New Bishop-elect of Delhi, Church of North India, has San Thome connection
Rev. Dr Paul Swarup, the newly elected Bishop of Delhi – Church of North India is no stranger to the community of CSI St. Thomas English Church. He grew up …
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Sangeetha’s kolu was on ‘mrigaya’; focus on significance of animals with gods and goddesses.
This kolu in a house in Abhiramapuram 4th Street, put up by chartered accountant Sangeeta Shankaran Sumesh, was “minimal but with a definite message.” The theme? Mrigaya, focussing on the …
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Two gardeners keep this public park green. Tend to avenue trees. In R. A. Puram.
Greater Chennai Corporation’s (GCC) Park at R A Puram’s 7th Main Road, is one of the well-maintained parks thanks to GCC and in particular Palani, the GCC gardener, who takes …
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Shanthi Sridharan’s flowers-based kolam design greet people at Navaratri time at temple
Visitors to Sri Kapaleeswarar Temple had a pleasant surprise on Monday evening, day one of Navaratri. Shanthi Sridharan, who managed the hugely popular Facebook page themed Kolam and a creative …
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Centenary memorial to celebrate life and work of Mylaporean B. Venkataramani. Sept.30
A centenary memorial to celebrate the life and work and passions of Mylaporean B. Venkataramani (30 Sept. 1922 – 7 Jun 2005) is to be held on Sept.30, 6 p.m. …
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Awards for two staff of Mylapore Post Office
Staff at Mylapore Post Office bagged two awards at the recent zonal awards meet held at a Chennai hotel. This event recognised the service and record of India Post staff …
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Jaya Dass’ singing talent wins her a prize
Jaya Dass, a resident of Mandavelipakkam is a soft skills trainer and community activist. Singing on stage is her passion and Jaya recently won a major prize for this talent. …
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This new book by Sanjay Pinto focuses on ‘provisions of statutes with crux of judgements that touch your life.’
Sanjay Pinto, a resident of Abhiramapuram is an advocate at the Madras High Court who made a transition from the newsroom to the courtroom. His fourth book, on legal issues …
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GCC recognises K. L. Balasubramanian of R. K. Nagara body for local civic work
K. L. Balasubramanian of the R. K. Nagara community body in R. A. Puram was among a few citizens recognised by Chennai Corporation as part of its ‘Clean Chennai’ movement …
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Srinivasa Ramanujam of R. A. Puram and Deepa Alexander win Madras Quiz 2022
Srinivasa Ramanujam and Deepa Alexander, journalists at The Hindu newspaper won the annual Madras Quiz held on August 28 as part of the Madras Day celebrations. The event was held …
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The news reader on AIR who gave us info on India’s Independence is with us. In Mandaveli.
“Akashwani. Seidigal vaasippadu, Venkatraman.” This was the voice that conveyed in Tamil the momentous news of India attaining independence, from New Delhi, early on August 15, 1947. For Radio Ceylon’s …
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Artist Dharshana Bajaj releases her book
Dharshana Bajaj, the well-known artist from Prithvi Avenue in Alwarpet, has published her book titled, Gaia’s Own: Every Child’s Guide To Living In Harmony With Nature. This is a story …
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