For the second year YOCee hosted a photowalk for children.
It coincided with the Madras Week as in the past year.
Madras is a large city, so bifurcation of north and south Madras has been not only geographical but cultural too. So we chose to walk on both the places.
The first walk was on Royapuram. Yes, we started to walk from the famed old railway station. We ended at another important landmark - the math wizard Ramanajun museum on Somu Chetty Lane.
The Parsi fire temple, the Kal Mandapam, St. Peter's Church, Jamia Masjid all were found on the way we walked and shot.
The second walk was on the southern part of the city, Greenways Road.
A visit and walk inside Vasanta Vihar, the Theosophical society was a great experience for kids. The music college which was once Brodie's castle was another place many kids hadn't seen before.
Find loads of pictures here.
Tell us how did you like them?
Suggest us now ways to walk.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Madras - Chennai - children
Madras is Chennai to the younger generation.
Especially to those who are born after 1996.
Yes, that is when the official name of the city was changed to Chennai.
It has been on the records as Madras in English and Chennai in Tamil even before the official change of name. But now Madras is Chennai, though many in the city and many who are abroad still refer to it as Madras.
But then a celebration for the city reminds us of the old and new, history and geography of this city that has multiple faces.
One face of it is too conservative to accept the Western culture.
But the other face is very open to changes and modernisation.
Yet another face is exploring anything new within the parameters of tradition, culture and a little beyond them.
Yes, it is a fascinating city like many other cities in India.
And when it is August, it is time to celebrate every aspect of this city.
What is there for children? Hey, many things. Many firsts and many grand events, contests.
Just look at the array of events for the young people!
Happy Madras Day! Want to call is Chennai Day? Be it, but celebrate your own city!
Especially to those who are born after 1996.
Yes, that is when the official name of the city was changed to Chennai.
It has been on the records as Madras in English and Chennai in Tamil even before the official change of name. But now Madras is Chennai, though many in the city and many who are abroad still refer to it as Madras.
But then a celebration for the city reminds us of the old and new, history and geography of this city that has multiple faces.
One face of it is too conservative to accept the Western culture.
But the other face is very open to changes and modernisation.
Yet another face is exploring anything new within the parameters of tradition, culture and a little beyond them.
Yes, it is a fascinating city like many other cities in India.
And when it is August, it is time to celebrate every aspect of this city.
What is there for children? Hey, many things. Many firsts and many grand events, contests.
Just look at the array of events for the young people!
Happy Madras Day! Want to call is Chennai Day? Be it, but celebrate your own city!
Friday, May 27, 2011
Reporters ready for the year!
It is again time for the young student reporters of YOCee to get ready for one full year of reporting.
It is fun, but serious. Nothing frivolous gets into their writing and reporting.
After all they are trained to be official reporters of YOCee.
This year, we grew bigger as the city grows bigger. There are kids from the greater Chennai, that is as far as from the Mahindra World City close to Chenglepet who are enthu about writing.
The bright eyed young people listened to what is reporting and how to go about picking up story ideas. But it is always the Reporter ID card that gets the maximum vote in the whole process.
After listening to the stories of the writers of the past years, the new crowd of cub reporters are ready for finding their story ideas.
Keep logged on to your YOCee, you will find stories and stories and ...
It is fun, but serious. Nothing frivolous gets into their writing and reporting.
After all they are trained to be official reporters of YOCee.
This year, we grew bigger as the city grows bigger. There are kids from the greater Chennai, that is as far as from the Mahindra World City close to Chenglepet who are enthu about writing.
The bright eyed young people listened to what is reporting and how to go about picking up story ideas. But it is always the Reporter ID card that gets the maximum vote in the whole process.
After listening to the stories of the writers of the past years, the new crowd of cub reporters are ready for finding their story ideas.
Keep logged on to your YOCee, you will find stories and stories and ...
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Kids Directory for the second year
It was that time of the year and Chennai Kids' Directory saw its second revised edition.
It was a colourful event with children spinning stories with origami. Oranges and blues, it was riot of colours with kids making Mr. Smiley with Latha Subramaniam, a storyteller and paper craft expert.
For YOCee, it is the band of student reporters that comes first to anybody's mind when they think of the website. And so, two 'senior' reporters Sanita Surana and Ishan Padmanabhan got the privilege of releasing this year's edition of the directory.
For the couple of main stream media reporters, it was a surprise to see the young reporters writing for YOCee for five years!
A report on The Hindu is here.
To know the place where you can buy the directory, go to www.yocee.in
It was a colourful event with children spinning stories with origami. Oranges and blues, it was riot of colours with kids making Mr. Smiley with Latha Subramaniam, a storyteller and paper craft expert.
For YOCee, it is the band of student reporters that comes first to anybody's mind when they think of the website. And so, two 'senior' reporters Sanita Surana and Ishan Padmanabhan got the privilege of releasing this year's edition of the directory.
For the couple of main stream media reporters, it was a surprise to see the young reporters writing for YOCee for five years!
A report on The Hindu is here.
To know the place where you can buy the directory, go to www.yocee.in
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Pick up learning resources
It is time to learn new things. Traditionally the Vijayadasami day sets the kids and the not-so-kids to a new beginning.
And for those who wished a resource guide to learning various things in Chennai, YOCee's Chennai Kids Directory is already out and available in the market, a very few copies though as of now.
The Hindu Metro Plus has put it out for the public again.
Read Anusha Parthasarathy's piece here.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Chennai Kids Directory - Now on sale!
March has been a busy month.
In schools, it was exams that kept the students and teachers busy.
In companies and banks, it was annual accounts closing time.
And at YOCee, it was a collection and verification of data for Chennai Kids Directory.
A project that began in February went on till the last day of March.
The entire experience was a new and educative. While some were quick to understand what a directory, some needed a more elaboration to make them comfortable to share their contact addresses and numbers. I mean the providers of hobby classes and after school activity centres.
Once everything is collected and verified, the data looked amazing. It ran to 100 pages. The final product is now on sale.
The directory is humbly priced at Rs. 20, though the information in the directory is invaluable.
You can contact YOCee for buying, gifting and bulk orders.
In schools, it was exams that kept the students and teachers busy.
In companies and banks, it was annual accounts closing time.And at YOCee, it was a collection and verification of data for Chennai Kids Directory.
A project that began in February went on till the last day of March.
The entire experience was a new and educative. While some were quick to understand what a directory, some needed a more elaboration to make them comfortable to share their contact addresses and numbers. I mean the providers of hobby classes and after school activity centres.
Once everything is collected and verified, the data looked amazing. It ran to 100 pages. The final product is now on sale.
The directory is humbly priced at Rs. 20, though the information in the directory is invaluable.
You can contact YOCee for buying, gifting and bulk orders.
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