August 5, 2020
As soon as mobile shops reopened after the lockdown in May, the sales of cell phones and tablets increased as students needed these devices for online classes. Now in addition to this, bluetooth headsets and earphones are also in demand, […]
August 1, 2020
Vegetable hawkers of this neighbourhood, badly hit by the pandemic regulations are doing all that they can to earn their daily bread. Some of them have closed down their shops and turned into mobile hawkers. The piling rents and slow […]
July 18, 2020
People who cannot do without seafood now and then on their table cannot resist the temptation of driving down to the open-air, fish hawking market off the Marina. And so, on Saturday evening, July 18 there were hordes of people, […]
July 10, 2020
For over three decades, rose milk and Softy at Senthil Softy Zone on Kutchery Road has been a favourite for Mylaporeans. Then there are snacks too – Samosa, Cutlet and the like. As with most businesses, this snacks joint was […]
June 23, 2020
To make children understand the COVID-19 pandemic, Tulika Books, the popular children’s book publishing house based in Alwarpet has started publishing e-books on the pandemic. Its first e-book (for children aged 8 and above) in this category is now available […]
June 23, 2020
Sukra Greens, the store in R A Puram now has a system of door delivery of vegetables, fruits and groceries. You need to WhatsApp your needs to this number – 9840973869 – and you will receive a list of stuff […]
June 20, 2020
Organic Banganapalle mangoes have arrived for sale at The Shandy store off Luz Church Road in Mylapore. The mangoes, grown at The Shandy’s farm in Punnamai Village, Cheyyur Taluk of Tamil Nadu are devoid of any pesticides/fertilisers. Says Hari Sethuraman, […]
June 16, 2020
Orchard grown Banganapallee mangoes are being sold from San Thome and door delivered; this is the third round of the sales by Aagnes Lazar. The mangoes are sourced from Chittoor farms and were meant to be exported this season. The […]
June 15, 2020
Parul’s Magic Pickles, a homemade and personally marketed business is offering to deliver to your home from its CIT Colony base. Parul Bhatt has specialized in what she calls ‘authentic homemade Gujarati pickles and masalas. All products are handmade and […]
June 14, 2020
Women police attached to the Pattinapakkam took charge of the fish market in the open alongside the Pattinapakkam end of Marina Loop Road this Sunday morning and ensured that hawkers regulated their sales and shoppers stood far apart in queues. […]
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 […]
