Kapali/Karpagambal's pet or Temple looters?

These are the two big hoardings on display at the temple - meaning self explanatory!

Thotti...Kuppai thotti...and No 10 Totti!

An appropriate caption in an appropriate banian for an appropriate person.

The number 10 just says that that tender care to these people is more important than conferring Bharath Rathna to Ten-dulkar

Continuation....

The station Master here again is a lady (in white and white with signal flag in hand) and she also stands in the same wrong platform!

Mylapore titbits: Safety signal from Southern Railways!

Mylapore titbits: Safety signal from Southern Railways!: This is about the Flying Train that comes to Mylapore. Mind that we all come on it to Mylapore on several occasions. Don't you see something...

Safety signal from Southern Railways!

This is about the Flying Train that comes to Mylapore. Mind that we all come on it to Mylapore on several occasions. Don't you see something fishy in this picture? The signalling staff of the Southern Railway is either standing in the wrong platform for signalling the safety of the passengers boarding the train to the guard and the driver or....or the train has entered the wrong platform when the signalling staff is in the right platform!!

Mylapore titbits: Where are the Mylapore Press?

Mylapore titbits: Where are the Mylapore Press?: The News that the best outgoing student of my school (Sir Sivaswami Kalalaya) died under mysterious circumstances shook one and all of us. W...

Mylapore titbits: Mambalam lacks in sensibilities that Mylapore is g...

Mylapore titbits: Mambalam lacks in sensibilities that Mylapore is g...: The tricolor fluttering atop this prominent building in T - Nagar certainly gives pride to all Indians. But it is not an honor to our Natio...

Mylapore titbits: Vasanthothsava Romance

Mylapore titbits: Vasanthothsava Romance: The Vasanthothsavam at Kapali Temple got concluded with a giant Pushpapallakku. The season marks love and romance and it seems to be h...

Mylapore titbits: 'Wild' Life photo

Mylapore titbits: 'Wild' Life photo: A 'Wild' Life photo shot in urban Mylapore! The person tending these animals at a Temple in Mylapore had bizarre experience in explaining th...

Mylapore titbits: Disservice to Art and disloyal to the profession!!...

Mylapore titbits: Disservice to Art and disloyal to the profession!!...: Mylapore is the seat of traditional fine arts like Bharathanatyam and Sastriya sangeethams. The Mylapore Sabhas are nowadays are behind...

Mylapore titbits: ஒப்பனையினை கண்ணாடியில் கண்டு ரசிக்காதவர்கள் யார்?

Mylapore titbits: ஒப்பனையினை கண்ணாடியில் கண்டு ரசிக்காதவர்கள் யார்?: தன் வதனத்தினை கண்ணாடியில் கண்டு ரசிக்காதவர்கள் யார்? மயிலை கபாலியும் கற்பகமும் வசந்த விழா ஒப்பனையை ரசிக்கும் பாவம் எப்படி? Lord Muruga also ...

Mylapore titbits: VIP menace

Mylapore titbits: VIP menace: As a member of the Road Safety Patrol (RSP) of my school I have seen the difficulty of civil administration dealing with the VIPs committin...

Mylapore titbits: பல தலைமுறை கலைக் குடும்பம்

Mylapore titbits: பல தலைமுறை கலைக் குடும்பம்: http://cid-142b28e5654d6ada.photos.live.com/self.aspx/Album5 அமரர் கலைமாமணி அருணாசலம் பிள்ளை அவர்களின் 30 ம் ஆண்டு நினைவு பரத நாட்டிய நிகழ...

Mylapore titbits: A stitch in time

Mylapore titbits: A stitch in time: This man is a new entrant to Mylapore streets. He says that he has innovated this mobile tailoring shop design to rejuvenate the tailoring b...

Mylapore titbits: மயிலையின் மாலை வெயில்

Mylapore titbits: மயிலையின் மாலை வெயில்: இந்த 21 நம்பர் பஸ் டிரைவர் செல் போன் பேசுகிறார்னு நினைசிங்கன்னா அது தப்பு. அண்ணா சாலை மாலை எதிர் வெயிலுடன் வெறும் கையால் போராடி வண்டி ஓட்டு...

Mylapore titbits: Barren Street

Mylapore titbits: Barren Street: This is the last tree on the VC Garden 1st street. The street should have earned its name for its abundance of avenue trees. But now this la...

Mylapore titbits: Mylapore Premier Leagues

Mylapore titbits: Mylapore Premier Leagues: The Summer holiday becomes immediately evident as one starts making the evening walk in Mylapore! Yesterday I just maneuvered two cricket te...

Where are the Mylapore Press?

The News that the best outgoing student of my school (Sir Sivaswami Kalalaya) died under mysterious circumstances shook one and all of us. When various rumors are doing round the press of Chennai and Mylapore are conspicuous by their absence. Why?

Mambalam lacks in sensibilities that Mylapore is good at

The tricolor fluttering atop this prominent building in T - Nagar certainly gives pride to all Indians. But it is not an honor to our National Flag to toil all through day and night without a purpose. It is also not legal! This picture was shot on 4th of May and effort was made to inform responsible people in the building of the fact. Though the assurance was given to do the amend, the flag was seen even week after it! Why no authorities have taken note of it?

Mambalam lacks in sensibilities that Mylapore is good at.

Vasanthothsava Romance

The Vasanthothsavam at Kapali Temple got concluded with a giant Pushpapallakku. The season marks love and romance and it seems to be happening amidst the curious onlookers of this floral decoration.

'Wild' Life photo

A 'Wild' Life photo shot in urban Mylapore! The person tending these animals at a Temple in Mylapore had bizarre experience in explaining this scene to the kids poking him with questions?

Disservice to Art and disloyal to the profession!!

Mylapore is the seat of traditional fine arts like Bharathanatyam and Sastriya sangeethams. The Mylapore Sabhas are nowadays are behind the classical dancers who are ready to pay their way for their chance. See what these dancers have done to this art. You can see in the above pictures that one of the dancer is dancing without any accompanying artistes! Yes she has chosen to do her steps to recorded music played from background!! 

One of the Sabha secretary lamented that it is like playing cricket match with bowling machine for bowlers. The artistes see it as saving on their expense but fail to notice that they are doing it at the cost of the loss of value and esteem for this art. Moreover the artistes also think that they are paying unnecessarily to their Guru for the Nattuvangam rather than seeing it as Gurudakshina for supporting them to perform on the stage. Is it not disservice to the art and disloyalty to the profession?

Who is to blame for this? The artistes who do it or the Sabhas that permit it?

Quiz?

This is a very famous landmark of Mylapore from a very unusual angle? Can someone identify it?

Clue: The view is from TSV Koil street. The landmark is more vividly seen by night! 

ஒப்பனையினை கண்ணாடியில் கண்டு ரசிக்காதவர்கள் யார்?

தன் வதனத்தினை கண்ணாடியில் கண்டு ரசிக்காதவர்கள் யார்? மயிலை கபாலியும் கற்பகமும் வசந்த விழா ஒப்பனையை ரசிக்கும் பாவம் எப்படி? Lord Muruga also did the same with Valli and Devani!!

VIP menace

As a member of the Road Safety Patrol (RSP) of my school I have seen the difficulty of civil administration dealing with the VIPs committing traffic violations. But no authority can have answer for this VIP making the violation at 'No Parking' sign

பல தலைமுறை கலைக் குடும்பம்

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அமரர் கலைமாமணி அருணாசலம் பிள்ளை அவர்களின் 30 ம் ஆண்டு நினைவு பரத நாட்டிய நிகழ்ச்சி 9 /04 /2011 அன்று மைலாப்பூரில் நடந்தேறியது. அன்னாரும் அவர் துணைவியார் கலைமாமணி ஜெயலக்ஷ்மி அம்மாளும் தோற்றுவித்த மயிலை ஸ்ரீ ஷன்முஹானந்தா பரதநாட்டிய பள்ளி ஏற்பாடு செய்திருந்த இந்நிகழ்ச்சியில் அவர் மகன் கலைமாமணி தஞ்சை ஹேமநாத் மற்றும் அவர் மனைவி மல்லிகா நட்டுவாங்கம் செய்ய, பேத்திகள் திருமதி அருணா சிட்டிபாபு மற்றும் திருமதி ரேணுகா பாபு தங்கள் குடும்ப அடுத்த தலைமுறை குழந்தை வாரிசுகளான ரிஷிகா மற்றும் திராவிடமணியுடன் நடன விருந்தளித்தனர்.

A stitch in time

This man is a new entrant to Mylapore streets. He says that he has innovated this mobile tailoring shop design to rejuvenate the tailoring business that has gone low now due to the availability of ready-mades in ample of choices. This creative idea seems to have doubled his income since Mylaporeans seems to possess non diminishing volumes for repair and rework!  At least now he can help us to stitch in time to save for nine!!

மயிலையின் மாலை வெயில்

இந்த 21 நம்பர் பஸ் டிரைவர் செல் போன் பேசுகிறார்னு நினைசிங்கன்னா அது தப்பு. அண்ணா சாலை மாலை எதிர் வெயிலுடன் வெறும் கையால் போராடி வண்டி ஓட்டுகிறார். கபாலிதான் 21 நம்பர் பஸ் பயணிகளுக்கு துணை! 

Barren Street

This is the last tree on the VC Garden 1st street. The street should have earned its name for its abundance of avenue trees. But now this last tree left also has given way for major housing construction. The Corporation representative of this locality should at least change the name of this street as Barren street!

Mylapore Premier Leagues

The Summer holiday becomes immediately evident as one starts making the evening walk in Mylapore! Yesterday I just maneuvered two cricket teams playing cricket in my street to enter the next. I was welcomed by a ball that dropped from heaven on to me. The sound in chorus of "Sister - Please throw up the ball sister" thundered and there I saw another team of predominantly girls and kids practicing their cricketing skill in their second floor terrace. Is there not abundant scope for Mylapore Premier League (MPL) as part of Mylapore Festival? Is ICC and BCCI making such a study?