Sampathkumar Sampath
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Sampspeak - the thoughts of an Insurer
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a Blog on Insurance especially Marine Insurance, Sports and Current Affairs
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Katz-Hernandez, the ROTUS of Whitehouse
ROTUS stands for Receptionist of the United States (White House West Wing receptionist)..... IT does not require any elaboration that ‘White House’ is the... Read more
Posted on 06 May 2018 SOCIETY -
EasyJet Cancells Flight and Charges £10 Fee for Providing Proof !!!
Supermodel Kate Moss was escorted off an easyJet flight at London Luton airport on Sunday by police because she had allegedly become disruptive. Read more
Posted on 06 May 2018 SOCIETY -
Last Over Domination ~ New Capt Shreyas Iyer Makes a Big Mark
The game is a great leveller and often produces great surprises – its unpredictability is its greatest attraction. Watch the ball close, they would say, and... Read more
Posted on 27 April 2018 SOCIETY -
Ankit Rajpoot Takes 5 for ~!
Can you identify this bowler ? – would you have identified him before today’s match ?? Ashley Noffke bounced into a Cricket Australia contract and on to an Ashe... Read more
Posted on 26 April 2018 SOCIETY -
Who is Arctophile ~ Something on Bears and Teddies !!
A post on Inuka involved some searching on the web – throwing a lot on bears. If you are one of the investors who takes comfort in the fact that the economy is... Read more
Posted on 26 April 2018 SOCIETY -
MS Dhoni and Team CSK Sail Past RCB with Sixers !!!
IPL is club Cricket ~ nothing greater than that ! – yet so many fans did not sleep till it was midnight and went to bed seeing that bludgeoning big hit that... Read more
Posted on 26 April 2018 SOCIETY -
Inuka, the Polar Bear Put to Sleep at Singapore
Peter Sleep debuted against Pak at Melbourne in Mar 1979 and played his last test against the Pakis at the same Melbourne in Jan 1990 – in between he played 14... Read more
Posted on 25 April 2018 SOCIETY -
Ace Shuttler (CW Silver Medalist) Kidambi Srikanth Spurned Celebrating His...
At Gold Coast Commonwealth Games came to an end and it's now four years until Birmingham 2022 but in light of one of the biggest events coming to the... Read more
Posted on 23 April 2018 SOCIETY -
Paki Disrespectful Gesture at Wagah ~ Stamp on Jhulan Goswami
At IPL, Prithvi Shaw the Indian U19 Captain sensation made his debut ~ there are so many of them – budding stars getting a chance in IPL – and a bunch is missin... Read more
Posted on 23 April 2018 SOCIETY -
~ the Oxen of Gir - at Triplicane
This post – started with a chance encounter in Thiruvallikkeni .. Talala is a city and a taluka in the famous Somnath district in Gujarat, also known as... Read more
Posted on 22 April 2018 SOCIETY -
the Gory Butchering at Jallianwala Bagh
Often Indian freedom struggle gets described in one pithy statement - Gandhi got us freedom without shedding blood ! ~ how much away from truth, and why the... Read more
Posted on 22 April 2018 SOCIETY -
CSK Train Chugs off ~ CSKku Punela Visil Podu !!
It is ten years since the first match in IPL was played in 2008. Ten full years since Brendon McCullum smashed 158* for Kolkata Knight Riders – between and... Read more
Posted on 20 April 2018 SOCIETY -
Technology Howler in IPL ~ DK Hand Directs Bowler Mavi
Remember that Chepauk Test in Dec 1983 – Sunil Gavaskar made an unbeaten 236 – but did not open. Anshuman Gaekwad opened with Navjot singh Sidhu. Read more
Posted on 18 April 2018 SOCIETY -
CSK Forced to Shift Home ~ Why DD & KX1 Missed out 1 Foreign Player ??
On Sunday, 8th Apr 2018 – Delhi Daredevils played Kings X1 Punjab – and some observed that both teams were short by one foreign player, in specific – Aussies ! ... Read more
Posted on 11 April 2018 SOCIETY -
Apex Court on Insurer's Liability - in Case of Cover Note !!
There is so much of traffic and on every city road, you see so many vehicles – so many varieties of them – and there are automobile accidents. Read more
Posted on 10 April 2018 SOCIETY -
Iceland Bans Palm Oil Products in Super Markets ~ Saving Orangutans
Do you know that one species affected by palm oil production is the orangutan population. In some regions, oil palm cultivation has resulted in deforestation,... Read more
Posted on 10 April 2018 SOCIETY -
World's Largest Statue of China's First Emperor Qin Toppled
Qin's wars of unification were a series of military campaigns launched in the late 3rd century BC by the Qin state against the other six major states — Han,... Read more
Posted on 10 April 2018 SOCIETY -
Interesting IPL ~ Team Compositions, Tosses, Probabilities and Fumbles !!
Watching a Test match at Chepauk was charming in every manner ~ in those days of no or little TV coverage (remember that in 1970s – there would be only one... Read more
Posted on 09 April 2018 SOCIETY -
Violations ~ Social Media Shaming ~ Presence on Web ??
What sort of presence you have on the web and how much on social media ? – do you spend time on Social media : Instagram, Whatsapp, Facebook, Twitter and the... Read more
Posted on 08 April 2018 SOCIETY -
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu & Sanjita Chanu Bring Glory to India.
Situated in the Brisbane suburb of Woolloongabba - it's shortened to the Gabba is a famous Cricket ground. Gabba is a contraction of Woolloongabba, a suburb... Read more
Posted on 07 April 2018 SOCIETY