Downtown
Two-day fest for senior citizens held
Special Correspondent A two-day festival Celebrating Age India Expo 2012 concluded here recently with many senior citizens walking in to find out about exclusive housing facilities, reverse mortgage of property, health issues and possibilities of getting re-employed. Pushpalatha Srinivasan (66), who spends her spare time reading books and researching various topics relating to senior citizens, said that the concept of an exclusive fair for people like her was interesting. “If the government or NGOs can plan such
Chennai
Aswin and Pranamya shine in Asian skating
Special Correspondent Two fourteen year olds, Aswin Abraham and Pranamya Rao did themselves proud by winning five medals at the recently held Asian Roller Skating Championship held at Hefei City in China. Both won two silver medals each while Pranamya garnered a bronze too in dance. Considering this was their first International appearance, it was a good show by the two children who are regular winners in various domestic meets. At Hefei the two participated in the open category where very senior skaters from other