Day: August 14, 2019

During Independence Day celebrations in Chennai, the State government will honour Shanmugavel and Senthamarai, the elderly couple from Tirunelveli who bravely fought two armed robbers Sunday, 11 August.

HelpAge India jointly with Tamilnadu Elders Welfare Association is organising a course on ‘Smartphone Usage Program’ for senior citizens from 20 to 22 August at Nandhi Complex, No.88/216, MTH Road, Ambattur (near State Bank of India).

Sri Ayyappa Seva Samajam and Satsangama, Anna Nagar will be conducting free Vishnu Sahasranamam study classes on every Saturdays at Adi Sankara Auditorium from 5 pm to 6.30 pm.

Many old students of Thiru-Vi-Ka Higher Secondary School at Shenoy Nagar are rendering yeomen service to their school. The students of 1973 batch of took initiative to form alumni named as Thiru-Vi-Ka HSS (Chennai) Alumni in the year 2007 and registered it in 2009.

Inspite of various measures taken by the Corporation officials areas bordering the important roads in Anna Nagar have been changed into parking lots by ambulance vehicles and tourist cars.

For the festive occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi, a workshop will be organised to create awareness amongst children aged above 5 about Ganesha mural making, small pujai and also story telling session.

Somasundaram was the chief guest on the occasion and gave away prizes to winners of the various events at the venue. Dr TV Raja, senior orthopaedic surgeon was the special guest who also spoke on the occasion.

As the entire State is celebrating the ‘Athi Varadar’ festival at Kancheepuram, Agri Kannan, a longtime resident of T Nagar, has come out with a book titled ‘Sri Adhi Athivaradarin Arutprabhavam’, in Tamil.

Over 200 students belonging to National Service Scheme of SS Shasun Jain College for Women, Madley Road, took up the initiative to cleanse the huge water-body situated in Ellaiamman Koil Street, behind Kothandaramar temple in West Mambalam.

While Independence Day might be a time to retrospect on certain issues for most of us, how does it feel for someone who has made a career playing one of the greatest freedom fighters ever. Popularly called as ‘Gandhi Kanagaraj’, the Vyasar Street resident, has acted in films and television serials as Gandhi himself.