Postwoman at work, during lockdown hours
The lockdown was in place. The time – about 11;30 a.m. Thursday morning. In one of the streets of Mandavelipakkam, on her feet was this woman in khaki uniform. A …
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Mylaporeans join hands to send lunch, snacks daily to staff at state-run clinics
There is a bit of charity that is driving life in these grey times. And here is one example of how Mylporeans are supporting monetarily and otherwise, a group which …
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Diocesan youths prepare to reach out to virus-affected
Youths of the Catholic diocese of Madras-Mylapore are all set to roll out their services to the virus-affected from their operational base in San Thome’s Pastoral Centre off Kutchery Road. …
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R. Anantha Padmanabhan is new trustee of Vedantha Desikar Srinivasa Perumal Temple
48 year old R Anantha Padmanabhan, a senior manager at Sundaram Finance, has been appointed as the new Trustee of Vedantha Desikar Srinivasa Perumal Temple in place of R Raghavan …
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Bazaar Road is abuzz with shoppers every morning
Over 1000 people must have been on Bazaar Road over a one hour period this morning, all out shopping at the many nooks and joints on this busy street. The …
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This Abiramapuram group has been serving lunch to nurses, frontline staff at Alwarpet clinic
Vasumathy Rangarajan, a resident of Abhiramapuram has motivated her family and friends to reach out in a. small way this pandemic time. The group serves food to health workers at …
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Street hawker markets continue to function mornings
Street markets in Mylapore and Mandaveli open at dawn and stay alive till about noon. This puzzles all those who assumed that the new regulations state that such markets must …
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Fish hawker women affected by lockdown rules turn to making and selling dry fish
Fish-hawking women who work at the open-air market off Marina Loop Road have been forced to make quick changes in daily life due to lockdown regulations which have greatly affected …
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Mandaveli cemetery meant for Christians does not have much space left for burials
On Friday, since 9 a.m. Father Marshall, a junior Catholic priest now assigned to a church in R. A. Puram oversaw the burial of 16 bodies at a public cemetery …
Read More Got good amount of leftover food to share? Ping this man who gifts it to less abled
This is a community activist’s message to those who are in Home Catering and Running Kitchen activity now. If you think that the prepared food items of your food joint …
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Modernised maternity wards of Dr Durgabai Deshmukh Hospital: its managers want people to know about the facility
The once, hugely popular maternity hospital of Dr Durgabai Deshmukh Hospital in R. A. Puram is facing its biggest test in decade. For two reasons. One due to the pandemic …
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This online health mag is devoted now to content on the virus: medication, mental health, useful info
Abiramapuram-based Chitra Sivakumar used to print and publish Padham, a publication focussed on heath. Last year, she not only went online-only but the pandemic made her focus her work, acutely. …
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