Adayar downtown 8 March 2015

The Dance Hour offers a fun way of learning Bharatanatyam: Mala Bharath, who has been dancing from the age of five, started Athma Laya in 1998 to encourage women to unwind through dance, primarily Bharatanatyam. It organises workshops that blend meditation with dance. Athma Laya offers something called Dance Hour, which is a weekly one hour getaway session for women to dance just for the simple pleasure of dancing. Athma Laya was started in Velachery and has centres in Adyar, R.A. Puram, T. Nagar and Anna Nagar. For details, check http://www.athmalaya.in/ dance-hour.html.

 http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-downtown/melding-movements-and-meditation/article6970069.ece

Mid-2014, five women clasped hands to establish ‘Penn Taxi’, an initiative aimed at ensuring safe and comfortable travel for women. The brainchild of the Duchess Club of Chennai, Penn Taxi is built on the concept of ‘A taxi service for women by a woman driver’. Currently, there are three full-time drivers and three taxis. Expansion plans are on the cards. The women pilots currently undertake trips around the city, to suburban areas, Puducherry and Tirupathi. In the future, they are likely to cover a wider area. For booking, call 9841125522.           http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-downtown/for-a-safe-and-comfortable-drive/article6970160.ece

AYUSH clinic now at Thiruvanmiyur : The Clinical Research Unit for Homeopathy, a sub-ordinate unit of Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy, Ministry of AYUSH Health, earlier at Kottivakkam, has been shifted to a new place, New No : 19, Old No : 9, Dr. Radha Krishnan Nagar Main Road, Thiruvanmiyur. The out patient department is open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. except second Saturday and on Sundays. For details, contact Kolli Raju, officer-in-charge, Clinical Research Unit for Homeopathy at 9444346846.                http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-downtown/ayush-clinic-now-at-thiruvanmiyur/article6970011.ece

Arul Priya and Geetha Indravel say they started Nammaboomi to put an end to the throwaway culture &

battle against plastic : Besides palm plates and bags made of cloth, paper and jute, Nammaboomi also has pencils and paper which are recycled products. Another interesting product is edible spoons made from corn kernels. “Our pencils are an alternative to wooden pencils. Trees were not felled to make these pencils. They were made from newspapers,” says Arul Priya. At present, Nammaboomi is working on developing tumblers and parcel boxes. For details, call Arul Priya at 98408 94992 

 http://www.thehindu.com/features/downtown/two-women-engage-in-battle-against-plastic/article6969362.ece