Sampathkumar Sampath
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Sampspeak - the thoughts of an Insurer
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a Blog on Insurance especially Marine Insurance, Sports and Current Affairs
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Boa Boa, the Panda Leaves Smithsonian for Chengdu,China
The Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute began as the dream of William Temple Hornaday, chief taxidermist at the Smithsonian. Read more
Posted on 22 February 2017 SOCIETY -
They Were Talented but Opportunities Never Beckoned for Them !!!
I vaguely remember that in 1983, Triplicane suddenly became abuzz – news was TA Sekar, a quickie of Tamil Nadu team had been called mid-way to Pakistan as a... Read more
Posted on 22 February 2017 SOCIETY -
Harmanpreet's 6 Gives India Title ~ Andheri Railway Station and Sune Luus !
Andheri railway station serves the Western line and Harbour lines of the Mumbai Suburban Railway. The station also inter-connects the Line 1 of the Andheri metr... Read more
Posted on 21 February 2017 SOCIETY -
IPL Hammer Man : Success Stories of Ben Stokes & T Natarajan
Many of us would still remember that night #11.10 pm on 3rd April 2016 at Eden Gardens – the T20 Finals between West Indies England. Read more
Posted on 20 February 2017 SOCIETY -
Violent Scenes in TN Assembly ~ Famous Citizen of Lucknow Will Not Cast His...
Diwan Bahadur Agaram Subbarayalu Reddiar, was the first Chief Minister or Premier of Madras Presidency from 17 December 1920 to 11 July 1921. He resigned on... Read more
Posted on 19 February 2017 SOCIETY -
Valentines Day ~ SC Verdict on Wealth Case - Lahore Blasts - Ghadar Mutiny !!
Elsewhere it was Valentines day – in some places it was not to be ! Lahore is the capital city of the Pakistani province of Punjab. Read more
Posted on 14 February 2017 SOCIETY -
Oroville Dam ~ Fears of Huge Overflow - Massive Evacuation ... at California
Oroville Dam is an earthfill embankment dam on the Feather River east of the city of Oroville, California, in the United States. At 770 feet (230 m) high, it... Read more
Posted on 13 February 2017 SOCIETY -
Ravichandran Ashwin ~ Fastest to Take 250 Wickets in 45 Tests !!
Not many would have sat to watch day 4 of India Bangladesh Test no. 2249 at Uppal, Hyderabad. At stumps, Bangla were 103/3 requiring another 356 or not lose 7... Read more
Posted on 12 February 2017 SOCIETY -
Selfie ~ the Cruel Desire Killing Animals and Sometimes Self Too !!
Are you in the habit of whipping out your phone and grabbing a photo when you are in a public place or with a celebrity !! It all reportedly started in Sept 200... Read more
Posted on 11 February 2017 SOCIETY -
Jason Gillespie; Arvinda De Silva; Andy Ganteaume ... Karun Nair Not Exactly in...
At Chittagong in 2006, Jason Gillespie came an nightwatchman, remained unbeaten on 201, took 8 wickets and was man of the match – but that was his last Test... Read more
Posted on 09 February 2017 SOCIETY -
Records Are Meant to Be Broken : Delhi Mohia Ahlawat Scores 300* in T20
In Triplicane, Cricket is another religion ~ Cricket rasikas could nonchalantly talk not only about Tony Lewis’s England; Clive Lloyd’s Windies – in the same... Read more
Posted on 08 February 2017 SOCIETY -
Rotary Club of Royapettah 3230 Honours SYMA - Service Above Self Award
Of the many landmarks of Chennai, there are some famous clubs. Presidency Club at Ethiraj Salai, founded in 1929 is a landmark – SYMA has reasons to feel happy... Read more
Posted on 07 February 2017 SOCIETY -
Chequered Chess Game ! ~ Patches of Deforestation !!
Deforestation is the permanent destruction of forests in order to make the land available for other uses. An estimated 18 million acres (7. Read more
Posted on 07 February 2017 SOCIETY -
Granddad, the Oldest Lungfish Euthanised !!
Are you attracted to ‘fish’ as pets ? – have you raised aquarium at home ?? – it is stated that smaller fish have shorter lives. Some have less than a year ! Read more
Posted on 07 February 2017 SOCIETY -
Denis Shapovalov's Anger Robs Canada of Davis Cup
Anger is “one short of” Danger ** Not sure, whether you followed Tennis and Davis Cup in particular. India competed in its first Davis Cup in 1921 but is yet... Read more
Posted on 06 February 2017 SOCIETY -
Iceland Told Not to Share Pics of Shop Lifters - to Protect Criminal's Privacy...
After Jallikattu protests turned violent, a video shared by Police authorities show Icehouse Police station being torched by mob, couple of woman cops strugglin... Read more
Posted on 05 February 2017 SOCIETY -
Elphinstone Road - Prabhadevi ... and Chai Pe Charcha !!
It was a small restaurant interestingly named ‘ chai pe charcha’ ~ more interestingly, a board on food table read : ‘Some of our servers are hearing and speech... Read more
Posted on 05 February 2017 SOCIETY -
Colourful Knitted Jumper Wearing Elephants ~ and Care for Thiruvambady...
The magnificent India – is quite different than what is portrayed by the Westerners ! ..Michael Wood in his - A South Indian Journey – about Chidambaram writes... Read more
Posted on 04 February 2017 SOCIETY -
When the Great Kapil Dev Played as a Batsman and Blasted Fastest 50 !
Those days matches were far and few and one vividly remembers that Pak Series when the legendary Kapil Dev debuted ! ~ not many would know or remember that he... Read more
Posted on 04 February 2017 SOCIETY -
Collision Near Kamarajar Port, Chennai - Varied Reports of Oil Slick / Pollution
Marina beach is different ! ~ nothing connected to Jallikattu, but oil spill. On 28th Jan 2017, a tanker vessel MT Dawn Kancheepuram an inward bound ship... Read more
Posted on 02 February 2017 SOCIETY