Makkal thilgam m.g.r. Part-9

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MAKKAL THILAGAM AND MAKKAL THILAGAM M.G.R FANS ALWAYS

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When the Union government introduced the Right to Education bill, it threw in the leaves for revolution into boiling water, a revolution that challenged the words of John F Kennedy, who said: "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." A revolution doesn't come by everyday. But when it comes, it comes in leaps and bounds. The charismatic chief minister of Tamil Nadu and cine mega star MGR introduced one such revolution in the early eighties when he introduced the concept of schools providing lunch for school children in order to improve school going habits amongst children.

With parents often requiring farm hands or help in their small business, the idea of a child receiving a meal alongside education was an enthralling one and brought children to school in droves. It was however scoffed at, as the most unworkable idea of the last century. Most people thought it was a cinema guided gimmick which would not last even a couple of months. In most movies, a hungry MGR would just be digging into his only meal of the day, when a beggar would extend his hands seeking alms, MGR would compassionately hand over the meal and make do with a glass of water. The mid-day meal scheme was straight out of the movies, said its critics. Time passed, with a few mis-haps along the way, the mid-day meal scheme will see a 32 year standing in the country a couple of years from now.

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Finally, several years and many discussions later, in 1983, an agreement was reached to bring Krishna waters to Madras. This was largely through the personal initiatives of the Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu and of Andhra Pradesh, both of whom happened to be famous film stars before they entered politics. In Tamil Nadu, the man at the helm was the charismatic M.G. Ramachandran, popularly known as MGR, who played Robin Hood in all his films and endeared himself to the masses. In Andhra the top man was N.T. Rama Rao who too was quite popular as a cine star, and absolutely unorthodox where politics was concerned. Interestingly, NTR as the Andhra Chief Minister [CM] was known, had started his career in Madras, because in those days Madras was the only major film city in the South. He thus had a soft corner for the city, and declared that having drunk the water the city for decades, it was his duty to come to its help in its hour of distress.

An Agreement is Reached

Thanks to the bonds created by the tinsel world, MGR and NTR came to an agreement regarding the details of the supply of Krishna water to Madras. At that time, NTR was engaged in launching an ambitious scheme to make massive use of Krishna waters to enhance enormously agricultural production in his State. He was seeking to do this via a grand scheme known as Telugu Ganga, a network of canals that would carry Krishna waters to every nook and corner of the State. As a part of the larger and grand Telugu Ganga scheme, NTR agreed to build a canal from a reservoir in AP, known as Kandaleru reservoir to the border of Tamil Nadu, for bringing Krishna water to Madras.

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thank you vinodh sir for posting all rare pictures of our beloved god


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Thank you very much Ravichandran Sir. You are taking much and hard efforts in posting every image in a beautifully designed manner. I salute you and please accept my appreciation.

ஓங்குக ஆலயம் கண்ட ஆண்டவன் எம். ஜி. ஆர். புகழ் ! !

அன்பன் : சௌ. செல்வகுமார்

என்றும் எம். ஜி. ஆர்.
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