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Home2016June

Month: June 2016

Governance

Life in Chennai – A Transgender’s Experience

June 28, 2016 Kameswari Padmanabhan

How a transgender from Sikkim is building her life in Chennai She calls herself Rudy, after she fell in love with Rihanna’s ‘Rude Boy ‘when she was 15. She is trans-sexual. And this is her

Environment

A Memorable Morning at Neelankarai – Hitesh

June 27, 2016 News Desk

A Memorable Morning at Neelankarai It was 5.25 a.m on June 19th. We were walking towards the Beach from East Coast Road. I’m part of Just Volunteer, an independent volunteering group and along with 30

Environment

30 plastic spoons, nylon rope, 4 torn chappals and more! – Preeti Aghalayam

June 27, 2016 News Desk

Chennai Coastal Cleanup booty: ­30 plastic spoons, nylon rope, 4 torn chappals and more! My daughter and I chose the Marina Light House location, along with a few children from her school. We are not

Environment

When Civic Mindedness Triumphed Over Apathy – Lavanya D

June 27, 2016 Lavanya Donthamshetty

When Civic Mindedness Triumphed Over Apathy For all those times we have walked past a mound of garbage on the street and turned our nose up to declare: “ugh! What filth! Why isn’t anyone doing

Environment

Reclaim Chennai’s waterways, say ‘no’ to floods!

June 24, 2016 Meenakshi Ramesh

Reclaim Chennai’s waterways, say ‘no’ to floods! There are close to 3600 water bodies in Chennai, Tiruvallur and Kanchipuram to store and recharge water and channelize excess water into the sea. However, the indiscriminate development

Environment

Chennai Heat and the Art of Keeping Cool!

June 23, 2016 Archita S

Do your bit against climate change: Keep your house cooler Just around six months ago, Chennai was gradually tottering back after the devastating floods. Water levels had just receded, electricity came back on and cars

Civic

Indian of the Year 2015 – People of Chennai

June 21, 2016 Meenakshi Ramesh

The real heroes of the 2015 Chennai floods: A volunteer reflects It’s been a little over six months since Chennai found itself in the grip of ravaging floods that wreaked havoc in the urban landscape

Environment

7th Chennai Coastal Cleanup – June 19

June 17, 2016 Meenakshi Ramesh

Join hands to clean 25 Km of Chennai beaches! Come June 19th and the Chennai Trekking Club (CTC) will be organising the 7th edition of the Chennai Coastal Cleanup (CCC7). This is one of the

Civic

Chennai’s garbage : How realistic is the dream of a bin-free city?

June 13, 2016 Nileena MS

In a much-awaited move, the Greater Corporation of Chennai (GCC) is all set to launch its bin-less waste transfer process on a pilot basis in a few of the wards in its newly added areas,

Civic

Citizens in Chennai disconnected from MLAs, Councillors, shows survey

June 6, 2016 Nileena MS

Citizen Matters poll seeks views of Chennaiites on public policy, local body representatives, quality of local governance, performance of MLAs, and important civic issues.

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