Chennai Times

Prof. Sultan Ismail is perhaps one of the best teachers in the country today, and perhaps the world. His conviction on what he teaches, the passion with which he communicates it, the effective use of every tool at his disposal to communicate and ability to do so with all sections and age groups in society has made him a much respected and looked up to teacher in the city. That his short lectures appear on You Tube to be available to the rest of the world is only a matter of time. It is great to see him air his views on-line. please watch his videos, there is something to learn from every sentence of what he says.

Thank god, there is no Gandhi statue in the chennai corporation building, Mayor Subramanian and Commissioner Lakhani would have otherwise been embarrassed (if they could). This morning news 1) Mayor inaugurates parking meters in North Mada Street, Mylapore 2) Corp. Commissioner distributes new plastic broom sticks to conservancy workers The Mayor comes with a jewel of a reason for the parking meters, 'people at times are unhappy that the attendant in the parking areas don't issue receipt and now ( what he didn't say: they will walk the required 200 mts to the machine, fish out the Rs. 5 coin from their wallets and promise not to park beyond an hour ) they will get their receipts printed by the meter machine! '. Of course, we assume that those people want to actually pay the amount and if they over stay the duration, will renew it again! The Mayor has to just peek around the corner to find the number of large cars that park on the narrow stretch on the main road