Contests

Almost every one of us click photos these days. Have you been taking pictures in Chennai whenever you were at different parts of the city? Then this project is for you!

Decide on any one of the themes among the following:

1. Water/water bodies (river, streams, rains, temple tanks, beaches… anything that is water)

2. Nature & green (trees, nursery, parks, landscapes, gardens including terrace gardens… anything that is naturally green)

3. Heritage (Buildings or structures of cultural importance, local festivals – both religious as well as community)

Organise the photos in a Word doc along with information about the picture, as a caption below each of them. You can make up to 10 pages and not more.

Send a word doc to editor@yocee.in

Open to children up to 17 years of age.

The best 10 entries will be published on https://yocee.in
We are not promising any goodies for now. But, we will surely try to send you some!

Start putting photos together!

Last date for submission: Aug. 23, 2020
Every neighbourhood in Chennai has its own places not known even to the residents of the other areas. Only a localite can show you around places that no guide book will tell you.

You could be the person in your neighbourhood who knows those secret spots that people in other parts of Chennai would have bever seen or know of them.

Be a local guide for people who visit your neighbourhood. Do not take the whole city to take them around. Be in your own area.

For example – if you live in Anna Nagar, choose 5 places to take your visitor and tell briefly about the places. Add photos if you have them and write at least 10 sentences about each of these places. If you choose pictures that are not yours, do tell us the source. If it is from the Internet, provide the link to the picture.

Send a word doc to editor@yocee.in
Open to children up to 17 years of age.

The best 10 entries will be published on https://yocee.in
We are not promising any goodies for now. But, we will surely try to send you some!

Be a showarounder of your neighbourhood to your visitors.

Our Grandparents have Great Stories on the City. Record their Lovely Memories

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This is a contest, organised by Mylapore Times and is open only to Chennai school students. It is in English.

If your grandfather or grandmother lived many years in this city then called Madras and now Chennai, we want you to converse with one of them.

Have a 30-minute conversation with either or both of them. The conversation can cover school and college days, their work and social life days. The local community life, transport, weekend amusements, festivals and social events in the colony where they resided then. Make sure all these events they recall are based in Madras!

We want lots of details – like names and year of happening, street and colony names, people’s names….. We also want little anecdotes. But all facts!

Write down the memories you record in 300 words. In English.

ALSO, add a photo of the person/s you have spoken to. A photo taken in their school / college / street/ colony/ popular public spaces ( like beach, park, theatre they frequented in the 1950s / 60s / 70s can also be attached. Caption the photos, please.

PLUS, record in an audio format one little account of their stories. For just 1 min. Let it be clear. Send this as a MP3 format file.

You need to mail to us a Word file of the recollection. And a MP3 audio file of a little story!

E-mail the entry (give your full name, name of the school, short address, e-mail ID and contact phone no. ) to – themadrasday@gmail.com. Mark your mail – Madras Nalla Madras! ( For any clarification call 9841049155)

Contest closes Aug.26, 2020.

BEST FIVE SUBMISSIONS get PRIZES – Certificate and Madras souvenirs.

Organised by Nam Veedu, Nam Oor, Nam Kadhai
AGE: 15 and above; No of persons: 2 to 5
SUBMISSIONS – On or before 1st week of August; Result on 22nd August 2020
How your family moved to annanagar, when? How? Why ?. How your family history is related to annanagar
Mode: Online (Link will be shared after registration)
Contact for further details, registrations and other enquiries
Email:annanagarshg@gmail.com
Mobile: +91 91760 30811
Instagram @namveedu_namoor_namkadhai

Organised by Nam Veedu, Nam Oor, Nam Kadhai

AGE: 8 to 16 (individual) –
SUBMISSION – On or before 1st week of August; Result on 22nd August 2020
Start with a 4 generation family tree (minimum), add pictures, plan of your house (before and now), write stories, add function invitations, postcards, sketches etc – and how your family moved to annanagar, when? How? Why? How your family history is related to Annanagar
Mode: Online (Link will be shared after registration)
Contact for further details, registrations and other enquiries
Email:annanagarshg@gmail.com
Mobile: +91 91760 30811
Instagram @namveedu_namoor_namkadhai

Organised by Nam Veedu, Nam Oor, Nam Kadhai

Preliminary round – 15th August 2020, Saturday (10.30am – Google form)
Quiz via zoom– 23rd August 2020, Sunday – Time – 5.00pm to 6.30pm
Quiz Master: Mr. Karthikeyan Gopalakrishnan
Mode: Online (Link will be shared after registration)

Contact for further details, registrations and other enquiries
Email:annanagarshg@gmail.com
Mobile: +91 91760 30811
Instagram @namveedu_namoor_namkadhai