VADAPALANI WEST MAMBALAM, ASHOK NAGAR, K.K. NAGAR, VADAPALANI, VIRUGAMBAKKAM NEIGHBOURHOOD NEWSPAPER Sep.6 - 12, 2009 Vol.7 No.35
Road digging worries residents
It seems the digging on Anna Main Road near MGR Nagar will never end. Now the road is again dug, causing traffic congestion, especially in the wake of the recent rain. Residents and road users unanimously complain that the road has been dug on several earlier occasions
to rectify the water leak and subsequent sinking in of the road. However, no permanent solution can be arrived to rectify the problem. The pipes were laid to transport the sewage water from various parts of the city as part of the Chennai City River
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NEWS
Know your diabetes
My father is diabetic for 12 years. I did Glucose Tolerance Test last week and I was informed that I am having borderline diabetes. Should I take any medicines now and what precautions should I follow? Borderline diabetes is known as pre-diabetes (either impaired fasting glucose or impaired glucose tolerance). Most of the pre-diabetes patients do not require any medications, and blood sugar level can be well controlled by diet plan and daily exercise. However, the patients should require regular followup blood tests once in three months depending on the blood sugar values. On regular follow-up, it has been found that one third of patients revert back to normal, one third to diabetes and the balance stays in prediabetes stage. Since the pre-diabetes is a strong risk factor for heart disease, some obese pre-diabetes with strong family history of heart disease will require medications in pre-diabetes stage itself.
Shifting of post office irks residents The shifting of the Jafferkhanpet post office has caused a lot of worries to the residents. It was a notice that welcomed the visitors to the post office on last Monday. The notice has stated that the functioning of the Jafferkhanpet post office has been shifted to the Ashok Nagar post office temporarily. But many feel that this will be a very subtle way of shifting the post office. As many post offices in the city has been merged with last few years, on the other, the Jfferkhanpet the same fate, they feel. the major ones over the pretext of one reason or post office also would face - VP Times
Savour the taste of Punjab
I am 60 years old male and having diabetes for 4 years. I am on regular medication. My blood sugar level in fasting is 106 mg/dl. My problem is frequent urination. Is it due to diabetes? Since your blood sugar value in fasting is in reasonable control, diabetes may not be the cause for increased urination. But you need to check your postprandial blood sugar and HbA1c to rule out diabetes as the causative agent. Other than diabetes, urinary tract infection and prostate hypertrophy are the common causes for frequent urination in your age group. Prostate is a gland present in the urinary pathway of males. As age advances, the prostate gland become swollen and get infected frequently causing urinary symptoms like frequent urination, slowness in urinary flow and difficulty in urination.
Deccan Plaza situated at 36, Royapettah High Road, Royapettah is conducting Amritsari Punjabi Food
opulence of a rich Punjabi heritage with lassi, jal jeera pani, mutter pudhina shorba, dal tomato shorba, Lahoori aloo tikki, paneer Amritsari, makha Amritsari sarson da saag, dum aloo, cholia te paneer, gur wale shalgam, baigan di kachari and so on with an assortment of rotis and desserts such as jelebi, rasamalai, kulfi, live tawa subzi halwa. The restaurant is open for lunch and dinner today. For more information, contact Festival till today at its L u d h i a n a h a v e b e e n M. Suresh Kumar F&B restaurant Olives. specially flown for the food Manager at Master chefs Sohan Singh festival. 6671 3333 or and Pratap Singh from Indulge in the culinary 98409 87713
Annual Day celebrated
For any questions and doubts to clarify, kindly mail to drshanmugaa@gmail.com or vadapalanitimes@gmail.com It is always advisable to follow regular diet at regular timings along with regular medicines to avoid fluctuations in sugar levels and avoid complications. For details, contact : Chendur Diabetes #72, 7th Avenue, Ashok Nagar, Chennai - 83. Ph : 9444484351.
Workshop for parents JayaVidya Education and Learning Systems will conduct “Art of Parenting� a workshop for parents on September 13 at No. 8, Dhanalakshmi Colony Main Road, Vadapalani. During the sessions, many role plays and group discussions will be conducted for better understanding of
their children by their parents. Throughout the workshop, special attention will be paid in developing listening skills. T Jeya Pradha, counseling psychologist will lead the workshop. Registration fee Rs 300 per head and Rs 500 per couple. For further details, contact: 98416 48066/044 42071815.
Bhagavatha Sapthaham at Ayyappan temple A Bhagavatha Sapthaha Yagnam will be held at Sri Sastha Sangam, 89, Ponnambalam Salai, KK Nagar from September 12 to 19. Swami Ashesh-
nandajee, Chinmaya Mission, Palakkad will conduct the yagna. For more details, contact the temple at 23662395/ 65610607.
Springfield Matriculation Higher Secondary School, K.K. Nagar celebrated its 35th Annual Day on August 22, which was also the birthday of the founder of the school V. Sankarlal. R e v. F r. Vi c t o r S . J . Chennai mission superior, Loyola College presided over the function and distributed the prizes. A cultural feast was presented by the students
on the theme - Universal Culture. Springfield Alumni Association was inaugurated in the occasion by the school principal. He announced that the first alumni meet will be held on September 6 at 10 am in the high school premises. Correspondent S. Sumathi and headmistress Sudha Patric were present.
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KOLLYWOOD SPEAKS
KT Kunjumon to make a comeback
Producer of super hits like Gentleman and Kathalan, K.T Kunjumon is all set to make a comeback with his new film, a love
story Kathalikku Maranamillai. The film has Teja, a new boy from Bangalore, Meera Nandan, Madalasa,
Suhasini and Karnas. Debutant director C.Balaji is wielding the mega phone. Bharadwaj is the music
Arun Vijay on a roll
director for the film. Kathalikku Maranamilla is expected to release during After the success of Malai Diwali. Malai actor Arun Vijay is all excited to start his new film Maanja Vel , which will again be produced by Dr Mohan of Feather Touch Entertainment who is Arun Vijay's father-in-law. In a press conference, Arun Vijay said that he will be retaining the entire technical crew for the next film too. The actor said that during the making of Malai Malai, the entire team felt like a family and there was perfect understanding among them. A Venkatesh
Kandasamy celebrates Prasanna celebrates success birthday on the sets
will direct the film and Mani Sharma will be the music composer. The film will have a new heroine, however, Prabhu, Santhanam and Ganja Karuppu will be in Maanja Vel. Meanwhile, Arun Vijay is going to London to do a special sky diving course. The sky diving is apparently for a song sequence for the coming film. The film which will start its shooting on September is expected to be a January 2010 release.
Actor Vishal's birthday bash
Producer Kalaipuli S Thanu held a press meet to announce and celebrate the success of Kandasamy. The event was attended by Vikram, Shriya, music director Devi Sri Prasad, cameraman Ekambaram and director Susi Ganeshan. Kalaipuli Thanu said that Kandasamy received mixed response from a certain press, but the film is a super hit as it received a record collection of Rs 37
crore worldwide in the first week of its release itself. Susi Ganeshan informed that the script for the film was written long before Sivaji's release, and the length of the film has been cut short by 22 minutes. Glam girl Shriya said that her character Subulakshmi was the best she has done so far. Actor Vikram showered praises on Susi Ganesan and said that Kandasamy is the most stylish film he has ever done.
Actor Prasanna celebrated his birthday on August 28 in a quite manner. On the sets of Baana he cut a cake. The unit of the film has plans to celebrate his birthday, with a
cake cutting in the evening. Prasanna won critical acclaim for Achchamundu Achchamundu. His next release is Nanayam in September.
Actor Vishal celebrated his birthday on August 29 on the sets of his new film Theeratha Villayadu Pillai . One of the heroines of the film Neetu Chandra, director Thiru, cameraman Aravind Krishna and the unit members
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wished Vishal a happy birthday. Later a big bash was held at a popular night club in the evening, which was attended by a large number of actors like Trisha, Arya, Dhanush and Sonia Agarwal.
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NEWS
Thulir launched
Sri Venkateswara M o n t e s s o r i Te a c h e r s Training School (SVMTTS) having more than 22 branches and around 4,000 successfully trained teachers, formally launch ed a chain of Montessori Schools in the brand name Thulir on August 24. Sayee Venkatesan, known for religious and social activities, lighted the kuthuvillakku and launched the new prospectus. The first copy was received by N.Vijaya, course director, S V M T T S .
According to Vijaya Thulir is a unique school for kids with integrated (montessori / kindergarten/ vedic and gurukulam system) where individual care is assured, physical, emotional and intellectual growth of every child is nourished properly under a well planned system of teaching and learning. “Natural way of learning (culture based) will be emphasised with the first hand personal experience with pleasure not pressure,� she added.
Sri Venkateswara M o n t e s s o r i Te a c h e r s Training School is planning to give franchisee of Thulir. The franchisee centre cocoordinators will be given training and awarded with Play school Management Certificate (Central Govt. Regd.). For franchise enquiries and further details, contact: Vijaya, course director, SVMTTS, Alwarthiru Nagar Annexe, Chennai -87. Ph: 2377 1088, 3299 1088, 94442 07508
Sports Day at Kalamandir
Kalamandir Matriculation Hr. Sec. School celebrated its Annual Sports Meet on August 21 at Sri Ramakrishna Mission Hr. Sec School (Main ) ground in T. Nagar. R. Mukundan, IRS, Asst Commissioner of I n c o m e Ta x i n t h e presence of the school secretary S.J. Sharma declared the sports meet open. He took the salute of the four houses and the team. In his address he advised the students to spend their leisure hours in
engaging sports activities, which will make them physically and mentally strong in all the activities. A drill exercises was performed by the primary students. T.M. Gunaraja, correspondent , MIET group of institutions, TMG College of arts and science was the chief guest and he distributed the prizes for the students who have won in the various events both individual and group wise. The school's Nethaji cricket club conducted a
cricket match among the four teams in which the Diamond team won the match. K.Srikanth of Diamond group won the Man of the Match award. The highlight of the show was the pyramid posture of Swami Vivekananda rock and the Netru Indru Naalai which depicted the India before and after Independence. The overall championship went to the Diamond House and the topaz house emerged the runners.
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S r i r a n g a m V. Ve n k a t a n a g a r a j a n , disciple of Ambujam Vedantam performed a vocal concert with full dedication at Sankara Madam, West Mambalam at the 34th week of Vadapalani Times Music Festival. Lion Vijayakumar, Editor –Publisher of Va d a p a l a n i Ti m e s introduced the artises and detailed the community
and cultural activities of the p u b l i c a t i o n . Venkatanagarajan commenced his concert with Malayamarutham varnam. Neelakanta Sivan`s composition Siddhi Arul Siva Vinayaga in Nattai formed a good impression. Thiagaraja`s Eesapahimam in Kalyani was sung with a crisp alapana and swaram, which spelt the way of
training. Shyama Sastri`s K a a m a k s h i i n Va r a l i revealed the voice culture and diction of sahithya. O o t h u k k a d u Ve n k a t a kavi`s Naan Enna Thavam Saideno in Kamas stood for melody. Thiagaraja`s upacharaamu in Bhairavi was chosen as the main item. Kudandai S w a m i n a t h a n ` s composition Sankaram Bhaja Manasa on Kanchi Periyavar was rendered v e r y n i c e l y. J a y a d e v ashtapadi, Sanchari in varamu gave the rasanubhavam. Viruthum followed by Nee En Kan Allavo swami was melodious. The concert concluded with Man Madandai Manalanakku , a composition of his guru Ambujam Vedantam in Surutti was apt. He was supproted by Ganesh Kumar on violin and Sumesh Narayanan on mrudangam in an appreciative manner.
PROGRAMME 18, Sept. 2009, Friday : 7.00 to 8.30 pm Vocal : Kunnakudi M. Bala Murali Krishna Violin : L. Ramakrishnan Mirudangam : Varadharajan (Koneri Rajapuram)
19, Sept. 2009, Saturday : 7.00 to 8.30 pm Vocal : Vasuda Keshav Violin : Kalyani Shankar Mirudangam : Erode Nagarajan
20, Sept. 2009, Sunday : 5.30 to 6.30 pm Vocal
: S. Suchitra (Madurai) & Party
Sunday : 7.00 to 8.30 pm Thematic Vocal Concert by Vocal : V. Sree Chitra Violin : Kumbakonam R. Selva Prasad Mirudangam : Valangaiman S.Siva Subramaniam Ghatam : Valangaiman Harihara Subramaniam Kanjira &Morsing : Sathyanarayanan .
Soft and soothing
21, Sept. 2009, Monday : 7.00 to 8.30 pm Vocal : R. Rajiv Violin : M. Vijay Mirudangam : SR. Ethirajan
22, Sept. 2009, Tuesday : 7.00 to 8.30 pm Vocal : Mudikondan Ramesh Violin : B. Siva Raman Mirudangam : N. Narasimhan
23, Sept. 2009, Wednesday : 7.00 to 8.30 pm Vocal Violin Mirudangam Ghatam
: Vidhya Kalyanaraman : Sree Lakshmi Venkatramani : Thillaisthanam Suryanarayanan : Nanganallur Swaminathan
24, Sept. 2009, Thursday : 7.00 to 8.30 pm
Priya Sisters' kutcheri at Sri Krishna Gana Sabha August 30 as part of the Gokulashtami Series was as soothing and pleasant as the lovely soft yellow of the silk saris they were wearing that evening .With their ( 2 in 1) mellifluous voice, they started off with a brisk varnam, followed by Varavallabha Ramana in the raga Hamsadwani,..a composition of music legend, Late G.N. Balasubramaniam to whom the series is dedicated, on his birth centenary. After the masterpiece,” Santhana gopalam “in the raga Kamaas, the main kruthi came surprisingly in Hamsanandhi.” Sa C h a m a r a R a m a Vani…”this kruti soaked with bhakthi bhava, in the unmistakeable “Harikesa
Nallur “style was almost a curtain raiser for the Navarathri Festival, just round the corner! The R.T.P. in Thodi was neat and chick. Always popular for their poise on stage, the sisters brought out the fine nuances of this raga in all the aspects of Pallavi rendering. In all these tasks, it was interesting to note that the elder one keeps the wicket safe and sound while the younger one goes all the way out to score a four or a six……but between them they play good cricket!!!!! Amongst their thukkadas, Annamaiya's is always my favourite and with the “ V a d i v o ! Kantinagarivantinavadu…. pedha kiritavadu…..” describing the magnetic M o o r t h y o f S r i Ve n k a t e s h w a r a , t h e y
succeeded in creating the ambiance of Thirumala and the Nijaroopa Dharshanamu of the Lord of the Seven Hills! The violinist, Ragavendra Rao kept excellent pace with the duo and received his rightful share of “sabhash” both from the singers and the appreciative audience of Sri Krishna Gana Sabha The mridangist Parupalli Palghun and ghatam v i d w a n S . V. R a m a n i combo too kept up the percussion end trim to get quite a few “Bales”! As Experienced By
Thematic Vocal Concert by Vocal : Hyderabad B. Siva Violin : Kailasam Mirudangam : Yugarajan Ghatam : Sai Subramaniyam
25, Sept. 2009, Friday : 7.00 to 8.30 pm Thematic Vocal Concert by Vocal : Sergudi Sisters Rema & Geetha Violin : Meera SivaRamakrishnan Mirudangam : Thillaisthanam Suryanarayanan Ghatam : G. Guruprasad
26, Sept. 2009, Saturday : 7.00 to 8.30 pm Thematic Vocal Concert by Vocal : B. Uma Shankar Violin : Pakala Jayaprakash Mirudangam : Thillaisthanam Suryanarayanan Kanjira : G.V. Guru Bharadwaj
27, Sept. 2009, Sunday : 7.00 to 8.30 pm Thematic Vocal Concert by Vocal : B.Suchitra & Party
28, Sept. 2009, Monday : 7.00 to 8.30 pm
Rajee Mani
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Thematic Vocal Concert by Students of Rasigapriya School of Music Geetham, Vadhyam & Nrithyam
Navarathri Sangeetha Utsavam - 2009 will be telecasted live on our website www.vadapalanitimes.com
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NEWS
Jyothika inaugurates Meena Bazaar
The most awaited Meena Bazaar organized by Rajasthan Cosmo Club for the eighth year in a row was inaugurated by actress Jyothika. Fashion designer Rehane handed over the first sale. 4000 clothes were also distributed to the inmates of Dr.Ambedkar Natpani & Jeva Viruzuham Trust on the occasion. The exhibition was held at The Accord Metropolitan, T.Nagar. It had 92 stalls and two exclusive designer pavilions. An ensemble of talented designers from Lucknow,
D e l h i , J a i p u r, M u m b a i , Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kolkatta displayed their vibrant collection of clothes, jewellery, gifts, packaging, home furnishing, utilities & much more. Added to this were the designer wedding card collections. Moreover, Naturals offered free makeovers, nail art and foot therapy. There were also competitions for beautiful eye, hair, hands and skin. For the first time ever, there was a fashion walk inside the exhibition hall, showcasing the exhibitors products and later
the best model was crowned as Meena Bazaar Queen. There were lot of freebees including vouchers from Fitness One and Reliance GSM simcard free for lady entrants. The exhibition offered its visitors a delightful shopping experience assuring value for their time and money as well. For the first time Meena Bazaar was a Midnight Dhamaka – the exhibition was open till midnight on September 2. The proceeds of the event will go to the cloth bank.
Shasun girls emerge winners Of the 15 teams participated the college’s team proved their mettle to win the trophy.
In the volleyball tournament organised by the Lions Club of South Central and Exnora
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Sports Club, the Shansun Jain College emerged winners.
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