The Madras Quiz in English.
At Hotel Ramada Chennai Egmore. 2 p.m. onwards.
Gandhi Irwin Road, Next to CMDA Building, Egmore.
Quiz is devoted 100% to all things Madras/Chennai and is open to all. Teams of two can participate.
No prior registration required and no fee.
Written prelim round followed by final. Quizmaster – Dr. Sumanth C Raman.
Prizes for top six finalists. And to Best School / Seniors / Ladies teams too.
The Banyan has been a part of Chennai’s history since 1993, when the founders Vandana and Vaishnavi saw a homeless woman with a mental health issue on Haddows Road who was in need of help. A movement started to reach out to vulnerable people with mental health issues.
The Banyan Walk will take you on a journey of adversity and recovery, starting at the Transit Care Centre in Mogappair, to the open shelter for homeless men in Santhome and ending at the Rural Mental Health Programme in Kovalam. You will hear stories of difficult lives, of dreams lost, but also of hope and new beginnings.
The Walk will also include interesting stories about the history of the areas where The Banyan is located. For more information, please contact Archanaa at 9840523235.
“Girls of Ice House – 1914-1928” – Presentation by Nithya Balaji and Kaveri Bharath
On 22nd Aug. 2013 at Spaces, Besant Nagar. At 6.45 p.m. onwards
This presentation will be in the form of a narrative with photographs.
A set of anecdotes about the girls who lived in the Ice House, when it was a home for child widows.
Interaction and discussion will follow. Duration: Around 1 hour
Moderated by Sashi Kumar, chairman, Media Development Foundation.
Participants: S.R. Madhu, R.V. Rajan, Shreekumar Varma, Sudha Umashankar
At the Press Institute of India, CPT Campus, Taramani. At 5.30 p.m.
Nityanand Jayaraman speaks on Chennai’s vanishing wetlands, natural events and national disasters. With pictures by Shaju John.
At the Press Institute of India, CPT Campus, Taramani. At 5.30 p.m.
Going Away – a film set in an Anglo-Indian milieu in the Madras of old. A trailer and a presentation by Harry MacLure, writer and director.
At the Press Institute of India, CPT Campus, Taramani. At 5.30 p.m.
Kadambari Badami, Transparent Chennai, talks about achieving the dream through participatory planning, public-government partnerships, citizen empowerment, and the Nanganallur project.
At the Press Institute of India, CPT Campus, Taramani. At 5.30 p.m.
Department of History and Tourism, Stella Maris College, will be organising an exhibition on “People and Places in Chennai” At the OAT from 10 a.m to 3 p.m. and an Inter-departmental Quiz Competition in Room M.01 at 1 p.m.
Open only to the students of Stella Maris College
Old Madras Photographs by G.S. Bhavani.
At DakshinaChitra, Muttukadu
Chennai Runners will celebrate the spirit of the city they live and run in by putting together a special event on the morning of August 18th, Sunday at 6 AM at the Marina, as part of the Madras Week celebrations.
The group will organize a mini running tour of the historical landmarks of Chennai along the beach.
Watch out for their orange T-shirts on event day!
Parampara, the Heritage Club of The Pupil has organised Madras Memoirs for the students of neighbourhood schools.
Reflections, an exhibition on the heritage and monuments of Chennai, by the students of The Pupil, will be open to all between 19th and 23rd August.
Time: 10.30 am to 12 noon
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S. No |
Date |
Name of the Competition |
Topics |
Eligibility & Terms |
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1 |
19th Aug | Quiz | A City, Its People & Places | Std. 7 to 9 – 2 teams per School (2 participants per team) |
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2 |
20th Aug | Designing a T-Shirt* | A Chennai Flavour | Std. 7 to 9 – 1 team per School (3 participants per team) |
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3 |
20th Aug | Rangoli* | Colours of a City | Std. 5 to 9 – 2 teams per school (3 participants each team) |
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4 |
21st Aug | Poetry Recitation – (Tamil) | Heritage in Verse | Std. 5 to 9 (2 participants from each school) |
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5 |
22nd Aug | Drawing & painting* | City of your Dreams | Group 1- Std. 4 to 6 |
| Group 2- Std. 7 to 9 | ||||
| 1 team per Group (3 participants from each Group) | ||||
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6 |
23rd Aug | Elocution | Is Chennai a City of Neglect? | Std. 6 to 9(2 participants from each school) |
| “ REFLECTIONS ”: An Exhibition by the students of The Pupil on all 5 days | ||||
* Required materials to be brought by participants.
Drawing – White chart paper
Designing T shirt – On a white T-shirt
Registration on or before 12th August 2013.
Prize distribution on 23rdAugust 2013 at 01.30 pm.
Venue: The PupilSaveethaEcoSchool, 4/68, Thiruverkadu Road, Seneerkuppam, Poonamallee, Chennai 600 056
For more details, contact Shameem Banu .S at 044 – 26802013/14/15 or 9952399966.
(Neighbourhood schools include schools Loyola International School, Poonamallee; Chennai Public School, Thirumazhisai; Chennai Public School, Annanagar; Sundar Matriculation, Poonamallee; Sana School, Kattupakkam; Schram Academy, Maduravoyal; Christ Matriculation School, Seneerkuppam; National IT School, Mangadu; Devi Academy, Valasaravakkam; PonVidyashram, Valasaravakkam; Mangadu Public School; PSBB Millenium, Gerugambakkam; Maharishi School, Thiruverkadu; Vellammal Vidyalaya, Maduravoyal; Pioneer Matriculation School, Nolambur; Kalakshetra Matriculation School, Kattupakkam; and RMK School, Thiruverkkadu.)
Department of Indian Music, University of Madras is organising a music performance & lec-dem.
Venue: F 50 – Thanthai Periyar Hall, University of Madras
Time: 11 a.m.
Theme: Nalayira Divya Prabandham and Multilingual Compositions on Lord Parthasarathy of Triplicane
Open to all.
A food trail organised to discover the food delicacies of Sowcarpet in and around Mint Street.
Saturday, Aug 17, 2013
Starts at 4.30 pm. Ends at 6.00 pm
Start point: Kakada Sweets, New No 348 Old No 343 (Near Jain Temple), Mint Street, Sowcarpet, Chennai – 600079.
How to get there: Reach flower bazaar police station. Turn left to join NSC Bose Road. Turn into Mint Street on right side, walk for 5 minutes and you will see Kakada Sweets on the left side. The Walk will take you to 4/5 great North Indian Snack joints in and around Mint Street to give you a taste of the rich food offers in this part of our city. You will also get a feel of Mint neighbourhood. All are welcome.
To register, Contact Pratibha Jain ~ 24986651 (during office hours), Email: support@pratibhajain.org. No registration charges. But you will need to pay for the snacks you wish to sample.
Note: Since this is a very crowded area with no parking facility, we suggest you come by auto and walk to start point.
Aarde Foundation is organising a heritage tour in Pulicat on Aug. 24, 2013.
The schedule of the trip is:
6.15 a.m. – Departure from Loyola College back gate (Mahalingapuram)
8.30 a.m. – Breakfast at Pazhaverkadu (Pulicat)
9.00 a.m. – Visit to Pulicat Interpretation Centre
9.30 a.m. – Heritage Walk
12.15 p.m. – Departure from Pulicat to Chennai
The charges for the tour is Rs. 500 per person. This includes A/C bus trip, breakfast, snacks, water bottle and guided walk.
Limited registration.
To register, contact Aarde foundation at phone no. 99400 79444. Email: info@aarde.in
Organised by Madras Youth Choir
Venue: Nageshwara Rao Park
Time: 5.00 to 6.00 p.m.
Programme: Indian Choral Music performance by Madras Youth Choir – Junior and Adult groups.
Theme: Heritage and Nature
Organised by World Storytelling Institute
Six Statues are “brought to life” and tell their stories, in English and Tamil.
Meet at the Kannagi Statue at 7:30am
Contact 98403 94282
Amaravathi nagar Residents Welfare Association celebrates Madras Day with a quiz competition for students
Children studying in class 6 to 9 can participate. Theme : Heritage of Madras
Venue – Ambal Matriculation School, Arumbakkam
Date – 24th August 2013. Time 9 AM to 10 AM
PSBB, KK Nagar and Madras Heritage Lovers’ Forum have organised the following for students of the Central Cluster and neighbourhood schools:
August 12, 10.30 am to 12 noon
Music Competition: Papanasam Sivan songs
August 13, 9 am to 12.30 pm
Oratorical competition (duration 3 minutes each). Topic: How I Visualize Chennai Ten Years from Now. And Impact of Metro/Monorails on Heritage.
August 14, 10.30 am to 12 noon
Philately Quiz on Chennai. One team of 2 students.
August 19, 9 am to 12.30 pm
On-the-spot Painting Competition. Topic: The Place I Like in Chennai. Materials to be brought by the participants. Chart paper will be provided by school.
August 19, 1 pm to 3 pm
Katha Kalakshepam. Theme: Alwar or Nayanmar
August 21, 11 am to 12.30 pm
Pulli Kolam Contest. Time allotted: 30 minutes; 13 dots. Materials to be brought by the participants. No colour allowed.
August 26, 10.30 am to 12 noon
An exhibition conducted by Madras Heritage Lovers’ Forum & Reflections of Our Heritage by PSBB students. Prizes for all the competitions will be distributed on the same day. Venue: Silver Jubilee Hall
(The neighbourhood schools include PSBB Millennium, Gerugambakkam; PSBB Siruseri; Kendriya Vidyalaya, Ashok Nagar; Springfield, KK Nagar; MAK, KK Nagar; Devi Academy, Valsaravakkam; AVM School, Vadapalani; Karthikeyan Matriculation School, Vadapalani; Government Cariappa School, Vadapalani; and Government School, MGR Nagar.)
Contact teacher co-ordinator Shanthi Chandrasekhar: 23663165/ 23664251 (9 am to 3 pm)
An interactive session on Wildlife of Chennai and their importance with puppets for children is conducted by Dr. R.Bhanumathi of Pavai.
Date: Aug. 24. From 4pm – 4.30 pm
Venue: Nageshwara Rao Park, Mylapore, Chennai 600004
An illustrated talk on` Natural Heritage of Chennai’ covering diverse flora & fauna by Dr. R. Bhanumathi.
Date : August 17, 2013 at 6 pm
Venue: Gallery Sri Parvati, 28/160, Eldams Road, Chennai-600018
Organised by ELAI
A photo exhibition on Madras by photographer S.Kanakaraj. From August 17 to 31, 2013.
At Studio Palazzo an Art Gallery, 14, 2nd Avenue, Harrington Road, Chetpet, Chennai 600 031
Nizhal is organising tree walks in English and Tamil.
The walks will last for about an hour. Rediscover the verdant parks and magnificent trees in your neighborhood with friends and family! The Azhinji at Kotturpuram Tree Park, the Thaandri at Semmozhi Poonga, the Putranjiva at Panagal Park and many more such gems!
August 16th (Friday) – Kotturpuram Tree Park – 5.00 pm (Tamil)
August 17th (Saturday) – Nageswara Rao Park, Luz Church Road – 4.30 pm (English)
August 18th (Sunday) – Anna Nagar Tower Park – 4.30 pm (English)
August 23rd (Friday) – Panagal Park, T Nagar – 5.00 pm (English)
August 24th (Saturday) – Semmozhi Poonga, Cathedral Road – 4.30 pm (English)
August 25th (Sunday) – Nanmangalam Forest Park – 8.00 am (English)
August 25th (Sunday) – Sivan Park, K.K. Nagar – 4.30 pm (English)
A Special Musical Tree Walk will be held in Kalakshetra on Sunday, 18th August, at 8 am.
The walk will be led by the Nizhal team (Latha Nathan and Dr. Babu), and Carnatic musician Dr. Sowmya along with her disciples. Meeting and assembly point will be the Kalakshetra Road entrance to the campus.
REGISTRATION FOR ALL THE WALKS: By phone, please call: Usha at 97910 29568 between 10 am and 6 pm.
Online through www.facebook.com/Nizhal.shade
Waves of conversion!
Tiruvanmiyur in 7-8th Century: A landmark on the Vadagu Peruvazhi (as the ECR was known in Chola times), Tiruvanmiyur. Marundeeswarar Temple is a great place in Madras to understand the work of the Shaivaite saints in reconverting Tamilians in the Chola times to Hinduism from Jainism and Buddhism. The 30-minute walk will explore the sadly modernised temple and help understand how religion and politics mingled for mutual benefit in the 6-9th Centuries. Using the hymns on the temple, we will recreate how Tiruvanmiyur looked in those times and how the conversion techniques the saints used can teach the modern management expert a thing or two about achieving lasting changes in institutions.
Date: Sunday, 25th August 7.30-8 a.m. Meeting spot will be announced to those whose registration is accepted.
The walk is free and will not focus on the religious aspect of the temple – there will be no time in the walk to offer worship, please plan for that separately.
Please dress appropriately for a house of worship. No shorts please!
Participants above 40 cannot register unless they bring with them a school (class 8 and above) or college student. This is the best way we can get younger folks interested and they will get enough information that will help them in their careers. The student doesn’t necessarily have to be someone you even remotely know; so please don’t ask for exceptions!
No more than 30 participants.
Registrations to Pradeepandanusha@gmail.com on or before August 11th, 12 noon.
No transport/food arrangements for the walk.
The Madras Naturalists’ Society (MNS) will organise a Nature Walk for the public at Pallikaranai Marsh on Sunday, August 25. The details are as under:
Group size: 30
Reporting time: 6.15 a.m.
Reporting place: Forest Dept. Office on Velachery-Thoraipakkam Road
(When coming from Velachery, take the service road along the 2nd Flyover on the Velachery-Tambaram Road and turn left at the junction under the Flyover onto the Velachery-Thoraipakkam Road, travel around 300 metres. and take the U-turn after the Toll Plaza sign and the Office is on the left immediately after the turn. When coming from OMR, the Office is 200 metres after the Toll Plaza).
For assistance, contact Vijay 98400 90875
SUBJECT OF THIS CONTEST
OLD HOUSES OF OUR CITY
This contest is held in connection with MADRAS DAY 2013 (Aug.22 is the Day), which celebrates our city. The contest encourages city school students to explore Chennai’s history and heritage and present the subject in multi-media form.
GUIDELINES FOR THE PROJECT:
Students must first locate a old house ( tiled or Madras terrace house or a bungalow) which is over 60 years old in your area. The house must be a residence.
The team must record the location and ownership history of this house.
It must photograph all the unique and key features of its architecture, inner spaces and vintage properties used by its residents.
It must gather details about these unique features ( roof and walls, rooms and open spaces, etc) and list the purposes they serve to its residents.
RULES FOR THIS CONTEST:
– The contest is open to school children studying in classes 8 to 12.
– A school can send only one team. Each team MUST have 3 members and all
3 members must take turns to make the presentation. ( No substitutes please!)
– Once you have located the house for study, please call the organiser Ms. Revathi R at 98405 44629 and get the project approved and team members registered (you must do so before you set out to work on it)
– Back at your desk put the project together with photos and the main points in the Power Point presentation capsule and explanation notes written on sheets of paper. (do not dump all info / text into the PP capsule).
– At the contest, your team of 3 students will take turns at the mike to present the project using the PP. You can use your notes for reference as your speak.
– The presentation in PowerPoint on the approved theme will have to be done by all the three participants. It can be done in English or in Thamizh.
– The duration of the complete presentation – PowerPoint and Oral – should not exceed 10 minutes. Participants should be prepared to answer questions of the judge/s.
– Use of the standard design templates in MS Office is only permitted. DO NOT download templates from the Internet.
– On the day of Contest, the team must bring a copy of the CD to the venue of the contest and get it checked ( before 9 am). We advise you to carry your project as a backup digital copy.
– The organisers will provide a PC and a projector at the venue for your presentation.
– This Contest is open to the first 20 school teams to register on first come serve basis.
– The contest will take place on Aug. 20 from 9 am to 3 pm with a 30 mins. lunch break at about 12.30 pm. ( you must bring your lunch)
– Venue: Srinivasa Sastri Hall, Luz, Mylapore.
– The best THREE presentations will be awarded TROPHIES, gifts and certificates.
All participants will be given certificates. Prizes will be awarded on the same day at about 4 pm. Prizes will be awarded based on quality of research / presentation of pictures-visuals / presentation style.
This annual contest is organised by MYLAPORE TIMES – The Neighbourhood Newspaper.
Venue sponsor: South Indian National Association & Ranade Library Luz.