VADAPALANI WEST MAMBALAM, ASHOK NAGAR, K.K. NAGAR, VADAPALANI, VIRUGAMBAKKAM NEIGHBOURHOOD NEWSPAPER Sep.27 - Oct.3, 2009 Vol.7 No.38
Sangeethotsavam draws huge crowd
Kanchi Kamakoti Sankara Madam, West Mambalam is the cynosure of eyes during this Navarathri. With music concerts, Lalitha Sahasranama Parayanam and special pooja and alankarams, the Madam has been attracting scores of devotees and residents since the beginning of Navarathri. The 10-day music extravaganza kick-started on September 18. The curtains rose to the music
festival when Sobha Chandrasekhar, (musician and mother of actor Vijay), Lalithasai, (Special Correspondent, The Hindu) and Chidambaram, (owner of Kamala Theatre) lighted the lamp and inaugurated the Navarathri Sangeetha Utsavam conducted jointly conducted by Vadapalani times, Sankara Madam and Rasikapriya Music School. Lion K P V i j a y a k u m a r, e d i t o r -
publisher, Vadapalani Ti m e s w e l c o m e d t h e guests and honoured them. M Chandrasekar, trustee, Kanchi Kamakoti Sankara Madam presided over. Sobha Chandrasekhar said that she has been reading Vadapalani Times for the past many years and she miss the paper. As she has shifted her residence, she continues to read it online, she said. Chidambaram recalled his association with Sankara Madam and Vadapalani Times and wished the programme every success.Lalithasai highlighted the significance of music concerts during Navarathri and how the festival is important as it symbolizes the victory of good over evil.Chandrasekar in his presidential address highlighted the Lalitha Sahsranama Mandali’s
a c t i v i t i e s a n d congratulated Vijayakumar for his visionary zeal in conducting the Music Festival and also the Navarathri Sangeetha Utsavam. Lalitha Subramanian of Rasikapriya elaborated how the 52-Week Free Music Festival has been bringing to light the innate talent of young artistes. “Many of our participants have been invited to perform abroad, participated in workshops and several of them have now become much sought after concert artistes for wedding and other functions as well.” V Sree Chitra, a vocalist and model, compeered the programme. The Sangeetha Utsavam is on all days from 7 to 8.30 pm till Monday.
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I am having diabetes since 2005. My blood sugar was under control when I did the blood test in January 2009. Fasting blood sugar was 106 mgs and postprandial was 182 mgs. I do regular walking and follow strict diet plan every day. When I checked yesterday, my blood sugar level increased to fasting of 190 and postprandial of 256 mgs. This the common problem encountered by many patients. Diabetes is a chronic (long term) disease. Mostly diabetes is progressive disease, sometimes it regresses too. Since diabetes is a progressive disease, blood sugar also rises over a period of time even though diabetes patient regularly follows diet and medications. And every day we have different variety of foods and different type of physical activities, blood sugar varies according to that also. So that only, we advocate diabetes patients to do regular blood sugar checkups once a month and HbA1c once in three month. If one does regular blood checkups, we can detect the increase in blood sugar values early and treat it appropriately. 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.
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Inter-collegiate contests held The inter-collegiate cultural Fest Shreyas was celebrated with pomp and gaiety on September 18 and 19 at S S Shasun Jain College, T Nagar. Gangai Amaran, music director, director Manoj Kumar, music director Shankar Ganesh and Radio Mirchi fame Shiva were the distinguished guests for the inauguration. Principal Dr.Devaki Krishnakumar welcomed the gathering. The guests highlighted the significance of aesthetic and cultural values and said that they play an important role in every walk of our life. More than 40 city colleges participated in five competitions- creative hunt, princess of the day, variety entertaintment, test your toe, two better than one, on the first day. On the second day the events were adzap, anthakshari, snapshot, group dance and mehandi. At the valedictory function Chinnathirai Shankar, singer Ganga, artiste Jeeva and Sindhu
Vijayakumar, journalist participated. Sindhu Vijayakumar also released the magazine of the Visual Communication department on the occasion. The guests distributed the prizes to the winners of the various competitions. The overall champions trophy was won by JBAS C o l l e g e , Te y n a m p e t for the second consecutive year.
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Health camp at Ashok Nagar In commemoration of the centenary of Indian Scouting, The South West Chennai Bharath Scouts and Guides will conduct a
free health camp and blood donation camp for the public on October 2 at Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Ashok
Making a difference
Nagar, Ch- 83, between 8.00 a.m and 12.30 p.m. The camp is in association with The Lions Club of Padi Shenoy Nagar.
Best Teacher Award for West Mambalam resident V . G a n e s a n , MSc.,M.COM.,M.Ed., head master, Corporation High School, Somaiah Raja Street, Agaram, was recently awarded the Dr Radhakrishnan Best Teacher Award by the
Government of Tamil Nadu. He is a resident of West Mambalam, 8/25, Jaishankar Street. Born in Pattukotai taluk in Tanjore district he has 30 years of service in teaching field. Earlier in 2000, he
Navarathri Fest
On October 2, West Mambalam will witness loads of fun, festivities, competitions, culturals and truck loads of prizes to win. The Navarathri Fest organized by Vadapalani Times in association with Rasikapriya Music School and Exnora Sports Club, will be inaugurated by Chennai Mayor M Subramanian. From 10 am it’s time to showcase the talent and skills of your kids. The sloka, vocal and instrumental music (Carnatic) will start at 10 am and will go on till 1 pm. It’s going to be a splash of colours when students will
draw, paint and unleash their creativity. And after a hectic schedule of competitions, what do you want? Obviously entertainment and that’s what exactly Vadapalani Times will provide you. Maya, a famous fusion band, where all the members are college students will enthrall the audience with their perfect blend of Indian Classical and Western music. The band members include R Prajeeth Kumar, violinist (Rajalakshmi Engineering College), P Abhishek, prodigal tabla player (Loyola College), Vaidyanathan, a gifted rhythm player, Tibu, a
was awarded the Best Teacher award by Lions Club. He has also received Dr.Rajkumar Memorial Best Teacher Award by St.John's International R e s i d e n t i a l s c h o o l Behind every successful man, there is a woman, management this year. goes a popular saying. And behind a differently-abled person who is confident and completely independent? His orthopaedician, in all probability! Vadapalani Times on a chat with Dr. Jayakumar, who works w i t h d i ff e r e n t l y - a b l e d people and was given a State Award for his work. Doctor, could you tell us about the State award that was recently presented to you? I work at the Govt. Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, K.K.Nagar. I was given a State award for special services to the handicapped people. What are the major causes for the disabilities? Well, we still have polio affected people who fell talented bassist (Loyola victims to it many years College) and Bharath, a ago. Presently, we see a lot self-taught keyboardist of spinal cord injury and ((Rajalakshmi Engineering cerebral palsy which results in disabilities. Road College). On vocals will be M Shruthi accidents and industrial Vandana (Zee TV music accidents are also major reality show contestant) causes for disabilities. f r o m E t h i r a j , A n j a n a Also, lots of people from R a j a g o p a l a n f r o m rural areas come to us Rajalakshmi Engineering saying that they fell down C o l l e g e a n d S i v a from a tree or tripped while Archana.C who has sung digging a well. in many Tamil television Does the government supply artificial limbs and channels. And at 10 am there will be a other utilities for these free blood donation camp people? Yes. We provide artificial also. The events will be held at limbs. We also have a C h a n d r a s e k a r training centre, to help Kalyanamandapam, West them get used to the Mambalam, Near Kittu artificial appliances. Will bringing accident Park.
victims to the hospital within the 'golden hour' help prevent them from being permanently disabled? Definitely. It can greatly increase their odds in favour of escaping without a permanent disability. For example, when a finger or hand is severed, the patient has to be brought to the hospital within 6 hours. In case of a brain stroke, a clot is formed in the blood vessels. There should be no delay in bringing the patient to the hospital. Some people think they could take the victim to the hospital as the first thing on the next day. That will not help. Only if they are given medical attention within 6 hours, the clots can be dissolved and the one-side paralysis can be prevented. How adequate the technology that we are currently using for rehabilitating the disabled persons is? I would say we are still using slightly primitive techniques when it comes to artificial limbs. By studying the gait patterns of patients, we can give them appropriate appliances. We have requested the government for a 'Gait Lab' to do this. Artificial limbs can also be made more light-weight than they are now. Also, stem cell research is very essential in treating spinal cord injuries. R&D definitely needs to be improved.
What is the personal goal that you are working towards in dealing w i t h d i ff e r e n t l y - a b l e d persons? For me, it is about making them self-dependent. Job opportunities for them have to be increased. Private companies should be motivated to employ them. If a person has lost his legs, he can still be an efficient worker if only his hands have to be used in doing something. We have to convince employers of this. Coordinating with NGO's, patients can be trained to handle their disabilities better and also more job opportunities can be created. For a person who suddenly finds himself with a d i s a b i l i t y, i t c a n b e extremely difficult to accept it. How do you make people overcome this? To motivate patients and help them believe that they can still be independent, we have psychological counsellors at our institute. We once had a patient who was a mridangam artist. Unfortunately, he lost one of his hands. However, by giving him an artificial limb and the psychological support that he needed, he was encouraged to try playing the mridangam again. Today, he does just that. Psychological counselling can create a huge positive influence on the patient's response to treatments.
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Timing :
10 a.m. onwards
P.V. Parameswaran gave a vocal concert at Vadapalani Murgan temple. He was accompanied on violin by M.A Krishnaswami, Vazvoor Ravi on mridangam and H . Sivaramakrishnan on ghatam.
A school for special children at K K Nagar
We want our children to reach their maximum p o t e n t i a l . H o w e v e r, parenting a child with special needs may be the hardest thing. But if you have the information and inspiration you can not only make your child an achiever, but by collaboration and sharing goals you can motivate similar parents to join you in the fight to make special children self-reliant. That's what Arvind Foundation; a nonprofit charitable organization for special children has been doing for the past three years. With the sole aim and mission to reach out and touch the lives of underprivileged children with disabilities, Sudha Athmaraj, mother of a cerebral palsy affected child- Arvind Raj, is on a mission. Sudha says that it was their emotional and practical experience with their son Arvind that propelled her and her husband, Athma Raj to start this organization for the
welfare of children with any kind of disabilities. All services, therapies and remedials are provided free of cost to these children by this foundation. Arvind Foundation now runs two daycare centers one in Paraniputhur near Porur where 15 children of various disabilities attend a n d h a v e s e e n tremendous improvement over the last year. The other daycare center is in a remote village called Mannavanur about 40 kms from Kodaikanal. The foundation is now starting a school, Arvindniketan-a school for children with special needs, at No. 387, 27th street, K.K.Nagar, Chennai 600 078. Arvindniketan will offer classes to special children, which will cover their educational and therapeutic needs such as physiotherapy, special education, occupational therapy etc along with regular form of education based on their age and
capabilities. The curriculum, apart from therapies and main stream education, will include music therapy and yoga; organize picnics and outings as part of their environmental awareness needs and other regular activities like recreation, fun games, art, handwork to improve fine motor skills, socialising skills in these children. There will also be regular medical camps conducted by doctors. These children will be under the care of devoted staff that will be specifically qualified in this field. Admissions are open now and the classes will c o m m e n c e o n Vijayadasami day on September 28. House wives, college girls and those inclined towards social work can also volunteer for this noble cause. The school is also looking for full time Special Educators. For details one can contact 98410 23409 / 98416 15333.
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Spiritual tour Athma will organise a oneday tour by air-conditioned van to ancient temples around Chennai. The tour will cover Varadaraja P e r u m a l Te m p l e , Ekambareswarar Temple,
Thiru Ayarpadi, Agasteeswarar Temple, C h a t u r V e d a Parameeswarar Temple, Thirupalaivanam, Ranganadhar Temple and Siruvapuri.
The fare is Rs 750 inclusive of breakfast and lunch. The van will leave from Ayodhya Mandapam at 6 am. More details can be had by calling 96001 90493.
Navarathri celebrations at Sruthigeeth Sruthigeeth, K K Nagar is celebrating Navarathri with Kanika Pooja, Suvasini P o o j a , L a l i t h a
Sahasranama archana, bhajans and music concerts from 4.30 pm to 8 pm till September 28.
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