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• Significance of Turmeric (Manjal) - Western Research

  

  Natural plant products have been used throughout human history for various purposes. For a Srivaishnavaite, the best ornament is Thiruman Kappu. Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2020 SOCIETY

• Workmen ~ Employee Compensation Act - Calculation of Wages 2020

  

  A few decades ago ! ~ life was different .. .. there were white-collared and blue-collared workers ! ~ what ! – how would colour differentiate a worker ? – thos... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2020 SOCIETY

• Nick Kyrgios Offers to Donate $200 Per Ace - Pledging Support for Victims of...

  In the Tennis World, as in any other Sports, there are characters. Ilie Năstase a Romanian was a great player who often was in the news for his... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2020 SOCIETY

• Be a Workaholic ! ~ Do You Know About Your Company's Leave Policy ?

  

  Long before the invention and usage of templates – there were specialists who used to tutor writing a leave application - ‘as I am suffering from fever’ People... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2020 SOCIETY

• Nissan Chief Carlos Ghosn Smuggled out of Japan !

  

  Masujiro Hashimoto founded the Kaishinsha Motor Car Works in July 1911. In 1914, the company produced its first car, called DAT. Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2020 SOCIETY

• New Year 2020 Revelry ~ is Not Jan1, Just Another Day ?

  

  Another year has fleeted past ! ~ 2019 is gone and year 2020 has born. 2020 is a leap year and would it make any changes in your lives ? – is there hope, fear o... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2020 SOCIETY

• Some Interesting Occurrences at Sea

  

  Dear (s) The Kerch strait connects the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. See the photo below for the location. This place between Ukraine and Russia is in the... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2019 SOCIETY

• Communism, Karl Marx & Things Unknown (to Me) !!

  

  Do you know who was – ‘Johanna Bertha Julie Jenny von Westphalen’ ? In Das Kapital (1867), Marx proposes that the motivating force of capitalism is in the... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2019 SOCIETY

• Chennai Corporation Sells Compost Manure at Marina

  

  The economy in Zanzibar is predominantly based on agriculture and allied activities. To boost natural farming, compost is imported in Zanzibar. Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2019 SOCIETY

• Pumpkin Flowers in the Middle of Kolam ~ Jacinda Ardern

  

  Jacinda Ardern’s media popularity has irked some, and spawned this #hashtag. ~ wonder what ? – before that .. .. .. for some, the practice of putting kolams in... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2019 SOCIETY

• Tim Paine Sledges ! ~ Peter Siddle Retires

  

  Australians are well known for their sledging ~ but the exchanges between Tim Paine and Rishab Pant were seen as comic banters, eventually ending with Pant... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2019 SOCIETY

• Umpiring Goof-ups and .. ...

  

  A couple of decades ago ! for Pongal tests, people would go early in the morning to capture vantage points – and after waiting for more than 2 hours, when the... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2019 SOCIETY

• Bruce Lee Back in News !!

  

  In our school days, it was undiluted, social media was not there, we listened to our elders, heard people speak and thought, whatever was spoken firmly and... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2019 SOCIETY

• Racing is a Sport ! Certainly Not on Public Roads !!

  

  On the city roads, vehicle drivers instil mortal fear ! ~ one feels it more as a pedestrian or as a fellow user. Vehicles zip past unmindful of those walking... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2019 SOCIETY

• Democracy, Right to Protest and .. .. Thus Spake the FM in Feb 2012

  

  In a democracy (of which India is the finest example) citizen’s voices must be heard; subjects should voice their opinion in a peaceful manner ~ whatever may... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2019 SOCIETY

• Bright Flowers of a Thorny Plant !

  

  Age and experience are great teachers ! ~ yet, after crossing 50 years also, there are so many things, new and not learnt thus far ! ~ an experience I had this... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2019 SOCIETY

• Restoring PWD - Using Old Technique and Kangeyam Bulls

  

  The bulls have a defined routine: 48 rounds a day to produce 30 cubic feet of lime mortar for about 300 sq ft of wall. The output is 10% less than what modern... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2019 SOCIETY

• MG Ramachandran ~ Actor Turned CM Remembered !

  

  Do you remember or know of a song which years after its release was screened in all the theatres of Tamilnadu in 1980s. It was the song ‘Andavane unthan... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2019 SOCIETY

• Shardul Thakur Lifts India ~ Krish Srikkanth Was Stranded at 99

  

  Remember that 2nd ODI at the same stadium played on 27.12.1984 for different reasons ! The Somavamshi dynasty ruled parts of present-day Odisha in eastern... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2019 SOCIETY

• US Firm Fined $1 Million for Failing to Scan Air Cargo

  

  The United States is one country that is concerned about its security and implements its policies strictly. It might appear that at times they are fastidious bu... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2019 SOCIETY