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• Remembering the Great Martyr Vasudev Balwant Phadke

  

  Decades after Independence – we kept reading about our clement British rulers – not how they looted but how they were kind to us !?! Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2025 SOCIETY

• Close-up of Ant ! ~ கட்டெறும்பு

  

  Ever seen a close-up of Ant ! - though the post, in general about ants – here is a photo of Black Garden Ant... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2025 SOCIETY

• Herons !! ~ Cattle Egrets at Triplicane

  

  Picture taken by me - not in any Bird sanctuary but concrete jungle Chennai – right from Triplicane terrace this morning. Could observe White small birds in... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2025 SOCIETY

• Story of Talented Man Who Shaped the Indian Womens Team

  

  A few decades ago, Ranji matches were won by Bombay and hence not much would be read about that Pre QF on Feb 1994 at Faridabad between Haryana Bombay - Bomba... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2025 SOCIETY

• Oriental Insurance, Chennai ~ Some Stalwarts

  

  Meeting some stalwarts of Oriental Insurance, Chennai after a long time !! In the first photo – Me, S Rangarajan, S Giridharan, N Thirumurthy S Ragunathan. Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2025 SOCIETY

• Angry Birds ~ Bird Hit !!

  

  An aeroplane continues to be a marvel – many of us still look to sky on hearing the sound ~nearer Airports, you could find people standing to watch the flight... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2025 SOCIETY

• Dung Beetle !!! ~ சாணி வண்டு

  

  In a recent visit to Viralimalai, on the steps saw this insect – trying to carry a load perhaps beyond its weight !! – it was a Dung Beetle !! Dung beetles are... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2025 SOCIETY

• A Cricketer by Name Imliwati Lemtur Playing for Nagaland !!

  

  How much of Cricket do you follow ! - ever heard of a PT Teacher by name - Imliwati Lemtur After that historic run chase against Australia scripted by Indian... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2025 SOCIETY

• Indian Women Enters Finals of ICC WC 2025 - Beat Australia

  

  What a chase !!! … .. what a match !! Chasing a very imposing 339 - Jemimah Rodrigues played an innings of character, innings of life time – scoring 127 off... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2025 SOCIETY

• Photographing a Crane - Kokku !!

  

  To the uninformed like me – almost all white-birds are Crane (கொக்கு) - or could be a Heron too !! Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2025 SOCIETY

• Cyclone Montha !!! ~ காடெல்லாம் பிச்சிப் பூவூ

  

  .. in front of Hindu High School in mid 1970s there would be a small handcart selling mango, goose berries (aria-nellikkai), puliyankai and more .. Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2025 SOCIETY

• Deepavali Lights 2025

  

  Deepavali fire-works 2025 Sky lights captured in camera !! Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2025 SOCIETY

• அழகி நீ பேரழகி, அழகான கண்ணழகி ~ Beauty Lies in the Eyes of Beholder

  

  Beautiful ! when we think of beauty, we relate it to a Peacock, Parrot, Elephant, Deer and .. .. (that is what we say, the mind voice is well and truly known –... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2025 SOCIETY

• Nature's Canvas

  

  Nature's canvas blending superbly with man-made one !! Appreciations to the artist. Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2025 SOCIETY

• கொண்டையில் தாழம்பூ .. .. ...... சுவையான பூ யாது ??

  

  பால்காரரான சைக்கிள்... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2025 SOCIETY

• Chasing Dream Girl !! ~ மயிலே மயிலே உன் தோகை இங்கே !!

  

  dream girl !! மயிலே மயிலே உன் தோகை... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2025 SOCIETY

• Deepavali Celebrations ! NASA Photo

  

  Deepavali was celebrated on 20.10.2025 very grandly all over India. In Thiruvallikkeni divyadesam, the purappadu of Sri Parthasarathi with Acharyar Sri... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2025 SOCIETY

• Crow, Vada & Fox !! - Cartoon of Mahakavi Bharathiyar 1909

  

  How well do you know Indian History ! – can you identify (the missing name in the following) 1st Marquess ______ of Kedleston – post related to a cartoon... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2025 SOCIETY

• Birth Centenary Celebrations of Shri R Jagannatha Iyengar

  

  Birth centenary of Shri R Jagannatha Iyengar was celebrated grandly by their family at Triplicane Yadugiri Yathiraja Mutt on 12.10.2025. Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2025 SOCIETY

• DLS and Inept Batting Banish India at Perth

  

  At Perth, it was huge disappointment as Indian team played poorly – the ridiculous rain-rule known as DLS method, is to be blamed partly and more so, the lack o... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2025 SOCIETY