Martial Thamizha – The true inspiration to youngsters

Silambattam is a weapon based Indian martial art from Tamil Nadu. One can’t simply learn this art without some passion or interest into it. Abdul Rahman who is from Nagarcoil considers being one of the best silambattam champions in India. He has loved this passion since he was in the age of 3. “I used to see silambattam practices happening in a ground near to my place. No one taught me at first. I have self learned by seeing those practises. Because of my keen interest, silambattam master supported and encouraged me. That was the first plot of my success” says Abdul

Being a champion, he struggles a lot to reach this place. “Due to my family problem, I dropped my martial art interest when I was in 6. After that, sports became my other passion mainly football. I have participated in all the sports and have gained some trophies. Though my father insists me to concentrate on my studies, I left sports too. But I couldn’t manage my studies also. That was the time I was in depression. Then our family shifted to Chennai where I joined GBHSS School in 10^th grade. There I found myself by seeing silambam again after a long time and decided to never give up the passion. My journey towards Bsc Visual Communication in DG Vaishnav College made my passion of this art reaches many people.”

Silambattam is not only his passion. He has loved and earned interest in football, ball badminton and even a championship in chess. The winning moments of his life includes 112 inter college awards, 25 state awards, 21 district awards and 33 best performer awards should be appreciated whole heartedly. “I like to be an all-rounder. I will give my best in whatever I play. People used to dominate me as I am from a village. I really worked hard to come out of it. I have won all these trophies because I failed at first. After my first failure, I have succeeded in all the events which I participated” says Abdul.

Talking more about his life experience in Silambattam, he proudly explains “My silambattam performance in fresher’s day of My DG Vaishnav College has been appreciated by everyone. Being an individual I searched for a master to practise silambattam professionally. Then I found Ekuppam master who is a treasurer in silambattam helped me in all the aspects. Daily I used to practice silambattam. To give some different variety performance for audience, I will design my stage performance by adding some lights to make it innovative”.

 Apart from martial art and sports, he doesn’t leave the art of photography too. He says that it was an accident and it just happened.

“Family support is must in everything. But for me, more than my parents, my sister supported and encouraged me all the time. I left my national championship because of some politics and personal problems. Then, “Hidden Idol” conducted an event for Chennai open talent test on October month 2014 where i won the first prize of Rs. 75,000. After this event, i can able to get more contacts of private and foreign events and have been a judge for those events too”.

Abdul Rahman who has done a lot of achievements in just 20 years struggles a lot to come to this position. “Fractures and winning cups are more than my age” laughs Abdul. His friends are respecting him and his simplicity. “No matter how high he get, he will always act as the same with us” says Abdul’s friend.  Being as a martial artist, he even teaches this art to children freely. ” I want to spread our art to each and every place in the world. I love to teach children who approach me and will do free coaching in beach”. 

Abdul opens up his future plans and aims. He tells,” After completing my studies, I would like to represent events in foreign. There are some people like me who will suppress their talents. So I would like to help those people in this art. I did a small role in a film called Kadal gudhiraigal. Apart from this do have interest in directing, Racing and drawing interest. I often give interview to motivate people. I would like to advice my juniors to chase their dreams and focus on what they want. They will surely achieve their goal if they have self confidence.

Finally, Abdul tells about his aim to add this silambattam art to Olympics and he finishes his talk by expressing his three major ambitions in life. “My first ambition is creating an identity of me and my family. My second one is I should act as a bro for dhanush though I am a diehard fan of him and the third one is I should die when I am performing in the stage” says Abdul proudly.

siddha doctor dispensed free nilavembu kudineer to the public

Dr.L.Chithra organized and sponsored a dengue medical camp and dispensed free nilavembu kudineer to the public. Dengue is a deadly viral epidemic disease scaring the Medical Camp Page November 21 - November 30, 2015 public health.

In siddha medical system they prescribe Nilavembu kudineer one of the effective decoctions for the better prevention and treatment of dengue and all the other types of fever. Nowadays all government hospitals in Tamil Nadu promote this medicine for betterment of public health. The camp had a great success. Adults as well as children took active participation in spite of heavy rain and flood. Totally 1134 patients avail the medicine on the three days camp. It is appreciable that, nowadays the awareness towards the Siddha system of medicine has been increased among the public. The risk of mosquitoes carrying vector diseases such as malaria, dengue or chikunguniya may have reduced but people suffer from red bumps on the skin, allergies and itches. The original ingredients of this wonder drug as per some old Siddha texts were roots of nilavembu, musuttai ver, vetti vervilamichai ver, dry ginger.  Other ingredients like chittarathai, narukku moolam, nalla milagu, jadamaanji, vilva root, sandalwood etc were added down the centuries to improve the vitality of the concoction.

Siddha, Ayurveda and other alternative systems do not regard fever as a disease but as a symptom of an underlying disease condition.  The temperature of our body rises when the body’s defence mechanism is fully engaged in dealing with severe disease condition affecting the human body.  Harmful germs, bacteria etc will find it difficult to survive the high temperature of a feverish body.  So fever is to be looked upon as a beneficial development. It can be prepared in the convenience of your home and taken in moderation as per the directions of your Siddha/Ayurveda physician said by Dr.L.Chithra.

“FLOATING” BUSES DUE TO HEAVY RAIN IN CHENNAI

­­It seems the Chennai is facing the toughest part than ever before. Rain hits the city and causes severe damage to the roads. It has been raining continuously for the past 5 days and power supply was also disrupted in some areas. Rail tracks have also been submerged at many places, resulting in delays in arrival. “Floating” buses and vehicles could see everywhere. Many people refuse to take buses due to heavy floods. Chennai’s subways mainly Chetpet and Nungambakkam areas were flooded with heavy water causes heck of trouble for riding vehicles. Waters entered in MTC buses creates another trouble for the passengers.

Monday, 30, November

Animal Planet of Chennai

Chennai: Arignar Anna Zoological Park  also known as the Vandalur Zoo, is a zoological garden located in Vandalur, a suburb in the southwestern part of Chennai.  It previous location was set up in 1855 and was the first public zoo in India. It is affiliated with the Central Zoo Authority of India. Spread over an area of 602 hectares,  the park is the largest zoological garden in India. The zoo houses 2,553 species of flora and fauna. As of 2012 the park houses around 1,500 wild species, including 46 endangered species, in its 160 enclosures. As of 2010, there were about 47 species of mammals, 63 species of birds, 31 species of reptiles, 5 species of amphibians, 25 species of fishes, and 10 species of insects in the park. The park, with an objective to be a repository of the state's fauna, is credited with being the second wildlife sanctuary in Tamil Nadu after Mudumalai National Park.

The park has 81 enclosures and more than 170 species of mammals, birds and reptiles,such as the barking deer, blackbuck, sambar, sangai, nilgai, wolf, tiger, jaguar, panther, hog deer, jackal, hyena, lion, giraffe, camel, otter, llama, elephant, and a number of monkey species such as Nilgiri langur, lion-tailed macaque, baboon, Hanuman langur and leaf-capped langur. There are about 46 endangered animals of the Western Ghats, the Eastern Ghats and the Indian subcontinent such as the Nilgiri macaques, as well as other rare species including monitor lizard, chimpanzees, European brown bear, Muscovy duck, giraffe, Bengal tiger, white tiger, lemur, macaque, vulture, and star tortoises. The park is also home to exotic species such as the Australian flightless bird species of emu and cassowary. The park contains about 138 plant species, including cashew and eucalyptus. The dense vegetation of the park supports about 56 species of butterfly.

YOUTUBE NEW ADD ON FOR GAMING

YouTube one of the most viewed websites in the world is adding a new element called YouTube gaming separately to steam live game footage this features a special search filters play list and specification for gaming videos. YouTube was planing this for quite a while from last summer and finally it is launching tomorrow. you can check out all about it in the link below.

we can expect a separate special preference form youtube for gamers with help of this new add on in YouTube one can post their videos of their favorite games in their allotted channel. From walk through to gameplay and cheat codes all will be available in one stop. A new app both in iOS and android app will be launched soon

In the growing world of gaming this new add on will help gamers to interact more efficiently and will also help publishes their gaming experience with their  relative neighboring community members .There is more to it like live steaming into YouTube at 60 frames per second which gives a clear high definition video outs and more.

Semmozhi Poonga- An eye delight to visitors

Chennai: Semmozhi Poonga  is a botanical garden in Chennai set up by the horticulture department of the Government of Tamil Nadu. The garden was opened on 24 November 2010 and is the first botanical garden in the city. The garden is located in the Cathedral Road–Anna Salai junction Encompassing an area of 20 acres , it was built at a cost of ₹ 80 million. More than 500 species of plants are being grown in the area, in addition to the 80 trees that was already in existence during the development of the park, some of them being more than 100 years old. The garden houses some of the popular exotic flora and rare plant species, medicinal and aromatic herbs. Many of the exotic plants are imported from countries like China and Thailand.

The garden features eight subgardens displaying flora of different varieties, such as a tree court, mural walk and bonsai, herbal and exotic gardens, in addition to an artificial duck pond. Incorporating elements of an Indian-Buddhist garden, the garden has a wide variety of indigenous species across 22 exclusive areas including palm court, tree court, golden garden (featuring plants that flower in different shades of gold), water and rock garden, butterfly garden, fern garden, sunken garden and theme garden. Twenty-five thematic gardens, including herbal, aromatic, maze and cascade adorn every corner of the park. The garden boasts several exotic herbal species and 90-odd spiral-shaped and multi-branched miniature trees grown in containers. The Bonsai garden is dotted with trees whose height range from 1 foot to 4 feet. At the fag end of the park is the Cascade garden.

The arch near the entrance plaza is a vertical garden which is a unique feature of the botanical garden. The vertical garden, with an inbuilt irrigation and drain system for easy maintenance, is 22 feet long and 14 feet high intended to improve the scenic beauty of the park at the entrance.The arch is covered by 7,000 plants from 35 different species including dracena, lilies, ophiopogon, schefflera, phyllodendron and flowering plants like krishnagantha. The 10-feet-high green wall has plants raised in a poly trace imported from Canada. Micro-tube irrigation has been arranged for watering the plants. The plants cling to the 700-sq.ft. wall, which serves as the entry point.

Located at the central business district of Chennai, the park attracts several visitor and film crews for filming in the location. This has created maintenance problem, whereby there are complaints that the cinema shooting crews made a dent in the park's salubrious environs by damaging tender plants.

The garden remains open for morning walkers from 6 am to 8 am. For visitors, the park remains open from 10 am through 8 pm on all days except Tuesdays. There is an open auditorium available within the garden which can be hired to organise functions.

A bookstore new game plan

Entrance of the bookstore

  
                 Before the era of e-commerce, local independent bookstores considered as regular landscape for city residents to claim variety of books. With the invention of different digital reading devices. The internet altering the landscape of publishing and distribution, Hence it affects the business at bookstores, especially the discounts offer.

In a similar account to the new strategy, "Words & Worths" -- a local-famous independent bookstore in Besant Nagar (started 15 years ago, also sells stationery, toys and Music CD'S) has jumped in the strategic competition and for the past one week has been selling certain books at the discounted prices. They had put up close to 3,000 titles (mostly religious literature) on discount sales and these will be sold at 60 percent discount, says Balaji Venkatraman, senior customer relation manager of the bookstore.

glimpse of the inside bookstore

"This is about giving away the 'dead stock'  - the books that were unsold because the publishers refused to take them back. there are two options - one is to to pulp the books or you give them away on a discount prices, we decided to do the latter. The books on sale are on varied subjects, we also have superb collection kid's stories and motivational books and also Tamil literature. And so far these sections are doing well," he adds

the guy at the counter happily oblige my request for a photo with a book in a hand.

The employees, many of who have seen the good and the not-so-great days, believes in adopting to the situation as the ahead of the future. And the "management is thinking of different ideas. Perhaps we can set up a coffee shop  where people can sit inside and read book. We will see," say the hopeful manager.

Rain reveled the ugly condition of roads

M.Sowmiya

Chennai, 24 Nov 2015:The recent heavy rain exposed a number of civic issues, besides leaving several arterial and interior roads flooded. Shoddy civic works and storm water drains added to the difficulty of commuters and residents.

In Korattur Professor Somasundaram, a victim, narrates the harrowing experience he faced during the recent showers, “The water was six feet deep and the electricity supply was cut down for days which left me with no choice but to leave my house until things came back to normal”, he says.

Residents state that the rain fiercely affected shops in the area and commercial establishments would have incurred at least a loss of Rs 50,000 each.

The house which had encroached upon the lake beds faced the wrath of the floods by getting submerged. Few days of flooding also reaffirmed that SWDs are not sufficient, says Suresh, a resident.

Some residents recount the plight of having to wade through rain water mixed with sewage. Some of the main roads were water-logged and many streets were also flooded. The worst was Varadharaja street where water was waist high and mixed with sewage water.

It is reported that the Thangal lake was full and the water was overflowing on the pathway of the newly laid park which is used by thousands of people. Many streets got flooded with the water seeped in some houses. The residents are reported to the authorities to arrange to clear the garbage and waste from the storm water drainages so as to facilitate free movement of water.

With the stagnation continuing for over an week residents were put up to lot of hardship, with no other choice but to swim in the water to meet their daily essential needs including vegetables and milk.

Karunai illam appeals for donation to resurrect its rain ravaged women’s unit

Karunai Illam (Maduravoyal), the women’s unit of NGO was completely submerged in water due to the floods caused by the torrential rains on Nov. 15 and 16. 150 women, comprising of psychiatric and terminally ill patients, handicapped and old aged living there, had to be evacuated and taken to another home 5 kms away in the middle of the night.

All the resident’s possessions including clothes, beds, cots, bedsheets, pillows, medicines, one month’s provision Udavum Karangal appeals for donation to resurrect its rain ravaged women’s unit and groceries had to be left behind as the focus was on rescuing the patients.Founder said that the water has not fully receded and the extent of loss is yet to be estimated. He said that the patients cannot be shifted back unless the water level completely recedes. It is all the more difficult as the Unit is on the banks of the River Cooum which has risen to enormous height. Moreover, the flood waters have mixed with drainage water and there is every possibility of spread of waterborne and infectious diseases for which precautions like cleaning of the entire place with disinfectants and sterilizing the medical stores has now become a necessity.He added that returning to normalcy and giving the 150 women patients a healthy place to live in is going to be a huge physical and financial challenge. On account of flooding in several areas in the neighbourhood and water yet to recede, Sundaram Medical Foundation will provide free door delivery of medicines against doctor’s prescription for senior citizens till Nov. 30. The payment for the bill has to be paid in cash at the time of delivery. The service can be availed by senior citizens living within 5km radius of the hospital. The service will be extended depending upon the weather conditions.

Chennai rain withhold vendors business

 Chennai heavy and not resting rain everyone in the cities.  Those who  own places cannot  sell  those who  want to  buy  has nothing  to  spend on. 

“This stock is new but everyone complains it expensive” Sagetha ma said.  She own a local shop  in Karipathur whre she vendors in vegetable.  She explained thatall vegetable has inclined with more than 30% ,  tomatoes which were Rs,30.00  a kg are now sold at  Rs, 100:00. 

It a big challenge for her as well, the customers has to compromise she cannot afford to  lower her price to  because the wholesale price has  gone to  high in an  eye blink. 

Chennai city  is still  flooded,  to  an extend that  vendors with  no  shopping  area have no space to  sell  their items.  In facts, it is not only the space is occupied  which is problem but even customers are locked up in their houses.  The movement of people has become extremely less which has affected the demand of side road vendors. 

“No one will go in the rain to look for a side road fruit” Mr. Sukhumi   who drove a rickshaw from Navollur to neighbour place said he did not have stock for three weeks now.  He added that even if he has there is no way he could sell his items because of the unpredictable rain and the water around the roads.

“We find it hard to survive, our families depend on this business” Mr Sukhumi   said disillusioned.  He further stated that it hard to also make money for a new stock when one has been in a loss for such a period of time. 

To answers whether he had raised the issues with local  authorities/institution helping floods victims he said ,  so  far his  family  like few other had receive food but  it is no  enough for a  man livings. 

 For three weeks in a raw, the rain continues pouring robbing some off their markets while providing others with the best weather of Chennai city. 

Chennai floats due to rain
The continues rain has caused major damage in lot of area in and around chennai city. People suffer because of water inside and outside the house in lot of areas and also due to lack of drinking water and other for other purposes and also due to lack of power supply.
The water has entered the houses causing damage to people and property. Nearly 77 people has lost their lives due to this heavy rainfall.
R.K.Nagar and Ennor highway is also one of the affected area where the water caused a serious damage to people and their houses. Being near to the costal area has caused people risking their life and lot of people near to the cost has been vacated due to the threat of the cyclone formed. It's said that government has taken necessary steps to remove water and provide daily needs to the people affected by the cyclone. But being the area of under the ruling party, there is no action has been taken to remove the stagnate water or to provide people's needs. Only after the visit by the CM the government authorities has taken steps to help people recover and civic workers have been pumping out the water from various localities. Around 250 people are forced to move out of their homes due to the flood. In around areas like Tondiarpet, elayamudali street are all battered by rain during these four days of rain. The water has entered almost all ground floor houses and huts and people residing had to walk through neck deep water to enter their homes. 

The half-sand 'Marina'

After the unprecedented heavy rainfall that disrupted normal life across the state and specially Chennai looks very grimly with the deadly waterlogged, sloppy road, brown and murky water. Many had seen the poor urban people life went under water, echoing for basic amenities, struggling to relieve from the so-called man made tragedy. Which prevents people to wander into the streets.


                                       Scenes at Marina Beach 

And to add more horrific scenario to the beaches and its surrounding, the Marina beach, which considered being the best thing about this city has now turned up into something scariest as the vast-sand is on partly covered with rainwater. After the heavy rains, the beach service road inundated and slowly progressing towards drain.

Though most of the proliferated eateries outlet had shuts down. The beach now less crowded than the normal during day, already some others resumed traditions as well. some scattered about, holding hands, while others went for the swings or the beach. But the only question remains, after three days rain, is it a case of criminal negligence? 

    As being next to sea if rain water does not drain....what to say about administrative apathy?

Rainy Food Drive reaches more than 10 areas

M.Sowmiya

Chennai, 12 Oct 2015: Group of people joins together and distributes food which includes 547 food packets and 100+ breads biscuits and water bottles were distributed for lunch and dinner to flood rescued people and homeless in Puliyanthope.

 A small initiative to avoid hunger to those who are in difficulty to purchase food and also to the avoid wasting foods. They distribute the extra food which can serve more than 5 tummies. The volunteers or the respective person who are willing to collect will be get in touch with people who offer food and also they make sure the collected food is in good condition before they collect.

Since the basic idea is to serve home cooked meals every week, some simple dish is made at homes. The served food contains multi vegetable sambar rice, vegetable rice, variety rice, biscuits (for the children), fruits, idlis and dosais. This is packed in an easy to give containers (aluminum foil, plastic containers, plantain leaves).

The food is assembled in the locality of any spot and a small team takes this in a car, auto, bike or walk and is distributed to the homeless. The core team drives in and around the streets to makes sure it reaches only the needy and the homeless. It pretty much takes about an hour or so if the destination and the target audience are clear.

The areas where the food drive covers is AnnaNagar, T Nagar, Egmore, Saidapet, Royapet, Mylapore, Nanganallur, Velachery, OMR, Kolathur, Porur, Tambaram,  Chromepet and Pallavaram.

Heavy rain severely cripples normal life in Adyar

SHORTAGE OF MILK DUE TO RAIN

Many consumers are finding difficult to buy milk packets in retail outlets due to heavy rainfall.

Aavin supplies were hit from Monday due to stagnation of water and heavy rain.  Areas of Chinmaya Nagar, Anna Nagar, Choolai, Thiruvanmiyur, Adyar and several areas in Central Chennai were the worst affected. “I didn’t have any milk and I couldn’t find Aavin packs in retail outlets as well. The whole area did not have Aavin supply,” said a  resident from anna nagar. 

 The dairy is situated inside the Ambattur industrial estate, which is a low-level area and there is no place where the water can be pumped out. It will have to drain out on its own. Already, the water has come down by over a foot.  The normality is expected to return after a month .

lot of nearby residents complained that Aavin had supplied milk only to its card holders. 

Meanwhile, Aavin has arranged for milk supply from its Vellore and Villupuram dairies.

 By Friday, it is hoped that the Ambattur dairy will also be operational.