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Seshadri Baskar

If you feel you are bit down don’t look for any physician or a bulky capsule. Get start to one meeting of Venkatesh Ramakrishnan, Historian and Writer and in next one hour you will go out with Bubbling Energy. VR is not new to these  speeches  and he has been doing this for long years on varied subjects and the last one he did was on M K Thiagaraja Bhagavathar was way back in  2018 at  Arkay Convention centre.

VR is precise, fast, and perfect in communication and had understood the knack of holding the audience with a tight grip .In such a recent talk on Last Saturday evening he literally took the audience with him for a near two Hours. The subject was Tamil cinema in 1940s.

VR Stole the show with his quick delivery of tidbits, news of those days of film stars, technicians and all those who were related to the Cinema industry. You name a building here in Madras and he will give the inputs of the story behind that with vital information that runs like a Motion film. His speech is not by- hearted or a mugged one but comes out with a fresh style of flow with High energy.

Do you know how Ganesan (Later it was Sivaji) reacted to Auditor Raman about the coconut trees of AVM? Do you know the last days minute details of Rajakumari who burnt her fingers with Koondukili a film featured both Sivaji Ganesan and MGR?

Venkatesh Ramakrishnan has this and more – He has been doing a home work on these minute matters and grasps it to share with us. Once he takes the stage with the Mike its for sure a shower for a minimum of Two Hours. And i was one among them who was stunned at his fast tempo of truck load of Information on the past history of Madras aka Namma Chennai. His speech is like crazy mohan’s Dialogue. You can’t to afford to miss a piece of Mohans and here that of Venkatesh too.

Arkay Ramakrishnan in his style gave an introductory speech and later it was V R All the way. His speeches are available on you tube and you can log on and watch his old Programmes. Venkatesh Has Plans to talk on-more personalities in the days to come and I will update the events on this wall. Arkay Convention centre is on Royappettah High Road opposite to Nalli Chinnasamy Shop. So Get for the event next and await the calendar from me soon. By the way i had a chance to see my old friends over there for a short chat and that was another interesting piece of information.

Venkatesh Ramakrishnan is also behind the Facebook Group of Madras Local History Group. The last in the image is Mr Ramakrishnan of Arkay Convention centre who carries the fine arts in Mylapore on his shoulders with a strong grit.

Venkatesh Ramakrishan is a resident of Mylapore. When Venkatesh Ramakrishnan speaks on old stories kindling the memories i affectionately wish to call him a Past Perfect Man. Congrats VR

Baskar Seshadri

The foot over bridge work which had commenced three years ago had come a grinding halt when covid struck us and it was almost sent to back burner. But now for the past few months the work had picked up a good speed and gained momentum in all spheres. The project which was planned at a cost of Rs Fifty crores but now it had now made a over run .The FOB Is planned to connect the Mambalam Railway Station to T Nagar Bus stand on Madley Road . The over crowding Natesan and Ranganathan street may have a relief once this becomes operational in this messy part of Chennai. One way it is the Flyover on South Usman Road and the thick and dense traffic all through the day had made the road unusable and many fear to travel on this stretch. The work is nearing completion and the top portion to cover the stretch had commenced. It is expected to be completed in few Months and By August this is likely to be operational. We have to wait and watch the impact of this and the State govt has to make certain amendments once this open for public usage.

The Points to be made are –

1 No vehicles should be allowed to ply including a bicycle.

2 Vendors of any kind should not be allowed to have their activity.

3 Traffic police should be posted in this six hundred meters stretch (0.6 km) to ensure smooth walk over by the pedestrians.

4 Since the width of the bridge is around twelve feet i think there may be a bifurcation on this stretch to discipline the users.

5 CCTV cameras should be fixed on all the sides.

6 Since the Police station is nearby a watch tower can be considered on both sides.

7 Manning of the stretch is essential since over crowding may lead to chaos and if necessary the public can be halted to move till the crowd on one end becomes free.

8 A rescue team may be positioned during festival times

9 Selfie activity should be banned here on this point.

10 The exit and entry points on both sides should be made free always free in case of any emergency. Let’s hope this decongest T Nagar a bit.

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My Friend Sivakumar is a big hearted person. He with his wife spends a great deal of time every day to feed the pets in and around Mandaveli. They are too kind enough to spend good money and involve their maximum time in all the activities of social interest. Every day they feed hundreds of birds on their terrace in Mandaveli almost like Camera Sekar of Royappettah. They soak the rice the previous night and provide the breakfast to the waiting birds every day in the Morning and evening. Have you ever seen Hundreds of parrots sitting on a perfect line to take their food every day? It happens at his terrace. Both of them are jointly involved in the activities and are showing the best of Humanity.

Not only this. They are in a touch with a NGO and are providing the water-bowls to the street animals and Birds wherever they could.  Only yesterday i was just planning a water bowl near my house. Last year a young Tejaswi did the same and had erected a water bowl at the beginning of Thiruvengadam Street, Mandaveli .

This evening Siva fondly as he is being called by one and all rang me to say that he was ready with a bowl for me. In next five minutes he landed in front of My House and placed the bowl. What more? He even went in to fetch water and made the first filling. I was so moved at the act of this couple. Thanks Siva and Mrs Viji for all the great qualities of yours. May your tribe increase.

My Respects and Kudos.

Please support Sivakumar and His family in his mission and he will be too glad to take the support. Siva a down to earth person is my friend for the past Forty Five Years and even before.

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If it is summer season you can be sure of some action by Blue cross of India. Last year they donated good number of water bowls to the residents so that they can fill it every day to enable to animals mainly dogs and goats.

A young boy in Thiruvengadam Street even spent his little money to erect a cement water booth that can hold few litres of water. This year they are on the job of providing such water bowls and had completed certain areas. Last week they had provided one such water bowl near Mandaveli railway station on an arrangement with the local auto drivers to fill up the water every day on a roto. This works successfully where the purpose gets solved and a awareness is created among the residents who live nearby.

The photo shown here (cover photo) is one such water bowl installed by the BC near the Railway station. Kudos.

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The Court had given time to Sastra college, Thanjavur till 24th March and on the last leg the institution had approached the High court asking the Govt to sell the land to them.

State government had clearly told that the said Place is already earmarked for various projects and it cannot give it to the concerned institution.

First of all it is daring that the said institution which had committed this fraud has the guts to ask the govt and court to give the land to them. Secondly there was no regret in any form by them for all the poaching all these years and in fact they have to pay the Govt for having enjoyed the benefits all these years. Instead now they are asking the stakeholders to give the land.

How a educational institution can be behave like is a million dollar question and please be aware that they are running a Law College. I wish the court Pounce on this corrupt act of the college and admonish them for what they have done all these days as Highly Illegal. if the court still finds its own ways and plug the leak in favour of the college and against the Govt there is no point further in talking about the justice and the so called phrase ever winning truth etal .

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When Ayodhya Mandapam was inaugurated it was called initial as Ram samajam and many in west mambalam and T Nagar found the place as more convenient to commute as a place of worship and it had many big signatories on the board. In the beginning only Iyers were permitted inside the same and later some objections were raised that facilitated all were permitted inside years later.

It was only registered as a trust. The face of the mandapam changed as many new comers who became the office bearers had interesting ideas to develop the institution and they also wanted to make the samajam commercially viable.

In the course of the time a kalyana mandapam was raised and a school had started functioning on the lines of a perfect social service link to a specific community. In fact even a Gnanavaapi was raised by them amid some objections those days.

It was once considered to be the best religious hall cum Kalyana Mandapam in chennai at an affordable rate since it also had the facility of a sath Sangh team with more members getting added every year.

The society had some issues with the state Government and after jaya Govt sworn in in 2011, many thought the snow balling issue would come to an end but it went other wise Yes. HRCE Made its first attempt and wanted to bring the samajam into the fold of HRCE and after a legal battle for few years the samaj and the society got a stay order from the court. But it was a short lived one since the court had given the judgement in favour of the HRCE and now the whole of the samajam is in the control of HRCE. Exactly on its golden Jubilee year the society lost its clout and Hold on this Religious centre.

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When it comes the aggressive Medical campaign there is no one beat Cancer institute.

The efforts the institution takes in the cancer awareness campaign is novel and those in the service centre in Taramani are highly capable enough to convey through a perfect mode and they are all on the Dot. They conduct the meetings and seminars like many other hospitals and create a clear feeling in the minds of the people that cancer if detected earlier can be ridden Hundred percent without any big fuss.

This apart for the General public they also send across their teams to the schools and colleges and screen awareness films. When it comes to women colleges they stress strong on the Mammogram Point and in the boys schools they explain in detail on all effects of Smoking in a detailed campaign with lectures if needed be inside the halls.

They have for this purpose had bought a high end Luxury Bus with all hi tech facilities worth few crores. They are ably supported by the leading corporates and Banks apart from General Public.

In fact they had a problem in getting a RTO Certificate from the authority and later after the influence was extended by the Minister concerned in the union Govt they were able to get the RTO approval.

The students normally let in the bus in groups and they are all educated on the various prevention Techniques and Food Habits and Life style Practices.

The institute has a special Psycho oncology cell to handle all the related cases. All these are handled effectively by the team of social workers and Strong Volunteer force.

The Photos here shows the Big Bus which came here for a campaign to Mylapore.

Their mission is to canvass and they do this with the greatest Dedication.

Please reach their office in case of any assistance at 8148760887