SEMMOZHI MANADU
VOC Park Graffiti
To reflect our love for the language, a World Classical Tamil Conference (Ulaga Thamizh Semmozhi Manadu) was conducted, in Coimbatore, India, from June 23rd to 27th, 2010. It is an opportunity for one and all to learn and exhibit their knowledge of the language and see for themselves the various forms that the language has taken from time immemorial. According to the interviews that our team conducted the graffiti around VOC park were painted in 2010 during the celebration of Semozhi Manadu by the Coimbatore Corporation.
HISTORY OF CHERA, CHOLAS AND PANDIYAN
The Cheras were an ancient Dravidian royal dynasty of Tamil origin who ruled in regions of Tamil Nadu and Kerala in India. Together with the Chola and the Pandyas, it formed the three principal warring Iron Age kingdoms of southern India in the early centuries of the Common Era.
THE RUINED ARTWORK
Does your attention go to the garbage or the ruined artwork behind it?
The concentration of industries within the city and the lack of state of the art facilities tends to take its toll on the city environment and thereby leads to the degradation of the artwork.
The environment gives a view of the waste management facilities in the city.
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BEHIND THE SCENES
STREET FOOD
FOUR TIPS TO ENSURE THAT YOU'RE NOT EATING FROM A VENDOR THAT MAKES YOU SICK
SAFETY FIRST
Clean Your Plate
Always, always look at the utensils you're being served in. If you see traces of oil or dirt then ask for a fresh one. Or at least take a disinfectant wipe or tissue and wipe the plate clean.
Take a Look Around
Take a look at how the food is being cooked. Where are the ingredients being picked from to be added to the food? The area where the street food vendor is chopping his vegetables may be dirty and unhygienic. Avoid the same, especially if it is served in raw form, for example, the onions served atop delicious aloo tikkis.
Juicing, It's No Pulp Fiction
Watch the vendor make your fruit or vegetable juice right in front of you and make sure he pours it into a clean jug. Sometimes they rinse the jug with water out of an open bottle or a big tub but ask the vendor to use fresh water to do so. Avoid adding ice to your juice as the source of the water to make the ice is questionable.
Don't Eat Cut Fruits
In summer, you'll find endless vendors with cut melons, mangoes, watermelons, etc. We would suggest that you avoid eating those. Cut fruits need to be refrigerated and stored at the right temperature or they are very likely to be contaminated with bacteria or the likes.
KOVAI'S COVID-19 KITCHEN
An organization named “For the people, by the people” is a community kitchen based in Thaneer Panthal Peelamedu, Coimbatore. Founded by Niveditha.S and Harsha Vardhan, there are around 40 volunteers that are part of the organization, who work for free to feed the poor in Coimbatore now in this trying times. The organization was founded a few years ago. Noticing children and people starving around their locality on roads and slums, they opened up their community kitchen to feed as much as the poor as they can. Calls and appeals are accepted through their official website and they deliver food to the necessary locations. They supply up to 7000 food packs in day from morning to evening, they split up necessarily in handling the community kitchen and delivering the packets. They have been delivering
more food packets during the COVID-19 nation-wide lock-down as most of the poor have lost their employment and do not receive their daily wages.
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