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Mind Matters’09

rama — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 05:12:58 +0000

Today is the World Mental Health Day, in this connection SCARF India (Schizophrenia Research Foundation) in association with SNEHA & Department of Psychiatry; VHS is conducting an Event called MIND MATTERS’09 in Chennai.

Venue: P S Senior Secondary School, R K Mutt Road, Mylapore, Chennai.

Timings: 10 am to 7pm

ENTRY FREE

This is an awareness programme for better Mental Health.

One could
• Know their personality
• Test their IQ & memory
• Know about mental illness & alcohol related problems
• And watch Short Films in related topics

One could also call : 94450 40236 to know more about this.

Those interested do visit the event and be wiser.

Hop on – Hop off

rama — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:32:40 +0000

Chennai has its own Hop on – Hop off tours in two routes. One between Chennai & Mamallapuram (aka Mahabalipuram) and the other one around the city.

Hop on - Hop off Tour Bus

The Yellow A/c buses are between the tourism complex and Mamallapuram and the Blue A/c buses (run by TNSTC) are running between High Court, Marina, Valluvar Kottam and Ripon Building with 15 stops.

The Stake holders of these Yellow buses are some of the Prominent Hoteliers & Travel Operators.

One could also do an ONLINE BOOKING HERE and save time visiting the Tamil Nadu Tourism Offices.

Owing to the popular Chennai climate, thankfully the buses are Air-conditioned and unlike its famous counterparts at London, Munich, Paris its not open top. And they have a professional Guide in each bus.

For other options head directly here to the TTDC homepage.

Rolling stones summer festival

rama — Thu, 21 May 2009 05:47:22 +0000

Junkyard Grooves, Them Clones & No safe word perform this 23rd May ‘09 at the Bucks Theatre, YMCA, Nandanam as a part of the Rolling Stones Summer Festival.

There’s an offer of JYG’s album 11:11 (bootleg) free CD with the Rs 150 per ticket.

Check more of their other tours here.

Walking ….

rama — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:38:34 +0000

…. Yes walking helps us in many ways, it helps us to reduce fat and improve fitness, maintain healthy living, it transforms your health and many more tangible benefits.

Ok this is not about the merits of walking and why you should start it immediately.

This is about Walking, but with a Camera. (As C says … any type of camera be it a Mobile phone or Point & Shoot or a SLR).

Photowalkers

More Photowalkers

The Eighteenth Chennai Photowalk is on 19th April ‘09 & 26th April ‘09. Yes, two editions, different locations, different times. Check here for more details.

The Contrarian Photo Workshops at Bangalore – March 09

GVB — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:43:06 +0000

Photo by GVB

React to the indecisive moment. “A photograph is a reaction to what you can see and organize within a frame. After that when you look at your contact sheets, you can make a judgement about whether you want to use a picture, whether it’s good or funny or not. But at the moment you’re working, you’re on automatic pilot.” — Elliott Erwitt

This is Mahesh Shantaram in his own words

“ a contemporary art-documentary photographer in Bangalore. Escaping cubicle captivity in 2005, I went on to study photography in Paris and returned to Bangalore to kickstart a new life.Sometimes, I’m a wedding photographer bringing art into what is generally seen as an artless profession. At other times, you’ll find me silently documenting vestiges of modern Bangalore. As an art photographer, I’m represented by Tasveer.

Through these workshops, I want to share anecdotes of people I’ve met, inspiration from situations I’ve been in, and the resulting epiphanies that brought me here.”

More details of the workshop scheduled in March 09 at Bangalore at http://thecontrarian.in/workshops/

(One may ask what the Contrarian Photoworkshops at Bangalore has got to do with Chennai Metblogs. This information is brought for the sake of Photoenthusiasts at Chennai)

The Book affair

rama — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:25:19 +0000

The various moods and the pictures from the recently concluded 32nd Chennai Book Fair at the St George’s School grounds by BAPASI.

But the books and the love for it will push most of us from Chennai to visit them in their 33rd edition or more to come after that too.

An Expression of Solidarity

praddy — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 02:38:25 +0000

Sunday, 7th December ‘08
Venue: Marina Beach, Chennai
Time: Between 9.30 a.m. and 10.30 a.m

To express the concern towards the affected persons at the hands of the terrorists during the recent attack in Mumbai and as an expression of our solidarity with the security forces that valiantly fought for us, we as citizens of Chennai wish to pledge our support and feelings for our fellow Indians.

This is the objective of the CITIZENS FOR CHANGE – CHENNAI CHAPTER [www.citizensforchange.in]

citizensforchange (Chennai Chapter), therefore, plan to have a gathering of the concerned citizens of Chennai at the Marina Beach behind the Mahatma Gandhi Statue (service lane) on Sunday, 7th December ’08 between 9.30 a.m. and 10.30 a.m. They will all assemble there, observe a minute of silence for the all the brave men and women who lost their lives in terror attacks and take a pledge for PEACE and CHANGE.

Please make it if it is possible for you. I know the post is up a bit late, but if you are somewhere nearby and reading this post before the event, do make it to Marina beach and express your solidarity to this good cause

Chennai Beach Ultimate Championships ‘08

GVB — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:17:39 +0000

Kathipara Grade Separator 2006-08

GVB — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:18:37 +0000

Kathipara Grade Separator is finally operational, details you would have read in the earlier post of praddy. Here i present three images – during construction , partially operational and fully operational stages.

Construction in progress with A R Rahman billboard in background – July 2006

Partly operational - View from St Thomas Mount - July 2008

Fully Operational on Deepavali day October 27, 2008

Chennai’ites are awed with this grade separator. Of course with some confusion. With more road signs coming up the facility is a great boon to those who cross Kathipara

Traffic bottleneck in this crucial gateway is a thing of the past.

Now Chennai looks for the Padi Grade Separator to become operational soon.

Finally, Kathipara flyover opens

praddy — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:13:36 +0000

The six-lane clover shaped flyover, constructed at a cost of Rs 250 crore at Kathipara junction is finally open.

I took the flyover from Guindy to Ashok Pillar direction, so took one of the arms of the clover and made a full loop. It’s just amazing and took me hardly 2 minutes to cover the crossing which used to take minimum 10 minutes previously during mild traffic.

I hope the authorities concerned put bigger direction display boards and also mark direction at least 200-300 meters before we take the flyover so that the motorists can change the lanes accordingly instead of changing it just near the start of the flyover.

I will try to take some photos of the completed flyover soon.

So what’s your view and experience on the new flyover? Would it serve the purpose of seamless movement of vehicles in one of the important entry/exit to our city?