Good,Bad & Ugly Chennai

Was I a whistle blower, that time

vinodvv — Thu, 25 Jul 2019 05:30:57 +0000

Courtesy: Times of India

The above post is date to be June 20th 2008., link to the post

THE BLISS CATCHERS – SEASON 3 @ ODYSSEY STORE WITH Aishwarya, Arun & Vikram

vinodvv — Sun, 24 Sep 2017 15:00:47 +0000

This time it was about Fitness Arts & Design and how Aishwarya, Arun & Vikram are making contribution to education in schools. And how their fitness and art has helped them to evolve themselves to achieve their bliss.

Here are few photos of the event

The Bliss Catchers event is curated by Avis Viswanathan, he is a life coach, Author and Happiness Curator.

Event month, 4th week of Saturday “The Bliss Catchers” event happens, do come and take part in the deeply conversation and your take away could be your enlightenment of your own bliss, which had not known before.

Artist Soul – Prof.C.V.Chandrasekhar

vinodvv — Sun, 10 Sep 2017 07:05:42 +0000

82 years – rock star in classical dance.

What was my take away?

“Dhustana kanda velagi po” – For Prof.C.V.Chandrasekhar his father said it, for me – It was my mother. I don’t like hurting people. I do stay silent, in a non commenting situation, so that I get peace of mind. Speaking is silver, silence is gold.

What Thejas this man has, the karishma the energy to teach and to perform on stage.

few photos from the Artist Soul event

The session was curated by Avis Viswanathan, he is a life coach, Author and Happiness Curator.

By hand from the heart, Sept 2017 makers market

vinodvv — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 10:35:26 +0000

I did miss the last edition, so I wanted to check this time.

Yes, I really liked a lot of different things, from food to art, food for thought and also creative artists to wedding card planners and so on.

Here are few shots I captured on my Android phone

Tomorrow makers market is open, so check it out.

Adding few more photos which I took on power shot camera

Don’t miss the Shakti Ganapati above- The furniture designs are unique

The mobile phone photos listed below

Dreamcathers from Mumbai – now in Chennai offering dreamcatchers till tomorrow. I meant the By hand from the heart – markets market is open till tomorrow.

Shop with Tanuja – as her store says, designs on her bags are awesome, just that she didn’t have much space to display, anyway once the shoppers check her work, I am sure they will dig to the last bag…

Do they need any introduction Rupak & Rashmi Munje

THE BLISS CATCHERS – SEASON 3 @ ODYSSEY STORE with Janaki Sabesh & Akila Krishnamurthy

vinodvv — Sun, 27 Aug 2017 04:14:54 +0000

When my subjects are animating, it is feast for me. No matter what, I cannot count how many photos and how hard my camera is going to work… The camera works and I get the Dharshan and offer you the Drishyam/Dharshan it depends on how you look at it.

Let me know whether it was Drishyam or Dharshan

Here are few photos from yesterday’s Bliss Catchers event

The Bliss Catchers event is curated by Avis Viswanathan, he is a life coach, Author and Happiness Curator.

There is exception happening next month, because the last saturday is Muharam & Vijaydasami, hence it will be on 23rd Saturday.

Peacock trail by – Storytrails

vinodvv — Sun, 20 Aug 2017 13:25:45 +0000

Above: Meet Lakshmi of Storytrails, our story teller for the day.

Last Saturday morning, I took up the peacock trail offered by Storytrails, details of the trail can be found on the link.

What I am going to tell is not on the finer details of the trail, but about the service you can experience with storytrails.

As soon as we arrived we got introduced to Lakshmi, she then offered us radio receiver, and a bottle of water with carefully packaged bag. The radio receiver was useful in two ways

You could wander around looking at the subjects of your interest, while still listening to story unravelled by Lakshmi
If you are away from the group, you know for sure that you are going to get lost, because the voice is feeble and with disturbed hissing noise. So you could get back in to the group

It is mostly about the storyteller – it is how the story been told, It is not like the usual guide explaining stuff. It is about how your guests get involved, the minute your guest ask questions – you know what I mean. This is something I really loved with storytrails.

Two locations covered in three hours and with much attention to smaller details. I would highly recommend Storytrails to explore places, they are truly professional story tellers.

Heart of matter with Justin Vijay Jesudas

vinodvv — Sun, 20 Aug 2017 07:02:12 +0000

Heart of matter is the most intense, heart felt curation done by Avis & Vaani at InKo centre, The photos of the event are down below.

Here is brief details of the event

This time, our guest is Justin Vijay Jesudas – a tetraplegic, who is an international swimming and rifle-shooting champion.

Paralyzed neck below after a car accident in 2009, Justin mastered driving a customized car and has since driven for over 50,000 kilometres. He is now preparing to compete in swimming in the 2018 Asian Para Games and in the Tokyo Paralympics in 2020. Besides, he is participating in rifle shooting at the national championships for people with disabilities.

Just take a look at these two pictures to get a feel of how Justin’s living his Life – fully, happily, despite the challenges he faces on a daily basis.

Yes, Justin swims, surfs and drives – all by himself!

His is a story of how he has nurtured the spirit of adventure in him, of how he has disciplined himself to compete at the global level in Paralympic swimming and how he has been inspired by his own need to be happy. Don’t you want to learn how he manages to do all of that?

This Series helps us to pause and reflect on Life. We will be sharing through the stories of people, who we are in conversation with, that it is possible to be happy despite our circumstances.

Entry: Free (Please share and invite whoever you believe will benefit from this event)
Time: 6.30 PM ~ 8.00 PM
(The 90-minute Conversation is from 6.30 PM to 8.00 PM – sharp; please join us at 6 PM for Coffee/Tea)
Date: Saturday, August 19, 2017
Venue: InKo Centre, Boat Club Area: https://goo.gl/maps/cqZegJT6cYn

A brief Intro on behalf of InKo about Heart of matter and guest – Justin Vijay Jesudas & curators Avis, Vaani

Justin – smiling at his height of confidence, with having a faith in himself

Geetha Madam jotting points for awesome write-up she writes about the event the next day of her facebook page

Heart of matter is about happiness, in-spite of various difficulties, how they achieve happiness in their life, it is a curated event, by Avis – a life coach, Author, Happiness curator & Vaani Author, Happiness curator.

ARTIST SOUL – D Krishnan

vinodvv — Sun, 13 Aug 2017 05:39:50 +0000

It was interesting to hear the wonderful conversation between D Krishnan and the curator of the event Avis Vishwanathan.

Here are few pics from the event

The session was curated by Avis Viswanathan, he is a life coach, Author and Happiness Curator.

What a ride, of a lifetime

vinodvv — Sun, 16 Jul 2017 15:29:02 +0000

Chennai has one of the decent transportation when compared to other metros or the second tier cities. The prices are nominal.

The recent years have been hell on the roads and MRTS never been on time.

Today I happened to travel on CMRL or the Chennai Metro, from Annanagar East to Airport and back. The ride was so good, comfortable, and with the offering of A/C ride it was too much for me. The best part is every 10 mins a ride. And even better was train where punctual.

This is something this city need for an hour where you can commit to your office or client that you can reach in so and so time.

I would rate this service world class, wish MRTS also follows. There is one section where Avadi – Beach section – never in my life I have reached beach station on time and vise-versa. Usually had to get down at park town and get to central railway station.

Is it something to do with partial privatisation that the service is better. I leave the thoughts for officials and the government to improve the railway service.

Artist soul – Narthaki Natraj

vinodvv — Sun, 09 Jul 2017 05:17:28 +0000

Narthaki Natraj – a demi god to her audience, dance is her trance, good knowledge on Tamizh literature. A mesmerising talk, curated by Avis and thanks to Narthaki Natraj for her profound words on her life experiences.

The session was curated by Avis Viswanathan, he is a life coach, Author and Happiness Curator.