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• Wreck of Legendary Ship of Capt Cook - HMS Endeavour is Located !!

  

  Kalaniʻōpuʻu-a-Kaiamamao (1729 – 1782) was a Hawaiian monarch, who was called Terreeoboo, King of Owhyhee by James Cook and other Europeans. Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2018 SOCIETY

• Kathmandu Does Well ~ to Pay Bonus !!

  

  The Licchavis were the most famous clan amongst the ruling confederate clans of the VajjiMahajanapada of ancient India. Vaishali (a city in modern-day northern... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2018 SOCIETY

• Liquefaction That Can Sink a Ship !!

  

  In materials science, liquefaction is a process that generates a liquid from a solid or a gas or that generates a non-liquid phase which behaves in accordance... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2018 SOCIETY

• Clock Towers ! ¬ and the Clock That Always Runs Wrong !!

  

  Modern day youngsters may not really understand many a thing – one of that is the importance of watch ~ a wrist watch was a luxury till about 5 decades ago… onl... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2018 SOCIETY

• the Most Prolific Writer is ............ 'not a Person' !!

  

  It was the summer of 1928, when Jawaharlal Nehru began writing letters to his young daughter, Indira, who was in Mussoorie at that time. In the first letter,... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2018 SOCIETY

• Cameron White Struck by Billy Stanlake

  

  Billy Stanlake ~ an extremely tall fast bowler at 204 centimetres, won a surprise call-up to Australia's one-day international squad in January 2017 to play... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2018 SOCIETY

• the Man Behind India's Engineer's Day

  

  15th Sept is celebrated as Engineer’s Day in India – commemorating Sir M Vishweshvaraya, KCIE, FASc. It is perhaps fitting that the day remembers an Engineer... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2018 SOCIETY

• Asia Cup ~ 2018 - Begins Today

  

  Cricket Asia Cup starts today .. .. how important, how interesting it would be ? ~ can you identify this wicket-keeper batsman, who the man of the tournament... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2018 SOCIETY

• Ganapati Bappa Moraya 2018 ~ and Insurance

  

  It looks well-drafted Insurance coverage basket – Personal accident for 2244 people at 10 lakhs each; Public liability 20 Cr; All risks (gold other... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2018 SOCIETY

• Dial 1800-2333-555 When There is Gas Leakage – Great Service.

  

  Today 13th Sept 2018 is Vinakaya Chathurthi ~ the festival of Lord Ganesha .. .. people worship Vigneswarar in various forms, offer Him fruits and .. .. Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2018 SOCIETY

• Sri Vinayaga Chathurthi Celebrations @ Chennai 2018

  

  One sees whatever one wants to see – anywhere, everywhere. Ganesh Chathurthi is a very popular festival across the Country. Ganapathi, Vinayakar, Vigneshwarar... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2018 SOCIETY

• Aavin ~ Swiss Cows ... and Cows Climbing Alps

  

  Those now in middle ages [ read closer or above 50s], would remember the olden days scramble for milk in the morning. In the mid 1970s was the paradigm shift... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2018 SOCIETY

• Remembering Mahakavi Subramanya Bharathiyar ~ 12th Sept 1921

  

  This day, Sept. 11, is remembered World over for various reasons ! - this post is slightly different (from my posts on this day in previous years !!) The man,... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2018 SOCIETY

• Ending Career in Style ~ Alastair Cook Bows out with a Ton !!

  

  At Kia Oval, the day ended with Alastair Cook after 161 Tests, had England waiting with bated breath. His career statistics stood at 12254 runs in 289 innings... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2018 SOCIETY

• Alastair Cook is Playing His Last Test Innings !!

  

  Oval Test has been a slow burner, which may well ignite by Tuesday night but in the meantime there have been enough subplots to keep everyone diverted. The matc... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2018 SOCIETY

• House Getting Demolished ~ Remembering Legendary Writer Sujatha

  

  His great novel “Manal kayiru’ enamoured me to read more about him. It was first published in Kumudam on Aug 1968. I perhaps had not started reading Tamil... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2018 SOCIETY

• Mont Blanc ~ the Woman Runner Who Stopped to Feed Her 3 Month Son

  

  This is a limited edition watch which could cost more than a Crore of Indian rupees. ~ this is no post on the pricey watch but on a toughness of a woman who... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2018 SOCIETY

• Hanuma Vihari Debuts ~ Memories of Kennington Oval .. and PB Sreenivas

  

  Tamil cinema fans would ever remember – ‘ kalangalil aval vasantham song’ from the film Pavamannippu. The final test is now on at Kennington Oval, London. Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2018 SOCIETY

• South African Cricketers Marry .. Supreme Court Landmark Judgement in Sec 377 IPC

  

  Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. ___ (2015) is a landmark civil rights case in the Supreme Court of the United States .. .. .. Sukhinder Kaur was the Mayor of... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2018 SOCIETY

• What is a Motor Vehicle ! What is a Public Place & Insurer's Liability

  

  Sadly, there are road accidents and people do get injured or lose their lives in accidents involving vehicles. Motor Vehicles Act inter-alia, provides avenues... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2018 SOCIETY