Neighbourhood newspaper for Mylapore
This was an occasion to honour leaders of this R. A. Puram community. At the recent AGM, Raja Annamalaipuram West Residents’ Society (RAPRA) honoured with a citation and shawl the …
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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