Flowers on sale for Onam, but prices are stiff
If you are celebrating Onam and looking to bur flowers for your pookalam and home decoration, you may want to check out the hawker stalls on South Mada Street east …
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Potters of Mylapore skip making clay images of Vinayaka this season
This is one artisan community that was reduced to mere numbers. Now, the virus has also badly affected them. The potters of the ‘kosapet’ of Mylapore are not making any …
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Bommai hawkers are back on North Mada Street
The colour is back on North Mada Street in Mylapore. At least, some of it is. The kolu bommai hawkers are back on the sidewalk braving the dangers that the …
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TASMAC liquor shops to open on Aug.18; preparations to regulate clients underway
TASMAC-managed, state-run liquor sales shops in the city are scheduled to open on Tuesday, August 18. On Monday, contract workers were seen busy making special preparations for crowd management at …
Read MoreBluetooth headsets and earphones are in demand now, says staff at Poorvika Mobiles
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 …
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Fresh pakoda and hot samosas: there is always a crowd to clean it up here!
There are Mylaporeans who cannot but check out on their favourite snacks store every other day. Even the pandemic condition does not dampen their desires. And one shop which exhibits …
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Vegetable shopkeepers take to mobile hawking to gain daily income
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 …
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The Lazars of San Thome bank on home-made food service to bolster finances
More and more people are launching home-based services or businesses in these times. To bolster their incomes which have been affected during the pandemic times. The Lazars in San Thome …
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Shoppers crowd Marina fish-hawking market to buy seafood before lockdown sets in
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, …
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How the popular Senthil Softy Zone did a smart move this lockdown: baked and sold bread!
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 …
Read MorePharmacies in Mylapore shut down today from 7 am to 11 am to protest against the death of two Thoothukudi shopkeepers
To protest against the death of two Thoothukudi shopkeepers allegedly in police custody, pharmacies in the neighbourhood have shut down today (June 26) from 7 am. They will remain closed …
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Tulika Books release their first e-book on COVID-19 for children
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 …
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