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the gold price is soaring high and when reports suggest a definite
decline in the purchase of the yellow metal, Chennai gets not only
an exclusive Gold Tower, but the world’s biggest jewellery showroom
too. The Gold Tower, promoted by actor Prashanth and his father
Thiagarajan along with REAL VALUE is the latest of Chennai’s
Landmarks.Where else could it be located than at the very heart of
the Gold Hub of South East Asia, our own T Nagar? Yes, in North
Usman Road. Built to offer an international shopping experience, it
would house world-class jewelers, according to its promoters.
Joyalukkas seems to be its first and may be the prime occupant. It
will have 70,000 sq. feet of premium jewellery shopping space! It
was opened on Sunday by the first citizen of the State.
The election of six members to Rajya Sabha occupied
almost the whole of last week. The AIADMK gave nervous moments to
all contestants till the last moment of filing of nominations. It
had offered one seat to its ally, the MDMK. But, wisely enough,
Vaiko declined the offer, since he knew that it was a razor’s edge.
 Then there were informal talks with the sole dmdk member. When
support was not forthcoming, the AIADMK decided to waste its 32
excess votes. Well, that is politics.
While on the subject of Rajya sabha elections, would you like to
know the declared assets of Jayanthi Natarajan, fielded by the
Congress? Rs. 8,17,70,249/-
 Chennai had a musical surprise last week when the legend A R Rahman
announced the opening of his KM Music Conservatory. With this, the
city will emerge as the world capital of music, His institute will
offer training not only in music, but also in music technology. And
that indeed is good news.
And here is a not-so-good news! There has been a hike in the milk
price in Chennai.The State owned Aavin raised the price by two
rupees a litre. An indication that the city is becoming costlier by
the day.
 Tailpiece: Sunday morning’s newspaper had a flyer about a missing
spitz breed dog, white in colour(with a slight tinge of brown on
top), responding to the name “naughty”, about 12” in height. It is a
play dog and not dangerous. Fully vaccinated. If found, it can be
contained in one place by offering sweets or chocolates. Finder
please call Prashanth on 9884067009/9790972303/9884723361. The flyer
is bilingual – in English and Tamil. And there are three black and
white photos of the ‘naughty’ dog!!! Our prayers are with Prasanth.
I wonder how badly ‘naughty’ will be missing his dear master!! H.Ramakrishnan |
