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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KLM Airlines Transports Special Cargo ~ T Reg
How often do you fly ? ~ how many baggage do you carry ? and what else ! Air France–KLM incorporated under French law has its headquarters at Charles de Gaulle... Read more
Posted on 02 September 2016 SOCIETY -
Lightning Kills More Than 300 Reindeers in Norway
The reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), also known as caribou in North America, is a species of deer, native to Arctic, Subarctic, tundra, boreal and mountainous... Read more
Posted on 02 September 2016 SOCIETY -
Madras High Court Suggests Revisit of Borstal Schools Act ~ Why Alan Knott Here...
Remember well that Chepauk Test in Jan 1977 – Tony Greig captained England to a great 200 win in a series otherwise marred by the ‘vaseline incident’ of John... Read more
Posted on 01 September 2016 SOCIETY -
Junior Doctors Strike in UK ~ Bharat Bandh on 2.9.16 ~ Will It Serve Any...
Away in UK, Theresa May has accused junior doctors of “playing politics” in the dispute over the forced imposition of a new contract on them. Read more
Posted on 01 September 2016 SOCIETY -
Yogeshwar Dutt Has Heart of Gold ~ Upgrade at London Olympics 2012
About 10,500 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees took part in the Games, with 302 medal events being held ~ it is not about Rio but about 2012 London... Read more
Posted on 01 September 2016 SOCIETY -
Police Chase ~ Man Jumps into Coovum : Not Billa Story !!!
Chase by police cops often are the climax of many a films… if the hero is the Police Officer, the villain and his gang would somehow get caught or die trying... Read more
Posted on 01 September 2016 SOCIETY -
Fatal Attraction ~ Man Asks Compensation for Crashing After Ogling at a Woman !!
Fatal Attraction, released in 1987 is an American psychological thriller film centering on a married Manhattan man who has a weekend affair with a woman who... Read more
Posted on 01 September 2016 SOCIETY -
Twitter Troll ~ Viru Sehwag Blasts Piers Morgan ~ and What a Six !!
In Oct 2015 : His retirement message reads : To paraphrase Mark Twain, the report of my retirement yesterday was exaggerated! However I have always done what I... Read more
Posted on 31 August 2016 SOCIETY -
Supreme Court on Burglary in Insurance Policies ~ 'contra Proferenterm' Rule !
Insurance is a contract and every contract should be interpreted strictly ! Underwriters evaluate the risk and the premium is based on exposure, the probable... Read more
Posted on 30 August 2016 SOCIETY -
It is Not Entirely Rain ! ~ but Live Relay Snap That Denied a Win for Indians
We have seen the propensity of MSD to take it to the last ball to finish ~ it was looking another good one – a couple of huge sixers by Dhoni evaporating into... Read more
Posted on 29 August 2016 SOCIETY -
Evin Lewis and KL Rahul Make Fast Centuries ~ West Indies Laughs at Florida
This left-hander replaced Chris Gayle and perhaps outsmarted him… .. .. Do you what brackets : Wayne Parnell, Izatullah Dawlatzai and Stuart Binny together ? Read more
Posted on 27 August 2016 SPORTS -
Spectacles Distributed at SYMA - Remembering KE Raghavan
Srinivas Youngmens Association (SYMA) has been doing service relentlessly since 1977. Commemorating entry into 40th year of Service, on 15th Aug 2016, SYMA... Read more
Posted on 25 August 2016 SOCIETY -
India to Play West Indies in T20 at Lauderhill, Florida, USA
A casual search led to a photo of Team India members Ravichandran Ashwin, Shikhar Dhawan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar visiting the home of Miami Heat (three time... Read more
Posted on 25 August 2016 SOCIETY -
Clock Struck 3.36 Am and Earthquake Struck Amatrice, Italy.
Amatrice is a hilltop beauty spot famed as the home of amatriciana, one of Italy's favourite pasta sauces. Amatrice, in fact, was due to have its annual festiva... Read more
Posted on 24 August 2016 SOCIETY -
Duleep Trophy Turns Pink !!
Pink revolution refers to the modernisation of the meat and poultry processing sector ~ am no person to write on that ! Nawanagar was an Indian princely state i... Read more
Posted on 23 August 2016 SOCIETY -
What Will Famous Olympians Do After Rio Olympics 2016 !!
Pusarla Venkata Sindhu brought us honours ~ whole Nation celebrated – in between – someone wrongly tweeted something to Saina, who responded gracefully. Read more
Posted on 21 August 2016 SOCIETY -
the Cruel 'false Start' Disqualification Rule Comes to Play at Rio Olympics
Sakshi and then Sindhu have made the Nation proud… feeling happy. At Rio, Americans Brianna Rollins, Nia Ali and Kristi Castlin swept the 100m hurdles in Rio... Read more
Posted on 18 August 2016 SOCIETY -
Olympic Spirit ~ Amidst Hot Exchanges Runners D'Agnostino of USA and Nikki...
The mission of Olympic Spirit is "to build a peaceful and better world in the Olympic Spirit which requires mutual understanding with a spirit of friendship,... Read more
Posted on 16 August 2016 SOCIETY -
PM Shri Narendra Modiji Addresses Nation from Redfort ~ Refers Sri Ramanuja...
Of the three great exponents of Vedanta philosophy, Bhagwad Ramanuja with his aesthetic beautiful interpretations occupies the central place. Read more
Posted on 15 August 2016 SOCIETY -
Fastest Legs on Earth ~ at Rio : Usain Bolt and Elaine Thompson - Both from...
As the globe waited, it is predictably Usain Bolt again crowned the fastest man on globe finishing at 9.81 seconds in 100M dash at Rio. Justin Gatlin of US... Read more
Posted on 15 August 2016 SOCIETY