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Volume No 18 Issue No 6 March 2, 2018 LAB JOURNAL OF THE ASIAN COLLEGE OF JOURNALISM

Anti-Sanskrit The pressures of Railways facing protest at IIT looking beautiful “bankruptcy” Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 A MAN OF MANY SIDES Karti arrested by CBI, Kanchi Acharya dies at 82 PURNASNEHA S. his popularity as a mediator for Cong calls it ‘persecution’ peace increased among the PRAJANAMA DAS reign investors and (ii) generated : The 69th pontiff of the Muslim community. more than Rs 305 crores Foreign Kanchi Sankara Mutt, After September 2004, Chennai: The Central Bureau of Direct Investment in INX Media Sankaracharya Jayendra Sankaracharya’s life took a Investigation has arrested Karti (P) Limited against the approved Saraswathi, passed away on controversial twist and his image Chidambaram, son of former foreign inflow of Rs 4.62 cro - February 28 at a private hospital in faded among many of the mutt’s Finance Minister P Chidambaram, res…….” , following a cardiac devotees who were shocked to and presented him at the Patiala A year later, in May 2008, the arrest. believe his involvement in the House Court in . FIPB issued a letter to INX Media Although praised by his murder of the mutt’s functionary The court ordered that he be held demanding clarification on both is - followers for his social outreach Sankaraman, who had turned into in CBI custody for five days. sues. and bringing contemporary ideas a whistleblower. Karti was arrested on Wednesday The CBI alleged that owing to into the Mutt, his legacy is seen KANCHI ACHARYA The Acharya also faced sexual in Chennai and taken to New Delhi Karti’s influence, the officers and tainted due to his mediation in the 1935-2018 harassment charges filed by writer in connection with the INX Media officials of the Board not only ig - Ayodhya issue and his alleged Anuradha Ramanan and assault bribery case. nored the violations on the part of involvement in the Sankaraman but also in other southern states. charges in the auditor The CBI claimed that Karti tra - Karti Chidambaram arrested by CBI; remanded to five-day INX Media but also advised the murder case in which he was He also transformed the Radhakrishnan case. Public velled too often and that made his custody | THE STATESMAN group to apply for fresh FIPB ap - acquitted subsequently. spirituality-focused mutt into a prosecutor K Duraiswamy said interrogations difficult. CBI sources provals. The same proposal was Prime Minister , social service-oriented and all- that “the seer is the most have said they wanted to grill Karti bruary 28. multiple vernacular entertainment later approved by the then Finance in his tribute mentioned that the inclusive one. undeserving criminal deserving no and his chartered accountant at the The CBI had registered an FIR channels. The agency alleged that Minister. seer was at the forefront of But unlike his predecessors who special treatment” and that the same time to check for discrepan - against him nine months ago and INX Media violated rules and ente - The CBI alleged that Karti was innumerable community service focused only on spirituality and court should respect the institution cies in their statements and confront the then INX Media Director In - red into a criminal conspiracy with paid for his “services” by INX initiatives and he was “deeply religion, Jayendra Saraswathi, and its seat but not individuals.’’ them with the claims made by the drani Mukerjea and then INX News Karti Chidambaram, whose father Media, with invoices in the name of anguished by the passing away of wasn’t a low profile Acharya. Nine years later, he was others. Director Peter Mukerjea. Karti’s was then Union Finance Minister, Advantage Strategic Consulting Pvt the Acharya.” His interest in politics and his acquitted but his image remained Defense attorney Abhishek Manu chartered accountant, S Baskarara - to avoid any serious disciplinary ac - Limited (ASCPL) amounting to Rs Political analyst Sumanth comments on various issues dented. “The ugliness of the whole Singhvi claimed that these argu - man, was arrested from a Delhi tion. 10 lakh. The CBI also alleged that Raman said on “Jayendra sparked controversy. episode tarnished his legacy. This ments were baseless and could not hotel on February 16. invoices for Rs 3.5 crore were also Saraswathi leaves a mixed legacy. In 2002, the seer who had great also brought to light the politics be reason for his arrest. The CBI sought Karti’s custody Strong evidence to raised by INX Media in the name of His focus on starting educational political connections, promised within the mutt, which followers According to NDTV, Singhvi based on the statements made by confirm cheating - Sr other companies, where Karti had institutions for poor students and that a negotiated settlement could like me refused to digest initially,” called the case bizarre and added Bhaskararaman and Indrani Muk - CBI officer sustainable interests. his outreach programs for be achieved in the Babri Masjid- said Dhandu, a local priest who that the agency was attempting to herjea, who is now in jail in con - Describing the Karti’s arrest as connecting with society were path Ram temple dispute among both was a devotee of Sankaracharya. ‘prejudice the court with half-baked nection with the murder of her The CBI’s FIR says, “INX Media “political persecution” of his father breaking for the mutt. The and the Muslim After the demise, the Kanchi Mutt facts’. daughter Sheena Bora. (P) Limited deliberately and in vio - and his family, the Congress has ac - Sankararaman case though communities. has turned towards the 70th However, a senior CBI officer The case according to the CBI is lation of the conditions of the ap - cused the CBI of being “a captive indelibly marred his latter years.” He met members of the All successor Vijayendra. “The jury is told The Times of . "We have that on March 15, 2007 INX Media proval (i) made a downstream puppet” of the Modi government The 82-year-old Acharya is India Muslim Personal Law Board out on whether Vijayendra has the strong evidence to confirm his role had applied for clearance from the investment to the extent of 26% in carrying out political vendetta credited with the extension of the (AIMPLB) and suggested that political acumen his predecessor in a cheating case." Foreign Investment Promotion the capital of INX News (P) Limi - against opponents. Mutt’s philanthropic activities they furnish a no-objection had, to navigate his way through Karti was taken into custody mi - Board (FIPB) to operate and broad - ted without the specific approval of P Chidambaram would also be beyond the Brahmin community statement for the construction of a the intersection of religion and nutes after his flight from cast a bunch of channels including a FIPB which included indirect fo - questioned in connection with the in the areas of education and Ram temple. Though his formula dirty politics,” wrote T. S. Sudhir landed at the Chennai airport on Fe - entertainment channel, and reign investment by the same fo - case, press reports indicated. health, not just within wasn’t taken into consideration, in Firspost. Reserved categories Cabbies take on Uber, Ola score lowest in Class 10 NITHIN KUMAR Cabs collects 21 per cent of a PURNIMA S DAS driver’s earnings as CHENNAI: Three thousand commission. Chennai: Class 10 students’ in cab drivers in the city have “Our initiative will only Tamil Nadu belonging to joined hands to launch a new collect seven per cent as Scheduled Castes (SC) and App based cab service to commission along with five per Scheduled Tribes (ST) constitute challenge Uber and Ola Cabs. cent GST,” said Muthu Kumar. more than 50 per cent of students The Ottunar Thozhargal Another feature promised by who need improvement, reveals Sangam, associated with the the drivers was the removal of the National Achievement Survey, Centre of Indian Trade Unions, hidden charges imposed on the 2017. supports the drivers’ initiative passengers. According to Selva The survey done by the Natio- and the app is set to launch this Raj, a former driver for Uber, nal Council of Educational Re- send my girl to a corporation will also leave even if the class month. the private cabs imposed many Protestors outside Railway Station | N A RAYANAN search and Training (NCERT) school nearby. She works really ends at 3:30 p.m.” Approximately, 1700 drivers hidden charges for delays showed that the average scores of hard but still scores poorly in the In this case, teachers spend no are set to operate within the city because of heavy traffic, night students from SC and ST catego- examinations. I do not know what time with students beyond class limits and the rest would be rides, waiting and even bad ries, was between 230 and 241 out exactly is wrong.” hours. assigned suburbs and the weather. The organisers of the Disabled protest of 300. Andrew Sesuraj, assistant pro- “The school is the most impor- outskirts. new app have promised to They were tested in five sub- fessor, Loyola College said, “The tant institution for the child’s over Muthu Kumar, a former charge only for the distance jects – English, Mathematics, children from disadvantaged all development,” he said. driver for Uber, said “We travelled. “We have approached at railway station Science, Social Science and Mo- groups go to government and cor- Above all, the overall perfor- drivers have to pay a heavy BSNL for an easy-to-remember NARAYANAN V authorities at Tambaram railway dern Indian Language and these porate schools.” mance of Class 10 students in the commission and the passengers number and we have planned to station of demanding money from students belonging to reserved ca- “There is no doubt that the tea- State was also significantly lower face an unexplained price surge. create a tariff according to the CHENNAI: Members of the Tamil disabled persons for wanting to use tegories scored even lower than chers there are more qualified than than the national average. So this is our move to ensure vehicle’s model,” said Selva Nadu Association for the Rights of the wheelchair facility. the State average. the teachers in private schools but Last year, with the recommen- that cab services do not affect Raj.Earlier, the Airport Taxi All Types of Differently Abled & The subject where the students lack of monitoring is the pro- dations from an expert committee passengers and drivers.” Association which runs the pre- Caregivers (TARATDAC) staged “Disabled persons are asked to pay need immense improvement is So- blem.” headed by the Education Minister, According to Anand, another paid taxi service at the Anna protests at 32 railway stations Rs. 500 to use the wheelchair cial Science, irrespective of social The children in the remote areas the State board announced a sche- member of the Ottunar International Airport here, across the State on February 27 service,” Radharkrishnan said. categories, according to the sur- suffer the most. dule for rolling out new syllabi for Thozhargal Sangam, the private reduced the prices of their fares demanding disabled friendly State president of TARATDAC, S vey. Sesuraj added, “Sometimes, the all classes from 2018, starting cabs collect 20 per cent of a in order to compete against the railway stations and a host of other Jhansi Rani, said the Southern M. Subholakshmi, a mother of timing of the school depends on with higher secondary. 15,121 stu- drivers total earning along with private cab companies. benefits. Railway officials were denying the Class 10 student said, “After a the timing of the bus. For e.g. if a dents from 353 schools across the Goods and Services Tax. Ola The protesters gathered at rights of disabled persons by day-long drudgery, I manage to bus leaves at 3:10 p.m. the teacher State were covered in the survey. Tambaram railway station accused refusing to accept their unique the Central Government of being disability ID cards issued by the insensitive to the disabled persons Central Government. and the of not The unique disability ID card was providing even the basic introduced to ensure that persons infrastructure for the disabled with disabilities do not need persons. separate ID cards for various ‘Rainwater harvesting is a necessity’ Tambaram railway station is a government schemes and PRASHASTI SINGH still being supervised by the Public dies, “ Raghavan said. process is adopted. of groundwater, and how much major hub that connects the concessions and is meant to work Works Department (PWD),” he “The urban areas, however, re - First, people are made aware of they can extract at a given time southern suburbs of Chennai to across India. However, the Chennai: The Tamil Nadu said. quire a totally different form of the importance of rainwater har - Revathi M, a resident of one of other parts of the city through protesters charged that railway staff Government had announced a Kudimaramathu, a sustainable water management since they de - vesting in a place like Chennai, the apartments where rainwater Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) were demanding separate ID cards budgetary allocation of Rs 100 and cost-effective water harvesting pend on the groundwater more. In which gets flooded during mon - harvesting system has been cons - trains from Chennai Beach to for railway concessions. crore for the year 2017-2018 to practice prevalent since the late these areas the focus is on rainwa - soon and faces severe water scar - tructed, said, “Construction of the Tambaram, used by lakhs of “Although some people have revive the long-forgotten method 19th century, was a system in ter harvesting,” he said. city during summer. filter chamber, sump, and the re - commuters every day. The railway received the universal disability ID of water management in rural which irrigation tanks were dug, The Rain Centre, which is a Second, charitable institutions, charge well was done by the station also serves as second card it could not be used for railway areas, but political rivalry has forming a chain. bridge to connect the people of old-age homes, and orphanages Rain Centre.” terminal for boarding long distance concessions since the scheme is not rendered it ineffective, said Sekhar Excess water would flow from Chennai and water harvesting, ac - are approached and a proposal to “ Other than the top perforated trains bound for Southern Tamil fully implemented”, said Jhansi Raghavan, director of the city- one tank into the next. Water cording to Raghavan, encourages fund the construction of rainwater slab, everything else is under the Nadu, after station. Rani. based Rain Centre. would be saved and floods would the construction of filter chambers harvesting tanks is submitted to ground. We did not have to worry State secretary of TARATDAC, P. According to Jhansi Rani, special “Both the parties (the ruling be prevented. and recharge wells in houses. the corporation on their behalf. about the cost of construction eit - Radhakrishnan said that despite coaches for people with disability AIADMK and DMK) pretend to The practice died in 1949 when Most of the centre’s activities Third, a survey across Chennai her.” being a major connecting station, were cancelled without any care about the people but carry on the government transferred the res - are funded by corporate compa - is conducted monthly in an attempt Gomathi B, another resident, the Tambaram railway station announcement and none of the with their colonial mindset. They ponsibility of maintenance of the nies’ Corporate Social Responsi - to understand the groundwater po - said, ‘’Jayalalitha made rainwater lacked disabled-friendly ramps and platforms or coaches have undermine each other’s work and tanks from farmers to the PWD. bility (CSR) contribution. tential through monitoring the harvesting mandatory in all buil - wheelchairs to transport disabled disability signage (DDA) to notify ignore the well being of the people “Systems like Kudimaramathu According to Raghavan, in order water level of 90 wells. dings. We have done it in our so - persons to the platforms. that the coaches were meant for in the process. The system which can be put in place in rural areas, to make rainwater harvesting po - This is done to keep the local ciety, but others don’t pay much He also accused the railway disabled persons. should be run by the villagers is where people depend on water bo - pular among locals, a three-step people informed of the availability heed to it’’ The Word Edition 6 Page 2_Layout 1 3/6/2018 11:25 AM Page 1

THE WORD CHENNAI March 2, 2018 2 CITYSCAPE CCTV cameras in new local trains PRIYA LALWANI in getting hold of the accused in control room. stationed inside the compartments the Infosys techie Swathi murder However, monitoring of the live should be throughout the day and Chennai : In an effort to strengthen case who was killed at the feed in the three phase EMU can not just after 7pm. I hope these security for women on trains, the railway station. prevent untoward incidents in real- cameras will do a full time job of newly inducted three-phase “After that incident, we time. the constable.”. Electric Multiple unit (EMU) train approached ICF (Integral Coach Women passengers travelling in However, the passengers also on Chennai Beach – Factory) to manufacture coaches the new train seemed relieved and questioned the functioning and suburban line has CCTV with CCTV cameras installed in considered this as a proactive and monitoring of these cameras. surveillance cameras in the ladies the compartments. an additional step towards their “Most of the times, these compartment. Right now, it is just limited to safety. “It is not uncommon for cameras go defunct and little is Until now, there was one 9 car- ladies compartments, but we hope men to enter the ladies done to revive their operations. rake operating between to see it in the general compartments in the trains running Loads of money is spent for Chennai- and Chennai- compartments as well,” said after 8 pm. Chain snatching installation but nothing is The bus depot |NIKITA PRASAD Gummidipoondi stretches that had Selvam. incidents and sexual harassment happening in terms of keeping a CCTV cameras installed. Selvam said these cameras on cases rise from the increasing check on their operation and According to C.Selvam, Senior the Avadi stretch just helped in the unsafe environment in the trains,” monitoring,” said Lavina, a Divisional Officer at the Chennai post incident investigation and the said Revathi, a commuter. commuter from Tambaram. Beach railway station, security Railways did not have live Lakshmi, another commuter, Ashok Agarwal, Deputy BNIKuITA sPRA StADerminal lacks upkeep cameras played an important role transmission of the feed to a said “The police constable General Manager of the , said the initial Chennai : Chaos reigns at the bus terminal at to indicate the bus number arriving there, but there response would be monitored and Thiruvanmiyur with commuters finding it difficult to have been instances when some other bus has this was aimed at detering anti- board buses because there are no queues and the arrived.It creates confusion for many passengers. social elements. vehicles are parked in bays with a different route Another passenger Shyam said, ‘’When it rains the But before rolling out the number. water stagnates in terminus. So, we have to stand and facility to all trains, there was need As many as 160 buses operate out of the terminal wait on the roads, which hinders free movement of for a detailed evaluation. with one bus leaving every two minutes. vehicles.’’ “We take responsibility for the After complaints by commuters about the lack of Suresh, another commuter, said he suffered injuries effective functioning of the seats where they could wait for the bus, the on his leg. surveillance cameras that are fit in Metropolitan Transport Corporation installed a few ‘’A few days back, I was waiting at the platform the ladies compartment of the seatsI in one of the bus bays. This is inadequate, as for the bus to arrive when I got pushed by the crowd trains.” huge crowds waiting for the bus. and fell over a broken railing.’’he added. “But there is a need for more ‘’There are no proper queues for us to stand here Commenting on the issues faced by the commuters, than a hundred cameras that are and when the bus arrives, people start jumping in, K S Shanugham, Assistant Public Information placed at the train stations but are leaving many others behind. I have missed my bus Officer,MTC said, ‘’We installed e-toilets not working,” he added. many times due to the crowd and the boards are immediately after complaints about lack of toilets The initiative is currently in the wrongly marked at the platforms,’’ said Thyahu were registered. evaluation stage, where the Sravan, a young student who travels to college from Before the next monsoons, we will make sure that footages are assessed for quality the terminal everyday. the roads are leveled so that there is no water The newly introduced EMU train in Chennai |MEGHA SREERAM and officials are trained. The boards installed at each bus bay are supposed stagnating at the depot.’’ Protest against Sanskrit song CFI members held demonstration in front of IIT Madras

NEHAL CHALIAWALA impose Sanskrit on Tamils,” said Mustafa, one of the demonstrators. Chennai : The Governor of Tamil The city police had secured the Nadu, Banwarilal Purohit, insisted gates of the institute throughout the that the Tamizh Thai Vazhthu, the day, restricting entry. invocation song of mother Tamil, People were allowed in only be sung at the eighty first convoca- after proper verification of docu - tion ceremony of the Dakshina ments. Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha On February 26, at the founda - (DBHPS), Chennai, on February tion stone laying ceremony of the 28. National Technology Centre for The function began with eight Ports, Waterways and Coasts, that Autos fleece people students singing Vande Mataram. is to be established on the IIT-M The Governor, who was the campus, students from the college at Central Station chief guest at the function, reques - sang Maha Ganapathim Manasa NEHAL CHALIAWALA parking. ted that the students be called back Smarami, a Sanskrit song. When asked for the fare to to the stage to recite the Tamil in - The protestors took offence, Passengers who alight at Chennai from the Central vocation song before the function seeing this as snubbing of Tamizh Central and head to various places station, one such auto-driver said proceeded further. Thai Vazhthu, the invocation song in the city are fleeced by that it would cost Rs. 185 for the The Chairperson of the DBHPS, of mother Tamil, and a forceful im- autorickshaw drivers and the police five kilometre trip. When asked for former Supreme Court Justice Shi- position of Sanskrit. and the Railway authorities do a receipt for the journey, he pointed vraj Patil, said, “If you don’t learn IIT-M director Bhaskar Rama - nothing. . These drivers quote towards an empty white booth and Hindi, you will face difficulties moorthy told that exorbitant prices even for short said that pre-paid service was once you move out of Tamil Nadu. there was no scope for a contro - trips and travellers often end up closed for lunch. That booth When the language is imposed versy since it was the students who paying more than they should. actually belonged to Railway there is objection. However, when came up with the song and there Auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers Police. it is proposed, there should be no Police arresting CFI youth protesting in front of IIT on Tuesday | NEHAL CHALIAWALA was no involvement of the institute. are mandated to make only pre- Meanwhile, online cab services objection.” “You must appreciate this is an paid trips from the premises of this will charge anywhere between Rs. The Governor’s action in asking ters Nitin Gadkari and Pon Rad - tion)” and “Campus Front zindabad detained for unlawful assembly. engineering college and when we station. However, many drivers 80 and Rs.105 to drop you at the that the Tamizh Thai Vazhthu be hakrishnan. (Long live Campus Front)”. “It is customary to begin any go out to ask who will sing the in- jump the queue of waiting pre-paid Labour Statue at Marina beach. A sung comes against the backdrop of Members of the Campus Front Earlier in the day, members of function at IIT with Tamizh Thai vocation song, a few hands go up”, autos, park their vehicles at the bus shared cab ride could cost as low as protests on February 27 against the of India (CFI) protested at the gates the Tamil Maanila Congress had Vazhthu but this year they sang he said. stop here, and try to recruit Rs. 38. recitation of a Sanskrit song at the of the institute around noon. protested here. Sanskrit bhajans on the campus. “So, these people came forward passengers as soon as they exit the The unruly auto-drivers have start of a function at the IIT Madras They shouted slogans of “Inqa - Both the protests were dispersed This is clearly the BJP’s agenda to and sang what they know.” he station-building. If caught, they are driven more passengers to opt for that was attended by Union Minis - lab Zindabad (long live the revolu- within minutes, the protestors being communalise the institution and added. liable to a fine of Rs. 200 for illegal online cab services.

E-bikes soon at metro train How to remove ‘ Kuppai ’ responsibly PRIYA LALWANI She also explained how the city,” she added. who attended the event. stations Solid Waste Management (SWM) Most workshops at the Ramnath, a resident of T.Nagar, NARAYANAN V Chennai : Addressing larger issues Rules which were laid down in thiruvizha revolved around “I didn’t know that there existed surrounding solid waste 2016 were aimed at providing a recycled paper and decors, the concepts of green and red Chennai : The Rail management and the acute need sustainable solution through the degradable accessories, eco dustbins. It’s interesting to learn Limited (CMRL)’s proposal to for disposing of waste responsibly, recovery, reuse and recycling of friendly fashion accessories and and I want it to try in my introduce E-bikes and bike taxis at Kuppai Matters, a city-based waste. cutlery. Others focused on household as well.” metro stations is seen as a positive initiative, organized a ‘Kuppai “The Corporation of Chennai sustainable practices – such as Kripa said that studies had move towards better connectivity Thiruvizha’ (garbage festival) at also mandated door-to-door how to create your own shown that effective and honest and traffic decongestion. the Nageswara Rao Park on collection and segregation of composting system at home to public participation was the key to According to a recent news February 25. household waste in upcycled art. achieving the goals laid out under report in The Hindu, CMRL Bicycles at the St. Thomas Mount station |NARAYANAN V The vizha promoted eco- October. Despite these best “It’s great to have a live demo the SWM Rules. officials are currently in talks with friendly alternatives to plastics, efforts, the city remains one of the to get a better understanding of An effective way to bring these two firms to provide motorbikes fewer footfalls in comparison to (32), a resident of segregation of garbage and few least compliant cities with how this works. Otherwise, the issues to the fore was by creating and e-bikes that would be rented the local electric train stations. said, “During peak hours, it is composting, up-cycling glass, SWM persisting as one of the rules that we keep talking about inclusive and participatory spaces out to commuters at Only employees from the airport easier to manoeuvre through plastics and paper, collection of most pressing issues facing the are all in abstract,” said Shonali, such as this one. Meenambakam and and the neighbouring cargo offices traffic on a bike than getting stuck neatly maintained old clothes, Thirumangalam stations on a trial and few local residents use the inside the cab” repair and spot-fixing of damaged basis and later expanded to other Metro station. According to him, everything shoes and bags and a participatory stations depending upon the Most people in the suburbs depended on the way it is action planning session for a patronage. commute through local trains that implemented. He felt commuters sustainable waste management CMRL officials are also in talks ply from Chennai Beach to might not use the bikes if the solution in the neighbourhoods of with cab aggregators Ola and Tambaram railway station. authorities insisted that they return , and Uber and transport officials to “This station is used only by the bikes to the same station from . check the feasibility of some employees of airport where they were taken. Kuppai Matters is a collective introducing bike taxis in the city. authority, why do they chose this “Bike taxi service by Ola and of the Civic Action Group (CAG), “It will be very useful for station for this initiative?” asked Uber will be useful for single Citizen Consumer and various people like me who reside in M Rajkumar (31), an auto driver passengers who can avoid cabs other non profits in the city. interior residential areas where at Meenambakkam Metro station. and also travel at lower rates,” Kripa Ramachandran, one of public transport is not available,” Rajkumar added that most Vignesh added. the group members and the brain said G Gulam Maideen (21), from passengers who got down at Currently CMRL has a tie-up behind this initiative said, “Every , who is working as a Meenambakkam or Airport metro with ZOOM’s PEDL cycles and time the Chennai Corporation customer care executive at stations carried with luggage. So, Athi’s Bicycle’s cycle-on-hire comes up with any waste Chennai airport. hiring a bike might not be helpful facility at select metro stations management scheme, citizens turn However, Meenambakkam and for them to travel comfortably which will be expanded to all 20 a deaf ear to it and it ultimately KNOWYOUREARTH.COM Airport metro stations attract with their luggage. G.Vignesh metro stations in the city. ends up in blame games.” Bins for segregated waste The Word Edition 6 Page 3_Layout 1 3/6/2018 11:10 AM Page 1

CHENNAI March 2, 2018 THE WORD CITYSCAPE 3 “Bring old scheme back” Beauty comes with ‘cost’ NISCHAI VATS PURNASNEHA S

Chennai: Pensioners are unhappy Chennai: The recent demise of that the panel appointed to go into actor , their grievances has not yet sub - although unrelated to the cosmetic mitted its report. surgeries that she underwent in her On February 19, 2016, the then time, has raised questions about the Chief Minister Jayalalithaa had unrealistic beauty standards set by announced that an Expert Com - an industry that is often known as mittee would be set-up to see if the the ‘dream factory’ for many young new Contributory Pension Scheme women and men. could be scrapped and the old one The burden to defy age and look restored. ‘perfect’ has increased cosmetic Anbarasu Muthuvijayan, Gene - and aesthetic surgeries, despite ral Secretary of Tamil Nadu Go - their exorbitant costs. There was vernment Employees Association wild speculation that Sridevi died (TNGEA) says, “Two years have due to the after effects of cosmetic passed and the panel has still not surgery. submitted the report, we will keep While the choice of actors to go protesting till the old pension Government employees staging a demonstration in Palayamkottai | THE HINDU under the knife is personal, Dr. scheme comes back.” Krithika S Ravindran, a plastic sur - “We cannot have a pension would depend on the market re - said that the new pension scheme is getting reduced and there is no geon said that impossible beauty scheme which is dependent on turns on the investments made by was introduced by the Govern - guarantee that the new pensioners standards like the “size zero” affec - everyday trading as pension the Government. ment of India in 2004, and the will get a pension.” ted most patients mentally and Sonam Kapoor too needs colour adjustment | TWITTER shouldn’t be a subject to market There was no such restriction in drawback was that it didn’t cover The Government’s inaction has made women under confident. risk,” he added. the old pension scheme.The Go - the family. “So if the pensioner led to the protest and the discon - “Such pressures force my pa - “Cosmetic surgeries are a not a knife to achieve transient beauty. Under the Contributory Pension vernment contribution was made dies his family won’t be eligible tent among the government em - tients to seek cosmetic procedures, health compromise if done by trai - In her recent Buzzfeed article, Scheme, the employee makes a on the last pay drawn by the em - for the pension thereafter,” he ployees. which are usually not necessary for ned experts,” she added. actor Sonam Kapoor wrote that contribution of 10 per cent of the ployee and it would be around 50 added. “Jayalalithaa appointed a com - their bodies. Women also gain con - Cases like morbid obesity, whe - flawlessness is a dangerous, high- basic pay, grade pay and dearness per cent. Venkatesh, a member of Joint mittee to look into the matter but fidence after their first surgery and rein a patient undergoes bariatric budgeted affair that needs to be allowance and the government S. Ramnarayan, Assistant Di - Action Council of Teachers Asso - the committee has been sitting and indulge in repetitive sessions. This surgery and sheds weight, but later shattered. makes a matching contribution. rector, All India Federation for ciation (JACTO) says, “Due to sitting and nothing is coming,” causes an addiction to fit themsel - experiences folds of hanging skin “So, for every teen girl wonde - But the amount the employee gets Pensioners Association (AIFPA) market risk, the amount of pension said Venkatesh. ves into the mainstream idea of a around the tummy are indicators ring why she doesn’t look like a ce - beautiful person,” she pointed. for surgeons to prescribe a tummy lebrity: Please know that nobody While body contouring, the most tuck procedure (Rs.1.5 lakhs to Rs. wakes up like this. Not me. Not any sought after procedure among 3 lakhs), which will give the actual other actress, (Not even Beyonce. I ‘Attacks on youngsters today, can range from swear.) It takes an army, a lot of Rs.70,000 to Rs.2.5 lakhs, hair money and an incredible amount of women are transplant surgeries range between Impossible beauty time to make a female celebrity crimes of passion’ Reusable pads last years Rs.80,000 and Rs. 2 lakhs and look the way she does when you MOHINI CHANDOLA breast reduction or implantation standards affect see her. It isn’t realistic, and it isn’t costs between Rs.80,000 and Rs. patients mentally anything to aspire to,” she said. PRAJANMA DAS Chennai: The “Cup and Cloth” 1.2 lakhs. The least expensive pro - Every flawless celebrity staring campaign by Sustainable Mens - cedures are the scar revision surge - and make women out of a billboard, endorsing a cos - Chennai : Women being stalked truation Tamil Nadu Project was ries that range between Rs.10,000 under - confident. metic product is contributing to the and attacked by ex-lovers who launched at Chennai Press Club to and Rs.50,000 that women starting Rs.4,000 crore beauty industry in think persuasion is the key to create awareness on product choi - from age 16 undertake across hos - India. Mona Bedre, a Kollywood win her back is a crime of pas - ces, their environmental impact pitals in the city. results expected by the patient. actor said that celebrities who be - sion committed generally by so - and socio-political factors on Patients are given a form of According to Dr Krithika, this lieve that these standards should be meone with a low self-esteem, menstruation. anesthesia in order to relieve pain pressure has forced many patients shattered must stop modeling for psychologists say. Kavya Menon, co-founder of during the surgery, an overdose of to spend more than their ability in such products. The recent incident in Anna Sustainable Menstruation who has which can lead to complications order to beautify themselves tem - “Actors are seen as role models Nagar was one of many attacks been conducting awareness drives that could result in death. porarily. From ’s for the youth in our country. Given on women by ex-lovers. N Ra - over five years said, “The objec - Contrary to popular opinion lifted lips to ’s that, if they acknowledge body jesh, a 23-year-old electrical en - tive of the meeting is not only to about the immediate skin effects of size-zero body, many actors have weight and skin colour as ‘eternal gineer, stabbed his girlfriend discuss the free aspect of the go - such surgeries, Dr. Swetha Rahul, admitted to getting under the knife flaws’ it creates a psychological and childhood schoolmate vernment providing sanitary pads aesthetic dermatologist at the Ka - for their films. pressure on their fans to undergo when she said she dids not want but its impact on health and envi - very Hospital said that the cosmetic Is the trend changing? cosmetic changes. It is important to continue the relationship. He ronment.” procedures were similar to other The sudden death of Sridevi has for actors to get sensitized towards then went on to harm himself as “Several NGOs provide free, everyday beautification processes, stirred a question about the cost one the campaigns that they endorse,” well. Both were admitted to low-cost disposable napkins but for example, hair-cuts. is willing to pay for going under the explained the actress. nearby private hospitals are completely ignorant of the fact On April 1, last year, John that disposable pads contain plas - Mathew (22) bludgeoned to tics and other non-disclosed che - death a girl, who had decided to micals which are not only end the relationship, and then harmful, but takes 500-800 years These eco-friendly cloth pads can be re-used for years if committed suicide by hanging to decompose,” she said. used with care. | MOHINI CHANDOLA Old mother abandoned, himself at . The discussion turned towards Swathi (24), an IT employee, the disposal methods and environ - friendly pads were presented by cologist said, “Most women think was hacked to death at the Nun - mental hazards caused by the dis - Sonal Jain, Co-founder of that it is unhygienic to use the gambakkam railway station by posable pads. Boondh. same pad for every cycle but that senior citizen laws in vain a man who stalked her, According to the National Fa - Menstrual cups are silicon- is not true. The best way to con - NISCHAI VATS was wrong to comment on the par - the police must have seen this as a “When people like this get mily Health Survey 2015-2016, based insertable devices that col - serve the cloth-based pad is to let ticular incident because “we don’t special case,” said Parthasarthy, re - into a relationship they see it as only 57 per cent of women bet - lect menstrual fluid. Sonal Jain it dry in the sun.” Chennai: An 82-year old woman know the full circumstances yet.” ferring to Dilli Babu’s disability. a refuge and they want to hang ween the ages of 15 and 24 have said, “The device attaches itself to She also said that the unlike the was left behind in a school by her But she said she felt sad because However, activists are of the opi - on to it no matter what. The mo - access to hygienic products during the opening of the cervix and crea - disposable sanitary napkins, the disabled son in Vadakarai when she Muniammal’s son had abandoned nion that action should have been ment the other person drifts periods, including disposable sa - tes a vacuum so it stays in place. cloth-based napkins produced no was unable to pay the rent for her her. taken against the owner of the away they cannot bear it and nitary pads. After usage, the blood collected in heat so they did not irritate the old age home. “Whatever may be the case, a house where Babu was staying. spin out of control,” said Dr. Gopi Vijaya Kumar, a social the cup is drained and the device skin. Muniammal was asked by the son abandoning his mother is sad,” “It is extremely unfortunate that Sunil Kumar, Mind Zone psy - worker said, “Most women opt for can be rinsed and used again. This With regard to the Class 7 girl management of the old age home to Saddama says. such an incident has occurred,” said chiatric facility. the disposable pads because they would help in waste management who committed suicide after she leave after which she went to her Suhrith Parthasarthy, a lawyer in Rajashekhran of the Tamil Nadu “Murder happens in a mo - are soft, bulky and cost-effective. as well.” was shamed by her teacher for son’s house. Her son, Dilli Babu, the , said “The Senior Citizen’s Association mentary fit. They are angry be - But most manufacturers use poly - She continued, “The micro- staining her dress, Dr. Bharat said, who is disabled, abandoned his police have not registered a case (TNSCA). “The owner of the place cause their lover has left them mers in the napkins which sucks crystals in a disposable pad result “In our country, 70 per cent of mother at the school since the against the son, but the police can which declined to house Muniam - that they forget everything else. moisture out of the skin.” in rashes and itching, which leads women think that menstruation is owner of the house he had rented under the Maintenance and Welfare mal should be booked,” he conti - These are crimes of passion, “Hygiene is compromised due to a lot of health issues. The mens - ‘impure’, and we should work to did not permit him to take in his of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, nued. committed at a moment when to infrastructural deficiencies in trual cup does not react to the eliminate the shame around pe - mother. 2007.” HelpAge India, a voluntary or - the only thought they have is re - schools and offices. The disposed body and does not restrict any riods.” “This is brutal treatment,” said The act prescribes punishment ganization working for abandoned venge.” pads are treated as a normal waste women from water-based sports.” Sustainable Menstruation Tamil Kaveri who works as a helper at the for the abandonment of parents or and needy elderly people, reveals N. Perumal, Sub-Inspector of and incinerated with other waste, There are cloth pads made with Nadu has requested aid from the AnnaiIllam Old Age home. senior citizens by a person who is that one in every three senior citi - Police, MKB Nagar police sta - making environment hazardous organic cotton and banana fibers Government to evaluate the alter - “Any person with at least some liable to take care of them. zens is a victim of abuse in India. tion, said, “We get complaints for children. Some are dumped in which are leakage-protective, natives and include them in mens - sense of humanity wouldn’t do so - In cases where a senior citizen is The report highlights that in more from women almost every other the drain which results in clogging have buttons for securing and are trual hygiene schemes, which may mething like this. Forcing old peo - childless, they can claim mainte - than 50 per cent of the cases perpe - day. But very few women ac - or in the soil which takes hundreds reusable after washing. If properly prove to be financially more sus - ple out because she cannot afford nance from any relative who pos - trators are family members; even tually come and report about of years to decompose,” he said. maintained, these pads can last for tainable with regard to waste dis - the rent like this is inhumane,” she sesses his property or who will more shocking is the fact that in their ex-lovers.” Several alternatives like mens - several years. posal and create a safer alternative continued. inherit it. over 56 per cent of these cases, the trual cups and cloth-based eco- Dr. Meenakshi Bharat, a gynae - for women during periods. Saddama, another helper, said it “In this case, it is the former, but primary abuser is the son. Differently abled get jobs at fair PRATIBHA SHARMA pation in the fair. The fair was organised for were also the sponsors for the event. terface between the candidates and the re - visually impaired, speech and hearing im - Sukanya, a recruiter for her start-up com - cruiters. Chennai: A job fair for the differently-abled paired and orthopaedically impaired people. pany ‘I 2 I’, said that she here looking for Vincent, a volunteer said that he the com - people was conducted at the Loyola College Madan (22), an electronics engineer, loo - visually challenged people who are confi - pany (Covenant) that he works for is also by ‘We Are Your Voice’ on February 25 king for a job in core company said that he dent of their communication skills and also here for recruitment. “It feels good to help here. has first time participated in a job fair like hearing and speech impaired candidates with people here. How often do you get to see a Almost 5000 candidates registered online this. “There is no limit to the number of content writing skills. “We are here to recruit fair like this”,he said. for the jobs offered by 300 companies that companies you can apply to. This is the best our first batch. These people have amazing More than 100 wheelchairs were made actively collaborated with the organisation thing about this. If you fail in one, you can will power. There is a lot to learn from them available for the candidates along with the to offer jobs. sit for another company”, he said. too. That’s why we are here to hire them”, ambulances. The volunteers helped the can - The main organiser of the event, Basit Selvi (27), a visually impaired candidate, she said. didates in availing wheel chairs and driving said that this was the second time that they said that she was here to look for computer- Harish, an Assistant Manager for Recruit - them to desired recruiters. were organising this job fair here in Loyola based jobs or tele calling. “I have registered ment at IBM was also here to hire 30-40 ‘We are Your Voice’ is a social organisa - College. for six companies and I am coming here for candidates for the finance and IT sector in tion formed by a small group of young vo - “Last year 500 out of the 848 shortlisted the second time. It is a good opportunity”, the company. lunteers who are either students or working. candidates were hired. We have made a lot she said. The fair also saw participation of more The organisation is also active in taking up of progress since then and we may have a Start-up companies joined, big companies than 1000 volunteers for the event. There other causes for social welfare. The Loyola better result this year,” he said. like Wipro, , Caterpillar and was also on spot registration for voluntee - College has offered the venue free of cost to Only the candidates who had a diploma IBM also participated in the fair. Companies ring. Some of these volunteers were also hold the fair for the second time consecuti - or were graduates were eligible for partici - like Wipro which came for the recruitment trained in sign language and acted as an in - vely. Candidates at the job fair at Loyola College | PRATIBHA SHARMA The Word Edition 6 Page 4_Layout 1 3/6/2018 11:23 AM Page 1

THE WORD CHENNAI March 2, 2018 4 CITYSCAPE ‘Back to Nature’ expo a big hit for sellers PRASHASTI SINGH Kalakshetra about this fair, I was hesitant about coming all the way Chennai: Stall keepers were to Chennai for it. But the money I jubilant over the high turnout at the spent on my train ticket was worth last day of crafts fair ‘Santhe – the profit that I earned here,” he Back to Nature’, organized from said.The foundation did not take February 15 to February 25 at the any share of the money the here. craftspersons earned. Kritika Narayan, a customer who “We just have to pay Rs. 3000 was visiting the fair for the second per day to Santhe for booking one time in a week, said that it attracted stall,” he said. a large crowd this year due to the K Geetha from Andhra Pradesh, variety of products offered through who had a kalamkari clothes’ stall, more than 90 stalls to the said that she was facing a lot of From left to right: R. Srinivasan, Gopal Krishna Gandhi, Suresh Jacob, Mathangi customers. competition since there were two Krishnamurthy, Thomas Verghese, Abraham Jacob | PURNIMA S DAS “They have a great collection of more stalls selling similar clothes, paintings, show pieces, and kalamkari clothes. crockery from states like Bihar, “I have bought only kalamkari Rajasthan, Kashmir, and Andhra kurtis with me, whereas the other Pradesh this year,” she said. two stalls also have skirts and even Rlys face “bankruptcy” RitwikJha, another customer, full length dresses. This is the PURNIMA S DAS “This is the rate of development over burning of fossil fuels, so said, “This year the good things did reason why this year I did not earn we have been talking about,” he there was no long term future in not get sold out in the first few as much as I had last year,” she Chennai: “The dangerous truth is sighed. carrying coal, Verghese added. days. The collection was good said. that soon the Indian Railways will Narrating an incident, Jacob On the current status of the throughout.” The stall that had kani shawls become bankrupt,” said Abraham said, “When the stampede on the Railways, Jacob said “During my Ajay Kumar Sharma, a stall and kurtis from Kashmir was the Jacob during the launch of his foot overbridge at Elphinstone tenure since 1973, I tried to pursue keeper who had come from Bihar most popular one at the fair after book “The Story of Indian Road railway station killed 23 every single thing I wrote in this with a collection of Madhubani Rajasthan’s chat stall, whereas the Railways” at Spaces in Besant people, the Railways should have book. Sadly, I could not even paintings from his village, said, one set up by women of Nagar on March 3 evening. rebuilt the bridge. Instead, the make a dent. Either we pull up our “Making large, medium and small selling seed The book is a gripping narrative Indian Army built it. They are socks or we perish.” sized Madhubani paintings has jewellery did not attract much of a young and idealistic officer generally considered as the last R. Srinivasan, Editor of been the family business of most crowd. who enters into the labyrinth resort.” BusinessLine said, “Almost all the people in our village Jitwarpur for J , who makes the seed system of the railways and Thomas Verghese, a retired chapters deserve a book in itself. as long as I can remember. I have earrings and neck pieces herself, experiences, over forty years, a General Manager of Southern If you are a fan of railways, this come here as a representative of my said, “I find seed jewellery quite loss of innocence. Railways said, “When I joined in story could be depressing because village’s talent.” fascinating, but people are more Speaking at the launch, Jacob 1959, almost 80 per cent of all in a caustic way, it unveils the Another Madhubani artist from interested in the things that glitter. said, “The British left 47,000 km goods were transported via truth.” Bihar, Mahesh Kumar, had sold But all that glitters is not gold!” of railway track in India when railways but now it has come Gopalkrishna Gandhi, former almost all the kurtis and sarees that She added, “If you handle them China had 12,000 km. After down to 12 per cent. The majority Governor of West Bengal, said, he and his family had painted by carefully, seed jewellery is much independence, India’s rail track of it constitutes coal.” “These days, ‘calling a spade a the afternoon of Santhe’s last day. more durable than the artificial increased to a mere 63,000 km India had stopped conceiving spade’ is difficult but his faithful Handicrafts displayed at the Kalakshetra Foundation “This is my first time in South jewellery that most people get stretch whereas China’s increased new coal-fired power projects to documentation of what actually | PRASHASTI SINGH India. When I was notified by attracted to.” to 121,000 km.” address global warming concerns happens is an eye-opener.” “The ocean is my religion” ‘Newsrooms need automation’ NIKITA PRASAD Everything about the ocean draws me there- I PRATIBHA SHARMA feel balanced, supported and safe. It takes me Chennai: Ishita Malaviya, who is said to be in and washes the troubles of the world away’’, Chennai: Artificial intelligence India’s first professional female surfer, was she said. can no longer be interpreted in featured in a documentary ‘Beyond The Lauren Hill, her co-surfer claimed that the terms of robotics; it is also a Surface’ screened at the DAMned Art energy of the sea gets her in sync and makes software that could be used in exhibition at Lalit Kala Akademi on February her more connected with the planet. ‘’I find a newsrooms, according to Carl 24. greater spiritual connection when I’m surfing Gutsav Linden, a researcher at Directed by Crystal Thornburg Homcy and and the ocean is my religion. I learnt how to University of Helsinki in Finland. David Homcy, the 46-minute documentary work with my body, rather than fight against In a lecture on ‘News touched upon eco-tourism, youth and women’s my body’’, she said. Automation:- Algorithm for empowerment and the pursuit of surfing in the The group visited yoga centers across South Journalism’ delivered at Asian Indian waters and was followed by an hour- India and practised chanting, meditation and College of Journalism Linden said long interaction between the audience and voice culture exercises. the software would help in Helmut Schippert, Director of Goethe They also visited Manapad Women’s Self- creating a more structured, factual Carl Gutsav Linden on news automation | PRATIBHA SHARMA Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan.. Help Group, in a coastal village 60 km from and accountable news stories. The documentary started with Ishita Tuticorin and interacted with the women “We talk about artificial said. model in commercial media that is Malaviya being joined by other women surfers- workers who volunteered to surf with them, intelligence as if it is a new A news automation software taking away jobs.” Crystal Thornburg-Homcy, Lauren Hill, Emi wearing sarees. phenomenon. But the truth is that named ‘Valtteri’, he said, had the However, Linden said that Koch, Kate Baldwin and Liz Clark. Calling It was their first time in water and they it is a part of our daily lives. We ability to generate news articles introducing technologies like these themselves as ‘Sea Sisters’, they travel through overcame their inhibitions by taking their leap should recognize it and assimilate autonomously and structure it with in newsrooms did not mean that Southern India documenting the ways in which Documentary featuring Ishita Malviya of faith into the ocean. it into our newsrooms,” he said. the most important fact on top. The journalists will no longer be surfing, yoga and ecological creativity are Ishita began surfing in 2007 after meeting a Linden is involved in Immersive software could also produce the involved. They were still required at DAMned Art Festival | NIKITA PRASAD bringing hope and fueling change for local German exchange student. She currently runs a Automation, a research and same article in various other to ensure truthfulness, fairness and people and the planet. surf club named the Shaka Surf Club and Camp development project aimed at languages. the human angle in news and also Visually appealing stills of the ocean, results in tanned skin and hence, not many Namaloha in Coastal Karnataka in India. automating news production and “Creating news in languages explain why a story is important. compelling background score and the girls women choose to surf as black skin is looked In the interaction with the audience developing new ideas for making which are dying is an effective Talking about possible issues surfing across the waves brought the audience down upon in India. Schippert said ‘’We were supposed to organize the process more automated. way to preserve them,” he said. that might arise with automation, closer to the narrative. Ishita explained that by creating more this event near Couum river where a lot of “The goal of this project is to Asked whether this technology he said that if the system generated The documentary presented the popular awareness about surfing, she was not trying to people could have come, but we didn’t get make news for you and not for a was an opportunity or a threat, personalized news according to the stereotype of how girls do not surf in India and break any barriers, but just pursuing her permission. Here it is more of an installation general audience. It generates Linden said “Is it going to take reader’s religion, race and that the ocean is a place meant only for men. passion. ‘’When I first started surfing, I knew thing and slightly difficult to get a lot of people personalized news stories with away jobs? Yes, it might. But I ethnicity there was a possibility of Surfing is an adventure sport which often I would be doing this for the rest of my life. for attending our events.’’ issues that directly affect you,” he would say that it’s the business people getting polarised.

A cafe to talk about death New luxury shopping mall opens NITHIN KUMAR Phoenix Market City but is not an touches all the senses”, said construct Palladium”, said Rahul MOHINI CHANDOLA group. But society has made death Death Café began in 2011 in extension of it. It is spread across 2 Rashmi Sen, Group Director – Bhatiya, the operating manager of a disease- which reveals what we Hyderabad and was first conducted Chennai: Luxury shopping in the lakh sq ft and it is entirely inspired Retail of the Phoenix Mills Ltd. Palladium. lack as a society. Grieving is im - in a cemetery with nine other city has been taken to a whole new by the shape of a handbag. This is the second Palladium mall The mall offers ‘VIP’ valet Chennai: While most people shy portant. I wouldn’t want an expert friends. Rooh, who had lost her level with the launch of Palladium “This is a luxury shopping opened by Phoenix Mills, with the parking for its customers, away from discussing death and its to tell me why my family member mother two weeks earlier, was at last week. destination that goes beyond high first one opened in . concierge and porter services on effect on the living, Sneha Rooh, a has died and what is wrong with me already pondering over the idea The new mall is inside the end brands. It is an experience that The new mall consists of 75 request, wheel chairs, Automated palliative physician, has created a to grieve over them.” until a friend suggested stores on three floors, with most of Teller Machine (ATM) and even a platform for people who have lost She continued, “It is only when spontaneously they do it that night. them yet to open their doors. High child care station. family and friends but do not have the grieving process is prolonged or The idea was inspired by the end fashion brands such as the “Top level customer experience an emotional outlet. is a danger to themselves that we Buddhist thought that death is not Hugo Boss, Cadini Suits, Michael is our priority here at Palladium”, Calling the platform Death Café, recommend them to psycho-the - the end of life. Kors, Canali and even Ralph said Bhatiya. Sneha Rooh said, “We intend to rapy.” Since then, Rooh has conducted Lauren are set to open their outlets Hasna Jaffar, a shopper, said “It bring the topic of death on the sur - Death Cafes in schools, colleges for the first time in the city. was always a luxurious experience face without any pressure. Most The idea was and restaurants in Hyderabad, Papparoti, a high end Malaysian to go to Luxe Cinemas inside people who attend Death Café feel Delhi and Chennai. café, is set to open here. Pheonix Market City, but to design lighter because they were not able inspired by the “People are so inspired by the According to the construction an entire mall extravagantly and to share their trauma with their fa - idea that they have opened up their manager, Palladium’s architecture open top brand’s outlets is milies.” Buddhist thought own Death Cafés. To open one, was inspired by landmarks and amazing.” Events are created on that death is not the people are required to attend at artists across the world. The Most of the visitors to the new and on the website and anybody least one Death Café and follow interiors were designed by well mall come in to experience the can attend the event for a conversa - end of life. Since guidelines on the website.” renowned architects from the design and mostly window shop. tion for free. Death Café meetings then, Rooh has The idea of Death Café was ins - Urban Studio in Mumbai. “The luxury brands here will take place usually in restaurants, on pired by Jon Underwood and Sue Palladium’s ceilings were cater to the high end buyers in the beaches or in a volunteer’s home. conducted Death Barksy Reid, who initiated this so - inspired by the minimalistic design city, but the experience of the mall The venue is changed for every cial movement in several European of Apple products, like the iPhone is for every customer and visitor”, event. Cafes in schools, countries. or the iPad. In some parts of the said Bhatiya. Students, counselors, doctors, colleges and The idea of death and reincarna - mall, the ceilings consisted of Even as Phoenix Market City housewives and anyone from the tion, which rings deep within the numerous mirror claddings, receives more visitors, Palladium age of six to 70 years are welcome restaurants in Indian cultural system runs parallel inspired by Sheesh Mahal in is set to expect more customers. to discuss death and grieve over Hyderabad, Delhi with Mexico’s Day of the Dead, Lahore Fort. With new brands opening in the their loved ones. where death is seen as a symbol of “Numerous design elements mall, shopping is set to take a Rooh said, “We are not a therapy and Chennai. a new life. Glossy architecture inside Palladium | NITHIN KUMAR have used for inspiration to luxurious turn.