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Archive of Vol. XVII No. 15, November 16-30, 2007 Registered with the Reg. No. TN/PMG (CCR) /814/06-08 Registrar of Newspapers Licence to post without prepayment for India under R.N.I. 53640/91 Licence No. WPP 506/06-08 Rs. 5 per copy (Annual Subscription: Rs. 100/-) WE CARE FOR MADRAS THAT IS CHENNAI INSIDE Short & Snappy A suffragette in Madras MADRAS Suggested trees for Chennai A lawyer & a gentleman Hukku, the wonder boy Vol. XVII No. 15 MUSINGS November 16-30, 2007 IsAdyar VPH Riverfront to get a newa la Sabarmati? (By The Editor) he presentation that other. It is equally important T Chennai Heritage recently that the other water-bodies, Must be the overuse of sms... the kids are slowly mutating into organised on the work being namely the Cooum and the Emoticons themselves! done under the auspices of the Buckingham Canal, are also not Sabarmati River Front Devel- forgotten. Chennai will emerge opment appears to have had an as a world class city only if all its J Smiley! impact. Madras Musings learns waterways are cleaned up and Are we getting lazy? from Government sources that such activities are not restricted Lets see. a team has been put together to South Chennai alone. Its Deepavali an ocean of and it has already visited Madras Musings and family, friends, festivity and Ahmedabad to see what is being Chennai Heritage are delighted A typical riverfront in Chennai. feasting. done there. It is understood that that some action is emerging Or so you thought. the Adyar River is being consid- out of the meeting that was Government may take a long is heartening that the powers Then they begin. ered for a similar exercise. organised. It is of course early that be are responsive to public No, not visits or phone calls while before it sees the light of but SMS-es. Returning from Ahmedabad days and such a move by the the day but, at the same time, it initiatives. And some msgs (Sorry, mes- the team lost no time in travel- sages) go hpy depli. ling along 11.5 kms of the Not only do some people have Adyar River. Discussions are no time for visits; they obvi- now going on among various Metro for Madras ously dont even have time to Government departments con- spell or use capitals. cerned and a plan is likely to be eepavali eve saw the Tamil The Metro project has been However, the success of such The importance of any relation- evolved shortly. It is understood DNadu Cabinet giving the one of many, where successive projects will always be measured ship is now judged by the an- that the Government is keen nod to the Metro Rail project State Governments have had by how well they serve the pub- swer to the simple, terse that the public be involved as in for Madras that is Chennai. The conflicting views. It was first lic needs. And this will, to a question: Visit, phone call or SMS? the Sabarmati exercise and, so, go-ahead has come a full four suggested in 2003 and the Delhi considerable extent, depend on Feeling charitable, you say, Oh the details will soon be shared years after the idea was first Metro Rail Corporation was the availability of feeder well, at least they got in with the public for fuller under- mooted. asked to prepare a feasibility services (both bus and rail) con- touch. standing and subsequent discus- The proposal, now estimated report in 2005. The cost of the necting the various points. The True. sions. In a state where Govern- to cost Rs. 9757 crore, aims at entire project was then Mass Rapid Transport System If only they had taken the ment policy changes with par- providing metro rail service estimated at Rs. 5085 crore. In which is already servicing parts trouble to stretch each word ties in power, it is good that over 46.5 km, parts of which 2006, however, the entire plan of the city (mainly towards the out though, instead of creat- public participation is being en- will be underground. The fund- was given up as unsuitable after south) has seen only lukewarm ing the impression that couraged from the beginning. ing will be provided by the State Chennai was classified under response so far, mainly owing to youre receiving some weird This will ensure that interest in and Central Governments with the seismic risk zone. A mono- difficulty in accessing its sta- code from an alien in outer- the project is sustained irrespec- a Japanese Bank also being in- tions and also lack of connec- outer space. tive of changes in political for- volved. Chennai Metro Rail tivity with other forms of trans- As for punctuation ! tunes and alignments. It must Ltd. will be the implementing l by port. The success of Metros in Once defined as the use of A Staff Reporter marks and signs to clarify also not be forgotten that many agency and the work is ex- cities abroad is because they are meaning in writing, punc- plans have been announced in pected to commence by 2008 very well linked with surface tuation seems to have the past to clean up the rivers end. The project will involve rail project was then thought of. transport services. The Metro replaced words, even and nothing much has hap- two corridors. The first will be But by February 2006 the project in Chennai will do well smushed-up ones. pened even after heavy expen- from Washermanpet to project was challenged in the to look at this issue at the de- Imagine if you had had this diture. Any new plan is bound Trisulam (airport) via Egmore, High Court and the Govern- sign stage itself, failing which it information way back in to be met with scepticism if its Mount Road, Teynampet, ment was restrained from will remain an isolated service college. viability is not explained to the Saidapet and Guindy. The awarding a final contract for the with limited benefit to the All youd have needed to public at large. There will also Mount Road-Saidapet section monorail. The succeeding State people. Towards this end, it will categorise tragedies or com- have to be greater accountabil- will be underground. The sec- be good if the powers that be edies was a simple :-( or a :-). Government went back to the If its that easy to convey emo- ity on how the funds allocated ond route will be from Fort Sta- Metro proposal and now this consult the report brought out tion, you cant help brooding will be spent. tion to St. Thomas Mount via appears to be on its way to be- by the Metropolitan Transport a bit over the future of the It is hoped that while this Poonamallee High Road, coming a reality. The decision Corporation in 2006 which greetings-card industry. new exercise gains momentum, Aminjikarai, Anna Nagar, of the Central Government to identified 490 kms of principal As for the question? the earlier plan to restore the Tirumangalam, Koyambedu, chip in with a 20% subsidy no roads in the city and suggested You choose Yes, since looking Adyar Creek is not lost sight of. Ashok Nagar and Alandur. The doubt helped. The ready avail- the formation of an integrated for the shortest cut is now Both these projects are inter- Poonamallee High Road- ability of funds will also be a transport network. It had then obviously a way of life. twined and any development Alandur section will be under- major factor in ensuring speedy planned to have the monorail Ranjitha Ashok along one is bound to affect the ground. completion. (Continued on page 8) CMYK 2 MADRAS MUSINGS November 16-30, 2007 A suffragette in Madras Canines & Crackers he Man from Madras were distributed, songs sung that appear to have petrified T Musings is of the view that and the children had a hearty into stone and some of the most erhaps the two best known Cousins. Others who served as despite the economic boom, meal. As the sponsors left the hideous fences have made their PEuropean women to spear- honorary secretaries included the bursting of crackers was place, they had a sense of satis- appearance. The latest excres- head the feminist movement in Malati Patwardhan, Ammu rather muted during the faction. May their tribe in- cences to make themselves India in general and Madras in Swaminathan, Mrs. Dadabhoy Deepavali just gone by. Are crease. manifest are two ornamental particular were Annie Besant and Mrs. Ambujammal. When people becoming more sensi- lamps flanking the Mahatma and Margaret Cousins. Annie Margaret Cousins came in con- tive to the sufferings of infants, Central pre-paid autos Gandhi statue. From afar they Besant is still well remembered. tact with the Independence the aged and the sick from the resemble bunches of grapes and noise caused by crackers? he system continues to when seen closeby they look Margaret Cousins is far less movement, one of her main MMM thinks not, but it does Tbe as badly managed as like the flowers of a banana known. points was to see that womens appear that the emphasis has ever, according to an acquain- plant. Whatever they are sup- Margaret Cousins was born suffrage was on the agenda of begun to shift from mere noise tance of The Man from Madras posed to resemble, their place in Ireland on November 7, the movement. to firework displays. Inciden- Musings. Apparently, those is more in cinema sets and not 1878. A womens rights activist Margaret Cousins and Dor- tally these displays are much manning the counter have now on the beach.
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