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Inspiring Indeed
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 'Age is a mere number and is all in the mind’ seems to be the message some achievers are conveying through their life as they set out on different endeavours, creating a mark for themselves. One such inspiration is Mrs. Madhuram Sundaresan who is 73 years and it was wonderful chatting with her as she shared her experiences of the last two years. Indu Sundaresan is her daughter and a well known author living in the United States, who has written and released books on the Mughal Empire in India.
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My Christmas Story
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 My name is Anne Tiburtius and I am 44 years old, which means that I must have experienced at least 44 Christmases, even if my memories of some of them are a bit hazy. The thought that so many Christmases have passed and this still remains my favourite time of the year, has moved me to record some reasons of why this season is so special to me. Christmases in Madras, are some of the happiest memories that I have of my childhood.
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Share my Cake
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 Birthdays are occasions to celebrate and birthdays of kids in the family bring with it a lot excitement to the entire household. The home of Lakyntina Lyngdoh Lakshmanan (Tina) was no exception and she found her celebrating her sons’ birthdays year after year with lots of enthusiasm and energy. Every time she also found herself clearing unopened and repetitive stuff from her home and donating it to homes and other under privileged children. In the year 2009, when she went through this same
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Shop @ Zaarga
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 ‘A thing of beauty is a joy forever’ - all of us agree upon universally and I had a chat with Indu Ananth who along with her friend Ashni Lukose have decided to bring this joy to people through their idea to create an online portal called ‘Zaarga’ to showcase and retail exclusive home and lifestyle accessories. ‘We both love to see and possess beautifully designed products and were constantly thinking of how to convert this passion into something more concrete.
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Music all the way
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 Music and dance everywhere in Chennai as it is the festive month of December and in the midst of all his concerts, managing his company and the pouring rains in Chennai it was interesting to chat with Anil Srinivasan, classical pianist and hear about his life and music or in other words about his ‘life’ which is ‘music’. Anil calls himself the complete ‘Chennai boy’ being born and brought up in this city with its inherent culture, in a home filled with love for music, addicted to his ‘rasam sadam’ and has
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Paediatric Care
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 Paediatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants, children and adolescents and paediatricians play a very important role in the growing years of children. I had a chat with paediatrician Dr. Sharadha Srinivasan, a very enthusiastic and energetic woman. As we started our conversation she emphatically stated ‘I grew up seeing my Dad as a very committed medical practitioner, my brother followed
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Chennai Chimes completes 5 years of (b)ringing only the good news in Chennai. An anecdote in the great Indian epic .......
