Fisherfolk on Marina mark tsunami remembrance day with annual ritual
December 26 morning has been for fisherfolks in the Marina kuppams a time of remembrance. Of the huge disaster of the tsunami that hit this coast in 2004 that December …
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Obit: T. S. Sundar Kumar. Community activist, volunteer
T. S. Sundar Kumar of Mylapore passed away on December 24. He was 61. Sundar worked for an auditor’s firm in Mylapore for many years and he spent much of …
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Rangolis around garbage bins send out a civic message in R. K. Nagar
On Christmas day, kolams and kuppai took on a message that touched on this celebration of the birth of Jesus but was very civic in nature and timed well. Urbaser …
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Christmas midnight Mass at Cathedral draws many families. Colourful services at local churches.
This Christmas eve, San Thome, the hub of churches and schools in the neighbourhood certainly held up the festival spirit after two damp seasons due to the pandemic. School campuses …
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Little Christmas gifts for families in kuppams . . .
The season for sharing is here. A few priests who are at the Pastoral Centre in San Thome gifted a set of saris to be given to families who have …
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Turtles sighted on Marina sands
People walking on the sands of the Marina have reported sighting turtles. Just some odd ones were seen this past week, they said. Some were dead. These sightings were in …
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Obit: Rajalakshmi Prabhakaran, former city councillor
Rajalakshmi Prabhakaran, a former city councillor and a R A Puram resident passed away on December 19. She represented Ward 173 ( south R A Puram – MRC Nagar zone …
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Rs.400 for this elai sappadu at sabha canteen. And it is crowded even on weekdays.
The meal costs Rs.400. Elai sappadu. With 20 items on the menu. And ‘repeat’ requests accepted gladly. And to tuck in at lunch time, people are packing into the canteen …
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Marina will be off-limits on New Year’s eve
No meet-ups, no mass cheering, no drive pasts. The Marina is off-limits from New Year’s eve this year too; a regulation announced by the state, in line with pandemic-time steps …
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At church in R. A. Puram, a giant crib is being set up
Two churches in the neighbourhood put up impressive cribs which recreate the scene of the birth of Christ, celebrated as Christmas. One is at the San Thome Cathedral and the …
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Sabha canteen in Alwarpet draws foodies for its daily elai sappadu. Open till Jan.5.
Two ‘sabha’ canteens are managing to draw foodies despite the average footfalls at the sabhas for the concerts. Foodies used to the December Season food are not letting go of …
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R. K. Mutt Road has its danger spots which seem to sink slowly, or suddenly
There are a few spots on busy roads in Mylapore which seem to collapse now and then. Two such cases were witnessed on R. K. Mutt Road at the Mandaveli …
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