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Valasai Times -- Valuable Information Weekly Tabloid for Chennaites and those from near Valasaravakkam Whilst waiting at the dentist clinic , I had a quick glimpse of the copy of Valasai times, a free weekly tabloid that is being distributed in the area of Valasaravakkam, Alwarthirunagar, Virugambakkam and Vadapalani. They seemed to be offering free book library on Sri Vaishnava books, free legal counselling etc. I just thought I would share their contact numbers as mentioned for the benefit of other readers. The numbers as mentioned in the magazine are: (91)93828-09000 (91)44-24868975 Do share this info with your other friends so that it would beneficial for everyone.

  Buying a residence apartment in Madipakkam?     If you are intending to buy a residence apartment there are a number of points to ponder, which was our experience a few weeks back. A few of them to share out are:       Too high rated square feet costs.  Bad infrastructure of the place  Easy-to-inundation on the slightest spark of showers.  Despite these, we braved to zero in two apartments one near Madippakkam Koot Road and other near Jaysan Cholai along with a close relative. Whilst the one near Koot Road was a resale the owner was avariously quoting a skyrocketing price, nevertheless it was maintained well. The other one was in a flood-prone area of Ram Nagar-Sadasivam Nagar belt.Also a few of the politics-creating creatures in my previous organization are put up in the same location of Madipakkam. I hence thought considering the lot of negative weights in Madipakkam this needed to be abruptly dropped without fur...

The Posting Time after 11.30? & nbsp; A reader just wrote me a casual query why is my posts always published only around midnight like 2300 hours. There is nothing specially tagged to that time except the fact that because I have to return little late home. After a little refreshing, by the time I am able to connect online to the Internet for a few hours, the clock strikes 2300 hours. & nbsp; I take this opportunity to appreciate that reader for his close observation of even the posting time. It is also a sign of encouragement for budding&nbsp;bloggers like me.<!-- bd_ad_type = 'inline'; bd_ad_id = '94858'; //-->           Posted at 01:21 pm by Deepak Kumar Vasudevan           Original BlogDrive Post on Sunday, December 20, 2009

Sridasa Dharmasastha Aanmeega Sabha Day before yesterday there was hectic traffic jam near Guindy Azarkhana bus stop. Perhaps it was due to seasons holidays and people going to hometown are thronging the bus stations. I saw a big board advertisement/direction to a Sri Ayyappa temple near Adambakkam. I just thought I would share the address with other devotees too: Sri Gridhara Vilas Kalyana Mandabam, #4-A. Thilaga Street, Nilamangai Nagar, Adambakkam, Chennai 600 088. Tamil Nadu. INDIA. Telephone: (91)-44-2245-0355 Email: aanmeegasabha (at) gmail.com I haven't still visited the place and hence can not give driving directions or landmark etc. But just because of this fact, I didn't want this observation to be held in 'Writing Queue'. At least if I share this, some of them would visit and if they are kind enough to share reviews/reachability, it would be more elegant route.

Come Margazhi Tomorrow :: Let us welcome the sweet month dedicated to Andal's Thiruppavai & nbsp; The shorter month of Karthigai is over by today 23:59 hours and we are getting geared to welcome the new Tamil month of Margazhi in the travel of time. We would take a moment to pray to Andal for the peace and prosperity of our family, country and the world: & nbsp; &#2980;&#3007;&#2992;&#3009;&#2997;&#3006;&#2975;&#3007;&#2986;&#3021;&#2986;&#3010;&#2992;&#2980;&#3021;&#2980;&#3009; &#2970;&#3014;&#2965;&#2980;&#3021;&#2980;&#3009;&#2980;&#3007;&#2980;&#3021;&#2980;&#3006;&#2995;&#3021; &#2997;&#3006;&#2996;&#3007;&#2991;&#3015;!&#2980;&#3007;&#2992;&#3009;&#2986;&#3021;&#2986;&#3006;&#2997;&#3016; &#2990;&#3009;&#2986;&#3021;&#2986;&#2980;&#3009;...

Jumping Lanes and Posing Serious Security Hazard to Road Users &nbsp; This is a followup incident to what is described here. When the cab was nearing Cement Road near Mahalakshmi Nagar there was one Hyundai car who gave us a wild jolt overtaking and then immediately took the left turn in front of us. Hadn't we slowed down our vehicle, we would have gone ahead and banged on his left door with a force ripping both the vehicles' chassis seriously. &nbsp; The driver of the brand new Hyundai seems to be well dressed and hailing from a high rank in a good organization. But when it comes to common road sense he demonstrated a cheap misdemeanour posing a serious security hazard to the co-road users. Not sure what is his intent of overtaking a vehicle going straight when he was to take a left turn in just less than a second?<!-- bd_ad_type = 'inline'; bd_ad_id = '97975'; //-->           Posted at 01:29 pm by Deepa...

Heavy Smoke Emission from a brand new Tata Sumo yesterday night &nbsp; Yesterday night whilst travelling home in a cab I had an opportunity to witness a Tata Sumo car near Chromepet farting out and belching real bouts of thick clouds of smoke. The cab driver was telling that this should be because the driver should be amateurish in not properly changing gears and accelerating his vehicle continously in the same gear. &nbsp; Just thought I would share this observation with others so that we can avoid such mistakes whilst driving. This is amounting to the following problems: &nbsp; Too much of air pollution. Wastage of oil/petrol in incomplete and incorrect combustion Reduction of engine life Deterioration of Vehicle performance Can we ensure that when we drive we are ecologically concern and also save our wallets more carefully?<!-- bd_ad_type = 'inline'; bd_ad_id = '20889'; //-->         ...

Nature forces us the healthy transition even when we cling onto and clinche ourselves to age-old withered things &nbsp; I have been thinking of the above thought for a while. Two things had been remaining old with me and the entity itself gotten defaced, mutiliated and beyond normal use. I was trying to manage it thanks to the virtue of laziness and/or inertia of whatever you call or brand it regarding the effort involve to go ahead and supplant it by a new one. &nbsp; One of my&nbsp;statutory&nbsp;identity cards was totally bad shaped for a while. About two weeks back it got mysterious disappeared by force in a crowded bus and now after a little more haggling statutory efforts involved this now got replaced by a stunning shiny sparkling dazzling and sizzling novel new one. I was planning of replacing the belt for a while with the new stylish one. Thanks to my friend and this week visit to Saravana Stores Panagal park this long pending plan too got mater...

A bad practice of bus stop confirmation when people are busy boarding thus blocking the passageway and hence delaying the journey for others &nbsp; I had this thought to share after witnessing someone ask superflous questions whilst we were trying to board a bus D70 Extn Express (Velachery Vijayanagar - Pattabiram) after a long arduous ordeal wait. I think the time keeper office is very nearby and the terminus has a good number of shopkeepers and bus crew waiting who would serve as a good lookup rather than approaching the bus which is already crowdy and throwing pesky questions at the commuters who are already finding great hardship in boarding/alighting from the crowded bus. &nbsp; Would people try to be more logical in their moves whilst planning their travel?<!-- bd_ad_type = 'inline'; bd_ad_id = '46369'; //-->           Posted at 01:05 pm by Deepak Kumar Vasudevan         ...

"Authoritative Begging" witnessed in Velachery Vijayanagar Terminus & nbsp; Today whilst connecting at Vijayanagar to Guindy whilst commuting at Tambaram, I had a chance to witness a beggar who was having some leg infection and had tied some cloth on it. He was using a support stick to help his mobility. He was seeking alms to everyone. Whilst this is a common scenario in Chennai the most disgusting part was that if the prospective donor that he was approaching was turning down his request, he started to shower expletives on each of the persons individually before moving to the next one. Most of them just were ignoring his deeds. &nbsp; I think he should have great humility first rather than being an authoritiative on begging, what we call in Tamil as &#2949;&#2980;&#3007;&#2965;&#3006;&#2992;&#2986;&#3021;&#2986;&#3007;&#2970;&#3021;&#2970;&#3016;. Furthermore, the cops were mute spectators of this ...

More Patronage to Farmers Market is Required &nbsp; Today whilst commuting through Medavakkam I observed the Farmers Market (&#2953;&#2996;&#2997;&#2992;&#3021; &#2970;&#2984;&#3021;&#2980;&#3016;) premises in Medavakkam. Unlike other private markets the crowd is less and the surrounding/entrance areas is not maintained clean. These discourage people a little from using it though the quality of goods here is far superior. The nature of maintenance belittles its importance. &nbsp; Would the public and civic administration uphold the value of Farmers Market. After all, India is celebrated as 'Land of Villages'. We should take pride of it to preserve the villages, agriculture and farming to ensure our country has the best name all around across the globe.<!-- bd_ad_type = 'inline'; bd_ad_id = '52596'; //-->           Posted at 12:45 pm by Deepak Kumar Vasudevan ...

Specific Areas becoming preferred pockets to select builders in Chennai & nbsp; In Chennai if you closely observe each area would be dominated by a particular builder who has a significant amount of realty contribution and investment. Salient examples are below: & nbsp; Pallikaranai: NatWest Thiruvanmiyur/Velachery: CeeDeeYes Ashok Nagar/Arumbakkam/Thiruvanmiyur: Ramaniyam Pallavaram/Selaiyur: Jain Housing Selaiyur: Maruthi/Vasantham Nanganallur: MuraliRam, Bhuvaneswari Nanmangalam: Bhavani I just thought I would share this small observation with the readers so that it would be quick and handy information when you are looking out for apartment purchase in and around Chennai.<!-- bd_ad_type = 'inline'; bd_ad_id = '77721'; //-->           Posted at 12:38 pm by Deepak Kumar Vasudevan           Original BlogDrive Post on Tuesday, December 15, 20...

I have been thinking of the above thought for a while. Two things had been remaining old with me and the entity itself gotten defaced, mutiliated and beyond normal use. I was trying to manage it thanks to the virtue of laziness and/or inertia of whatever you call or brand it regarding the effort involve to go ahead and supplant it by a new one. One of my statutory identity cards was totally bad shaped for a while. About two weeks back it got mysterious disappeared by force in a crowded bus and now after a little more haggling statutory efforts involved this now got replaced by a stunning shiny sparkling dazzling and sizzling novel new one. I was planning of replacing the belt for a while with the new stylish one. Thanks to my friend and this week visit to Saravana Stores Panagal park this long pending plan too got materialized. We do call this in Tamil as "பழையன கழிதல்; புதியது புகுதல்" where the old unusable junk is recycled in favor of new rejuvenated things.

The shorter month of Karthigai is over by today 23:59 hours and we are getting geared to welcome the new Tamil month of Margazhi in the travel of time. We would take a moment to pray to Andal for the peace and prosperity of our family, country and the world: திருவாடிப்பூரத்து செகத்துதித்தாள் வாழியே! திருப்பாவை முப்பதும் செப்பினாள் வாழியே! பெரியாழ்வார் பெற்றெடுத்த பெண்பிள்ளை வாழியே! பெரும்பூதூர் மாமுனிக்கு பின்னானாள் வாழியே! ஒரு நூற்று நாற்பத்து மூன்றுரைத்தாள் வாழியே! உயரரங்கற்கே கண்ணியுகந்தளித்தாள் வாழியே! மருவாறும் திருமல்லி வளநாடு வாழியே! வண்புதுவை நகர்கோதை மலர்பாதங்கள் வாழியே! ஆண்டாள் திருவடிகளே சரணம் ஆசார்யர் திருவடிகளே சரணம் ஆழ்வார் திருவடிகளே சரணம் ஸ்ரீமதே நாராயணாய நம: சர்வம் ஸ்ரீ கிருஷ்ணார்பணமஸ்து:

Good Citizenship Gesture This is just a quick interim introspection post on the eve of Seasons (XMas Week). I would like to particularly draw attention towards the telemarketing crap that has been raising its ugly head very much in our country despite TRAI's humble endeavor in formulating NDNCRegistry . It takes a while for me everyday to squeeze an additional item into my Todolist but I have been reporting them with due diligence patriotism. Just recieved a kind appreciation from my network operator regarding the patronage of the same. I would also like to appreciate the network operator towards their patriotic gestures to weed out such crappy telemarketing parasites out of our nation.

This is a follow-up of our post on ' Shameless Neighbors '. I was just ranting about how the guy used his influence to mask the lack of technical skills of his sister-in-law to secure employment and even bypassing the medical checkup thus hiding the terminal epilepsy disorders. A quick update. I have been observing that the harlot (I don't find any other word to describe her) has taken off for more than three weeks complaining of epilepsy and admitted in hospital. I am not sure how the Human Resources of that esteemed software company is still tight-lipped regarding the validity of her health requirements for the employment contract?

What is required is the line of demarcation between personal and professional spheres! The most desired attitude amongst people of having to isolate their personal and business spheres is the one that is mysteriously and significantly absent at least in our region. We can observe this tendency in more forms than one. This is really a huge topic to discuss and hence I just thought on a social concern basis, seed the brainstorming to happen and then slowly develop on this topic as we get more ideas adding what can be done to alleviate the problem created by such mischief mongers. In a way mixing up of personal and professional setups in a callous way would be disastrous and catastrophic to developments in both the sphered. Let us try to identify the entities or ethical terrorists that entrap us in such a dragnet. One can observe a lot of government offices where people make the best booty by lifting office resources like sugar, stationary etc and replenish their home inventory. I admit w...