Sampathkumar Sampath

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• Substitution on Filed ! ~ Fake Fielding and More !!

  

  The 1st Test at Eden Gardens hangs on a delicate balance. India struggling to recover from that awful start of top order failure, some respectability restored b... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2017 SOCIETY

• When WI Allrounder Marlon Samuels Won Defamation Against Geoff Lawson

  

  He bowled fast creating doubts and fears in the minds of batsman. In all he took 180 test wickets and 88 ODI scalps. At a young age, Lawson had problems with... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2017 SOCIETY

• Japanese Railways Apologises for Not Keeping Time !!!

  

  Last week, provided me an opportunity to traverse close to 1500 km in 2 days – in 4 different trains and I thoroughly enjoyed the journeys, though one part was... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2017 SOCIETY

• Grace Mugabe Falls into Disgrace !!

  

  It is not ‘Crocodile tears’ but true tears of the crocodile .. .. .. media reports confirm that Zimbabwe's military has placed President Robert Mugabe under... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2017 SOCIETY

• Utterly Delicious 'khajas' of Kakinada !!

  

  Ponugupati Kotiah along with his son Venkata Apayya, moved to Kakinada from Repalle village in Tenali, Guntur district, in 1900 and started a sweet shop named... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2017 SOCIETY

• Google Doodle on the First Woman Lawyer

  

  It is a story of a life of cliff-hangers. She never knew whether it was going to be triumph or failure next, and indeed, this continued for the whole of her... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2017 SOCIETY

• Nelson (in Cricket ~ Capetown Test) Who Conquered Sea Battles

  

  The man who created history was afterall a small man, just 5ft 4in tall, of slight build and with a weak constitution. He was frequently very ill with... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2017 SOCIETY

• Tipsy Monkeys ~ Petrol and Coffee, the Villain !!

  

  Some like the smell of ‘petrol’ ~ to some it could be nauseating. Petrol (Gasoline in USA) is a transparent, petroleum-derived liquid that is used primarily as ... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2017 SOCIETY

• Innovations in Tennis ~ Liquorice Shaped Trophy and Prudential WC

  

  25th June 1983, a remarkable day is etched in our memories ~ as Kapil Devils beat mighty West Indies team led by Clive Lloyd and won the Prudential World Cup... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2017 SOCIETY

• Google Doodle on Sitara Devi ~ and One Missing on Great Sir CV Raman

  

  Google Doodle today celebrates the birth anniversary of eminent Kathak dancer Sitara Devi. Born on November 8, 1920, Sitara Devi has been described as Nritya... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2017 SOCIETY

• Bumrah Special ~ Double Standard When Kapil Was Criticised for Same !!

  

  If one were to remember those few matches, even today one would get a bit sorrowful .. .. a bright afternoon, when whole Nation sat before TV wanting India to... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2017 SOCIETY

• Vice President Sri Venkayya Naidu Honours Adikavi Nannaya

  

  Pulakesi II (609–642) of Chalukya Dynasty, the ruler of Vatapi (Badami of Karnataka) conquered Vengi (Andhra) and sent Kubja Vishnuvardhana, his brother, as... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2017 SOCIETY

• Cheran Express to Run with All New Linke-Hofmann-Busch Coaches

  

  How much do you relish rail journey, especially, if you are to travel during day-time. In our school days, there was a lesson on ‘seeing people off’ –... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2017 SOCIETY

• Nuclear Reactors and Earthquake Hazards ~ Kalpakkam is Safe .. **

  

  Before every creation of infrastructure, those involved would certainly carryout risk assessment, identify the hazards, cost/benefit analysis made, insurance... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2017 SOCIETY

• Cricket to Flourish at Rwanda ~ Gahanga Cricket Stadium !

  

  Australia need a keeper who catches, not one who chatters – Ian Chappel comments on Peter Neville. Meantime, got overawed by this picturesque stadium – where th... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2017 SOCIETY

• Intrusions and Unnatural Stoppage in Cricket Matches

  

  Have you ever stood in that long queue waiting to enter the Chepauk ground – there would be excitement in the air, one would have to show the ticket at more tha... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2017 SOCIETY

• Chennai Nov 2017 ~ Continuous Rains ... and People's Fears !!!

  

  Chennai’s climate all along had been described as : ‘hot, hotter and hottest’ ~ but the present cliché in social media is : 10 months in Chennai – water... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2017 SOCIETY

• First Man in Space; First Indian in Space .... and the First Animal in Space !!!

  

  If you remember Kapil Devils winning Prudential World Cup 1983, you might also remember 2nd Apr 1984 or the event or - Rakesh Sharma, former Indian Air Force... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2017 SOCIETY

• India Beats NZ in T20 at Kotla ~ Ashish Nehra Retires.

  

  At Kotla, India won – outsmarting visiting New Zealand in all departments – yet lot would be written about this man, whose 2nd delivery in ODI removed Alistair... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2017 SOCIETY

• Remembering Sadly the Assassination of Ms Indira Gandhi

  

  To many of Cricket fans – it would be a news that Mohinder Amarnath, the gritty batsman allrounder, Vice-captain of famous World Cup 1983, did captain India in... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2017 SOCIETY