ChennaiPlus

The Eleventh Main Road bus stop is a Nightmare to the residents. Though the bus stop has a shelter and a place to sit for the convenience of the passerby Passengers, the place acts as no use to the public. This is because of the rubbish dug out from near the stop.

All the residents who need to use the bus stop stand somewhere away from it, since the stink is unbearable.

Though the place is dug for official purposes that could later reflect on the better side for the public, the authorities will have to see to it that the publics are not disturbed. After all it is for them the work is on progress.

While asking for the views on the limited passerby public, they stated that it was really unbearable for them to stand there and when they stood a little further, sometimes buses didn’t stop there and it was very difficult especially during peek hours.

Will the authorities take immediate action for the Sad Plight.

Probus Club, simply meaning Professional Businessman is club full of active socially Inclined enthusiasts.

Founded in the year 1992, by the founder President Mr. V. Hariharan the Probus club has attached itself well to the society.

The current President Mr. N. Bhagavathi Pillai expresses his views on the role of an individual to the society.

The club merely does not stop only by providing financial support to the needy, the club explores and dedicates more to the other causes also.
The Secretary Mr. Rathna Vadivelu visits the SMF Hospital once in three days attending to the needs of sick people there conducting free accupressure camps.

On the other hand a team of volunteers make themselves available at the railway station directing the new comers to the right direction.
All the enthusiasts of the club are senior citizens who are still young at heart.

Aids is a serious subject. It has changed the sexual behavior of adolescents and adults in the last 15 years. Campaigns of prevention and the use of prophylactics have led to a more responsible sexual behavior and to the reduction of other sexual transmittable diseases.

The public health disaster known as the HIV/AIDS pandemic has emerged over the last 20 years and is now officially recognized as the deadliest epidemic of infectious disease in medical history.

More than 25 million have died worldwide and another 40 million are estimated to be infected. The great majority of these HIV infections have occurred during a period when the cause was known, routes of transmission identified, and means of prevention understood.

The Aids control and community education programmes Trust (ACCEPT) is a Non governmental organisation that pushes itself hard to fight the disease. The Trust has positioned condom outlets in various parts of the city.

These condom outlets have a machine fixed where in a person could insert a five-rupee coin and get condoms. This eases the persons feeling to go and ask for a condom to a shopkeeper. These outlets are mainly seen at Anna Nagar near SMF Auto Stands, Medical Shops, petty shops at Melnaduvankarai, Municipality toilet near Thirumangalam signal, etc. Mr.H. Narayanan is the managing Trustee of the ACCEPT organisation.

While speaking to Mr. Arun Mohan, Project Co-Ordinator he said that the Trust is exploring all sorts of possibilities and prevent them from falling victims to the deadly disease.

Taekwondo is a modern martial art, characterized by its fast, high and spinning kicks. There are multiple interpretations of the name taekwondo. Taekwondo is often translated as the way of hand and foot. The sport has been founded in Korea and is one of the popular modern martial arts.

Taekwondo has no age limits and is a very good sport for children.They learn fast reactions through games, learn to respect others and learn to know their abilities and disabilities. Competition rules are a bit different for children than they are for adults.

Mr.G. John Alexander, an exponent in the art for over more than thirty years has trained many schools for many years.

According to him, a movement has to be rythamic and on time and has conducted “Musical Movements” a Taekwondo dance.

The expert sometimes is not satisfied only on training he gets into action often to morally boost his students.

To his credit his students have won many awards and prices.with the guidance of the master the students are sure to reach the better heights. Also dicpline his part of the curriculumn along with the techniques. Mr. Alexander adds that he belives in cultivating discpline among his students so that they also turn out to be successful people.

He broke five burning tiles on his head during the SBOA School and Junior games competition celebrations.

Mr. Himmatmal Mardia hailing from Jodhpur, Rajasthan was born on 4th November 1931. Educated and brought up in Jodhpur and after completing B.Sc there, he came to Chennai and joined B.L. in Madras Law College. He started practicing law in 1955 and from that day onwards he took up social service also as his motto in life.

Right from the day he started practicing law, he took it upon himself to give honorary services and legal advice to all religious institutions, be it Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh or Jain, educational institutions, any poor or less fortunate people and in these 50 years he has served innumerable such institutions and people and continues to do so even today.

He has contributed to society on social, educational, religious and family front through publications of his articles in various national and religious newspapers, magazines and periodicals.

Being in the forefront of the society, and serving the society for last many decades, a few years ago he has started a unique and commendable service by way of “Family Counseling” especially for uniting the families where husband wife or father- son or mother in law- daughter in law have differences and are living separately. Till date he has united about 125 families through counseling who had differences between them.

For the last 8 years he has devoted himself fully to free social, educational, religious and family advice and devotes about 10-12 hours a day only for this apart from being a successful lawyer.

The Rotary Consumer Guidance Cell, of which he is the President since 1994, is place where a common man is given free advice on how to get his defective item either repaired or replaced by the seller even if the seller is a small shop, mega store or the Government itself.

800 out of more than 1000 cases of deficiency in services / products have been solved by the Cell to customer’s fullest satisfaction just by writing a letter to seller. Through this work, Consumers are more aware of Consumer Rights than ever before and the consumer movement is spreading fast in the society.

In Hindi, “Himmat” means courage & Mr. Himmatmal Mardia, true to his name, showed exemplary courage and valor in saving the lives and properties of about 350 people. During 1990, when on a pilgrimage along with his wife and about 350 other people, their convoy was attacked by a group of armed dacoits. In a bid to save the lives and propertised of his co-passengers, he, at the age of 59, fought with dacoits all alone and in the process was shot by the dacoits with the intention to kill. But God was on his side and though seriously injured, he battled all odds and survived and in the process saved all his co-passengers. This act of valor was reported in all national and regional dailies at that time.

Mr. Himmatmal Mardia, even now at age when most of the people retire and are at home, works about 10-12 hours a day and continues to inspire other people to join him and to give back to society what they have got and being getting all through their life.

Leo Matriculation Higher Sec. School was founded in 1987 by a group of Philanthropists to cater to the needs of middle & low income group. Under the guidance of Mr. S. Chittibabu, Chairman the school is growing leap and bounds. The school which had a strength of 468 has gone up to 2040 at present.

Our school aims at promoting discipline & orderliness. An overall development of personality is achieved by encouraging children to participate not only in academics but also in co curricular activities Yoga & Meditation, Physical fitness have been made compulsory to promote concentration among children. Our air conditioned Pre.K.G ‘Kids fun world’ is one of the best in and around Anna Nagar which offer free transportation.

Mr. G. Haribabu, is currently the Principal in change of the school. Our school has been producing 100% results in X & XII. Miss. Rohini.K, city topper in Std X & state VIII has bright laurels to the school by securing district III in higher Sec. Public exam in March 2005.

A fully furnished air-conditioned language lab, helps to promote communication skill among children.

As part of the Integrated Women Development Organisation, Sai Sakthi Women’s Development Organisation has put up a stall at koyambedu bus stand selling home decorative items.

While speaking to Ms. Kasturi of Integrated Women Development Organisation, she stated that all the products displayed in the stall were handmade by women from villages and nearby surroundings. All the women were provided with training and have grown to such an extent to break themselves free from economic hurdles.

Members of the organisation collect items made by women and sell them at different places throughout the city Ms. Kasturi says the organisation is constantly striving hard for the upliftment of the women and has succeeded largely on the same. She praises the suggestions for supporting a noble cause.

The sale at the Koyambedu bus stand named “Women’s Own” sells household items and decorative products priced at reasonable rates.She also adds that the public should show interest in buying such items and as a result encourages the economic status of the women thereby contributing to women power.

INOX Leisure Ltd, which operates a chain of 8 multiplexes at premium locations in 7 cities across India under the ‘INOX’ brand, is entering the capital market with a public issue of 16.5 million equity shares of Rs.10 each for cash, to be decided through the book-build process. The price band for the issue has been fixed between Rs.100 and Rs.120. The issue opened for subscription on 27th January 2006 and closes on 2nd February 2006.

The 16.5 million equity shares of Rs.10 each on offer consists of a fresh issue of 12 million equity shares and a offer for sale of 4.5 million equity shares by the promoter, Gujarat Fluoro chemicals Limited. The issue would constitute 27.5% of the fully diluted post issue paid up capital of the company and the promoter’s share holding would come down to 66% of the post issue paid up capital.

Of the 16.5 million equity shares on offer, two lakhs equity shares have been reserved for allotment to eligible employees of the company. Of the balance net offer of 16.2 million equity shares to public, wherein not more than 50% of the Net Issue shall be allocated to Qualified Institutional Buyers on a proportionate basis, out of which 5% of the QIB Portion shall be available for allocation on a proportionate basis to Mutual Funds only and the remainder of the QIB Portion shall be available for allocation on a proportionate basis to all Qualified Institutional Buyers, including Mutual Funds, subject to valid Bids being received at or above Issue price.

Further, not less than 15% of the Net Issue would be available for allocation to Non-Institutional Bidders and not less than 35% of the Net Issue would be available for allocation to Retail Individual Bidders on a proportionate basis.

The fresh Issue portion would raise Rs.1200 million at the lower end of the price band and maximum of Rs.1440 million at the upper end of the price band. The funds raised from the issue will be utilized to fund setting up of new multiplexes at a capital outlay of Rs.1100 million and the rest for general corporate purposes and issue expenses.

Winner of the ‘Best Entertainment Retailer’ at the ICICI Retail Excellence Awards, 2005, INOX has a pan-India presence with eight operational multiplexes, and a total of 32 screens across seven cities Mumbai, Pune, Vadodara, Goa, Jaipur, Kolkata (2 multiplexes) and Bangalore.
All INOX multiplex properties are located in premium locations and symbolize excellence in design, ambience, features, safety and service. Fitted with state-of-the-art equipment, they provide a superior cinema viewing experience comparable with the best cinemas across the world.

The number of patrons visiting INOX has seen a growing CAGR of 87% from 2003 to 2005.

According Taittiriya upanishad, Brhaman evolved the space first and from space came forth air, fire, water and earth.

Panca Bhutas
Vastu is the law of nature and embodies in itself all the five elements. By properly drawing a plan, it is possible to get positive energies from them.

The above natural forces are essential for life in the world. The inter- dependence and interplay of these forces are beyond the calculation of humanbeing.
Tamilnadu and Vastusastra

Panca bhuthas are the base for Vastusastra. The temples for Panca buthas are in South India (originally Tamil Nadu).

1. Earth - Kanchipuram
2. Water - Thiruvanika
3. Fire - Tiruvannamalai
4. Air - kalahasti
5. Space - Chidambaram.

Further, Vastus days (8 days in a year) are from Tamil Calander and they are Chitrai 10th Vaikasi 21st, Adi 11th, Avani 6th, Ayppasi 11th, Karthikai 8th, Thai 12th and Masi 22nd.

Probably Vastu literature should have gone to Sanskrit from Tamilnadu.

Human body and Panca Bhutas
The human body has the Panca Bhutas in it almost equal to the earth.

According to ancient Hindu Tradition the human body consists of five aspects, namely; physical mental, moral, intellectual and spiritual. The total development of all these aspects-physically strong, mentally balanced, morally sound, intellectually sharp and spiritually advanced is what is called the real personality.

Real personality is the key for success of an individual. Similarly the success of a building depends on the balancing of energy - Panca Bhutas.

Natural Elements (Panca Bhutas) And Dwelling Site
Ancient Egyptians located their sites for their dwellings by the movement of the animals. In Vastu also, the same method is practiced.

Animals can feel the vibration and other ground movements. After roaming, the whole day for their pasture, the animals (cow, goat, etc) come to a particular place for rest in the night. Such locations will in variously have positive vibrations. People built their shelters on such locations and lived happily.

Human beings can improve their living conditions by properly designing their building and understanding the effective use of the five natural elements and giving their rightful places.

Celinal Paul Daniel is a name that is preserved amongst the hearts of many uplifted Women in the society. With a vision to cultivate confidence in women, Mrs. Daniel has largely provoked lifestyle of women by assisting them to setup their own economic identity.

With the concept of, teach the person to fish rather than feeling, she has been the backbone of many self-help groups.

With the roots to social work in 1989, she has now to her regime five hundred and fifty self-help groups including forty groups in the Anna Nagar zone.

Through the IWDI organization she assists the women through tailoring, Mat weaving, Candle making, Manufacturing of Chemical products like Soap, Phenoyal etc. Behind so many successful women there will be Celina Paul David, could be the new slogan.