VSK Chennai Sandesh

Venom from a jihadi pen 

Threatening letters from jihadis normally name persons they would kill. But a threatening letter received by Hindu Munnani office last week contained a demand. It wanted Sakir Hussain now in police custody to be released, failing which Hindu Munnani will be destroyed, the letter stated. This Sakir Hussain is an ISI agent sent by Pakistan embassy officials to Tamilnadu to survey people and places so that terrorist attacks can be conducted. Hindu Munnani demanded that the police should be pro-active, rather than investigating after a terror act is committed. Police, as usual are toying with the idea whether this could be a hoax.

There was will, and there was way (out)! 

Over commercialization of the four ratha veethis surrounding Kapaleeshwara (Shiva) temple in Mylapore Chennai was deeply resented by the residents. The women of the locality found a way out. They gather at 6.45 p.m. (time of Chandrodaya) every poornima day. They begin walking slowly round the inner parikrama of the temple singing bhajans. Slowly the gathering snowballs into a few hundred men and women. Now they troop out on to the ratha veethis, reciting sacred scriptures like Thevaram and Rudram. This unique phenomenon is now one year old. On Chaitra Poornima day last week the gathering reached a peak of 500. They want atleast 5,000 devotees to join this growing group so that the atmosphere around the temple could improve. The entire programme goes on without any organization behind it. It is spontaneous.

Thousands should thank ABGP Tamilnadu 

The Tamilnadu unit of ABGP (Akhila Bharatiya Grahak Panchayat) prevented a catastrophe. The ABGP had represented on July 16, 2012 to the railway authorities to drop PAN card number from the list of ids required for Tatkal reservations in Indian Railways. The numbers used to be displayed on the chart pasted on the railway coaches, which was picked up by unscrupulous elements and used for benami financial transactions. Thus, for no fault of theirs, thousands of persons ran the risk of being victimized by the Income tax department. Last week, the railways removed PAN card number from the list of ids required for Tatkal.