About
MYLAPORE TIMES a free, English weekly local area newspaper was launched in 1994 for the neighbourhoods of Mylapore, Mandaveli, R A Puram, Alwarpet, San Thome, Abhiramapuram.
The newspaper has a circulation of 30000 Copies.
The website www.mylaporetimes.com launched in April 2010, provides daily coverage of this neighbourhood, has regular updates and interactivity and provides a host of useful info.
The editor and publisher of Mylapore Times is Vincent D’ Souza.
He also manages and runs two other community newspapers in Chennai – Adyar Times and Arcot Road Times (www.arcotroadtimes.com) and a web site for classical music and dance - www.kutcheribuzz.com.
Contact Mylapore Times at phone no. 2498 2244
Or email to – mylaporetimes@gmail.com.
Comments (36)
Despite hundreds of appeals through this and other channels, the authorities are indifferent to traffic control during Pradhosham days. Not only in Mada streets, even at the narrow lane in front of the temple, two way traffic is allowed resulting in huge bottlenecks to even pedestrians. To ward off the feeling that the authorities are indifferent to the public grievances, it is time they look into this issue. Unless there are other considerations, One wonders as to why this request of Mylaporeans is being continued to be neglected!
Hello Iam a regular reader or Mylapore times. i reside in M R C nagar . The garbage collection and sweeping of the streets is way below thestandard compared to previous agencies. The sweepers allotted to the area cleans the school area while many other lanes are left neglected. i have repeatedly complained to the suprevisor .but there is no improvement. Garbage piles up at every corner and the stink unbearable. The situation worsens while the neighbourhood school works. the vans are parked haphazardly all overthe place and drivers urinate wherever they choose to.
The school management should keep a check of such drivers who dirty the place by throwing away food and other rubbish and provide a toilet within the school premises so that the drivers do not openly urinate.
The coverage and publicity given to the Panguni fest was great . But, the local Govt machinery was found wanting in the maintenance part during this time. The place stank of left over food , used plates & all particularly during major festival days such as Ther and Arubathi Moovar. As it is likely to spread diseases, top priority should be accorded to cleanliness, which we hope will atleast be done in future.
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Sir
I am one of the thousand of regular customers of mylapore times. I have been the resident of Mylapore for the last 35 years. Thanks for covering the most of the events that are taking place in and around Mylai.
The publishing of letters to the editor are having a good response from the Govt officials concerned. Especially the wastage dump clearing by the Corpn. Thanks for this good effort.
In further to the letter written by Mr K Karthikeyan who has written about shifting of Bus terminus from Tank to Luz Church Road, I am of the same view. The taking of U turn by the buses are having traffic chaos.
Also with regard to the making of one way of North Mada Street are not take seriously by the concerned officials. In the evening times, it becomes very difficult for the pedestrians to walk in this road.
We, all our family members wish the Paper a vey long innings and hope it will continue to serve the perople till a long time to come. We also pray to the almighty to give good health to your family members, yourself and all the employees of the esteemed weekly.
My mobile No. is 9994920590.
with warm regards
CSK
I read your news paper regularly. THIS TIME I WANT TO INSIST ON THE VALUE EDUCATION THAT EVERY SCHOOL MUST GIVE.THE RECENT NEWS THAT A SCHOOL STUDENT KILLING A TEACHER PROVES THAT VALUE EDUCATION IS NOT PROPERLY GIVEN.WE HAVE GREAT HINDU ORGANISATION LIKE RAMAKRISHNA MISSION AND OTHER RELIGIOUS ORGANISATION WHICH SHOULD GO TO THE MASSES AND PREACH VALUES. INSTEAD OF CONCENTRATING ON WRITING BOOKS THEY SHOULD SPREAD VALUES TO THE MASSES BY PREACHING. THE MONKS SHOULD DO THE ABOVE ACTIVITIES.SITTING IN THE COMFORT ZONE AND WRITING BOOKS WILL NOT HELP.
Very soon.
Dear Sir,
When will you come up with Adayar times online edition, i am missing for a while now, since we moved from India.
rgds,
VenkatUSA
Hi,
Thanks for the info about Metropolitan Transport Corporation new bus. At the same time requesting you to provide the fare, website to look into the schedule and MTC customer care enquire number. This additional information will be more useful to public.
Hope you will consider this request and look forward in further.
Regards,
Vishal
Hi,
Thanks to the online version of Mylapore Times for providing upto date information. At the same time please come up with a “Day of message” or “Weekly message” by providing a social message to people like what is the important of nomination for a bank account or how to apply for a pan card or how to apply election card or how to apply ration card. If there are no reponse from the officer then what are the escalation process like higher officers contact number, email, website etc etc. So that it will bring more awareness for the publicand this message will reach fast to public. Hope you will consider this request.
Of late, essential services seem to be disturbed without any consideration for public. Only recently, the Milk card distribution was tossed from Mandaveli to C P Ramaswamy Road and after protests have been brought to within the area. Now, the TNEB collection center has been shifted from R K Mutt Road to Visalakshi Garden! Thankfully we have the online payment facility but not sure how many will be using internet. Why not the authorities consider the convenience of the consumers before making such drastic changes?
Of late, the scheduled power cuts between 12 noon and 1 PM in Mandaveli is being extended by atleast an hour and last week it also went upto 2:15 PM. With the temperature still on the high side, TNEB would do well to stick to the timings please. It disturbs the sleep of the sick and senior citizens
For sometime the workforce of Neel Metal Fanalca is conspicuous by its absence. The streets around Trust Link street, Trust Cross st and near the pillar in Foreshore Estate, are reaking with foul smell emanating from uncleared garbage. Will the authorities please look into this health hazard? Public, in our own interest, can take care to put the garbage in the bin without throwing it around. Some self discipline is also called for!
The crowd at the Mylapore Kapali temple is constantly rising for every pradhosham but little seem to be done to help the devotees visiting the temple at this time. Immediately after the II round, the crowd start dispersing in a hurry and the koil entrance is waiting for a stampede to happen. With many senior citizens around, a center meridian dividing the crowd that is entering and leaving the temple is essential. If not permanent, a temporary barricade would do. Also , a railing for the people to hold on could prevent people from tripping. Will the authorities look into this please?
Thanks for your observations Lakshmikanthan. But we disagree with you on this issue. A neighbourhood newspaper like ours lays much importance for everything in local campuses – results, extracurricular, elections, issues, etc. Also this is the season for intense activities at schools and hence the weekly can only reflect what happens on the ground.
Mylapore has got a lot of schools I agree. But they only do not contribute to major news in the area. The newspaper has to go beyond schools and the temple. For example today’s home page (June 23rd 2011) has only school news with a repeat of Sivaswamy Kalalaya’s former principal’s demise news in different forms.
While we appreciate the effort taken by your newspaper we also find that majority of news from schools fill the pages more often. Overdose of anything will only result in losing the readers who are not interested in that category.
It is high time the traffic around the four mada streets of Mylapore is better regulated. Particularly, on the days of Pradhosham , it is chaotic. Authorities should seriously consider making these street ONE WAY, for free flow of traffic and pedestrian conveniences.
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thank you.
sir, as i don want to waste my weekend during the holidays do u have any job vacancies for your paper circulation.
I finished my 12th std..
thank you
Dear sir,
I was a resident of Mylapore till 1988, studied in the PSHighschool(Nprth), passed out in 1965, the first batch of SSLC, after the school became Highschool from 1962.. I am searching for my friends of those years.. and subsequent Batch Alumni.. kindly forward any contacts if you have.. The school will be celebrating Golden Jubilee of its HS status and the Golden Jubilee of the FIRST SSLC Batch in the year 2115.. Thankung you
Yours sincerely
Dr.P.K.Muralidharan..
Deputy Director General(Geo;ogy), (Retired)
Geological Survey of India
Sir,
Thank you for posting my grievance in your paper dated 11.03.2011 based on my post on your website on 22.02.2011. I would like to inform you that subsequent to my earlier post, there are now 5-6 dustbins lying on the junction of Justice Sundaram Road & Ramachandra Road. Whenever the bins are cleared by Neel Metal, they ensure that some of the bins are left back filled with waste. Don’t know when the residents in the area will be able to spend time without bad smell from the bins??? Will someone act upon it??? Do something??? Looks like the residents will have to happily live with both the bad smell and the mosquitoes that get generated from the BINS !!!
Sir,
I have been reading your paper since 2003, when i moved to Chennai. I find that the paper is very useful in helping the community by providing lots of informaiton about the events happening in the locality.
I reside on Justice Sundaram Road, Mylapore. At the junction of Justice Sundaram Road and Ramachandra Road, there are a couple of dustbins which are constantly overflowing on a daily basis. The area surrounding the bins are very dirty, most of the times the smell arising out of the bins are very bad and the people staying in the locality to not walk on the road. It has also become a haven for street dogs. The said bins are not being cleared on a daily basis. Can your please run an article in your paper and request the authorities to clean the place everyday?
Dear Sir. I happened to stumble upon this web site where I saw a picture of old teachers from PS High School reunion. I could recognize Sri, K Swaminatha Iyer in the picture. I studied at PS high School North during the years 1969-1975. I am trying to connect with my classmates and alumni of this school. Any help you can provide will be appreciated. I can be reached at ramjisri@gmail.com
Sincerely
Ramji
Our Circulation Exec has been asked to look into the circulation in your area. Thanks for letting us know. We invite readers to alert us when MT does not reach them if their zone is covered by our designated circulation. Call 2498 2244 – 10 am to 5 pm, Mon to Sat.
Nowadays– say for 2 months now- we dont receive Mylapore Times. Checked with the neighbours. They too say the same thing. We live in mandavelippakkam
We are a small group of ladies from the class of ’72 at Rosary Matriculation. Desperate to find any of our batchmates, we heard that your publication ran a photograph of the class in one of your issues. I’ve scoured every section but was unable to find it. Please help/
Also, we are trying to arrange a re-union of our class, do you think you could run a small story calling for anyone who reads it from our batch or anyone with info, to contact me (through your publication)?
I live outside of India now, but am a Santhome/RA Puram girl at heart. Needless to say how much your online version means to me.
Best Regards,
Geeta
it is good that you publish with photograohs achievements …specailly youngsters .it will motivate them further
Thanks for the appreciation. Check out the ad link on our web site for the special assignments we offer Students of Mylapore during November.
Sir,
My mother is a regular reader of your paper and I have just recently been introduced to it. Me and my class mate studying in 9 th standard in P.S.B.B would like to contribute write ups to your magazine. We also hear that you have a special edition on children’s day being bought out exclusively by children. How do we become part of that team. Please do reply
Regards
Shruti Ashok
Thanks for the suggestion. These will be on the way in stages. Keep coming!
It is good if you can publish digital copy of the Mylapore time online. It helps residents staying outside and planning to move to Mylapore to look at the Advertisements and also someone who missed the last issue.
I relive memories of Madras, thanks to the online version of Mylapore Times. While living in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, for the present, I would like to give you some information on ‘street names” here. This country is now going around placing plaques on street corners, displaying street names and the history behind the names. This is very interesting indeed and wish we could do something similar in India, specially in Madras. But I suppose with the constant change in names of the streets, with the political scenario changing every time, it is a tough proposition!!!
I am a resident of Mylapore for more than 40 years and a regular reader of Mylapore times. Now I am at Charlotte USA and your website gives me current information about Mylapore happanings. Thank you for the same and wish you all the best.
Respect Sir,
I was living in chennai till 2002 until i got transferred to Hyderabad. I work as an Inspector in Central Excise. I was a regular reader of mylapore time till i lived in chennai. Once in 4 months or so i visit Chennai and am prompt to collect the copy of your weekly from the Ambika Appalam Depot, Mylapore. We resided in 36, Bheemana Garden Street. My wife was running a courier service when we stayed in Chennai in the name of Essel Couriers. We are proud that your weekly carried an article on working women from home and my wife K Adilakshmi’s courier was featured once. Also, my grandmother Smt K Sambrajyam celebrated here 100th Birthday in January 2000 and your weekly carried out an artticle on the same.
Now that your weekly is online, I will be browsing it regularly. We, all our family members wish the Paper a vey long innings and hope it will continue to serve the perople till a long time to come. We also pray to the almighty to give good health to your family members, yourself and all the employees of the esteemed weekly. My mobile No. is 09441609356.
with warm regards
K Srinivas
I am a housewife having 2 school going kids..I just thought esteemed papers like yours can offer home-based editorial/proof reading jobs for people like us who have good English reading and writing skills but are not able to go out to work due to family constraints..We will also be satisfied that we have not wasted having studied till our graduation/post graduation and at the same time having done justice to our family as well. Every job requires a bit of training in the initial stage and that is it.
Thanks for the time u spent on reading this message. I hope u will consider this request of mine and come up with something that is unique of Mylapore times as always.