City Roundup
Aadi special: Home gardeners exchange plants
The sowing season begins in the Tamil month of the Aadi (mid-july to mid-August). Rains are abundant; the water level in rivers and lakes rises at the onset of the…
Garbage-ridden street gets a new life
The abusing of public spaces is one of the biggest community issues of the era. Everywhere we go, we see garbage strewn on the roads, careless parking of vehicles, walls…
Art in the bylanes of Malleshwaram to make the streets pedestrian-friendly
'Malleshwaram Hogana!, that translates from Kannada to ‘Let’s go to Malleshwaram!’, a project to support the #BengaluruMoving campaign organised a virtual trail on July 11, 2021. A team of…
Volunteers join hands to restore Chitlapakkam Lake
Two years ago, on May 29, 2019, a 7-year-old organisation took up the initiative of restoring a historic 100-year-old lake in the heart of Chitlapakkam in Chennai's suburb. The process…
Sargam Choir commemorates Gandhiji on his birth anniversary
Sargam choir decided to celebrate Gandhi Jayanthi with a musical tribute by children. The tribute was online this year. A group of children were trained to render 'Vaishnava jana to',…
Illustrated talk on Temples of Madras – A Madras Week talk by Dr Chithra Madhavan
The Madras Week this year was celebrated no less than others despite the Covid-19 situation. People from across the city have enthusiastically taken initiatives to conduct workshops and lectures online.…
Remembering Mahatma Gandhi on Independence Day
Dhakshana Vel P, studying in 7th grade in Sharanalaya Montessori, Akkarai, Chennai remembered a photograph he shot a year ago to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on this year's Independence…
Flag hoisting with a creative twist
Bharanitharan S, studying in 9th standard in A. M. M Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Chennai was missing a grand Independence Day celebration in school this, like many other children. So,…
Three Chennai metro stations renamed after Annadurai, MGR and Jayalalithaa
The Tamil Nadu government issued an order to rename three Metro stations in Chennai on July 31, 2020. Alandur Metro to be renamed as Arignar Anna Alandur Metro, Central Metro…
Earth Day Report: Nizhal – Trees we treasure
It was in 2005 that a new movement began for the trees in Chennai. Nizhal - a Trust that focuses on preserving local bio-diversity through sensitive greening processes and working…