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ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF… THE POLICE CONTROL ROOM
Dial 100. There’s help at hand
CITYSCAPE Thousands of calls are answered politely everyday, though only a few hundreds are genuine. ASHA S. MENON reports

People

An extraordinary journey
Interview Jose Feliciano blazed a path for Ricky Martin, Enrique Iglesias, Shakira and Marc Anthony to follow

This is with reference to the article “Now, Band IT” (MetroPlus, January 24). It was heartening to learn that employees in the IT sector don’t just confine themselves to cubicles but also hone their talents and ...

Columns

VOICE YOUR VIEWS: CIVIC SENSE AND YOU
They said it

For most of us, except for our home, the earth is a dust bin. At home or work place, every unwanted trash finds its exit either through the window or the doors. The pan chewers paint the corners of buildings red and smokers throw the still ...

Riding in a car with my mother when I was seven years old, I threw a banana peel out of the window onto a garbage heap by the roadside. My mother gently pointed out that the banana peel should have gone into a dustbin either at home or at the ...

The dream of every Indian is a clean India. For this, no policies or plans need to be drafted. Every parent should take it upon themselves to imbibe good civic sense in their children. So also the educational institutions. What is taught to ...

The development of civic sense is vital to the quality of life. It is disgusting to see the corridors of government hospitals, vehicles wrongly parked in congested commercial areas, betel juice stains on the walls of Government offices and ...

Children should be taught to treat their city as their home and not a dumping ground. Chennai’s problems can be solved only if people cooperate with the civic authorities. They must be made to realise that spitting and defecating in ...

The construction of bridges at various places in the city has led to traffic congestions especially on weekdays. We need to improve the condition of roads for better traffic management. The plying of water tankers and other heavy vehicles must ...

Civic sense is actually common sense. Sadly people lack it. Writing on compound walls, on buses, trains, monuments, drunken driving, smoking in public and throwing garbage outside the bins…the list is endless. Civic sense should be ...

You make the society good or bad. Civic sense is based on polite behaviour and impeccable manners. Children should be taught civic manners at school and home for the wellness of the society.

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The old adage “Your freedom to swing your walking stick ends where my nose begins” is an apt quotation here though we don’t follow the ethics. Everyday our lack of civic sense is highlighted with telling photos in the ...

It is welcome news that the Chennai Corporation is coming with strict legislation to ensure civic cleanliness. No more urinating, spitting or throwing domestic wastes in public places. This will go a long way in curbing the mosquito menace and ...

The civic sense of people in a society collectively is a measure of how cultured the society is. In that sense, we are uncultured. Littering, spitting and urinating are a common sight. The famed Indian sense of tolerance keeps us from ...

Smoking in public, parking the vehicles in no-parking zones, spitting on the roads, relieving in public places and dumping the garbage in the streets show that we need to develop a civic sense. Only strict rules and regulations and their ...

Civic sense is the need of the hour to address common problems of unclean surroundings, contaminated drinking water and irresponsible garbage disposal. When there are no or inadequate dustbins, garbage is thrown on the roads. This leads to ...

Each individual should contribute to keeping his/her environment clean, They can avoid spitting and throwing rubbish on the roads, urinating and smoking in public places, letting loose of cattle and dogs and so on. Vehicles should also be ...

Civic sense should be introduced/ included in the curriculum of primary classes. Civic sense meaning “Pouradharmam” was one of the subjects in the olden days that was included in the curriculum at the primary level in the erstwhile ...

Lifestyle

Anarkali’s comeback
The kurta that had gone into hibernation is haute now thanks to “Saawariya”

Cinema

Straight talk
Shyam Benegal on his films on Buddha, Noor Inayat Khan and more

Wheels

Bimmer up, Scotty!
TESTDRIVE The BMW X3 might feel like half-saloon, half-SUV on the inside, but the drive experience is pure, unadulterated sports car, says HORMAZD SORABJEE

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