Monday, August 29, 2016

Promotion of Amma sports foundation





PROMOTION OF AMMA SPORTS FOUNDATION


Amma sports foundation which was held today at Madras University Chepauk, where many students turned   up to attend the function and have volunteered themselves to come and attended the function which was a positive dimension for the attendees toward building  their carrier in sports.  After 1995 SAF games in Chennai under the honorable Chief Minister Selvi Jayalalitha, this was the second time bringing up the state sport into a new millennium toward promoting and giving more scope to the people through today’s   “AMMA SPORTS FOUNDATION”.  Such was the magnanimity of the golden heart of the sports world. As a sports foundation the youngsters were proud and honoured to use the name that is associated with such great honor.
The special guests of the day’s program were Sivakumar, Nayanthara, Arjun, R.V Udayakumar, Nazar, Sneha Prasanna, Atlee, Sonia Agarwal, P.T Usha, K.Srikkanth, Viswanthan Anand and Bhaskaran.












Protest against government by the Retired


The retired conductors and the drivers are nearly seventy thousand since 2003. No retirement benefits from the government from ten years.

Chennai, Chepauk august 29,2016: The Tamilnadu government seems to have got into trouble. The drivers and the conductors from all over Tamilnadu has come on the roads for a protest against the government of Tamilnadu for their retirement benefits that has not been given from the year 2012.

Provident fund(P.F), gratuity,commutation and EL are the benefits that the government is supposed to give to the every retired citizen of Tamilnadu. But the transport department's retired people were not given all these from ten years and they had asked the government for the money or the benefits they were supposed to get. Yet they were not paid attention on the subject.

"Our benefits are used for the transport maintenance purpose by the government. They keep on telling us that they are out of the funds and will do it soon but the government has been saying this from ten years. It's hard for us survive without this",said one of the people who protested.

Almost everybody in the protest showed their agony on the present ruling government party. They say that they had got all the benefits properly during the DMK's rule and very disappointed with "amma". At present the ruling government has been discussing on the issue in the secretariat. "But we don't have any hopes that the government would agree on this. And we are very sure that we won't calm down or stop our protest until the government comes with a positive progress,"said an oldman in the group.

In these ten years, these people had done many protests and asked for their benefits in many ways but still they did not succeed. There are women too in the protest against the government who crossed their sixty years of age and yet waiting for their own benefits from the government.








New traffic regulations , suffers commercial vechicles , bullock carts


Daily wage earners of the commercial vechicle labours are now jobless due to new traffic regulation . many of daily wages labours at north Chennai have been struggling without work because of pretiting the commercial vechicle in the road . due to traffic control purpose .
even tricycles and bullock cards are not being allowed without any loading or unloading works. in the early days for loading and unloading works the tricycles and bullock carts were mostly used but now a days , now many of them shifted into tata ace, or mini auto so the commercial owners are now jobless and if they got any orders to unloading the goods the police officers are not allowing them in the road . because of the traffic control .only in the night they can allowed bullock carts for the loading purpose 
said balamurugan owner of one bullock carts it was not possible to unload the goods in nights as they are not alert at the time  and chances of getting hurt were higher  if we start work in the morning . we would have finished most of our work by night.
most of the cows are from perambur murugan a worker said  that we are not eraning any profits with cows . so if the cows gets ill they send all cows for the curry shops for certain amount . due to this jobless problems my two childrens are discontinued there studies and going for jobs . this is what happeing to all labours. 



Monday, August 22, 2016

Deaf and Blind are never the barriers 

In-spite of being deaf and blind, an eighty five-year old man has been working with metals for sixty years. He has been making his own occupation with the art that he learnt from his grandfather from the age of twenty five.

Chennai, Mylapore august 22,2016: An old man who is about eighty five years of age has been succeeding in life with his own occupation that he has learnt from his grandfather. He is deaf and blind from the time he was born.He makes cones out of metal which are the materials used in the marriage ceremonies of Brahmans. 

He does the work through the practice that he has been doing from sixty years. The metal cones that he makes are being made by using tools like hammer and rods. But this man finds and uses the tools in a appropriate and accurate manner. He sells a pair for rupees fifty.

Most of them call him as "Thagudu thaatha". His native is Chennai and he is the only man who makes this material in the whole Mylapore. "He never stays in a place without working and he loves his work.Even after their children many times told to quit his work and rest, he refused to do it because he finds his happiness in his work",said his neighbour. 

He has three children and wife passed away. His two daughters are married and work as maids and his son is a driver and married too. He stays with his elder daughter and he has been taken care by all his three children. The elder one brings him the food everyday afternoon as he is busy all the day from morning 10 am to evening 4.30 pm.

"My dad is a gentleman. He loves his work and never he is a burden to us. I wanted him to be with me always and after my mom passed away ,he was very stubborn with his life and nourishing our lives",says the elder daughter.

"Am deaf and blind, but have never bothered me in my life nor were the barriers of my life. I took them as a challenge and learnt the work with love and devotion and has been succeeding all through my life. Even now i don't bother my children nor ask them money,instead i give them in their need",says Thagudu thaatha-"metal man".


















Thursday, August 4, 2016


உணவகத்தை  தேடி . . . 


     மனிதனின் அத்தியாவசிய தேவைகளான உணவு, உடை, இருப்பிடம் இவற்றின் முதல் தேவையான உணவு, தமிழகத்தின் தலைமை பல்கலைக்கழகமான  சென்னை பல்கலைக்கழகத்தின் வகுப்புகள் ஆரம்பித்து இரண்டு மாதங்கள் ஆகியும் உணவகம் செயல்படாமல் இருப்பது மாணவர்களை பெரிதும் பாதிக்கிறது.

கடந்த கல்வி ஆண்டில் வகுப்புகள் நிறைவு பெறுவதற்கு முன்னரே உணவகத்தின் ஒரு ஆண்டு குத்தகை நிறைவு பெற்றதாக கூறி மார்ச் மாத இறுதியில் வளாக உணவகம் காலி செய்து மூடப்பட்டது. கல்வி ஆண்டின் இறுதி நாட்கள் என்று மாணவர்கள் அதை பொருட்படுத்தவில்லை. ஆனால் அன்று மூடப்பட்ட  வளாக உணவகம் இக்கல்வி ஆண்டு தொடங்கி இரண்டு மாதம் ஆகியும் திறக்கப்படாமல் உள்ளது.  

மாணவர்கள் பல்கலைக்கழக வளாகத்தில் உணவகம் இல்லாத காரணத்தால் அருகில் உள்ள பொது பணித்துறை சிற்றுண்டி சாலையில் உள்ள கடைகளில் வாங்கி உட்கொள்ளகின்றனர். பணம், காலம், உடல்நலம் என எல்லா தரப்பிலும் மாணவர்கள் பாதிப்புக்கு உள்ளாகின்றனர்.

"வளாகத்தில் உள்ள உணவகம் என்றால் ஒரு வேலைக்கு குறைந்தது ரூபாய் 15 முதல் 25க்குள்  உள்ளடங்கும், ஆனால் வெளியே சென்று சாப்பிடும் போது செலவு இருமடங்காகிறது" 
                           -  தனலட்சுமி, இரண்டாம் ஆண்டு முதுநிலை மாணவி   
மூடப்பட்ட நிலையில் உள்ள சென்னை பல்கலைக்கழத்தின் உணவகம்  

சென்னை பல்கலைக்கழகம் தமிழகத்தின் தலைமை பல்கலைக்கழகமாக திகழ்வதால் இங்கு தமிழகத்தின் பல்வேறு மாவட்டங்களில் இருந்தும், வெளிமாநிலம், வெளிநாடு என்று அனைத்து தரப்பு மாணவர்களும் கல்வி பயில ஆசைப்பட்டு பல கனவுகளுடன் வருகின்றனர். ஆனால் இவர்களுக்கு உணவு அருந்த வளாகத்தில் உணவகம் இல்லை என்பது வருத்ததிற்குரியரியது.

குறிப்பாக இங்கு கல்வி பயில்பவர்கள் நடுத்தர குடும்பங்களை சேர்ந்தவர்களாகவே உள்ளனர். இது இம்மாணவர்கள் மற்றுமின்றி அவர்கள் குடும்பங்களையும் பொருளாதார வகையில்  பாதிக்கிறது.


குறிப்பிட்ட நேரத்திற்குள் அருகில் உள்ள பொது பணித்துறையில் உள்ள சிற்றுண்டி சாலை உணவகம் சென்று உணவு அருந்தி வர நேரம் போதுமானதாக இல்லாதால் பல மாணவர்கள் வகுப்பிற்கு தாமதமாகவும் சிலர் வகுப்புகளை தவரவும்  விடுகின்றனர். 

அதே போல அங்கு அனைத்து தரப்பு மக்களும் வந்து உணவு உண்பதாலும், குறிப்பாக  பொது பணித்துறை ஊழியர்களும் அங்கு அதிகம் வருவதால் அவர்களுக்கே அங்கு முதல் உரிமைகளும் அனுசரிப்பும் இருக்கும். மாணவர்களோ நின்றபடி வேகமாக தங்கள் வசம் உள்ள பணத்திற்க்கேற்ப உணவை அருந்தி வளாகம் வந்தடைகின்றனர். 

ஒவ்வாமை காரணமாக சில மாணவர்களுக்கு அவ்வப்போது உடல் நிலை சரியில்லமால் போவதால் அவர்கள் தங்கள் மதிய உணவை தவிர்க்கின்றனர். 

"வீட்டில் இருந்து வரும் மாணவர்களை  காட்டிலும், விடுதியில் இருந்து வருபவர்கள்  நிலை தான் மிகவும் கஷ்டமானது" 
                                                         - டேவிட், இரண்டாம் ஆண்டு முதுநிலை மாணவர்

மாணவர்  இது குறித்து மாணவர்கள் பல்கலைக்கழகத்தின் சிண்டிகேட் குழு  தலைமையிடம் நாடியபோது அவர்கள் துணை வேந்தர் வந்தால் தான் உணவாகத்தின் புதிய ஒப்பந்தம் கையளித்திடப்பட்டு உணவகம் திறக்கபடும் என்று அலட்சியமாக கூறுகின்றனர்.  

"துணை வேந்தர் இல்லாமால்  வகுப்புகள்  நடக்கின்றன, பல்கலைக்கழக விழாக்கள் நடைபெறுகின்றன, மாணவர்கள் சேர்க்கை நடக்கின்றன , இங்கு பணி  செய்பவர்களுக்கு மாதம் தவறாமல் ஊதியம் செல்கின்றது. ஆனால் உணவகத்திற்கு மட்டும் துணை வேந்தர்  இல்ல காரணத்தை கூறுகின்றனர்"
                                                                                              - அப்துல் கரீம் , ஆய்வு மாணவர்

மாணவர்கள் இதுவரை பல பிரச்சனைகளுக்கு போராட்டம் நடத்தி தங்கள் உரிமைகளை பெற்று உள்ளனர், ஆனால் உணவகம்  விசயதில் அமைதியான முறையில் தான் இன்றுவரை  கேட்டு வருகின்றனர் ஆனால் சிண்டிகேட் குழுவும், தமிழக  அரசும் இன்னும் செவி சாய்க்காமல் மாணவர்களை இப்படி பட்டினி போடுவதில் பல அரசியல் இருக்கின்றது.   
  





     

60 years , protest against government



A large group of 60 years retired citizens protested outside MLA hostel in chepauk seeking retirement funds , unfortunately women's are more in numbers .

on behalf of the people AITUC , labour workers protest against the government to provide their retirement funds , as per the government the act no 36 . was issued on 28.2. 2011.people from the various places are participated in the protest . the total allotment of retirement fund is 3000 monthly but they are not getting the full amount . some of them are getting 1000 rs alone. according to this problem suffered peoples approached the civil charges there were no proper response in it. when the technology turns to computer there was no immediate action was taken by the respective officers . most of the women's are suffering for food and they are from different villages .

the respective officers are compareing the rashion card age with the adhar card if there any mistakes have found they are not provideing the retirement funds.those who are completed the age 60 are eligible candidates to get the retirement funds but for past 5 years the funds are not given to the senior citizens the government should take proper action towards it .



Heroes in the STABLE

Heroes in the "Stable"

Stable consists of ten horses where every horse is considered as the hero. The amount spent on them  is about 3,700 rupees a day. Each hero has a name.

Chennai, Chepauk, Aug,2016: Each person has a hero in his life and it may be from an influence or guidance but here in Chepauk a man considers his ten horses as the heroes of his life. Interestingly he spends nearly three thousand seven hundred rupees on them for a day.

This man named P.Siva, is making his living with these ten horses from twenty two years. The horses are rented for the wedding or the other cultural occasions. He earns about five thousand for weddings and more than seven thousand depending on the occasions.

He says,"My horses are the heroes of my life, because am able to make my living out of their cooperation and work. So i take care of them as my own children. People are appointed to groom them every day including cleaning their stools."said the owner.

Five to six people work in the stable to take of the horses and their grooming. They clean the horses every day and feed them thrice a day. The diet of the horses include bran, millet and grass. Water is provided three to four times a day.

One of the horses named Armstrong stand as the center of  attraction. He wore a red colored thick fabric cloth to cover his body from flies as he is very sensitive. He dances and is the most wanted and likable by many people. The others are Lakshmi a female, Kuttipuli, Bheema, Chitti, Kabali, Raju, etc.

Even the workers treat the horses like one. They say,"we don't hurt them, they listen and obey us. some of them dance well. we are the ones who take them to the occasions so we treat them as our own children as they are the main reason for our living."







Chepauk station is totally ‘off‘ in Offseason

“Every day I have to carry all these packets and climb all these steps which seem like a big steep. As the gaps between steps are more than usual it’s really hard. No Escalator for years and lift will work only when it feels to.” Says Sumati, a daily passenger in chepauk Railway station

The non-working Escalator and its parts lying as debris in different sides in chepauk railway station is a common scene for travellers in couple of years .The rusted engine, unclean floor, dirty rails and moving street dogs in every nook and corner give a horror atmosphere to the station.

”The lag in the approval of tender by the central government is the reason for this. The other reason is lack of maintenance, school / college students and common people are the majority who comes here, they play on them and thus result in destroying. “says T Lakshmanamoorthy , Ticket Checker at the station . He also added that station lacks manpower.

The only one RPF officer between Beach station to chepauk explains the uncertainty in security for passengers. Even if there are no reported crime cases from the station, the scenario in moonlight is not safe even for a man. Lack of proper lighting and intrusion of locals to station are serious threats. The major rush time of station is between 9.00 to 10. 30 am and 4.30 to 7.00 pm Station seems to be almost empty after this time. During this time the street dogs and gangs of students playing with ‘danger’ by de-training without stopping creates tension. The lack of security guards is the key reason for all these.


 In the light of series of attacks in railway stations it is high time to take serious steps to ensure the safety and proper infrastructure of suburban stations like this. 


மந்தமான நிலையில் கட்டிட பணிகள்



சென்னை அயோத்திய நகரில் மீனவர்களுக்காக குடியிருப்பு கட்டிட பணிகள் மந்தமான நிலையில் உள்ளன.

இந்த பணி கடந்த 2012-யில் தொடங்கி 2014-குள் முடித்து தரப்படும் என்று குடிசை மாற்று வாரியத்தால் தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டது. ஆனால் இன்னும் பணிகள் முடியநிலையில் உள்ளன.

அதன் விளைவாக மக்கள் இருப்பிடித்தமின்றி அவதிப்படும் நிலைமைக்கு ஆளாகியுள்ளனர். ஏனெனில் அவர்களுக்கு மாற்று இடம் அளிக்காமல் குடியிருப்பு பகுதிகளை குடிசை மாற்று வாரியம் காலி செய்து அவல நிலைக்கு தள்ளியுள்ளது.

தமிழக அரசின் வருடம் எட்டாயிரம் ரூபாய்  குடிசை மாற்று வாரியத்தால் தரப்படும் என்று தெரிவித்தது குறிப்பிடதக்கது. அனால் அவர்களுக்கு இரண்டாயிரம் ரூபாய் மட்டுமே அரசிடம் இருந்து கிடைத்தது. வீட்டு வாடகையும் ஐயாயிரம் ரூபாய்க்கு மேல் அதுவும் ஒரு மாதத்திற்கு மட்டுமே என்று அப்பகுதி வாழ் மக்கள் மிகவும்    வறுத்துதுடன் கட்டிட பணிகளை விரைந்து முடிக்கும் மாறு தெரிவிக்கின்றன. 

Junk storage increases in Madras University

                            Junk storage increases in Madras University

    Non disposable materials are stored as junk in 150 years old Madras University.
Material like fused Tube lights, Plastics covers, papers were not properly disposed, which directly leads to a unhealthy atmosphere in and around the university.  Suraj student of political science department said," We have complain to the respected authorities to clean up this junk, and to place in a proper place but till now no proper action has been taken so far and still this issue goes on due to
lack of attention by the authorities". A huge pile of fused tube lights are not disposed and placed near the generator room, Which creates unhealthy atmosphere in the historical university in and around the campus.

கட்டுமான தொழிலாளர்கலின் உண்ணாவிரத போராட்டம்

கட்டுமான தொழிலாளர்கலின் உண்ணாவிரத போராட்டம்

தமிழ்நாடு கட்டுமான பணியில் ஓய்வூ பெற்ற பல தொழிலாளர்கள் ஓய்வூதியம் பெற முடியாமல், அரசாணை எண்.36 கடைபிடிக்காமல் விண்ணப்பதாரர்கள் அலைக்கழிக்கப்படுவதை எதிர்த்து, சென்னை சேப்பாக்கம் அரசு விருந்தினர் மாளிகை அருகில் தமிழ்நாடு கட்டுமான தொழிலாளர்கள் உண்ணாவிரத போராட்டத்தில் ஈடுபட்டனர்.  

தமிழ்நாடு கட்டுமான தொழிலாளர்கள் நலவாரியத்தில் ஓய்வூதியத்திற்க்காக விண்ணப்பிக்கப்படும் விண்ணப்பதாரர்கள் 60 வயது நிறைவடைந்தாலே பதிவு பெற்ற கட்டுமான தொழிலாளிக்கு ஓய்வூதியம் வழங்கப்பட வேண்டும் என்று 28 மார்ச் 11 அன்று அரசாணை எண்.36 உத்தரவிட்டுள்ளது. ஆனால் நல வாரிய அட்டையில் உள்ள வயதை அடிப்படையாக கொண்டு ஓய்வூதியம் வழங்காமல், வாக்காளர் அட்டை, ஆதார் அட்டை, வயதுகளுடன் ஒப்பிட்டு ஓய்வூதிய விண்ணப்பங்கள் நிராகரிப்படுவதாகவும், தமிழ்நாடு கட்டுமான தொழிலாளர்கள் நலவாரியத்தின் நோக்கம் சீர்குலைக்கப்படுகிறதாகவும், வாரியத்தில் ஆயிரம் கோடி நிதியிருந்தும் பல்லாயிரக்கணக்கான தொழிலாளர்களுக்கு ஓய்வூதியம் கிடைக்காமல் மிகவும் வறுமைக்குள்ளாவதாகவும் மற்றும் ஓய்வூதியம் பெறாமல் மரணமடைவோர் எண்ணிக்கை உயர்ந்து கொண்டே போகிறது என்றும் தொழிலாளர் துறையினர் தங்கள் குறைகளை முன்வைத்து இப்போராட்டத்தில் ஈடுபட்டனர்.

நலவாரிய செயல்பாடுகள் சீர்குலைந்து விட்டன. ஓய்வூதியம் உள்ளிட்ட நலத்திட்ட உதவிகளை சம்மந்தப்பட்ட தொழிலாளர்களுக்கு கொண்டுபோய் சேர்ப்பதற்க்கு பதிலாக நலத்திட்ட உதவிகளை மறுக்கும் வகையிலேயே நலவாரிய அதிகாரிகள் செய்யப்பட்டு வருகின்றனர் ஆகையால் இந்த விஷ செயலை தடுக்கும் வகையில் தமிழக முதல்வர் தலையிட்டு இந்த பிரச்சினையில் ஓர் சுமூகமான முடிவை எடுக்க வேண்டும் எனவும் தமிழ்நாடு கட்டுமான தொழிலாளர்கள் துறையினர் வேண்டுகோள் வைத்து போராடினர்.




 

 

Monday, August 1, 2016

A 54 year old Fragrance


He grabbed some flowers from his daily bunch and paste it in a white board in form of a goddess , people appreciated him on his novel experiment. This new venture by S Sarangan paved way to the fast moving decoration business in Chennai.

S Sarangan flower shop in Mylapore holds the history of 54 years being the one stop shop for all floral decoration needs of city. They receive orders from all part of world and export products with soothing fragrance. This shop was started by S Sarangan in 1962 as a small room near to Kapaleeshwarar temple, by gaining much acceptance by people the shop ‘flourished’. Now they are the top most flower sellers and decorators of Chennai. Now they are well advanced with the offer ‘sending flowers to your loved ones anywhere in Chennai is just a call away’.

 “There is no shortcut for success for us it is the quality we maintain. Even if artificial flowers and other decorative materials gain importance in public we insist more to natural flowers.” Says S Ramesh , son of Sarangan and current owner of the shop . He also commented that for some it is a matter of luck. If some important function happens in their home, flower form Sarangan shop is inevitable. To provide flowers for the three generations of a family is a blessed moment for the shop.

Shops history is very rich from designing set for AVM production to celebrity marriages and Thirukalyanam in temples etc. Flowers are collected from Koyembedu and ooty , the rare flowers are imported from Thailand. The long list of marriage hall designs, bride hair designs and garland designs in Rajesh’s ipad explains them as the ace decorators.

“The wedding and events culture had changed in city. All are hi-fi , bride and groom sends their suggestions through whats app. We design things with their suggestion and send back. People need variety in each phase” says K Kumaravel, Worker for 17 years While busy designing a garland of cardamom.

While leaving the shop after checking the quality of each garland Rajesh made sure that the jasmine bud garland round his father’s photograph was right in position.


Lamentation Of an Abandoned

Lamentation of an Abandoned

A woman was abandoned by her son and was thrown on the roads. The grief and sorrow within her lead her go insane and get addicted for the drugs.

Chennai, Mylapore ,august 1st,2016: Abandoned by the family is the biggest grief. The consequences faced due to it is really unimaginable. A woman has undergone the same situation where she was abandoned by her own son and husband died.

Savithri, at the age of forty eight has been thrown out the house by her family. Her husband was a drunkard and passed away before two years. She has become a burden for her son and family and so, her son left her on the roads. The reason behind her son disliking her is untold.

Everyday she comes to the roadside shop near to the kabaleeswar temple kolam and begs for food. On looking at her pathetic situation, some help her but some shew her off by hurting. She begs money and intakes drugs(alcohol) everyday. After she is overloaded with the drugs, she screams and laments louder and then faints on the roads.

The shop vendor who got used to the situation wakes her up and gives her the space to fall asleep. Savithri's son, even if he notices her on the road drunk, won't take care or take any step to recover his mother. He just passes on looking at her as a third person does.

"Once upon a time Savithri was a good home maker and she has a son named Thangadurai. After her husband passed away, she had to take care of her son and was a responsible woman and was keenly interested to make her son settle in life. She successfully completed her task. But due to few circumstances her son lead her to a situation where is has been mentally tortured by the son and family." said a woman who knows about her.

The way she was left on the roads is so pathetic that she has gone insane for she couldn't take the loneliness so easy. Sometimes the woman would be ill treated by the public and she looks panicked. "Her lamentations are heard everyday to hundreds of people but not her son", says the shop vendor.