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Hussey launches Cricket Education programme in Chennai

By Smruthi S Cricketers? Student Reporter Martin Gleeson briefed the audience about the The Chettinad Vidyashram school programme. “CEP is campus in R. A. Puram saw an first of its kind. We are unusual buzz of activity for a day dur- indeed delighted to ing the summer holidays. It was on have Inside Edge May 3, 2012. Sportainment (P) Ltd. If one thought it was probably the X as our first partner in and XII graders attending Chennai. It is a special classes or the teachers doing structural coaching their exam corrections, then guess system, exclusively again! It was an occasion for the written by Cricket launch of the Cricket Education Australia, for school Programme (CEP) by ‘Namma Aussie- children. It is a com- Chennaiite’, Mike Hussey. prehensive six-year summer camp where they were sequential development program for Dressed in a casual sportswear, with trained by Cricket Australia’s boys and girls of 9 to 14 years of age no airs of the star he is, Mike along accredited coaches. which has spread to about 17 centers with Martin Gleeson, CEO, Sports in the country. Through CEPs He displayed much enthusiasm in Education Development Ltd., competency-based training format, playing some fine shots and taking up (SEDIL) and Vignesh Balasubrama- participants will engage in cricket all the bowling and fielding practices niam, Founder, InsideEDGE, kick development. that the students were taught by the started the programme in Chennai. activities”, said Martin expressing coaches. He relentlessly shared some Making an entry into a roaring crowd, optimism about the future of CEP the Australian middle order star, also of the secrets of his stellar career to in Chennai. the student champs at the camp. called as the ‘Role Model’ for CEP, shook hands with some budding What Is This CEP Program All About? champs at Cricket India Academy’s >>> Full story and more photos How differently does it train young on www.yocee.in Page 2 E-PAPER YOCee May 13 - May 26, 2012 55 days in space

By Vamsi Krishna R space, he’s obviously lying. They Student Reporter usually work with their legs strapped to a platform. So, no goofing around Read news If you’re an astronomy freak, you during work. shouldn’t have missed this one. Now the most important thing, gross online at Marsha Sue Ivins, a retired stuff! They have bags which have to astronaut, cosmonaut, space be attached to the closet before they www.yocee.in engineer addressed a group of do their gross stuff. After they are students at Birla Planetarium on done, they have to take the bag and Updated daily April 30, 2012. She used to be more dump it in something that looks like of a flight engineer in her career. a bucket. Here comes the gross part, She began telling the gross stuff is A Fortnightly Newsletter from the students about used for making space life like how drinking water. they eat, work and You read that (www.yocee.in - news website for sleep. And do you right, DRINKING Chennai’s young people) know that WATER! Founder - editor Astronauts move Never mind! Any- Revathi R about the space way, did you know station by flying that there can Student reporters team because there’s no never be (well, at for this issue gravity or G-force. least for the next Nandini P.S. Here are some 20 years) a gravity generating system Smruthi S more interesting Sruti S info that Ivins in space? Vamsi Krishna R shared with the Ivins also said that group. if you want to be Guest contributors They eat food an astronaut, you Aravindhan P compressed in need a Master’s Charvee R bags. So if they degree in at least Vishruthi S eat food with their something, Circulation food bags open, they’ll have sauce preferably Science. So if you think that you can just goof around in • Free circulation - online at and nuts floating all around the www.yocee.in/category/epaper/ space station. While drinking water school and be an astronaut, you’re they usually make balls of water and WRONG! • Circulated through email to individual subscribers gulp it up. Ivins’ tips to become an astronaut: They sleep in cozy, comfy bags ♦ Study hard For Advertising which are not too soft or too hard. ♦ Be creative Contact phone: +91 9840544629 Now you know that if an astronaut says that he didn’t sleep well in ♦ Never take NO for an answer! Disclaimer Readers are advised to exercise caution and use their discretion to visit the external websites mentioned in this Your city. Your Photos newsletter. The content of the advertisements are ♦ Love to take pictures when you go as furnished by the advertisers. YOCee around Chennai? does not vouch any of their claims. ♦ Want to publish them here? Editorial office: New no. 15, ‘Sri Padma’ ♦ Mail the pictures with captions to: Karpagam Garden First Main Road Adyar, Chennai - 600 020 [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.yocee.in Phone: +91 9840544629 May 13 - May 26, 2012 E-PAPER YOCee Page 3 Fortnight For You - May 13 to 26 Science Workshop on tion to Indian Choral music’ on May For details and registration, contact Electricity and Magnetism - 13, 2012 at 6.30 p.m. At Aarkay Swaminathan (2467 1501), May 14 to 18 convention Centre. High Gopu (98417 24641) or Badri (98840 Road, . 66566) Construct your own motor, see what This will be followed by choral music is inside an iron box, make a 2 way performance by thre groups – Learn arts, crafts, switch. All this, and more will be done Sargam, children’s choir, Akshayam, at Power Up – A Science workshop on choir for adults and children from embroidery - May 14 to 31 Electricity and Magnetism at SOS children’s village. For more Vidhyapika Learning Centre. This details, contact : 98401 32913 Summer camp for children and workshop aims at understanding and adults. Children can learn drawing appreciating the concepts of Electric- and painting (all mediums), chocolate ity and Magnetism through hands-on Tamil Heritage Workshops – and candle making, folkart, textile demos, experiments and videos. May 19 & 20 designing, paper craft, clay model-

ling, and fireless cooking. Adults can Children in classes 7 to 10 can enroll Tamil Heritage Trust will be conduct- for the workshop. learn oil and acrylic painting, 3D glass ing a workshop for children on May mural, 4D statues, mehandi applying, For Registration, Contact Deepa 19 and 20, 2012 at Raga Sudha Hall, embroidery, jharokas, waterfalls, 3D @98403 47670 or visit Vidhyapika Luz Avenue, Mylapore. clay murals, cold porcelain flowers Learning Center located at No.3, The workshop will include sessions on and eco friendly gift items. Srinivasa Avenue, Park View Street, Life & exciting Math of Srinivasa Ra- For details contact 9840724819 RA Puram. manujan led by N. Balasubramaniam and Badri Seshadri, introduction to

A presentation on choral Astronomy to look up in the sky with naked eyes by R. Gopu, Kirigami, the Money Management music - May 13 art of cutting paper by Ramesh. Workshop for children - Heard of the children’s choir songs There is a presentation on plants May 14 to 25 tuned by M.B. Srinivasan? around us with a guided tour of Nageswara Rao Park by Prof. Lets Do Something and Money In the Government run CBSE schools, S. Swaminathan. these songs are sung regularly during Wizards are jointly conducting an the school events. Try if you can A session on Hindu Iconography to exclusive money management recollect – Odi Vilaaiyadu pappa of identify the icons in Hindu temples workshop for children of ages 9 to 12 poet Subramania Bharathi and and the stories behind them followed years. Children will learn about saving Cheluvina muddina makkale of by a guided tour of Kapaleeswara money and management of available H.S Venkatesh Murthy. They are temple, Mylapore by funds in fun way. Venue - Lets Do among the favourite songs of the V. Sivaramakrishnan and Something, . young in the 1980s. Badri Seshadri. To register contact - 9094728869, 9042806153. Dr. Sudha Raja will present a thesis The workshop is open only to 40 participants on first-come-first-served titled ‘MB Srinivasan and his contribu- (Continued on page 4) basis. Fee Rs. 100. Page 4 E-PAPER YOCee May 13 - May 26, 2012 Chennai Kids Directory released Become a Student Reporter By Sanjana Patnaik Children made different kinds of Student Reporter vibrantly coloured puppets ranging from star fishes to coconut trees, YOCee launched its third edition of from birds to sharks. Last date to apply : May 19, 2012 Chennai Kids’ Directory on April 29, The puppets consisted of three parts 2012 . - the head, the mouth and the rest of The launch was held at ARKAY the body. The mouth was made in The Student Reporter programme Convention Centre, in Mylapore. the manner of one of the popular of YOCee is back for the sixth con- paper games, Four Cups. It was an interactive meeting with a secutive year. After the workshop got over, it was Students from class 6 to 12 are time for the launch of the directory. eligible to apply for the P.S. Nandini, one of the student programme. A maximum of 25 re- reporters of YOCee briefed on the porters will be taken for the aca- formation and the activities of the demic year. website with a PowerPoint presentation. Selected reporters will get opportunity to report events from A video news report done by another their school campuses and student reporter, Sanjana Patnaik residential locality, interview was also shown at the event. well-known people in various fields. The directory was then launched by four student reporters of YOCee – Periodic sessions will be held S. Sruti, P.S. Nandini, Sanjana through the year for enhancing the puppetry making session where the Patnaik and S. Smruthi. reporting skills. The reporters will children learnt to make puppets with Dr. Bhanumathi received the first receive a certificate at the end of paper. copy of the book. The directory the year. Dr. R. Bhanumathi, the managing contains listings of resource places The is a complimentary trustee of PAVAI, Centre for Puppetry for children in Chennai. programme from YOCee and no led this workshop. To know where you can get a fee is charged. The puppets were made on the copy of the directory, log on to To apply online, visit www.yocee.in www.yocee.in/2012/05/chennai theme, Biodiversity of Fauna in Contact 98405 44629 Chennai’. -kids-directory-2012/

Fortnight for you ... Venue : Hippocampus Children's Co. 4/11, 3rd Avenue, Indiranagar, (Continued from page 3) Bake and take cookies and Adyar. Phone: 9444049175, cupcakes - May 21 to 25 24433544 Learn to play traditional games - May 18 Experience the joy of baking with DakshinaChitra is organising a one- some kid-friendly cookies and Carnatic music workshop - day programme on traditional games cupcakes at this workshop. Learn May 18 to 20 for children of ages 6 to 12 years. how to cream, butter and sugar, measure ingredients, frost beautiful The programme will have game Veenavaadhini is organising a three- looking cupcakes. sessions like pot-breaking, tug of war, day Carnatic music workshop. treasure hunt, board games like pal- Roll out cookies and learn to decorate This workshop will train children and languzhi, parampadam, them in beautiful and creative ways. adults in the Melakartha Scheme, and tic tac toe and theatre games. Whip up some yummy cupcakes and representative Bana Chakra Kritis of Fee: Rs. 500. Refreshments, ice them with butterscotch and glaze. Muthuswami Dikshitar. Course fee - conveyance to and from Get to fill pre-baked tarts shells, Rs.1200. Venue: Flat 12, Shanti DakshinaChitra will be provided. make some yummy sandwiches and Enclave, 25 Venkatakrishna Road, salsa sauce. Mandaveli. Last Date for registration For more information and is May 15. registration contact 98417 77779, The workshop is for children of 6 to 8 For details call 9840548998. 24462435, 24918943 years. Anusha Kaushik of Delicioso will conduct the workshop. May 13 - May 26, 2012 E-PAPER YOCee Page 5 Looking for Summer Camps?

They read. They came. They won!

By Sara Karthik The questions were from popular Student Reporter titles like Eragon and The Graveyard Log on to Book, and even series books like Percy Jackson, Artemis Fowl and The Landmark at Apex Plaza was buzzing Hunger Games. http://yocee.in/ with kids on the evening of May 4, 2012. The Preliminary rounds were to be- summer-camps written, with twenty questions. After Children were seen hurriedly flipping about 10 minutes of anxious waiting, through fictions and novels. They the eight finalists were announced. were sitting on the large red mat, introducing themselves to their The contestants were then split into Updated daily soon-to-be friends. teams of two for the finals. These rounds had both oral and written Fiction contest at Landmark, Chennai. parts. A cameraman bustled about snapping pictures of all the children Finally the team of Ikbar from and books. Muslim International School and Roshan from Chettinad Vidhyashram Children reading story books in large emerged as winners. numbers and discussing : what was all this fuss about? They won Landmark gift vouchers worth Rs. 750. All the other finalists The answer came in soon. It was the got gift vouchers as well. day of the Landmark Young Adult Fiction Quiz. The contest which lasted for two hours was an enjoyable event for the Reach us . . . The competition was open to kids book lovers. aged 7 to 16. Quiz master S. Venkatesh and his associates from >> Landmark hosts Summer Email: [email protected] Nexus kept the children occupied Carnival till June 1, 2012. For details contact phone: with questions on their favourite fic- Phone: 98405 44620 6452 3150 tional stories and comic books. Page 6 E-PAPER YOCee May 13 - May 26, 2012

Looking down the memory lane, all “Every weekday is spent checking Rediscovering of us would recollect our childhood files and sitting before the laptop, days when we soiled our clothes ei- but this session has given me lot of pottery this ther playing with clay or with mud. time to spend with my family. I too summer Now, in this fast-moving era, one was transformed into a kid and start- cannot imagine an entire family sit- ing making haphazard toys out of ting under a banyan tree and playing clay”, said a parent who attended By Smruthi S with mud and clay. But it would have the workshop along with her kid. Student Reporter seemed possible for those who had Malini Kalyanam, the host, has been attended the pottery workshop held a HR executive for 20 years now and at Sundaram – Satya Sai Baba tem- is also a ‘Reiki’ grandmaster. ple in R A Puram. “I believe that making children han- The pottery workshop, held by Malini dle clay at such a young age not only Kalyanam of SKP Centre, Kattupakam strengthens their muscles but also was in association with Sri Sathya Sai allows their hand-and-mind co- Seva Organisation on account of Eas- ordination and creativity to blossom. waramba Day, a day to commemo- Not only for kids, even for adults, rate Sathya Sai Baba’s mother’s clay acts as a wonderful medium to birthday. relieve stress and acquire self- The three-day workshop from April confidence”, she says with an opti- 30 to May 2, 2012 was open for all mistic smile. Balavikas students and parents. This She adds on that, after she learnt to creative workshop encouraged family use clay and make pots, her blood participation and saw huge participa- pressure levels have gone down and tion despite the baking sun. she has become more patient. She On the first day, the children were even conducts soft skills training on taught to do a pitted bowl and some modules such as personality develop- decorative plates. The next day, kids ment, email etiquette and stress were taught to do pen holders and management for Coporate Compa- magnetic toys. On the closing day, nies. Malini uses pottery as a therapy kids were asked to do a tea coaster to cure various mental disorders and and then any creation of their choice. has conducted many such workshops They were asked to let their imagina- all over the country. tion run riots. Most creative minia- Malini Kalyanam can be contacted at tures won prizes too. email: [email protected]

Thinking of joining a hobby class this summer? Grab a copy of CHENNAI KIDS DIRECTORY All the places and resources of after school activities for the school going children Just Released! A resource guide with more than 100 pages of useful information Details at www.yocee.in May 13 - May 26, 2012 E-PAPER YOCee Page 7 Fill a bag with books online and the participants need to Pogo MAD crack them fast and mail answers to [email protected] Art & Craft The contest will be on till May 30, Annual discount sale of Scholastic 2012. For details and clues visit books are back. You can fill a www.bambaram.in Scholastic bag with as many books as you can and the whole bunch will come for Rs. 1000. The discount sale is on from April 16 to June 16, 2012 including Sundays. At Scholastic India P. Ltd, 14, 29th Full-day summer Cross Street, Indira Nagar, Adyar. camps Contact 2445 0546 / 47/ 48 A new session of art & craft work- shop will start at EDFUN from May 15, 2012. There are also week-end classes once the holidays are over from June 1, 2012. Contact EdFun at Online Anagram F-144, 8th Street, East. Contest Phone: 98405 75999

Saddlebag conducts summercamps for children in the age group of 4 to 8 & 9 to 14 years. The activities include theatre skills, personality develop- ment, art & craft, photography, fire- less cooking, magic basic. New batches commence from May 14, Bambaram Toy Library and May 21 and May 28, 2012. TicketGoose jointly conduct an online Contact Saddlebag at R 69/8, 14th Hosting events for kids? Anagram contest beginning May 1, Street, Anna Nagar. Phones: 96003 2012. 73033, 91765 53856 Mail details to Parents and kids who love to play with language and words can [email protected] participate in the contest. Every We will publish in this week, a set of clues will be posted ePaper!

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Read archives on www.yocee.in Page 8 E-PAPER YOCee May 13 - May 26, 2012 Trained Sunset!

P. Aravindhan shot this from the Loco Works bridge near Per- ambur. He captured it when he was on his way back, from an outing with his friends at about 6 O’ clock in the evening in March this year.

He used a Nikon L120 camera, with the dusk mode.

Aravindhan loves photography and is just getting the hold of it. Reading and writing are his other interests.

>>P. Aravindhan is a student of Class XII , Sindhi Model Sr. Sec. School

Quench thirst! Drawing by S. Vishruthi Class 4, DAV Sr. Sec. School,

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Email photo or a scanned copy of the artwork to [email protected] May 13 - May 26, 2012 E-PAPER YOCee Page 9 Summer? Check out these cool spots!

the zoo! It is located in , 30 km south of Chen- nai. Children’s Park Working hours - 8.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Weekly holiday is Tuesday. Phone no. 2275 1089

The Children’s Park is located within the limits of the National Park on Sardar Patel Road. Fort Museum Play for recreation and watch animal houses sheltering various animals here. Specimens of reptiles and an aviary with different species of birds is a special attraction. Working hours - 9.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Weekly holiday is This museum located inside the Fort St. George campus Tuesday. Phone no. 2230 1328 houses rare exhibits of weapons, uniforms, coins, cos- tumes, medals and other artifacts and memorabilia of the British period. Working hours - 10.00 a.m.- 5.00 p.m. Weekly holiday is Snake Park Friday. Phone no. 2567 1127

This is situated adjacent to the Children’s Park within the . It houses an impressive collection of snakes. Demonstration of the extraction of venom is Birla Planetarium an absorbing activity here. The King Cobra, Python, Turtle, Tortoise and the Monitor Lizard are some of the popular reptiles you can get to see here. Working hours - 8.30 a.m. to 5.30p.m. Weekly holiday is The Birla Planetarium is on the Gandhi mandapam Road, Tuesday. Phone no. 2235 3623. . This is one of the modern planetariums in the country. It houses a fully computerised projector that

depicts the heavens on a hemispherical dome. The Planetarium presents audiovisual programmes on Arignar Anna various themes in astronomy in English and Tamil at Zoological Park different times every day. For the school-going children and science enthusiasts, (Vandaloor Zoo) the Periyar Sceince and Technology Museum adjoining the planetarium has loads of exhibits. Timing : 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. Phone no. 2491 5250 You can watch animals in a large open island type enclosure with simulated natural environment. The attractions are the Nocturnal House, Safari Park, a Walk- through aviary, the Pre-historic Animal Park, Zoo education and interpretation, Prey-Predator enclosures and an Aquarium. Information courtesy: www.tamilnadutourism.org Battery operated vehicles are available to take visitors around the Zoo, apart from Elephant Rides and Lion Safari vehicles. You can now get a bicycle to go around Page 10 E-PAPER YOCee May 13 - May 26, 2012

Narasimhapuram, Mylapore Column An island of peace amidst a busy city P. S. Nandini happy to tell us his experience of used to travel along the canal, carry- Student Reporter living here in the olden days. “Back ing wheat, rice, coal (for cooking), with R. Charvee then, there were no tar roads in this veragu (sticks), vaikkol (hay), and colony. We only had sand roads, and grass, which would be sold at a sand- Anyone who wants to know the way it used to be a big problem during the hai (market) near Kutchery Road,” he to our colony gets a very queer set of rains. Neither did we have the big says. landmarks to follow. A road besides a bridge near Sai Baba Temple. People Talking about Narasimhapuram, canal, a wine shop on the right, and used the smaller one, while vehicles the immediate right after a which is close to his heart, he said small Amman Koil on the “It is a very calm place, where peo- street. ple are very attached and helpful. Our neighbors show a brotherly Nestled between the affection. And we have no fear of Visalakshi Thottam in thefts here.” Mandaveli and Maarwadi Thottam in Mylapore, is a It came as quite surprising to us to quaint set of about 50 be told by the Secretary of the Na- houses. There! That is rasimhapuram Residents’ Welfare Narasimhapuram for you! Association Mr. Ravichandran, that Laid out in the form of a famous cricketer Krishnamachari square, the colony resem- Srikkanth had once lived in one of bles a mini India with resi- the houses on the colony’s west dents of different communi- street! Astounded by this piece of ties including Muslims, information, we enquired about it Punjabis, Christians, Marwaaris, with Mrs. Revathi Venkataraman, a coming to Narasimhapuram had to Hindus, Telugus, and Malayalis. longtime resident of come through Luz” he says. this colony. She A quite evening stroll along the 4 Telephones came 10 years later. Be- smiled and said she streets with my neighborhood friend, hind the colony, there were extensive even had a photo of R.Charvee, revealed quite a few panam thoppugal (Palm tree herself playing interesting things about our very own orchards). cricket with him! colony, which we never knew before! He even had a lot of interesting Next we entered a First, we decided to go to the house anecdotes about the Buckingham house on the left, of the Narasimhapuram Residents’ Canal, which faces the colony’s with a nameplate Welfare Association (NRA)’s President entrance, lays stagnated, and plays that read “Mr. Mr. P.S.Narayanaswamy, a senior host to the teeming colony of T.C.A. Ramanujam”. Carnatic musician and a Padma mosquitoes. “It runs right from On being ushered Bhushan awardee. Andhra to a place beyond in, we found out Having been a resident of this colony Mahabalipuram. It used to be clean that he is a retired for more than 50 years, he was quite and free of mosquitoes in the olden Chief Commissioner days. A small boat with a lantern May 13 - May 26, 2012 E-PAPER YOCee Page 11 of the Income Tax four sons currently reside in the became Sai Baba Colony. And now, Department, who contributes articles colony. Mrs. Kalavathy, who has been it’s Narasimhapuram. People used to to and magazines. Being a resident for the past 52 years, says sing Marghazhi bhajans around the a resident of the colony right from “I used to see a whole lot of wigs colony. It felt like a village. There 1989, he talked about the used to be lots of coconut tress, proximity of the colony to the guava trees, and bottle guard creep- Nandalala Temple, Kapaleeshwarar ers. Every house had plenty of trees Temple, Sai Baba Temple, and Man- around it. The whole colony was daveli Railway Station. “The colony green. The road was also broader,” celebrates national events such as he said. the Independence Day, Republic His daughter Ambika, talked about Day, and New Year’s Eve. We have the existence of a children’s library at a lot of fun with children’s pro- Mr. Raman, one of the resident’s grams” he said. house. “He used to have around 2000 He noted that in the past 25 years to 3000 books in one of his rooms. the colony has undergone several Every child in the colony had to do- changes. “People have become nate one book every year. I used to modern. The streets are narrow, and drying in the sun outside his house, give my ‘non-detail’ books. The there is no playground for the when I used to walk to school.” library eventually became big. children. Mosquitoes are a constant Another tenant Mr. Suresh, has an Everyday from 5 to 6 in the evening, menace here.” orchestra. His troupe mainly performs he used to gather all the children and His daughter Ms. Sangeetha is a with the play back singer S.P. tell them stories. Then for the next lawyer who takes interest in Income Balasubmaniam and Mano. They have half hour he used to teach us Tax and the Consumer Court. She is travelled to 20 countries for music slokams. He continued these story- also a veena programs mainly with S.P.B. His telling and slokam sessions for about entire family is into music! 5-6 years. We all used to enjoy it. As we walked around, we Some of the kids came to hear the noticed yellow signboards stories even after joining college!” at regular intervals all she smiled. along the roads, proclaim- Although Narasimhapuram is situated ing messages such as “Do in Mylapore, at the heart of Chennai, not litter here” and “Drive it is a calm and peaceful place, away slowly inside the colony”. from the hustle - bustle of city life. We were told that the With almost no traffic, it is an ideal artiste. A picture association had them ordered from place for taking walks, playing and of her receiving the then Prime Minis- SS International, a company that cycling. ter of India, Rajiv Gandhi with a bou- deals in signboards, and resides in Having two watchmen and a check quet, during the Nehru Centenary one of the houses in the colony. post, it is quite a safe place to walk Year Inter Schools Meet at Delhi, We then went to see Ms. Jaya Kapali, around even in the dead of night. adorns their reception room. who came to Narasimhapuram when Neat rectangular dustbins pop up on We then walked up to the house of her daughter was in the 3rd each side of the road, keeping the Mrs. Lalitha Vaidyanathan, who is one Standard. “The colony was very com- roads free of garbage. Sweet smells of the earliest occupants of the fortable and safe. We, housewives from maramalli, arali, pavazhamalli colony. “Earlier, most of the houses used to sit on the doorstep and talk and sarkkondrai plants greet you at here were independent ones, and had late into the night. Children used to different points as you walk inside the only 1 floor. This place is safe, even run around the colony even around colony. to stay alone” she says. midnight. It was very homely and the With every road boasting of trees Many prominent people such helping tendency was more. But now, ranging from the ever popular mango V.S. Raghavan, and Vennira Aadai more flats have emerged, and we no and jackfruit, to neem, sapota, Murthy, have been residents of this longer see that many people outside”, custard apple, and amla, Narasim- colony. One such persons was she says. Her daughter Ms. Srimathi hapuram is indeed a clean and green Mr. R. Rangasamy, who was the chief is now the Principal of Venugopal place that has managed to retain its makeup artist for Sivaji Ganesan in Vidyalaya. essence amidst an ever changing city. most of his films like ‘Thiruvilayadal’, Mr. Ramani, who has been a resident >>> Read the article in full ‘Navarathri’ and ‘Thillana Mohanam- right from 1957 told us about the with more photos on bal’. Even the scar on Sivaji’s face in different names that the colony took www.yocee.in the film “Theivamagan” was done by on over the years. “It was initially him. He is no more, but two of his called Parthasarathy layout. Then it Page 12 E-PAPER YOCee May 13 - May 26, 2012 National year of Mathematics inaugurated

By Sruti S Student Reporter

National year of Mathematics was Manager, Indian celebrated at Ramanujan Institute for Overseas Bank, Advanced Study in Mathematics T. Kripashankar, retired (RIASM), , Secretary, LIC of India, Campus. Ms. Sasikala Sriram, The event was organised by Nehru Principal, Bala Vidya Children’s Cultural Association. Mandir, Ms. A. Aruna, Dr. V. Thangaraj, Director , RIASM, Principal, Sir Sivaswamy inaugurated the National year of Kalalaya and Ms. Usha Mathematics. Varadarajan, Vice Principal, P.S. Senior In commemoration of Mathematics Secondary School will be genius Srinivasa Ramaujan, Anjan the special invitees at the Debnath, a P.G. student of RIASM valedictory on that day. explained Ramanujan’s contribution towards Number Theory. Prizes and Certificates He also briefed about a few will be distributed those techniques on computing Numbers who won the contest for Fast in addition, subtraction, multipli- paper presentation in cation and division. Mathematics. Ms. K. Kalaivani, Research Scholar, For more details contact : M.R. Sugumaran, President, Nehru Chil- Be a Guest dren's Cultural Association. Reporter! Phone no. 81444 16484. Email: Get published! [email protected]

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pens in your school and neighbourhood to share with the world? ♦ Do you know of an awareness campaign and think more kids should partake? ♦ Do the traffic and garbage in your area bother you? RIASM presented a lecture on Love Math and Ramanujan's ♦ Do you enjoy the sight of a Properties of Ramanujan Numbers. works? Have you visited winged visitor to your balcony? The valedictory of this event will be this museum yet? held on May 20, 2012 at 10.30 a.m.

Just put it in 100 words, Mr. C. Velan, ED & CEO of TRIL Ramanujan Museum & Math tag a picture and mail it to Infopark Ltd., Ramanujan IT City, Education Centre, YOCee. Mr. M. Anadan, Deputy Director 15/9,Somu Chetty,4th Lane, General (E), Doordarshan Kendra, , Chennai-600 013 To [email protected] Chennai, Mr. C. Rengarajan, General Phone: 91 44 2596 0877

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