinayakar Temple on Bazaar Road had its gate open one recent evening, for devotees to do the pradakshanam, though the main sanctum was locked. Sri Valampuri Vinayagar Temple, in Arun- MID-DAY LOCKDOWN dale Street had some 25 people while the priest was You may not be wrong if you now call the heart of Mylapore a kind of performing the evening pooja. ghost town at high noon. For this is how Luz Circle and the Mada Streets At Sri Ponni Amman Temple in P. V. Kovil looked as the first day of the noontime lockdown of new pandemic time Street devotees were seen going directly into the regulations came into force on May 6. shrine and praying. All stores and hawkers had to shut shop and many began to pull down A big queue was seen in front of Sri Veera Shakti the shutters even as early as 11.30 am. The hawkers of Luz Circle were Vinayagar Temple in Madhava Perumal Kovil hardly around and even traffic was thin at noon.