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 Please subscribe, view and share Mahesh’s YouTube channel Feral Nomad Diaries  Follow Chennai Newsletter on Facebook and sign up for their excellent newsletter on whatsappChennai Newsletter or send me a message on +91 98412 48652 stating their name.Follow this link: https://chat.whatsapp.com/Fk3Z4ISMfhGEkDH7uqDPyh Also read: Chennai News 19 November Visaranai: This movie actually was released in 2015 but I did not watch it as I thought it was all about violence. However, after watching the movie Jai Bhim and the many references to it, I watched it on Netflix. I have to confess that I was stunned by the riveting story. Although not the same storyline as Jai Bhim it does share the atrocities of the police on innocent helpless victims. However, this film goes even further and shows how the police top brass and politicians will go to any lengths to …

 Please subscribe, view and share Mahesh’s YouTube channel Feral Nomad Diaries  Rain in Chennai: With over 50% excess rains in Chennai and release of water from a few neighbouring dams some parts of the city became water-logged. Chennai’s woes is partially due to many areas of the city being developed on ancient water bodies. We do know that water will find its natural path. Compounded to this is that Chennai is very flat and almost at sea level thus making water flowing into the sea not so easy. Added to this are many unauthorised buildings situated at places blocking the flow of water into the rivers. Hopefully the ones in power will be able to correct some of these problems soon. In the rest of Tamilnadu crops in about 150,000 acres have been damaged. As I write this the sun …

Deepavali/Kartigai: Thank you to all of you who have responded to the Deepavali Special on November 4th. Some of you have said that you celebrate Karthigai Deepam instead. So, we will be doing a Karthigai Deepam Special on Friday November 19th. Please contact me if you would like to send a special message from you personally or from your company for either or both of these festivals.  The Tamilnadu Government has started a Illam Thedi Kalvi (Education at doorstep) scheme which would pave the way for holistic development of children. The aim of the scheme is addressing the learning gap that has arisen among students due to the lockdown. Volunteers would take classes for up to two hours a day. The government hopes to associate teachers, parents, retired teachers and members of voluntary organisations in implementing the scheme. Almost 100,000 …

Air India: In what can be likened to a fairy tale ending the Air India airlines has been sold to the Tata group who presented the highest bid. The airline was founded by JRD Tata as Tata Airlines in 1932; Tata himself flew its first single-engine plane carrying mail from Karachi to Madras via Bombay. After World War II, it became a public limited company and was renamed Air India and was then subsequently taken over by the government. After a glorious start it slowly started to lose lots of money and billions was pumped in by the government. Doesn’t this sound familiar. Its bloated number of staff and many perks contributing in a big way to its losses. Hopefully with the Tata takeover Air India can once more rule the skies. Air India had formerly merged with Indian Airlines …

 I will be doing a Deepavali special on November 4th. Please contact me if you would like to send a special message from you personally or from your company.  Festivals: Yesterday October 14th was a public holiday for Ayudha Pooja. This festival highlights the blessing that workers will give to the tools of their trade. For example, an auto driver will decorate and bless his auto. It is one of the most popular festivals here but somehow to my knowledge this did not come across the Indian ocean to SA.  Today 15th is Vijayadasami when parents initiate their children into various learnings like academics, writing, music, dance, sports and arts. Many young children will be taught to write the Tamil alphabets today. In the past many parents will enrol their children in schools on this day.  Tirupathi: Since India is …

 Feral Nomad Diaries: Mahesh is now in Florence Italy. He has documented his visit to Paris and travel to Italy in a vlog on YouTube using his GoPro. You can watch it on https://youtu.be/ryrFq3_9Cb8. Please subscribe to his channel.  Tourism: Just heard last night that tourists visas will be issued to all from November 15 and to those coming on chartered flights on October 15. However, for South Africans coming on regular flights as tourists it is November 15th. I will let you know later about conditions of travel like vaccinations as soon as I get that information. For those of you who have been telling me for the last 18 months that you are missing India here is your chance to visit. Hopefully the airlines will now be running more flights. Please contact me on insatours@gmail.com for all your …

Hi Everyone,Wishing all of you who are fasting a bountiful month of sumptuous vegetarian cuisine. I would like to thank Mahesh for his latest article which you will find in pages 3,4 and 5. He has also asked me to add these two sites which he would like you to look at. https://www.facebook.com/nickevanskzn/  (Nick Evans for snake relocations in KZN area.) https://www.africansnakebiteinstitute.com/ (Online resource to learn about South African snakes and how to avoid conflicts with snakes.)I hope you are all safe. I am really sad that so many friends and relatives have passed away in the last few months. I see that SA is now on level two so hopefully that means that the situation is improving.Please feel free to write to me about what is happening in your part of the world. I believe that I have a reader in Antwerp. I would like to …

We from the Chennainews family wishes all of you celebrating a very happy and prosperous Lutchmee Pooja. However hopefully with Covid restrictions you will be observing this at home and not in crowded venues. Surprisingly I don’t see people here with the red strings.  We are also in the middle of Madras week celebrating 382 years on August 22nd. Madras day commemorates the founding of the city which was a collection of small villages, Madraspattnam being the most prominent. The Municipality is the oldest one in the commonwealth outside Britain. Normally we would have a number of events to celebrate this week but now due to restrictions it has toned down to a few online events.  Netrikann (third eye) is a Tamil movie on Disney Hotstar and stars Nayantara in the main role. Durga (Nayantara) a CB-CID officer loses her …

Tamannaah Bhatia is an Indian Actress with a wide range of performances in Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi films. She made her acting debut in Telugu cinema with “Sri” and in Tamil cinema with “Kedi”. Tamannaah has been a part of successful Tamil films including Ayan, Paiyaa, Siruthai, and Telugu films 100% Love, Baahubali: The Beginning, Baahubali 2: The Conclusion and many more. You will have seen Tamannaah in famous Bollywood movies like Humshakals and Khamoshi. Tamannaah Bhatia won the South Indian International Movie Awards for the movie “Tadakha” and won the CineMAA Award for 100% Love. Simone Ashley Chandrika Ravi Suhana Khan

Wishing all the ladies in SA for Women’s Day on 9th August. Normally there are many programs organised on this day however not sure if this is so during Level 4. However, I was told by Lexy Shunmoogam that the SA Musicians against Covid19 and the SA Tamil Federation have organised an exciting two-day festival to mark this day. See poster for more info.  All eyes were on Phoenix yesterday however luckily by all accounts the march by the EFF went off peacefully. Well done to those people who spoke to EFF and managed to change the theme to a Solidarity March from the original one which was racist in nature. Hopefully peace will prevail and those people trying to create racial divisions will fail.  Navarasa: I am really looking forward to the Tamil web-series Navarasa on the Netflix OTT …