Sampathkumar Sampath

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• Women in Cricket - TNCA Set to Have a Lady President !!

  

  The Madras Presidency Matches were annual first-class cricket matches played in Madras from the 1915–16 season to 1951–52 between the cricket teams of Indians... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2019 SOCIETY

• Google Doodle Celebrates First Woman Climber of Mount Everest

  

  The obvious reference is today’s Google doodle. Is it really a Sport – certainly one of a physical pursuit demanding an affinity for suffering. Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2019 SOCIETY

• Iconic Bentley Car on Mount Road, Chennai

  

  There are traffic congestions and in cities the rich-poor divide is deep. While hundreds wait patiently for Public transport, some drive in flashy cars and... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2019 SOCIETY

• BCCC Reprimands Sun TV for Obscene Display in Kalyana Veedu Serial

  

  Do you see TV Serials ? - is that Q itself innately wrong ?? Doordarshan, which began as an experiment on Sept 15, 1959, and became a service in 1965, turned... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2019 SOCIETY

• 86 of Rescued Thai Tigers Die at Govt Care Centre !! in Thailand

  

  The Indochinese tiger is a Pantheratigristigris population in Southeast Asia. Theravāda is the most commonly accepted name of Buddhism's oldest extant... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2019 SOCIETY

• Chiranjeevi Brings Back History of Freedom Struggle ~ Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy

  

  We read in our books ‘the uprising of 1857’ not as a National movement, not as a freedom struggle but as sepoy mutiny, an uprising by a group of soldiers. .. .. Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2019 SOCIETY

• Nimbostratus / Cumulonimbus Clouds .... Cloud Seeding !!! ~ Project Stormfury

  

  How often do you look at the skys ! ~ especially when the rain is forecast ? .. clouds are fascinating. Clouds form through the process of condensation when... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2019 SOCIETY

• Kallidaikurichi Nataraja Returns by Tamil Nadu Express, Flown from Oz

  

  We go to temples ~ .. .. the administration of the Temple (managing the funds received and administering the various functional activities) lies with the Govt. Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2019 SOCIETY

• Atharva Anoklekar Helps India Defend Small Target and Win Title

  

  How much of Cricket do you follow ? – and are you one following Team India’s fortunes at every level .. .. if so, did you enjoy (rather shout loudly) when... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2019 SOCIETY

• Remembering the Great Poet, Inspirationalist, Freedom Fighter Subrahmanya...

  

  பார்மீது நான்... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2019 SOCIETY

• Sri Lanka Ponders Security Situation and Tour to Pak 2019

  

  Madagamagamage Dasun Shanaka will lead Sri Lanka in T20 and Lahiru Thirimanne in ODIs .. .. just in case, you are wondering who this Shanaka is ? Shattered bus... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2019 SOCIETY

• Chandrayaan 2 - Vikram Lander ... and NDTV Journalist Q to Scientist !!

  

  In late 1970s and early 1980s, Doordarshan had only one channel, telecast was in black white – Test Cricket would be covered with a single Camera – if Madanla... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2019 SOCIETY

• Oxford University Says No to Emails Out-of-hours !!

  

  For a decade and slightly more, I have got into this routine of writing some articles, posting them on my blog and sharing them with a fairly large group of... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2019 SOCIETY

• Nation is Proud of Chandrayaan 2 ~ Attempt to Soft Land at South Pole of Moon

  

  Nation was awake ~ the midnight of 6th Sept [rather early hours of 7th Sept 2019] – not any movie show or World Cup Cricket or football or any such event. Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2019 SOCIETY

• Lasith Malinga Hat-trick + 1 & 100 Wickets in T2OI

  

  Despite his team's defeat in the second T20 international against New Zealand, Sri Lanka captain Lasith Malinga took heart from the fact that the youngsters in... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2019 SOCIETY

• Are Insurers Both Fuelling and Benefitting from Ransomware Attacks ?

  

  Ransom is the practice of holding a prisoner or item to extort money or property to secure their release, or it may refer to the sum of money involved. Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2019 SOCIETY

• Prisons .. .. Sad Fall from High Perch to Cell .. ..

  

  Prisons should make people fear not committing any crimes. Given that Venezuela has the world’s second highest homicide rate, it’s probably no surprise that... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2019 SOCIETY

• Apex Court Directs Insurer - 'pay & Recover' in Gratuitous Passenger Claim 2019

  

  In the erstwhile All India Motor Tariff – there were Sections 14 (a) 14 (b) – providing coverage to Third parties travelling in a Goods carrying vehicle by... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2019 SOCIETY

• Teachers' Day ~ Remembering the Great VOC & Others Who Shaped Our Life – 2019

  

  Teachers' Day ~ remembering the great VOC others who shaped our life – 2019 Chennai Central aka Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. MGR Central railway station is a gatewa... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2019 SOCIETY

• Baby Fed Packs off Roger Federer in US Open 2019

  

  The first day of quarterfinal play at the 2019 US Open went according to plan—or at least according to seeding—through the first three matches, but Grigor... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2019 SOCIETY