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FREE1383rd Issue: October 26 - November 1, 2019Vol. 25, No. 23

The Editor and Staff ofMambalam Times

wish you Happy Deepavali!

By Our Staff ReporterPolicemen are monitoring

the crowds of Deepavalishoppers which are expectedto swell on the eve of thefestival.

Police in watch towers keepan eye on them throughbinoculars and CCTV camerasinstalled in assistance boothson Madley Road, Usman Road,under the Usman Road flyoverand in Pondy Bazaar.

Police keep watch on Deepavali shoppers 11,000 extra busesto clear DiwalirushBy Our Staff Reporter

10,940 special bus serviceswill be operated from Oct. 24 to26 by various State TransportCorporations to clear the extrarush for Diwali holidays.

The special services will beoperated from CMBT (Koyam-bedu), KK Nagar, TambaramSanatorium, TambaramRailway Station, Madha-varam and Poonamallee busterminals.

Unlike in previous years,special services to AndhraPradesh will not start fromAnna Nagar West Bus Depot,and the passengers will haveto board these buses fromMadhavaram bus terminus.

Similarly, on these 3 days, anumber of regular destinationsoperated from CMBT includingthe specials services to thesedestinations, have beendiverted to the other busterminals. Even those whohave reserved in advance withboarding point mentioned asCMBT will have to board thebuses from the respective busterminals.

Feeder services will beoperated by MTC from CMBTto all these terminals.

For full details of routediversions, visit the webpageh t t p s : / / w w w . t n s t c . i n /deepavaliBusOperation.htmlor call 24794709

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Bursting ofcrackers restrictedto 4 hours onDeepavaliBy Our Staff Reporter

Based on the Supreme Courtorder passed in 2018,TamilnaduPollution ControlBoard (TPCB) has announcedthat crackers can be burstonly for 4 hours, from 6 a.mto7 a.m and from 7 p.m to 8 p.mon Deepavali day on Sunday,Oct. 27.

Police will take actionagainst those who violate therule.

TNPCB has appealed to thepublic to obey the rule to re-duce the effect of pollutioncaused by bursting crackers.

Corporation gearsup for monsoonBy Our Staff Reporter

According to a seniorCorporation official, 60 highpower pumps, 570 motorpumps, 30 mobile generators,16 power saws, 108 JCPs,109boats, 126 lorries and otherequipment have been keptready to face any crisissituation caused by either floodor cyclone during the monsoon.

Residents can contact theCorporation helplines 25384520, 2538 4530 or 2538 4540in case of any crisis duringmonsoon.

Hefty fine for poorsanitation leading tomosquito breedingBy Our Staff Reporter

As per the orders of ChennaiCorporation Commissioner G.Prakash, fines from Rs.10,000to Rs.10 lakhs will be imposedon places and buildings withpoor sanitation that can leadto water stagnation andfacilitate the breeding ofmosquitoes.

The fines will be as follows:Construction sites:

Rs.10,000 to Rs.10 lakhs;Educational institutions: Rs.5,000 to Rs.1 lakh;

Government buildings: Rs.10,000 to Rs.1 lakh

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First of 10 new metro trains fornorth Chennai line arrives

As the 9-km metro rail corridor in North Chennai takes shape,Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) received the first of the10 newtrains for the line on Oct. 19. CMRL managing director Pankaj KumarBansal flagged off the first train from Alstom Transport factory in SriCity, Andhra Pradesh.

The line between Washermenpet and Wimco Nagar will be completedby June 2020.

Metro rail officials said that after the first train is brought to CMRL’sdepot in Koyambedu, it will undergo a series of tests before it is usedfor commercial operations.

“The remaining nine train sets are expected to be delivered by the endof February 2020,” an official said.

Before being handed over, the train underwent a number of tests atthe manufacturing facility including car body dimension checks, watertightness check, static routine traction and brake tests. The tests wereconducted in the presence of CMRL officials, who approved it fordelivery.

On arrival at the CMRLdepot, officials said slow and high speedroutine tests both at the depot and on the main line will be conducted.These tests may take two weeks to a month before the trains aredeployed. A 2 km underground section linking Washermenpet,Tondiarpet and Korukkupet is getting electrified, with cables requiredfor train operation being installed. “By April, we may conduct the firsttrial with the new metro trains,” an official said.

At present, CMRL has a fleet of 42 trains, the majority of which weremanufactured in Alstom’s Sri City facility.

Officials said that manufacturing of the 10 new trains commencedin February after CMRL awarded a Rs. 200-crore contract to supplyrakes with the same configuration and specifications as those in thetrains operating now in the phase-1corridors.

Plea to donate fordifferently-abled tocelebrate Deepavali

By Our Staff ReporterVela institution for social action and

development (4/12, Postal Colony CrossStreet, West Mambalam) runs a free schoolfor speech/ hearing impaired andintellectually disabled children in SaibabaNagar, Gingee Main Road, Lakshmipuram,Orathur Village, Villupuram district.

The school, which was started in 1992, has153 students of varying disabilities withhostel facilities.

It provides vocational training too.A.G. Mohan (founder secretary) told

Mambalam Times that free trips arearranged for devotees in the 4th week of everymonth to Sankara Mutt, Villupuram (birthplace of Maha Periyavaa).

He appealed to Mambalam Times readersto donate in kind like dress material, sweetsand crackers for Deepavali.

Hearing aids, notebooks, furniture andother related material are also accepted.

More details can be had in 98423 10390/2489 0390.

Vishnu Sahasranaamamchanting on WednesdayBy Our Staff Reporter

Chennai Group of Sri VishnuSahasranamam Mandalis has organized masschanting of Sri Vishnu Sahasranaamam at 10a.m on Wednesday, Oct. 30 in Goshala,Sankara Mutt, Kasi Viswanathar Kovil Street,West Mambalam, on the occasion of the BirthStar Day of Kanchi Sri Maha Periyavaa(Anusham).

All are welcome.For more details contact call 95001 77505.

Govt. develops mobile app todisplay bus locationBy Our Staff Reporter

The State Transport Corporation is developing a new mobile appwhich will let the public live track its buses and help them plan trips.

The App, named ‘Locate and Access My Bus’ (LAMB), will beavailable free both on Android and iOS platforms.

The App will show live location of buses and list the nearest bus stopsto the user on Google Maps.

Once the location of a bus stop is entered, the app provides theestimated time of arrival of the next five buses at the stop along withtheir route numbers.

Searches pertaining to a specific route will also be available.Accuracy will be within a deviation margin of 1 minute or 10% of

predicted time.The app will provide real-time data of 21,800 buses including 3,300

MTC buses in the city.Changes pertaining to bus timings and route diversions will be

regularly updated.A unique code has been created for each of the bus stops by geocoding

them.This data will be provided to the private firm which will fix GPS

devices on all government buses.

Discourses on ‘SaisathSaritha’

Under the auspices of Sri Shirdi SaiMeditation Mandir (6, Sarojini Street, T.Nagar) there are discourses on ‘Sri SaisathSaritha’ at 6.30 p.m on Sundays in itspremises.

T. Thiruvalluvan (Founder) told MambalamTimes that mass spiritual healing is conductedat 7.30 p.m on Thursdays and Sundays.

All are welcome.More details can be had in phones 2643

2323, 4212 5118 and 94444 53777.

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By Our Staff ReporterPotholes can be seen in Usman Road in T. Nagar near Ranganathan Street .

Potholes in Usman RoadVocal contest in VaniMahal on Nov. 3

Entries have been invited forthe vocal competition in Tamilcompositions conducted inmemory of D. Pattammal.

The vocal competition is opento amateurs below 25 years andwill be conducted on Sunday,Nov. 3 at 10 a.m.

Competitors should sing 6Tamil songs out of which twomust be compositions ofPattammal and four may becompositions of PapanasamSivan, Subramania Bharathi andGoplakrishna Bharathi.

All the compositions ofPattammal are available in herwebite.www.dpattammal.com.Audio CDs of the renditions ofthe compositions of Patta-mmalare also available in Vani Mahal(Ph. 2815 2166). Entries shouldbe submitted by Thursday, Oct.31.

‘Paal Kavadi Pooja’ nextSaturday

On the occasion of SkandhaSashti, ‘Paal Kavadi Pooja’ willbe performed for Lord Murugaon Saturday, Nov. 2 at 7 a.m.in Sri Rama Anjaneyar Temple(Lake View Road, WestMambalam). Laksharchanaiis being performed daily in themorning and evening.

Devotees who want to takepart in ‘Paal Kavadi’ proces-sion should register their

names. Mythili and Sureshwill present a devotional musicconcert at 6.30 p.m.

All are welcome.

B. S. Mootha School students visit ISROAs part of the World Space

Week program, Indian SpaceResearch Organization (ISRO)was opened to visitors,especially students. Studentsfrom B. S. Mootha Girls SeniorSecondary School, WestMambalam were among them.

ISRO was responsible fordesign, development, assemblyand integration of commun-ication, navigation, remotesensing, and scientific andsmall satellite machines. Itlaunched Rohini200 (RH200),which was witnessed by theschool’s students.

They saw the two majorlaunch pads in ISRO visited aw the ISRO museum which had models of rockets and informationabout space and astronauts.

Shivpprasadh,team honoured

S. Shivpprasadh (CreativeHead, R. S. Manohar’sNXGS) and his team memberswere honoured by Nalli Kuppuswami Chettiyar,Veteran Dramatist KathadiRamamurthy, former TVNews Reader and VeteranDramatist T. V. Varadharajenwith Ponnadais and mementosat a function recently.

Open drain in Venkatanarayana Road

Bunches of twigs have been laid on the grating on top of an open storm water drain nearIndianoil petrol bunk on Venkatanarayana Road in T. Nagar.

Construction of the drain has been going on for several months.

By Our Staff ReporterCracker shops in the neighbourhood are expecting a rush of buyers on the eve of Deepavali.

This photo was taken in 21st Avenue, Ashok Nagar.

Cracker shops expect rush on Deepavali-eve

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By Our Staff ReporterJaswant Singh’s ‘green’

house in Mogappair neverfaced any problem withwater even during the water-starved days this year. Thegroundwater table in hisgarden has never ran dry,and he even distributedwater free to his water-starved neighbours.

This has been possible

Resident’s garden has 350+rare plants

since Singh has nurtured a miniforest in his compound overthe past 35 years.

The vegetation spans over10,000 square feet (includingthe terrace and a floor) andhouses a large number of plantsincluding 350 rare specieswhich he has painstakinglycollected from all over India inover three decades.

The 58-year-old civilengineer who owns aconstruction business hasknowledge of each plantspecies in his garden

Born and brought up inChennai, Singh can recite all1,330 couplets fromThirukkural. He has engravedan image of Thiruvalluvar onthe trunk of a mango tree in hisgarden.

He started gardening at theage of 19 by planting a Tulasishrub.

His collection includesBrahma Kamalam from theHimalayas which blooms oncein 12 years, the rare Thillaifrom Chidambaram which hasmedicinal values, theCrescentia or Beggars Bowl,Flame Lily (poisonous, but anantidote for some snakevenoms), sandalwood, BorneoCamphor, Stevia (analternative for sugar fordiabetic patients).

He also grows manyvarieties of fresh vegetables,fruits and herbs. Part of the 1st

floor of his house is reserved forgrowing vegetables, and thewell-ventilated 2nd floor terracehas been developed as a fruitorchardthat has beensimulated to resemble a forestecosystem.

He has also let a horde oflovebirds and other small birdslive freely in the fruit orchard.Some of these trees also havenests indicating that the birdshave taken to the mini habitat.

He has also built a tree houseon one his oldest trees.

He has set up drip irrigationthroughout the area, andcondensed water from the air-conditioner is redirected towater the plants through thesepipes.

He also practises apicultureand has kept boxes wherehoneybees build hives. Thebees help in natural pollination.

Singh powers hissustainable home by 1.5kilowatt-worth solar panels

fixed on the roof. All the lightsare LED, saving up to 60 percent of energy consumption.

The sprinklers on his lawnand the drip irrigation pipes onhis terrace gardens are allimprovised to save water. Forinstance, the water isautomatically adjusted as perthe seasonal requirement.

The house has a largecomposting pit which suppliesbiogas for up to 90 minutesevery day, aside from providinggreen manure and vermi-compost ingredients.

Food is prepared not onlyfrom the ingredients that comefresh from his garden, but isalso cooked in sustainablevessels over an earthenhearth.

Singh often provides a guidedtour of his extensive garden,accompanied with his

captivating stories andintriguing insights to studentsof Tamil Nadu AgriculturalUniversity who visit for ahands-on experience with the

plants and other interestedvisitors.

His wife Geeta and his sonand daughter help him inmaintaining the mini forest.

Guard your eyes againstdamage when you burstcrackersBy Dr. A. Azim Siraj, Specialist Eye Surgeon

Children are often injured when they burst crackers duringDeepavali.

Sometimes injuries occur in the eyes which, if not treated,may prove serious.

The following precautions should be taken in the event of anopen eye injury:

* Just apply a plastic cup over the eye with a cleanhandkerchief without pressing the eye and rush to an eyespecialist immediately.

*Do not apply household medicines like human milk, eyedrops – they may cause further infection.

*Do not feed the victim – he/she may be having a hidden tearin the eye which may require anesthesia for stitching andanesthesia cannot be given for approximately three hoursafter the last feed. This delay could be costly to the patient’svision.

How are these injuries usually treated?* Remember, such injuries are emergencies.* The eye specialist will first examine the eye in detail to

ascertain the extent of damage and then plan treatment.*In mild cases, a simple wash to clear the gun powder and

soot and antibiotic drops are advised.*In moderate cases, associated with scratches (abrasions)

and partial tears, patching the eye with antibiotics usuallyhelps.

*In more severe cases, surgery may be added, usually underanesthesia and the patient may need to be hospitalised. Aspecialist eye surgeon (Vitreo-Retinal Surgeon) usually repairssuch injuries.

But remember, the eye is like a delicate glass doll - oncebroken, even if the best glue is used to fix it back, the originalityis lost. So, ‘Prevention is better than cure’.

Follow these simple tips to enjoy an ‘eye-safe’ Deepavali.

Do’s and dont’s for safehandling of crackers

During Deepavali celebrations children get injured due tocareless handling of fireworks. Parents are indirectlyresponsible for these accidents as they fail to educated andguide the children on the correct ways of handling fireworks.

The Loss Prevention Association of India Ltd. (LPA), for thepast few years, has been guiding children and elders on theproper ways of handling fireworks.

Simple rules of safety as described in the Safety Bulletin ofthe Loss Prevention Association are as follows:

Don’t light crackers inside the house, or light candles and oillamps near curtains or any other combustible material.

Hold sparklers away from the body.Light rockets pointing them straight up.Never light fireworks from balconies or near buildings: use

open grounds.Don’t bend over fireworks while lighting them: light them

from the side.Don’t wear long, loose, thin flowing dresses while playing with

fireworks.Never put fireworks in pockets.Never light fireworks under confinement in a metal container.Never light a flower pot by holding it.Never store fireworks or unpack them near a flame or a heat

source.Never return to a firework once lit – it may explode in your

face.Pour water over burns and go to a doctor. Don’t apply

ointment, butter or any oily substance.Show concern for infants, the aged and the sick. Don’t light

loud crackers near them.

Train your dog to enjoy DeepavaliBy Dr. K. A. Vijayaraghavan

Kids start firing crackers and sparklers a week beforeDeepavali and this continues upto Karthigai Deepam.

During this cracker season, your pets get frightened of thesounds, and tend to take shelter under the cots in dark rooms.

Some dogs are so cared of these sounds that they do not evencome out for answering nature’s calls, and some even go offduring the Deepavali season.

Is it not a pity that, when you and your family are enjoyingthe lights and sounds, your pets should spend their time inisolation and in darkness?

It is possible for you to train your dog also to enjoy the lightsand sounds, and also the good food during this festival season.

The best approach will be to hold the dog and make it watchwhile the sparklers and crackers go on, so that it will slowly castoff the fear for them. Do not at all allow it to go under the cot.Your holding it will help the dog give up its fear gradually.

This is very much like training your pet dog to walk on theroad. If your pet had been mostly an indoor dog and if you takeit out on the road all on sudden it will get scared of the vehiclesand the crowd on the road.

If you take it out for short distances regularly, it will cast offthe fear and start walking boldly on the road.

So, what is needed is a gradual exposure of your pet dog to thelights and sounds associated with Deepavali.

Do not feed your dog with too many sweets during the season.After giving a sweet or two, give it a raw carrot so that its teethwill get cleaned. If the dog allows it, clean its teeth with vinegarafter it has consumed some sweets.

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By Our Staff ReporterPackets of cotton candy tied to a pole by a vendor in

Mambalam Railway station, appear like a pink signal fortrains on Oct.22.

‘Pink signal’ for trains

By Our Staff ReporterHundreds of Deepavali shoppers are arriving in trains in Mambalam Station. RPF and State

police are controlling the crowds.

Hundreds of Deepavali shoppers arrivein trains

Anbu Karangalappeal for donationsto celebrate DeepavaliBy Our Staff Reporter

M. R. S. Lakshmi (resident of31, Lake View Road, WestMambalam), who runs AnbuKarangal (an orphanage andold age home in 1/216,Vivekanander Street, Kotti-vakkam), has appealed fordonations to celebrate Deepa-vali on Oct. 27.

Anbu Karangal provides freeshelter, food, education andmedical assistances for itsinmates.

Lakshmi said that AnbuKarangal, which was startedin 1996, is run with donationsfrom individuals, organizations,past inmates and philan-thropists.

She said that several of itspast inmates are well settledin jobs and many have families.

She may be contacted in2492 8282/8383, 2474 1003or 98404 03750.

By Our Staff ReporterThe members of Sri

Sardhadevi Sathsangam (K.K. Nagar) celebrated the 15th

anniversary by providing aidfor the inmates of the students’

Aid given to students in RamakrishnaMutt

home in Sri RamakrishnaMutt, Mylapore as part ofDeepavali celebrations.

Swami GauthamanandhMaharaj (Vice President of SriRamakrishna Mutt)distributed the assistance.Swami VimurthanandhMaharaj (Manager) and

Mahalakshmi Subramaniam(President, Sathsangam) werepresent.

Sathsangam is conducted onthe third Saturday of everymonth.

More details can be had in98407 07601 and 9790916060.

Tailoring,beautician coursesfor women

Jayalakshmi AmmalEducational and CharitableTrust (SP. 20, 3rd Street, 1st

Sector, K. K. Nagar) has invitedapplications for its embroidery,tailoring and beauticiancourses exclusively for women.

The courses will commencein the first week of Novemberand classes will be conductedon three days a week.

The course completioncertificate will be given afterthe practical and theory exams.

A nominal fee will be chargedfor the trust’s activities.

Interested candidates mayregister their names in 23711184, 2474 7728 and 9094865691.

‘Harinaama Sankeerthanam’inK. K. Nagar temple on FridayBy Our Staff Reporter

ISKCON and Tamilnadu Brahmin Association have jointlyorganized ‘Harinaama Sankeerthanam’ from 6.30 p.m to 8p.m on Friday, Nov.1 in Arulmigu Muthumaari AmmanTemple, Dr. Ramasamy Road, K. K. Nagar.

All are welcome.More details can be had in 91766 51942 and 94441 56169..

Clothes, sweets presented toleprosy patients

By Our Staff ReporterMembers of Sri Bhuvaneswari

Charitable Trust (K. K.Nagar)and Jaimaa Charitable Trust(Vadapalani) distributed newshirts, dhotis, sarees and sweetsamong leprosy out-patients inGovernment Hospital,Poonamallee on Oct. 21 as partof Deepavali celebrations.

Vedic Ravi (ManagingTrustee, Sri BhuvaneswariCharitable Trust), S.

Jayasundari (Jaimaa Trust)and others were present.

Volunteers from SriRamakrishna Mutt(Mylapore) provide dressingfor leprosy patients onMondays. Jaimaa Trustprovides breakfast for themwith donations fromphilanthropists.

Those interested insupporting the project maycontact 99400 30939.

By Our Staff ReporterMembers of Shri Shirdi Sai Seva Samaj (Jaisankar Street,

West Mambalam) are serving ‘Hot nilavembu’ water, whichprevents diseases, to devotees visiting the temple from 7 a.mto 7.30 p.m daily.

Hundreds of devotees are benefiting under this project.The ‘nilavembu’ water is prepared in the temple itself.

‘Nilavembu’ water for devoteesvisiting Sai Baba temple

Corporation workers areinstalling sign boards near‘Recharging wells’ appealing toresidents to save water. Thispicture was taken on MadleyRoad in T. Nagar.

Plea near‘Recharging wells’

to save water

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Electronic media degree left out in TRBrecruitment process

Postgraduates in electronic media have complained that their subject was left out in theonline application form for assistant professors’ recruitment by the Teachers RecruitmentBoard (TRB). MSc (Visual Communication), a course similar to electronic media, has beenincluded.

TRB notified 2,331vacancies in government arts and science colleges and commenced onlineapplication this month. There are 21 vacancies in visual communications and 11 in journalismand mass communication. “Madras University has accepted MSc electronic media asqualification to teach visual communication. The UGC has allowed electronic media studentsto clear National Eligibility Test in mass communication and journalism. But, I could not applyfor the assistant professor’s post notified by TRB,” said a candidate working in a city collegefor more than 10 years.

Another candidate said, “Though Anna University has been offering the course from 2002,the department of media sciences is yet to obtain the equivalent certificate. This will affect ourchances in getting the job. Authorities say certification will take months.”

“We will give a representation to the government asking for equivalence to be given for a PGin electronic media with a PG degree in visual communication,” said Prof. G. Ravindran (Head,Department of journalism and communication, Madras University). “The TRB inadvertentlyleft out electronic media from the application form. It should have been given along with visualcommunication,” said Prof. I. Arul Aram (Department of media sciences, Anna University).

The board is open to include eligible candidates. “We have included equivalence orders in therevised notification. So far, we have not received any representation in this regard,” an officialsaid.

By Our Staff ReporterFollowing the report ‘Garbage not cleared’ published in Mambalam Times (Sept. 29-Oct. 6

issue), the garbage and garden waste dumped on the margin of Lotus Colony 1st Street andPasumpon Muthuramalinga Devar Road (Nandanam), lying uncleared for more than 15 days,were by removed by workers of Chennai Corporation.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Raise Deposit Insurance Scheme amount

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EB cables shifted after report in Mambalam Times

By Our Staff ReporterFollowing the report ‘Exposed EB cables pose danger on South Dhandapani Street’ published in Mambalam Times (October 12-18 issue),

they were shifted.

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Velammal tofelicitate its WorldChampion chessplayerBy Our Staff Reporter

The World Youth Chess Champion R.Praggnanandhaa (Std. 9 student inVelammal Main School, Mogappair) willreceive a grand felicitation from the schoolon his return on Oct. 30.

5000 students will form a human chainto depict a chess board with chessmenand his face above it to honour the WorldChampion.

His portrait made by the art studentswill be gifted to him.

The school will also conduct a contestin which other chess players of the schoolwill get to play against him.

Now, a health mix withsprouted grainsBy Our Staff Reporter

S. Vijayalakshmi (resident of LIG Flats, 7thAvenue, Ashok Nagar), who markets a health mix,has introduced a new one with sprouted grains (ragi,wheat, cumbu, moong dhal), almond, cashewnut etc.The mix can be used to make porridge for breakfast.

She has been selling health mix with millets forthree years.

“Our customers who buy millet health mix wantthe product with sprouted ingredients like ragi, wheatetc. So I have introduced the sprouted mix,” she toldMambalam Times. Vijayalakshmi earlier attendeda training program on millet products conducted byTamilnadu Agriculture University Information &Training Centre.

“Millets are God’s gift for diabetics and they arehypertension-friendly too,” she said. 300 gm. and500 gm. packs are available at her residence.

She can be contacted in 97907 72370 / 2371 1835.

Free Tally classes inRamakrishna Homefrom Friday

Ramakrishna Mission Students’ Home (66,Sivasami Salai, Mylapore), in collaborationwith HCL Foundation, has been conductingfree classes for Tally.ERP 9 course. Classes forthe next batch will commence on Friday, Nov.1.

Seats are available for the 6 p.m- 8 p.mbatch only.

More details can be had in 98840 28298.

Talk on Thiru Arutpaon Tuesday

Under the auspices of Vallalar SanmargaSangam (V.O.C Street, MGR Nagar, Ph: 9445343706), Mozhiarasi Asokan will give a discourseon ‘Thiru Arutpa’’ on Tuesday, Oct. 29, at 6 p.m,in Sakthi Vinayagar Temple (P. T. Rajan Salai,K. K. Nagar). All are welcome.

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Long queues in Mambalam Station

By Our Staff ReporterAs Deepavali approaches, long queues of passengers extending

up to the overhead stairs waiting to book tickets can be seen inMambalam Railway Station.

GROW MORETREES

By Our Staff ReporterVarious types of earthen lamps are being sold on the pavement

of Arya Gowda Road in West Mambalam for Deepavalli andKarthigadeepam celebrations.

Earthen lamps sold onpavement

Fewer Deepavali shoppers this year

By Our Staff ReporterHundreds of shoppers are visiting Ranganathan Street and nearby streets in T. Nagar for

Deepavali purchases but many shopkeepers said that the crowds are lesser than in previousyears.

Prosperity Daycelebrations inAnnai DhyanamMaiyamBy Our Staff Reporter

There will be Mother’s bal-cony darshan at 6.30 a.m onFriday, Nov.1 as part of Pros-perity Day celebrations in SriAnnai Dhyanam Maiyam,Bakthavatchalam Street,West Mambalam.

There will be a special speechat 6 p.m on the same day.

All are welcome.More details can be had in

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By Our Staff ReporterHundreds of persons

including school studentsparticipated in the free eyescreening camp organized by

Hundreds attend free eye camp

Innerwheel Club of ChennaiSymphony, Sri BhuvaneswariCharitable Trust and Jaimaain Government Girls HighSchool, Usman Road, T. Nagaron Oct. 18 as part of A. P. J.

Abdul Kalam’s birthanniversary celebrations.

A team of doctors fromSankara Nethralayaexamined the patients.

Five person diagnosed withcataract will undergo free sur-gery in Sankara Nethralaya

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Guru PeyarchiMahayagam onMonday, TuesdayBy Our Staff Reporter

Sri V. Narayana IyerMemorial Trust, in associationwith Arulamudham Publi-cations (Ph: 94442 56421,98401 49913), has organizedGuru Peyarchi Mahayagam onMonday, Oct. 28 and Tuesday,Oct. 29 in Ayodhya Mandapam(Arya Gowda Road, WestMambalam).

The following is the program:Oct. 28 3.45 p.m: Maha Ganapathi

pooja, Sankalpam4.30 p.m: Avahanam with

61 kalasangal5.30 p.m: Paarayanam and

aarathi7 p.m: Religious discourse on

‘Vithi, Mathi, Kathiyil GuruBhagavan’ by ArulamudhamR. Parthasarathi

Oct. 297 a.m: Ganapathi pooja,

Sankalpam, Kalasa Ava-hanam

8 a.m: Sankalpam, Japamand Paarayanam

9.30 a.m: Guru PeyarachiHomam.

6.30 p.m: Discourse on GuruPeryarachi by by Arula-mudham R. Parthasarathi

Devotees are welcome togive donations for anna-dhanam and poojas.

All are welcome.