C M Y MAMBALAM K TIMES The Neighbourhood Newspaper for T. Nagar & Mambalam www.mambalamtimes.in Vol. 19, No. 52 988th Issue : May 24 - 30, 2014 FREE With this issue, Mambalam Times completes 19 years of its service to the residents of T. Nagar and Mambalam. We have distributed over 2.75 crores free copies of Mambalam Times so far. Page 2 MAMBALAM TIMES May 24 - 30, 2014 T. NAGAR BAZAAR Talk on ‘Thiru Arutpa’ on Tuesday Under the aus- pices of Vallalar Sanmargasangam (V.O.C Street, MGR Nagar, Ph: 94453 43706), Dr. Kadavul POLYWOOD Kannan will give a Loft cover, Pooja discourse on ‘Thiru Shelf, Cupboard, Arutpa – Motcha 5% - 10 % Showcase, Veetin Thiravu Kol’ Discount Modern Kitchen, on Tuesday, May 27, upto May.30 False Ceiling, Painting at 6 p.m in Sakthi VISWA ENTERPRISES Vinayagar Temple VADAPALANI (P.T. Rajan Salai, 98400 18492, 6537 9721 K.K. Nagar). www.viswadecorators.com, E-mail: [email protected] All are welcome. Oratorical /elocution contest Plea for old newspapers to for school students raise funds Shree Vignesh & Company will conduct an Oratorical/ By Our Staff Reporter elocution competition on Friday, May 30 at 27, Giri Street, Care for Children (an NGO, Jeevanandham Salai, K. K. West Mambalam. Students in the age group of 10 - 15 years can participate. Nagar. Ph: 98403 98777, 4353 2332) has appealed for Participants can talk in both English and Tamil. donation of old newspapers and other waste to raise funds for Participants will have to talk on gurus and philosophers providing educational support for poor children. The items like Gnananda Giri Swamigal, Yogi Ramsurat kumar, Kanchi will be collected at the doorstep. Maha Periyava, Shesh adri Swamigal and Ramana Mahirishi. M. Subramanian (Managing Trustee) said that the 3-year- The number of participants is limited to 30. Registration, old trust provides uniforms, notebooks, other stationery and which is free, will begin on Saturday, May 24, and will be on fees for needy students mostly in Government and Corpora- first-cum-first served basis. The topic will be given to the tion schools. Assistance worth Rs. 20 lakhs was provided last participants at the time of registration. For more details, please call 93840 56677 / 99625 81489. year with the help of donations, he added. Talk in Tamil on ‘Shastram and its significance’ tomorrow Nannilam Vai Rajagopala Ganapadigal (publisher and editor of Vaithikasri, a Tamil spiritual magazine) will give a talk in Tamil on ‘Shastram and its significance’ on Sunday, May 25, from 3.30 p.m to 4.30 p.m, in Ayodhya Mandapam (Arya Gowda Road, West Mambalam, Ph: 2489 3077). It will be followed by an interactive session on spiritual matters. All are welcome. May 24 - 30, 2014 MAMBALAM TIMES Page 3 42,000 copies of this edition are delivered FREE every Saturday! Page 4 MAMBALAM TIMES May 24 - 30, 2014 Plea for donations to He fights to regain livelihood Offers free counseling to job seekers Bhajans on provide educational K. V. Anand, a HR consult- plishments clearly, it can get Fridays in Sri assistance after losing pavement space ant, offers free counseling to rejected even before the inter- Krishna temple By Our Staff Reporter past 20 years from the same job seekers. He said that can- view stage. By Our Staff Reporter By Our Staff Reporter Alaya Kainkarya Sath San- Natarajan Ramaswamy spot by selling tea, biscuits and didates with weak educational Anand has more than 8 (55), who suffers from dwarf- Members of Brindavan gam (Flat 4, Subhiksham, 8, tobacco. profile and gaps in employment years experience in the field ism, was earning his livelihood and has helped in placing more Samithi will sing group bhajans Bank of India Colony, Ashok When the eviction orders periods can approach him for by running a tea stall on the help and advice. He also offers than 100 candidates in the on Fridays from 6.15 p.m to Nagar. Ph: 2371 5585, 95437 were passed, he got a stay or- pavement of Pondy Bazaar. der from the High Court but advice in writing resumes in a past. More details can be had 7.15 p.m at Sri Krisha Temple, 15552, 94442 72190) has ap- In November 2013, Chennai the Corporation officials still professional manner. He said by visiting his Facebook page Thanikachalam Road, opp. pealed for assistance to enable Corporation cleared Pondy took away his bunk. He filed a that even though the candi- ‘Cure your placement fever it to pay school and college fees Matsya Hotel. Bazaar pavement of hawkers case again but it is getting de- date may be bright and ca- here’. for more poor students. Devotees are welcome to after allotting them space in layed and he has almost ex- pable, if his resume does not For appointments, please K. R. Gopalakrishnan (Fo- participate in the bhajans. the ‘Chennai Corporation Pave- hausted all his savings and has communicate his/her accom- call him in 98843 33872. under) said that the Sangam ment Vendors’ Shopping Com- no more money to pursue the has already received Rs. 4.5 plex’ on Thyagaraya Road, T. legal battle, he told this re- lakhs including Rs. 2 lakhs from Nagar. porter. members, their friends and rela- Natarajan, who stands just He has met senior Corpora- tives this year for this purpose. 3 feet tall, said that he was not tion officials a number of times, He said that in 2013, the allotted a space in the complex but to no avail. Sangam extended assistance as he was not a member of any He said he has even identi- amounting to Rs. 1.6 lakhs to of the hawker or trader asso- fied unused space in the com- 10 poor students. Marriage ciations. plex which can be allotted to assistance worth Rs. 1.25 lakhs Since then, he has been shut- him. “When I had my stall, I was given to poor parents of 3 tling between the Madras High had a number of patrons and brides. S. Ramesh of Ashok Court and Corporation’s head was earning Rs. 1,200 a day. Nagar was helped with Rs. office in Ripon Buildings, seek- Now I and my family are 55,000 for surgery in both eyes. ing a small corner to start his struggling to live with a mea- Gopalakrishnan said that in business in the Vendors’ Com- ger disability allowance of Rs. 2009, the Sangam adopted and plex. “I have government docu- 1000 per month received from renovated the Sri Visalakshi ments to prove that as a handi- the government. I have vaca- Ambal Sametha Sri Viswana- capped person I am eligible for ted my rented house and sent theeswarar Temple in Kal- 6 ft x 4 ft space in Corporation my wife and two daughters to poondi Village in Tiruvannama- public places,” he said. her parental home in Kalla- lai District. About 500 years “Till 1993, I was paying a kurichi where my daughters are studying in a government ago, devotees from the village monthly rent of Rs. 100 to the school,” he said. went to Kasi and brought back Corporation for the space al- He concluded by saying a Lingam in the shape of lotted to me in Pondy Bazaar,” “With no earnings, I stay and Saligramam which they in- he added. stalled in the village and built sleep in my friend’s shop in the Natarajan said he had been Vendors’ Complex”. the temple. The temple is situ- earning his livelihood for the ated on the banks of Kaman- dala Naga River which origi- Free group nates from Padavedu Hills, runs running sessions through the village and joins the Cheyyar River. on Tuesdays and Kanchi Paramacharya vis- Saturdays ited the temple during his By Our Staff Reporter padayatra and also had a dip in Chennai Runners (T. Nagar Kamandala Naga River. Chapter) is conducting free The Sangam organizes the running sessions from Panagal temple festivals. It also con- Park (Bashyam Road, T. ducts medical camps and Nagar) at 5 a.m on Tuesdays health awareness programs in and Saturdays. Anyone can the village. It has been provid- participate in the runs. ing notebooks and other study Attendees can participate in material for 280 middle school 6 km, 8 km or 10 km runs. students in the village since The runs will be followed by a 2010. training session by regular run- Those interested in giving ners on how to build-up stamina donations for educational as- to increase the speed and the sistance may contact Gopa- running distance. Those who lakrishnan (95437 15552), K. are interested may contact V. Thyagarajan (94449 61152) Radha Krishnas-wamy in or R.Srinivasan (93846 66661). 73059 51900 / 89396 04259. May 24 - 30, 2014 Page 5 MAMBALAM TIMES C M st Y Comes State 1 in Arabic in Concert of Nandita and Nikita K Std. 10 board exam today evening By Our Staff Reporter By Our Staff Reporter West Mambalam). Abida Farheen (student of Sisters Nandita Krishnan All are welcome. Anjuman Matriculation Scho- and Nikkita Krishnan (resi- ol, T. Nagar) was amoung the dents of Kodambakkam) will st State 1 rank holders in Ara- give a vocal concert on Satur- bic by securing 99/100 in day, May 24, at 6 p.m in Std.10 board examination, the Sravanam Hall, TTD Center results of which were an- (Venkatnarayana Road, T. nounced on May 23. Nagar). They will be accompa- Her marks in the other sub- nied by T. Vagadheeswari (vio- jects are English (95), Maths (90), Science (98) and Social lin) and Sriram (mridangam). (97).