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January 26, 2012

‘Padma Bhushan’ for violinist M. S. Gopalakrishnan

'Padma Bhushan' for violinist M. S. Gopalakrishnan

Senior violinist M S Gopalakrishnan of Mylapore has been conferred with the Padma Bhushan award by the government. He was among the many distinguished Indians who were named for the various Padma awards that are announced on the eve of [...]

December 8, 2011

Creative Nandini

Creative Nandini

P. S. Nandini a 10th std student of Sir Sivaswami Kalalaya Senior Sec. School, Mylapore won the first prize in the painting competition conducted by The Hindu newspaper. She won in senior category. The theme was ‘rainy day’ and Nandini [...]

November 30, 2011

Mylaporean creates Guinness World Record

Mylaporean creates Guinness World Record

109 students of ‘Mellifluous Melodies on Keyboard’ created a new Guinness World Record by creating a carnatic symphony on keyboard. The school is run by M. S. Martin, a resident of R. A. Puram for the last 6 years. Martin [...]

November 25, 2011

Siddharthan’s new book: Historical novel on king Asoka

Siddharthan's new book: Historical novel on king Asoka

Mylapore-based writer Siddharthan has just released his historical novel titled ‘Samrat Asokan’. Siddharthan is the pen name of K. Sivasubramanian, aged 80. He is a resident of Balakrishna Street, Mylapore. Dr. Ramagurunathan released the book and the first copy was [...]

November 25, 2011

Dancer Priya Jayaraman gets her doctorate

Dancer Priya Jayaraman gets her doctorate

Priya Jayaraman a resident of Karpagam Avenue has been awarded a doctorate in dance by the University of Madras. She was registered at the Dept. of Music, Queen Mary’s College. Her thesis was on ‘Prabandha -s, Jakkini Daruvu -s and [...]

November 12, 2011

The Green trio

The Green trio

You may call them The Green Trio. Vaishali Jayaraman of class nine and Sharan and Mohan. R of class eleven of P. S. Senior Secondary School, Mylapore are doing their bit for the environment. They make paper bags and distribute them [...]

November 7, 2011

Duo help to manage traffic

Duo help to manage traffic

In the middle of activity-throbbing streets of one area in Mylapore,  two students are actively guiding the traffic as part of their social service. R. Mohammed Ashish and S. Mohammed Rafi, students of Class X and IX respectively of P. [...]

November 5, 2011

Disability has not discouraged this music guru

Usha Thiruvengadam lives in Mylapore and teaches Carnatic music and violin to the children in and around her locality. She studied violin at the music college and achieved the grade, ‘Isai Kalaimani’. She became a violin lecturer in the same [...]

October 15, 2011

Lakshmi’s new novel is based on ‘eco’ theme

Lakshmi's new novel is based on 'eco' theme

‘Pachai Neelam Parikaram’, a novel by Thamizh writer Lakshmi Mohan was released on October 9 by Tamil writer and social activist Sivasankari at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. Nanditha Krishna, director of C. P. Arts Foundation which works on ‘green’ projects received [...]

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