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MYLAPORE TIMES YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD NEWSPAPER Vol. 25, No. 31 February 13 - 19, 2021 12 pages Free Circulation OFFICE : 2498 2244, 2467 1122 EDITORIAL : 2466 0269 WEBSITE : www.mylaporetimes.com 2 MYLAPORE TIMES Feb 13 - 19, 2021 USEFUL CONTACTS DID YOU KNOW? n POLICE Andhra Mahila Sabha ABHIRAMAPURAM POLICE STATION - E-4 Working Women’s Hostel Address - Tahsildar Office Campus, Greenways Road, Here is one hostel in the heart Ch-28. of Mylapore that working women l Law & Order Inspector - 2345 2571. may want to check out. l Crime Inspector - 94981 26405. Who is it for? For working women, 18 - 49 FORESHORE ESTATE POLICE STATION - E-5 years of age. Supporting docu- ments needed at the time of Address - Foreshore Estate, near MTC bus depot. joining - job offer letter, Aadhar l Law & Order Inspector - 2345 2575. / ration card, and a local contact l Crime Inspector - 9498106655. person’s details. Nature of accommodation MARINA POLICE STATION - D-5 Dorms, double sharing and Address - Kamaraj Salai, (next to All India Radio, single room Some strict rules to follow All boarders must be in their rooms opp. Light House) Fees and deposit by 10 p.m. No guests are allowed inside l Law & Order, Crime - 2345 2558. Two months rent refundable deposit. the rooms - they can visit in the common Rs. 1000 registration charges non room. Males are not allowed inside the refundeable. (single -7500 /, 6500 pm, facility - after 7 pm. dorm 5500 pm) all inclusive of food. Concessions for disabled / Basic facilities offered students any? Rooms are neat, airy and clean: This hostel is only for working women. the facility also has a big open ground. Food is part of the package, though Contact address and phone nos. washing is not. (the boarders have to Contact Ambujam S - 24994761 , wash their own items). 42168979. No WiFi. 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Feb 13 - 19, 2021 MYLAPORE TIMES 3 International award for Jaishri’s book on cuisine of Thanjavur Maharashtrians A cook book authored by ian Cookbook in India a resident of Visweswara- Award back in December puram Street, Mylapore, has 2019, thus qualifying it won an international award. to compete for the ‘Classic Cuisine and Cel- global title. ebrations of the Thanjavur Due to the pandemic, Maharashtrians’ authored the award ceremony by Jaishri Rao has been could not be held in 2020, conferred the ‘Best Vegetar- and the certificates were ian Cuisine Book in the mailed to the winners. World’ award by Gourmand The book provides a International for the glimpse of the migration, year 2020. the traditions, food and festive celebrations of the The Gourmand World Thanjavur Maharashtrian Cookbook Awards honour community, a 350-year-old the very best food and diaspora who migrated wine books every year. from Maharashtra to Authors from more Thanjavur in the late than 200 countries 17th century. compete for the awards The print (INR 749) each year in more than and eBook (INR 129) a hundred categories. versions are available on The initial screening Amazon, Flipkart and on picks regional winners, the Notion Press website. who then compete for Copies can also be the best in the world purchased from the author award. at 2/12, Visweswarapuram Jaishri’s book had Street, Mylapore. won the Best Vegetar- Phone: 9940468769. Laya Madhura Sangeethothsavam continues this weekend Carnatic at Raga Sudha Hall, a Carnatic music fest curated by vidwan Thiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam. music concerts Concerts are on Feb. 13 and 14, at 10 am and at 6.30 p.m. Open to all. SOPs to be followed. MYLAPORE TIMES Feb 13 - 19, 2021 VINCENT’s JOTTINGS LETTERS FROM READERS Letters to the Editor must carry the complete postal address of the correspondent. By VINCENT D’ SOUZA Mail to - [email protected] Photo: I. S. Ragavan Private, independent nurses were in great demand as the virus always be packed with local news, events, bore into the community last year. And do you know what they commanded as a daily fee? etc., apart from very useful Classifieds. Around Rs.3000. Sometimes, we used to retain the issues for reference purpose. All these were out of Here is one recall. bounds due to the pandemic rage. Of a family which had to manage two senior people at home. Our best wishes to you in facing the Both ill. A family which also had to keep a maid at home to clean, business challenges and we are sure you cook and serve. And yet, wasn’t sure if that was the best thing to do in the circumstances. They isolated her partly and then told her not will, in no time, come out and set another to come. milestone. We look forward to Saturday But the man of the house had too much on his hands. And he mornings for Mylapore Times. sought a home nurse in desperation. And finally found one who - R. Somasundaram, Dr. Ranga Road would travel all the way from Porur to Mylapore, if the payment was right. Rs.3000 for every visit. Have a Heart for Pedestrians Her employer could afford it. And she got hired. Because she was At almost all traffic intersections in professional and delivered services that were needed for that hour. Chennai where traffic signals have been installed, the so called automatic signals are Across the Mylapore neighbourhood, in many a campus of apart- ments many families found ways to care for seniors who lived by State of Bheemana Garden manually operated by the constable on duty themselves during the lockdown. Imagine the challenge one group Road at that time. had to face when they found that a senior had fallen off her chair at Bheenmana Garden Road is in a sorry As usual, it is the pedestrian who gets a breakfast time, the main door was latched and they had to get a cam- state. It is the stretch from Bawa Road raw deal. The signals for WAIT or WALK pus staff to climb up the pipes and slip in through the open window. for pedestrians are almost non-existent or And one dire need was for well-trained house helps or nurses. crossing upto TTK Road. My photo says it all. at least they never seem to be working.Will Chennai Police take the trouble of display- Late last year, when we learnt about a small group of women - I. S. Ragavan, Alwarpet aligned to a religious organization reaching out to women who ing at least some concern for pedestrian? worked as maids and cooks who had lost their jobs due to the Please install a signal at the intersection pandemic, we put it to a member of this group that it could consider Correction of Royapettah High Road and P. S. Sivas- going beyond what it was doing. This is with reference to a report wamy Salai. The chaos there has to be seen The group was trying to place these women in new jobs. And in Mylapore Times headlined ‘Church vouching for their character and skills to potential employers. to be believed. I put it to this group that in a time when there was a dire need Community celebrates a Saint’. You have - Murlidhar Murthy, Bhimasena Garden for trained home nurses, home attendants, it would be good to start quoted F. J. Vincent as senior member of Street a short-term skills training course for neighbourhood maids. the Trust managing the feast. Vincent is no A course which would raise them from the level of cleaners and more with the Trust. Mess Danging Cables Create dish washers to that of people who could manage the health and The members of the Vanniyakula disabilities of seniors and prepare food that was advised for them, We face lots of problems because of Christians of St. Lazarus Feast Trust are - make SOS calls and handle emergencies. unclaimed and uncleared residual cables S, Thiribieus Raj (president); Trustees - hanging in front of our house. All it would take was to get professionals from say St Isabel’s D. Leoraj, M. Philominraj and During the recent rains, a cable running Hospital and from Vishranthi Home and put the maids through a A. S. Arokiaraj Sridhar. across our entrance completely lost its fortnight’s training, locally. - S. Thiribieus Raj Not only would we produce a better-skilled person but these traction and started lying too low blocking capacities would also earn them better pay.