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• Potato Politics !!

  

  It could be elsewhere too ! ~ but am fascinated by the taste of ‘potato chips’ – more so for the way it is made at ‘Gandhi chips’ at T Nagar Usman Road – the ma... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2019 SOCIETY

• Ship Registry, Flag of Convenience and More !

  

  Flag perhaps would need no elaboration. A flag – is a piece of fabric generally of rectangular design, used as a symbol, a signalling device or a decorative... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2019 SOCIETY

• Go Bananas ~ the Cost of the Fruit !!

  

  Robusta, Dwarf Cavendish, Rasthali, Poovan, Nendran, Karpooravalli, Monthan, Virupakshi, Sirumalai, Manoranjitham , Kathali ……. – simple – varieties of banana,... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2019 SOCIETY

• Tim Murtagh Rips Open England !!

  

  Have never heard of - John James Ferris Charles Thomas Biass Turner ~ remember following that test at Port of Spain in Mar 1994. Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2019 SOCIETY

• India's Landmark Mission to the Moon- Chandrayaan-2 Launched Successfully

  

  Mathi, venmathi, thanmathi, thingal, ambuli, nila, chandamama and more – all names of that shining cool one seen in the sky in the night – Chandran ! -the moon. Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2019 SOCIETY

• Canada Plans Airlifting of Trapped Salmons

  

  Heard of ‘anadromous’ - it is fish spends most of its life in the sea and returns to fresh water to spawn. ‘Salmon’ is the common name for several species of... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2019 SOCIETY

• 50 Years Since Man Walked on Moon !!

  

  That’s an interesting selfie !! Soyuz MS-13, also designated ISS flight 59S, is a Soyuz spaceflight launched on 20 July 2019 carrying three members [posing in... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2019 SOCIETY

• Remembering Mangal Pandey ~ Who Was the GG During 1857 ??

  

  It is the story of a hero that the Nation must be reading in School books etched in its History – the sad tale of an execution scheduled for April 18 but was... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2019 SOCIETY

• the Rise and Faltering of Dosa King .. .. .. ! ~ Hotel Saravana Bhavan

  

  The judgment dated 19.03.2009 passed in Criminal AppealNo. 637 and 748 of 2004 passed by the High Court of Judicature atMadras whereby the High Court convicted... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2019 SOCIETY

• Sales Strategy of a Shop !

  

  Now a days, we hear so many management fundas – the art of sales better described in PPTs and sales figures better shown in XL .. !! Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2019 SOCIETY

• Black Caps Did Not Lose ~ but Robbed of World Cup by Rules 2019

  

  The match went past midnight – there was the temptation of the grand final set between Novak Djokovic playing Roger Federer – but the fascinating game provided... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2019 SOCIETY

• SYMA in Service to Society ~ Education Aid Function 2019

  

  Dear Friends well-wishers of SYMA Greetings to you from our SYMA – for those who are not familiar ‘Srinivas Youngmen’s Association’ ~ We are a social service... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2019 SOCIETY

• TN Court Directs Aavin to Revert to Bottles

  

  Milk has special significance and is seen as the most important health drink. Although considered a complete food, there are many lobbies that discourage milk... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2019 SOCIETY

• Senescence .. .. .. Vanishing Thandatti !

  

  Ever heard OF Senescence / Gerontology ? Miles away, the U.S. economy entered its 11th year of uninterrupted expansion, breaking the previous record for the... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2019 SOCIETY

• Col William Fullarton , Who ? and Remembering Veeran Azhagu Muthu Kone

  

  Chennai Egmore Railway station is an important landmark of the city – and those of us who have ventured nearer, for sure, would not have missed this statue of... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2019 SOCIETY

• India Goes Down Fighting ! ~ Well Played Sir Jaddu Bhai !!!

  

  Millions are glum ~ still to get over that lumpen feeling .. .. a loss in the Semi-finals of Cricket World Cup 2019 – the limited Overs match that was played... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2019 SOCIETY

• Insurance of Body Parts !! - Mo Farah the Athtlete

  

  On Sunday 16 June, Soccer Aid for Unicef took place at Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge. Over £6.7 million was raised on the night as a star-studded line-up of... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2019 SOCIETY

• Rain Halts Play at Old Trafford ~ So What Happens Next !!

  

  9th July 2019 – Old Trafford, Manchester – India Vs New Zealand Semi finals – in an Office, an young employee asks for half a day leave – Boss puts up a... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2019 SOCIETY

• Support Men in Blue Win in Today's Semi Finals

  

  In 2011 when India played Pak – the Nation almost came to a standstill – such is the madness of Cricket crazy India (yours truly is in the centre of madness)... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2019 SOCIETY

• Train Travel is Always Interesting !

  

  A travel by train, especially, day travel is always exciting .. .. recently I travelled by Tejas Express, the super fast from Chennai Egmore to Madurai... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2019 SOCIETY