Sampathkumar Sampath

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• Iconic Lord"s Test ~ 1st Day Play Washed out : 2018

  

  The 2nd Test of the present Series between England and India was to begin at Lord’s yesterday – people waited – and had to leave without watching a ball being... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2018 SOCIETY

• Remembering Devastation by 'fat Boy' ~ This Day 73 Years Ago !!

  

  One may not readily remember – Charles W Sweeny and those who know would not like to remember - Major General Charles W. Sweeney, an officer in the United State... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2018 SOCIETY

• Tough Yo-yo Test ~ and the Current Topper is .. .. (no Not Virat Kohli !)

  

  It is an irony ~ CSK won the IPL with a team of oldies, which at the start seemed that most of them may not be fit enough for longer versions of the game – yet... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2018 SOCIETY

• Nostalgic Recalling of 'mile Sur Mera Tumhara'

  

  Nostalgia - that was a time when we took pride in identifying Pt. Bhimsen Joshi, with his unmistakable demeanour in pronounciation and singing – though at that... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2018 SOCIETY

• Workmen Compensation Insurance - Something at Length

  [something on Workmen Compensation Insurance circulated on 2nd Sept 2009 to my group and posted now] Dear (s) There was some discussion on whether WC Act... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2018 SOCIETY

• Google Doodle of the Day on Dilip Sardesai

  

  Today Google has interesting doodle ~ on what would have been his 78th birth day. I do not expect any of my friends to respond saying ‘I watched that match in... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2018 SOCIETY

• Tamil Spoken at Edgbaston ,, .. Heather Knight Learns Hindi !!

  

  There were times when in the gentleman’s game of Cricket, players used to bully, sledge and shout at opponents. There have been some (in)famous sledging... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2018 SOCIETY

• Stats and More of Day 1 at Edgbaston - England 1000th Test

  

  Amstelveen is a municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands consisting of the historical villages of Bovenkerk and Nes aan de Amstel. Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2018 SOCIETY

• China Mulls AI Support for Its Foreign Policies !!

  

  As humanity heads ever closer to the singularity, the technological advances in humanoid robots are starting to speed up. We might be a long way from Netflix's... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2018 SOCIETY

• Kapil Dev to Play for India Again ! ~ This Time Golf

  

  Years ago, it was a conditioning camp in Chennai – hundreds of us had gathered to see the Indian team practice .. there was Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar,... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2018 SOCIETY

• Hate (e)mails ~ the Angry Response and Employer Apologising !!

  

  Unemployment was the theme of many films - When we were in school, there was some talk about Balachandar and Barathiraja – both taking film on same subject -... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2018 SOCIETY

• Mother Cow Index ~ Quantitative Vs Qualitative Analysis

  

  How chill is vanilla ice-cream to strawberry – while one can feel the difference in chillness and measure the degree of cold – there are things which are... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2018 SOCIETY

• Worst Wildfire in Greece ~ Govt Owns Responsibility

  

  The worst wildfire to hit Greece in over a decade tore through a small resort town near Athens this week, killing at least 74 people, injuring almost 200 and... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2018 SOCIETY

• What Connects Mehul Choksi and Andy Roberts ..

  

  Any reference to Test No. 752 will flood memories of that classy knock of Gundappa Viswanath - great bowling of Andy Roberts and the defeat (100 runs at that)... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2018 SOCIETY

• Longest Lunar Eclipse ~ Blood Moon Today - 2018

  

  The longest total lunar eclipse of the century will be today. While the full eclipse will be over 6 hours, the total lunar eclipse 2018 - when the moon will be... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2018 SOCIETY

• Carriage of Horse ~ Liability When Truck Broke Down - Insurer's Liablity

  

  Subrogation is the act of one party acquiring the legal rights of another after one has reimbursed them for the losses. Subrogation occurs in property/casualty... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2018 SOCIETY

• Cricketer Imran Khan Set to Win Paki Elections 2018

  

  We will improve tax culture. People will pay taxes because they will see that their taxes are being spent on them. We will help farmers, the business community... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2018 SOCIETY

• Big Salute ~ Remembering Heroes of Kargil War 1999

  

  We have seen Cine heroes donning role of Army Jawans and applaud them too – In our history books, we have read about 3 battles of Panipat, Plassey, Arcot and... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2018 SOCIETY

• Sergio Marchionne Who Turned Fiat's Fortunes is No More

  

  It was my school days (may be 1978 !) ~ I was standing in front of my house – a Premier Padmini car passed by (those were the days when automobiles were scarce... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2018 SOCIETY

• Gory EMU Train Accident ~ Could It Have Been Averted ?!?

  

  Can you imagine what these are ? These are hanging concrete balls installed in Indonesian Capital of Jakarta. Why would somebody put these big sized concrete... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2018 SOCIETY