Reported by V. Soundararani K K Nagar is predominantly a Housing Board (HB) colony with flats in varying sizes allotted to various income groups. These are now over 30 / 35 years old and have become to show severe wear and tear. Many such house-owners are going in for redevelopment now. This trend is also [...]
What do you think this photo is all about? Mithila Madan shot this picture in a park in Lambert Nagar, Virugambakkam recently. She got the children who were playing there to put their fingers out to form a ‘star’ design. Mithila is a student of PSBB school, K K Nagar and resides in Vadapalani.
Stella Matutina College of Education is in Ashok Nagar This college for training teachers was established in July 1961. The main aims of this Teacher Training College is to promote excellence in the sphere of teacher education. The college undertakes to prepare teaching personnel who are intelligent, social minded, spiritually vigorous, vocationally prepared and committed [...]
DeVriksha ( The talent bay) is presenting a Tamil play called ‘Kichaga Vadham’ on May 28 and 29 evening in Virugambakkam. N. Muthuswamy has written this play. Draupadi is in a fix. She is incognito and the queen’s brother Kichaga is out to ravage her but Bheema saves Panchali’s honor. Woven around this strand is [...]
Shopping action has still not got going at the shopping mall to open recently on Arcot Road – that is Chandra Mall. Yes, there is a steady stream of people at the first place that opened here – Food Bazaar. But subsequently, E-zone opened and more recently Pantaloons threw its doors open to the public. [...]
Bhaskar Colony Residents Welfare Assocation in Virugambakkam felicitated a member of the community, Michel Royappan, who was recently elected MLA from Radhapuram constituency of Tirunelveli Distrct. Royappan is a member of the DMDK party led by Vijaykanth. Association vice president N. Chandrasekaran says that the Association members visited Royappan at his residence and honournoured him [...]
Reported by Anuradha Rajagopal A grand Brahmothsavam was held at Arulmigu Sundara Varadaraja Perumaal Temple in Virugambakkam recently. Celebrated over five days, from May 14 to 19, the festivities began with the traditional “kodi etram” ( the hoisting of flag marking the brahmothsavam) As part of the celebrations, Sundara Varadhar was adorned with garlands that [...]
Koothu-p-Pattarai is presenting two solo plays, performed by two actors at its theatre space in Virugambakkam from May 20 to 24, every evening. The plays are repeated every evening and are free to the public. Actors Babu alias Ganapathy Hariharan and Anand Sami will be on stage. The two solos – Naan Solla Virumbhum Kadaigal, [...]
Sree Murugan Activity Centre in K. K. Nagar has been conducting summer classes in painting and drawing for children. There have also been classes for women for this holiday season. The other activities include simple conversation, Western dance, keyboard, karate, chess, Mehendi, jewellery making, microwave cooking, glass painting and Tanjore painting. To join the new [...]
By Our Staff Reporter You may have lived for years in K K Nagar or in Ashok Nagar and yet would not have known about Stella Matutina College of Education which is in the heart of this neighbourhood. There may a reason for it. The college, under the management of the Franciscan Sisters of the [...]
