Shenoy Nagar skating park: give the garden hoe more work
The Hindu
Shenoy Nagar skating park needs some maintenance work
A mention of Shenoy Nagar skating park should spark a gleam of recognition in the eyes of those living light years removed from it. And it draws people from even distant geographies for its well-maintained sporting infrastructure. Tennis courts that come complete with coaching, the basketball court, and spaces for other sports, played with nets and goalposts. And of course, the famous skating rink, the first thing a visitor claps their eyes on while entering the park from Pulla Avenue. Intact and kept spic and span, the walkways continue to have ready patrons. That which lines the walkways can bring a frown though. These spaces which sport benches look dishevelled with weeds that seem to have faced little interference from the garden hoe. As visitors do park themselves on the benches, the weedy overgrowth would be taking away from the overall positive user experience at the park.
When Kaleeshabi Mahaboob, Padma Shri awardee and the first Indian Muslim woman to perform nadaswaram on stage, says she almost gave up music once to take up tailoring, it feels unbelievable. Because what the world stood to lose had that happened was a divine experience. On stage, flanked by her husband Sheik Mahaboob Subhani (also a Padma Shri recipient) and her son Firose Babu, Kaleeshabi with her nadaswaram is a force to reckon.