At the institute volunteers write letters, enter patients details into a computer, key in related data and help the hospital keep a record of innumerable files. The volunteers also counsel patients. Venkatraman has been coming to the institute from the year 2000. Being a volunteer of CRY (Child Rights and You), he has led a …
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“Often top officials and bureaucrats take little interest in following rules meticulously. More often than not, they turn a blind eye to the use of cell phones while driving,” says Senthil. The activist wants to completely do away with this practice. “Talking over the cell phone while driving vehicles is a major cause of accidents …
Wanting to make a difference to the lives of such teenagers, a group of five has taken up the humongous task of educating over 150 children every year. It all began when S Saravana Prabhu, M Rajagopal, M Vijayaraman, P Vinayagamurthi and S Sujatha came together at an alumni meet after 19 years. Finding that …
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After retiring as an office superintendent from the Southern Railway in 2001, the first task N Subramanian undertook was to reach out to his old school at Kuruvimalai village in Tiruvannamalai district. “When I went there, the school looked just the way it was when I had left it, decades ago. I was heartbroken. What …
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Many of the school’s 200 children, who hail from economically weaker sections, can hardly walk a few steps on the well-laid platform which has been completely taken over by commercial establishments such as an eatery, teashop, junk metal shop and construction materials. Adding to their woes, the stretch around the school compound is also turning …
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I can cook any South Indian dish. People like me are preferred because we cook, clean and leave the place quickly. I did not begin my life as a cook, I actually wanted to learn to make garments at Tirupur. But 20 years ago, when I finished Class 10 in Munnar and came to the …
On Saturday, nearly 50 students of Dr Dharmambal Govt Polytechnic College for Women, accompanied by their faculty, will begin to sort books at the library from 10 am. Uma Maheswari, the Chief Librarian said, “Most of the books are 80-150 years old. The pages have a high acid content and have turned yellow. So, they …
Seven-year-old Manimegalai and her mother Sumathy were his co-travellers. Suddenly, Sumathy turned around and asked him for directions to Child Trust hospital with tears trickling down her cheeks. When he learnt that Manimegalai was suffering from a rare heart problem, he promised to help them. He knew he had to rush to office but could …
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“I wanted to make their job easier with my app AskChitVish Premium. The way each item is made has been explained stage by stage with photographs. One has to just fix the mobile at a convenient place in the kitchen and begin to cook,” says Chitra Viswanathan, a 78-year-old culinary expert. The highly tech-savvy Viswanathan, …
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Walking briskly with a laptop is nothing out of the ordinary these days. But not for a near Centenarian who goes around his tasks undauntedly. One can hardly see the gizmo tucked away in a handy jute bag as he pulls it out to explain about his latest venture. Parthasarathy Iyengar of Triplicane is board …