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MAMBALAMC M Y KVol. 11, No. 12TIMESASHOK NAGAR - K.K. NAGAR EDITIONwww.mambalamtimes.inSeptember 30 - October 6, 2012Report on pool death in a week,High Court toldFREEThe Tamilnadu Governmentinformed the Madras HighCourt on Sept. 28 that investigationof the drowning of M.Ranjan, a Class 4 student ofPadma Seshadri Bala BhavanSenior Secondary School, K. K.Nagar in the school’s swimmingpool on Aug. 16 will becompleted soon and a report onthe inquiry will be submitted tothe court within a week.The First Bench, comprisingChief Justice M. Y. Eqbaland Justice A. Arumughaswamy,before which the petitioncame up for hearing,posted the next hearing of thecase to Oct. 10.“The investigation report hasnot been produced so far,” theBench had said in an interimorder. During the hearing,Ranjan’s parents said thatthey had not been examined.The Public Prosecutor deniedthis but the parents said eyewitnesseshad also not beenBy Our Staff ReporterSai bhajans are conductedat 6.15 p.m on Saturdays in SriSathya Sai Organization,Ashok Nagar Samithi (143,101 st Street, 15 th Sector, K. K.Nagar). All are welcome.More details can be had fromT. S. Mani (Convenor) in phones2489 7017 and 98843 92244.examined. The Bench said thatsuch objections could only beraised after the final probe reportis submitted.“As far as allegations of nonexaminationare concerned, theparents are at liberty to file anaffidavit and explain theirstand,” the Bench said in theorder.Ranjan was attending aswimming class when he collapsedwhile getting out of thepool. The coach and other staffmembers rushed him to a hospitalwhere doctors declaredhim dead.K. K. Nagar police registereda case of death due to negligenceand arrested 5 personsincluding the swimming coach,physical trainer and the contractorin charge of the pool’smaintenance. All of them werelater released on bail. On Aug.27, a PIL filed before the HighCourt sought a thorough investigationof the death.Sai bhajans on SaturdaysIn Bharathidasan ColonyBharathidasan ColonyBhajan Mandali (18-D, BharathidasanColony, K. K. Nagar)conducts Sri Sathya Saibhajans from 6.30 p.m to 7.30p.m on Saturdays in its premises.All are welcome.More details can be had inphone 94448 25183.

Sept. 30 - Oct. 6, 2012 Page 3MAMBALAM TIMES: Ashok Nagar - K.K.Nagar EditionSpecial program inYoga ShanthiGurukulamBy Our Staff ReporterYoga Shanthi Gurukulam(Chakrapani Street, WestMambalam) has organized aspecial program at 3.45 p.m onSunday, Oct. 7 in Sri SaradaSabha Bhavan, Sri RKMSchool, 71, Bazullah Road, T.Nagar as part of 150 th Jayanthicelebrations and the occasionof the return of SwamiBrahmayogananda (Founder,Yoga Shanthi Gurukulam)from the US.R. Nataraj (Chairman,Tamilnadu Public ServiceCommission), Dr. T. S. Sridhar(Additional Chief Secretary,Higher Education Department),Durai Shankar (StatePresident, Seva Bharathi,Tamilnadu), C.Easwaramoorthy (Deputy InspectorGeneral of Police, CBI,Chennai) and N. Gopalaswami(Former Chief Election Commissioner)will felicitate SwamiBrahmayogananda.Sudha Raghunathan will singthe invocation song. Studentsof Vivekananda Vidyalaya willsing bhajans and ShraddhaNagaraj, Saathvika, Mahalakshmiand Sri Lakshmi willpresent a dance program.All are welcome.More details can be had in98408 32624.Program inRamana BhakthaSamajamBy Our Staff ReporterSri Ramana Baktha Samajam,West Mambalam (BVSNMoorthy School, ThambiahRoad, West Mambalam) conductsthe following program onSundays:5 p.m: Veda paarayanam5.30 p.m: Ramana Maharishi’sAksharamanamalai.6 p.m: Discourse.All are welcome.More details can be had inphone 94441 72623.Special pooja is conductedand prasadam distributedamong special children at 11.30a.m on Ramana Maharishi’sbirth star day (Punarpoosam).By Our Staff ReporterThe track on one side of anearthmover, which was engagedin desilting the canalwhich passes along Dr. RamasamySalai and ends inEarthmover desilting canalbreaks downAdyar river, slipped off lastweek.The disabled earthmover,which is now lying on Dr.Lakshmanasamy Salai, is occupyinga large portion of theBy Our Staff ReporterVasantha Memorial CancerCentre (33, 35 th Street, oppositeJFA showroom, AshokNagar), in association withAnderson Diagnostics (PoonamalleeHigh Road) will conduct100 free mammograms betweenOct. 3, 2012 and Sept.30, 2013 under its 1000mammograms project.The scheme applies only towomen who attend the breastcancer awareness sessions inVasantha Cancer MemorialCenter. Women have to registerfor these sessions by payinga fee of Rs. 50. Mammogramwill be done free for thefirst 100 registrations. Theremaining will be charged Rs.500. Only women above 40 areeligible.The following are the otherroad and disrupting free flow oftraffic on the busy road.Corporation workers haddemolished a portion of the wallalong the canal to facilitateentry of the earthmover.1000 mammograms projectfrom Wednesdayprograms:Breast cancer awareness:10.30 a.m to 12 noon on Oct. 3,5, 7, 9 and 12; 2 p.m to 3.30 p.mon Oct. 4, 6, 10 and 12.Clinical breast self examinationby women surgeons: 10a.m to 12 noon on Oct. 7 and 14.Women volunteers from thetrust are ready to conduct allwomansessions in schools,colleges, offices, housing societiesand other organizationson the basics of breast cancerand teach self examinationswith the help of models. If possiblea video on self examinationwill also be shown. Sessionswill last 30 to 45 minutes.At least 25 women should bepresent for a session.More details can be had inphones 2471 7871/77, 9791048379, 98940 89379.ATM card stolenfrom woman intempleB. Nirmala (37) of Thoraipakkam,whose ATM card wasstolen in the TTD Temple onVenkatanarayana Road, T.Nagar on Sept. 22, lost Rs.25000 too as the thief got thePIN number on the back of thecard.Police said B. Nirmala, theheadmistress of a privateschool, while in the temple, receiveda message on her mobilephone saying Rs. 25,000had been withdrawn from heraccount. When she searched,she found the purse containingher ATM card and Rs. 5,000missing.

Page 4 MAMBALAM TIMES: Ashok Nagar - K.K.Nagar Edition Sept. 30 - Oct. 6, 2012NO HOLDS BARREDBy M.A. SADANANDWhen Das, my nephew and scion of the Royal familythrough his father Chirakkal T. Sreedharan Nair (themaster Kalarippayatu exponent of Kerala and the authorof the book published by Westland) told me that thepresent titular ruler of Chirakkal Kovilakam, Sri KeralaVarma Thamburan, is a permanent resident of ShanthiColony, hardly two km from my home, my own royal bloodthirsted for a pow-vow with royalty, because my maternalgrandfather was a Rajah, of a tiny princedom AduthalaKovilagam, a few miles from Chirakkal.My mother was the last of the Rajah’s generous productof 6 children to my beautiful grandmother whose bewitchingbeauty conquered the narrow wall of caste, leaving me,my granny’s grandson, to inherit the royal dark skin ofKerala Varma. I have the proud privilege of inheriting theroyal epidermis, says my mother who was probably 4years old when the old bloke left for a meeting with Yamaleaving the Nair scions impoverished.The link between the Royalty thus established, I wantedto meet the present head of the Chirakkal Kovilagam, nowa mere name after Indira abolished Royalty, of whomnephew Das spoke in glowing terms. The reigning RajahSri Kerala Varma, Valia Thamburan, is a retired PhysicalDirector of a College in Madras, (Presidency College, Ithink he said) and that cemented our connection further,because I had been a Presidentian, years beforeyoung muscles did not prevail over the skulled grey matterthat now leads to bus-wars.Nephew Das and I were before Royalty and Mrs.Royalty. As is mandated by the Constitution of India, oneof their sons is in Obamaland and the other is in Bangalore.His copious grey hair and walrus moustache and therobust physique and a firm handshake, my debut withroyalty, made me wonder whether my maternal grandfatherwas similarly endowed! Das, who was in Chirakkalthen, when I expressed a desire to visit my grandfather’spalace, took Lakshmi and me in his car to Aduthala butthere was not even a photograph of the elusive Rajah oreven an oil painting. So all I can imagine is that mymaternal royal grandfather must have been a handsomestrapper like me!My day was made. Thank you, Das.Feeding in tandemBy Our Staff ReporterWhile one goat nibbles on leaves, another rests its frontfeet on the other one’s back to enable it to reach a bunch ofleaves. This photograph was snapped on South Boag Road, T.Nagar.Free yoga classesfrom todaySannyasi Krishnayogam willconduct free yoga classes foradults for 3 weeks from 5.30a.m to 7 a.m from Sunday,Sept. 30 in Bala Vidya HigherSecondary School, 30, Vasudevapuram(between ChakrapaniStreet and JanakiramanStreet, near DoraiswamyRoad subway).The classes are conductedaccording to the curriculum ofthe Bihar School of Yoga.Asanas, praanayama pratyahara(sense withdrawal techniques),dharana (concentration),meditation, mantra,value education, food habits,shat kriyas (internal pathwayscleaning for managing diseases)etc. are taught.Doctors give lectures on alternativemedicines.Classes on stress managementfor corporate executivesare also conducted.Those interested can registertheir names in phones94442 40383/94450 51015 orwww.satyamyogatrust.netSwamiji offers counselling tohis students.By Our Staff ReporterDr. V. Arun (resident of 2, 3 rdStreet, Habibullah Road, T.Nagar and Chief Cardio-ThoracicSurgeon, Lifeline MultiPortion of road sinksBy Our Staff ReporterA portion of the surface of the road near Anna Main Road-K. K. Salai junction in K. K. Nagarsank on Sept. 29. Corporation workers filled the depression with debris and placed barricadesto caution motorists.‘Best Doctor Award’ for heart surgeonBy Our Staff ReporterHundreds of devotees participatedin the procession organizedby Sri Shirdi Sai BabaDhyana Maiyam (6, SarojiniStreet, T. Nagar) on Sept. 23as part of 10 th anniversarycelebrations.Devotees chanted SaiSathsaritha, Sthava Manjariand Vishnu Sahasranamam,and sang bhajans.The following are the specialprograms on Saturdays andSundays:Saturdays: 6 p.m: Aarathi;6.25 p.m: Ashtothram; 6.35p.m: Vishnu Sahasranamapaarayanam; 7.10 p.m: OmSai paarayanam; 7.30 p.m:Group prayers; 8 p.m: Pallakuprocession; 8.30 p.m: Nightaarathi.Sundays: 6 p.m: Aarathi;6.25 p.m: Ashtothram; 6.35p.m: Vishnu Sahasranamapaarayanam; 7 p.m: SaiSathsaritha; 7.30 p.m: Om Saipaarayanam; 7.45 p.m: GroupSpeciality Hospital, Perungudi)was recently presented ‘BestDoctor Award’ by Tamil NaduDr. M. G. R. Medical Universityfor ‘exemplary contributionto the cause of medicaleducation and health services’.Dr. Arun has performedseveral complex heart surgeries.Hundreds participate in Shirdi Sai processionprayers; 8 p.m: Night Aarathi.All are welcome.Bala Vikas classeson SundaysBy Our Staff ReporterSri Sathya Sai Samiti, T.Nagar conducts Bala Vikasclasses from 10.30 a.m to 1.30p.m on Sundays in A-15, BBCHomes, 41, South Boag Road,T. Nagar.The classes are conductedby Paravathi Ramachandranand Lakshmi Narayanan.More details can be had in2434 6483 and 94456 11333.Free Veda classesduring weekendsBy Our Staff ReporterFree Veda classes are conductedfrom 6.30 a.m to 7.30a.m on Saturdays and Sundaysin Krishna Gana Sabha,Maharajapuram SanthanamSalai, T. Nagar.More details can be had inphone 98843 05676.More details can be had inphone 94444 53777.C M Y K

Sept. 30 - Oct. 6, 2012Carnatic musicexams to beconductedBy Our Staff ReporterKalasangamam Centre forClassical Arts (CCA) is organizingexaminations in carnaticmusic at various levels in February2013. Practical andtheory tests will be conductedon the basis of syllabii formulatedby CCA.Devotional songs will includeThevaram hymns, Thiruppavai,Thirupugazh and bhajansin different languages.Registration begins on Oct.1. The last date for registrationis Dec. 15.More details can be had fromEaswari Narasimhan (56,Mahadevan Street, WestMambalam) and in phones99401 44335, 98403 72616.Contests for schoolstudentsBy Our Staff ReporterExnora International SportsClub and Drona Educationhave organized sloka, vocal,instrumental, drawing andpainting competitions forschool students from 9 a.m onOct. 14 in Shri S. S. Jain Collegefor Women, T. Nagar (nearMadley subway).There is no entry fee. Onlineregistration can be done inwww.chennailead.comMore details can be had inphones 98414 75566 and76677 56677.Free Veda classesthrice a weekBy Our Staff ReporterKurichi Lakshminarasimhachariar(resident of 8, 2 ndMain Road, CIT Nagar East,Nandanam) conducts freeVeda and Suktham classesfrom 9 a.m to 10 a.m on Mondays,Wednesdays and Fridays.More details can be had inphone 98406 40705.MAMBALAM TIMES: Ashok Nagar - K.K.Nagar EditionSpecial darshan in TTD on ‘Purattasi’SaturdaysBy Our Staff ReporterThere are special darshansin TTD on Saturdays duringthe Tamil month of Purattasi.The following is the schedulefor special darshans:4 a.m: Suprabhatham.4.30 a.m: Sarvadarshan.5 a.m: Sathumurai.6 a.m: Sarvadarshan.11.30 a.m: Neivedyam.12.05 p.m: Sarvadarshan.Lions Club award for teacherBy Our Staff ReporterV. Balasubramanian (resident of 3/12, Kamakshipuram 2 nd Street, West Mambalam andteacher of Jawahar Vidyalaya Higher Secondary School, Ashok Nagar) was presented ‘BestTeacher Award’ by Lions Club of Golden Park on Sept. 23.He started his career in 1990 as a Physics teacher.3.30 p.m: Sarvadarshan.7.30 p.m: Neivedyam.8 p.m: Sarvadarshan.Picture shows the heavycrowd of devotees on Sept.29.‘Dharma SasthaHomam’ inSankara MuttBy Our Staff ReporterUnder the auspices of SriKamakshi Mandali Trust (44/38, Kuppiah Street, WestMambalam), ‘Sri DharmaSastha Homam’ is being conductedfrom Sept. 27 in SriSankara Mutt, 33, EswaranKoil Street, West Mambalam.It will conclude on Jan. 14.The following are details ofthe program till Oct 13:Sept. 30 to Oct. 14: 7 a.m to11 a.m: Ganapathi homam,Navagraha homam andSastha homam; 6.30 p.m to 9p.m: Sri Harihara PuthraSapthagam by MahasasthruPriyadasanan, Anmeega ThagavalPettagam by V. AravindhSubramaniyam.Oct. 5 to 13: Valmiki RamayanNavagam by Panaiyur V.Rajaraman.All are welcome.More details can be had intelephone number 9841095256.By Our Staff ReporterThe Art of Living FounderSri Sri Ravi Shankar will participatein ‘Pearls of Wisdom’,an exclusive interactive sessionwith corporate executives,professionals and executives,at 10.30 a.m on Sunday, Sept.30 in AVM Kalyana Mandapam,Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai,Mylapore.Ajay Bagga (MD & Head,Private Health Management,of Deutsche Bank) and A. K.Sabat (leading tax and budgetingexpert), will provide insightsinto ways of overcoming thecurrent slowdown in the industryand economy.Those who want to participatemay contact 9840025751/ 94444 41264.Sri Sri will also address theState-level convention of thePage 5C M Y KRavi Shankar meets corporateexecutives todayDiscourseson ‘TirupathiMahathmayam’By Our Staff ReporterMukunadachariyar Swamigalwill give discourses on‘Tirupathi Mahathmayam’ at5.30 p.m on Oct. 1, 2 and 3 inTTD Devasthanam Hall,Venkatanarayana Road, T.Nagar.All are welcome.More details can be had inphone 99401 80163.Tamilnadu volunteers’ conventionof the Art of Living atVanagaram in the evening.Around 3,000 volunteers areexpected to participate.Blood donationcamp tomorrowBy Our Staff ReporterChennai Samuga VizhipunarchiTrust (Badani Complex,4, Kuppaiah Street, WestMambalam) and Sivaji IlakiyaAssociation have organized ablood donation camp from 9.30a.m to 1.30 p.m on Monday,Oct. 1 in Murugan ThirumanaMandapam, South Boag Road,T. Nagar.A team doctors from GovernmentGeneral Hospital willcollect the blood from donors.More details can be had from‘Video’ Ramesh (President) in97909 11020 and 9444011020.

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Page 8 MAMBALAM TIMES: Ashok Nagar - K.K.Nagar EditionSept. 30 - Oct. 6, 2012Plea for bus-stop shelterBy Our Staff ReporterCommuters who board MTC buses at MGR Nagar stop on Anna Main Road near its junctionwith K. K. Salai in K. K. Nagar have appealed to MTC officials to provide a shelter at the stop.The shelter that existed a few years back was damaged by a lorry after which the structurewas removed.Award for serving associationBy Our Staff ReporterM. S. Soundarajan (residentof 537, 20 th Street, 4 th Sector,K. K. Nagar) was presented‘Brahamana Seva BhusanAward’ by Tamil Nadu BrahminAssociation for serving theassociation for the past 15years. The award was presentedat its annual generalbody meeting on Sept. 23.Soundarajan was the Presidentof the K. K. Nagar unitfrom 2004 to 2010.He has organized religioustours, free upanayam for poorboys and undertaken severalsocial projects during his tenure.He can be contacted in phone99403 81969.Street light junction box tiedto treeBy Our Staff ReporterA street light junction box has been tied to a tree at Dr.Natesan Road-A. P. Patro Salai junction where constructionof a stormwater drain is in progress.Devotional musicconcertthis eveningBy Our Staff ReporterUnder the auspices of SarvaniSangeetha Sabha, BhamidipatiLalitha and VishnuPriya will present a concert ofdevotional songs written byPoetess Saint Tarigonda Vengamambaof Tirumala at 6 p.mon Sunday, Sept. 30 in PRCCCharities Hall, Lodi KhanStreet, off Raman Street, behindHoly Angels School.They will be accompanied byShyamali Venkat (flute), GRSMurthy (veena), KandadeviVijayaraghavan (violin), S.Vijendran (mridangam), H. P.Ramamurthy (tabla) and D.V.Venkatasubramanian(ghatam).V. L. V Sudarshan, who willconduct the program, has composedthe music for the songs.All are welcome.More details can be had inphone 2815 1417.Special programs in VallalarThondu NiruvanamBy Our Staff ReporterSpecial programs have beenorganized in Vallalar ThonduNiruvanam (8/165, 10 th Street,Annai Sathya Nagar, Nesapakkam)from Oct. 2 to 5 as partof 190 th year of incarnation ofSaint Vallalar.The following are details:Oct. 2: 9.30 a.m: Discourseon ‘Thiru Artupa- EzhuthariPeruman Maalai’ by Dr. M. K.Ramanan; 11 a.m: ‘Thiru Arutpa-GudisaiNuzhainthanaive’by Prof. A. M. Malathi; 5.30p.m: Music concert by MazhaiyurSadhasivam & party.Oct. 3: 9.30 a.m: Discourseon ‘Thiru Artupa-VallalarKanda Orumaippadu’ by Prof.R. Narayanan; 11 a.m: ‘ThiruArutpa-Anbenum Pidiyul’ byMozhiyarasi Asokan; 5.30 p.m:Music concert by ThiruvarurN. Rajagopalan & party.Oct. 4: 9.30 a.m: Discourseon ‘Thiru Arutpa-Azhai ThenathuKaiyil Onru Koduthay’Medical, blooddonation campon TuesdayBy Our Staff ReporterSri Thyaga Brahma GanaSabha (Vani Mahal, G. N.Chetty Road, T. Nagar) hasorganized a medical, eye andblood donation and diabetescheck-up camp from 9 a.m to1 p.m on Tuesday, Oct. 2(Gandhi Ja-yanthi Day) in VaniMahal.Jeevan Blood Bank and ResearchCentre will collect bloodfrom donors.Rajan Eye Care Hospital willconduct the eye screeningcamp.A team from Agada DiabetesCare will screen patientsfor diabetes.Random blood sugar testwill be done and counsellinggiven.Height, weight and blood pressurewill be checked and bodymass index calculated.Balamuralikrishna’svocal concertBy Our Staff ReporterUnder the auspices of SriSadguru Gana Nilayam (G-1,Janakam Apartments, 180,Lake View Road, WestMambalam) Kunnakudi M.Balamuralikrishna will presenta vocal concert at 6.30 p.m onFriday, Oct. 5 in ThyagarajaHall, SMR MatriculationSchool, Jothy RamalingamStreet, West Mambalam.He will be accompanied byNagerkoil Anandh (violin),Thiruvidamarudur S.Radhakrishnan (mridangam)and Nergunam Sankar(ganjira).All are welcome.More details can be had inphone 98408 70446.Now the Ashok Nagar - K.K.Nagaredition of Mambalam Timescan be accessed inwww.mambalamtimes.inby Prof. V. Sethuramalingam;11 a.m: Thiru Arutpa-KalanthuKondane Kalithey’ by J.Mahadevan; 5.30 p.m: ‘ThiruArutpa-Thiruvarutpaeru’ byAranga Ramalingam.Oct. 5: 9.30 a.m: Discourseon ‘Thiru Arutpa-KootramKuthithalam Kai Koodum’ byRamanan; 11 a.m: ‘VallalarThiruvullam’ by T. SankaraNarayanan; 12 noon: Distributionof walking sticks amongvisually challenged persons;5.30 p.m: Music concert ‘ManumuraiKanda Vaasagam’ byPattabiramanjadhasar &party.All are welcome.More details can be had inphone 94453 43706.Amateur musiciansinvited to performBy Our Staff ReporterTamil Nadu Brahmin Association,K. K. Nagar Unit (Dr.Ramasamy Salai, K. K. Nagar)has invited amateur vocalistsand instrumentalists to performduring Navarathri celebrationsfrom Oct. 15 to 24.Vedic Ravi (President) toldMambalam Times that thereis no age bar. The last date forregistration is Oct. 8.More details can be had inphone 98407 87957.Free classeson BhagavathamFree classes on ‘SrimadBhagavatham’ are conductedat 11 a.m on Tuesdays at 2,50th Street, Ashok Nagar.More details can be had inphone 98406 03064.Edited & Published by K.S. Ramakrishnan. Office: 7/3, Madley Road, T. Nagar, Chennai 17. Ph: 2434 9236, 2431 39 37. Printed by Ramesh Adityan at Powerfull Printers, 74, Kannappan Street, Aminijikarai, Chennai 29.C M Y K