May 28, 2020
San Thomite Aagnes Lazar and team are helping their Chittoor-based farming friends in AP to sell the exclusive Baganapalle mangoes that are meant for export but stuck here due to lock down. A box of 5 kgs of these mangoes […]
April 16, 2020
Though the vadu manga season is still not over, only limited quantities of the baby mangoes are available for sale at the vegetable market in South Mada Street, Mylapore. Hawkers say the vadu manga sales dropped after the lockdown. And […]
April 12, 2020
P. B. Murali, the founder of The Shandy, an organic market at Luz Church Road, says he has not been able to get travel passes to transport his goods. He says, “I was asked to apply online, all the passes […]
April 3, 2020
As the summer sun blazes, a traditional activity gets going in some homes in Mylapore – making vadams. Dance guru Padma S Raghavan, who runs the Silambam school in Mylapore has been going up to her terrace to make a […]
March 4, 2020
Mrignayanee store in Luz which promotes textiles of Madhya Pradesh is marking Womens Day with 35% discount on all its stocks for sales on March 7 and 8. Chanderi, Maheswari, Tussar and crepe, Chiffon, Georgette sarees & dress materials, cotton […]
March 4, 2020
A Womens Bazaar, where women entrepreneurs are showcasing and selling the products they make or source has opened on March 5 at C. P. Art Centre’s two galleries. The sale marks Womens Day and is an annual feature of the […]
March 1, 2020
Ahead of summer, the season’s special jackfruits and watermelons are here. Most of the roadside shops in Mylapore have them for sale now. Renuka, a hawker who sells at Kapaleeswarar Sannidhi Street, Mylapore said she started selling jackfruits from January […]
February 28, 2020
With six cut open coconuts, a quirky image of tender coconut and walls handpainted with coconut trees, the interiors at Arun Perumal’s new venture look attractive. Arun is all set to open his shop ‘Coconut for Health’ at South Mada […]
February 26, 2020
LED bulbs are on sale at the Head Post office in Mylapore, on Kutchery Road. And they are sold at subsidised rates. The Business Development (BD) unit of Mylapore Head Post Office has collaborated with Philips company to sell the […]
February 23, 2020
Indbazaar, a retail chain supermarket has recently opened at San Thome High Road close to CSI School for the Deaf. The store promises to home deliver items within one hour of placing order in their web site www.indbazaar.in Says a […]
February 18, 2020
Though summer is yet to arrive, the season’s special vadu mangas (baby mangoes) have started arriving at South Mada Street in Mylapore. A few hawkers have decked up piles of the dark green and tangy Coimbatore vadu mangas here. This […]
January 15, 2020
Heaps of turmeric plants and sugarcane sticks decked at the roadside shops on the eve of Pongal, indicated the arrival of harvest festival. At the vegetable market on South Mada Street, Mylapore hawkers were selling everything from thoranams and mango […]
January 11, 2020
This evening, hundreds of people gathered to enjoy the Mylapore Festival 2020. The food street (Sundareswarar Swamy Street) zone was abuzz. On the roadside, the narikurava community spread colorful beaded chains. Balloons, panjumittai and Delhi appalam seemed to be favorites […]
January 7, 2020
New collection of saris have arrived at Shilpi boutique on C. P. Ramaswamy Road, Alwarpet. Kanchipuram silks, Banarasi, silk cotton saris (Maheshwari and Mangalagiri) and Embroidered saris are some of them. The store is also offering special discounts for saris […]
January 7, 2020
The street shops in Mylapore have started selling earthen pots for Pongal. At Venkatesa Agraharam Road, near Sri Saibaba Temple, Thiyagarajan and Hemavathy have painted pots for sale. The sibling duo has painted them with bright colours. In addition to […]
