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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IPL Update ~ Can a Team with 5000 : 1 Odds Win a Championship ~ the Thai Monks...
Can you imagine – why these monks are on a playing arena ? guess what ?? – the Foxes recorded arguably the most unlikely title win of all time last week, and ar... Read more
Posted on 11 May 2016 SOCIETY -
SYMA Quenches Thirst of People at Triplicane
Election fervor too is on ! ~ now in Govt Offices, it is time to take a vow to vote ethically in the May 16 Assembly elections. It is our duty to vote. When we... Read more
Posted on 10 May 2016 SOCIETY -
Akshaya Tritiya ~ Make It a Great Day for Self - Not for the Trader
“For centuries, gold was measured in “tola” but the advent of metric system overtook this historical association – nowadays, you read daily about the change in... Read more
Posted on 09 May 2016 SOCIETY -
Personal Accident Insurance ~ Coverage / Exclusion of Murder ! - Ombudsman...
Personal Accident Insurance has been in existence for long. This policy offers compensation in case of death or bodily injury to the insured person, directly an... Read more
Posted on 09 May 2016 SOCIETY -
What Connects IPL Vizag Match to IPC Swimming World Championship !!
Mitchell McClenaghan was leaking runs and appeared laughing, even when hit all over the park – finally one of his delivery, Yuvraj went back into the crease to... Read more
Posted on 08 May 2016 SOCIETY -
Donald Trump's Plans ! - Tamil Nadu Elections !!
Common man on the streets – is cared now ! – whom will he care and whether his life would change for the better in any way ? On 16th May 2016, Tamil Nadu goes t... Read more
Posted on 05 May 2016 SOCIETY -
Abuse of Cricket Equipment - Michael Holding / John Parker at Dunedin
In Dec 1976, India beat NZ by 216 runs in a 6 day test at Chepuak and remember John Parker playing in that…. Chanced upon a photo of his, albeit, reference was... Read more
Posted on 04 May 2016 SOCIETY -
Sonic Book ~ Air France Plane Interruped ~ Fire Insurance Coverage
Fire insurance contract is "an agreement, whereby Insurer in return for a consideration undertakes to indemnify the other party against loss or damage to define... Read more
Posted on 03 May 2016 SOCIETY -
Hiring Alpacas for Marriage .. !!
In South Indian marriages, there is this ‘KasiYatra’ and you have a mapillaithozhan [friend of bridegroom accompanying]. My knowledge of animals and their... Read more
Posted on 03 May 2016 SOCIETY -
Cinema Piracy .... and the Response of Dallas Buyer Club
How often do you see movies ? – when was the last time, you saw one in a theatre ? – and when was the last time, you stood in Queue for buying a ticket ? Read more
Posted on 03 May 2016 SOCIETY -
Interesting IPL - KKR Beats RCB - Drops !!
Watching IPL – it is interesting ! – yesterday, Virat Kohli top edged, Gambhir at point messed it up. There have been some great catching and some rank poor... Read more
Posted on 03 May 2016 SOCIETY -
Krishi Welfare ~ What Dr Manmohan Started ~ New Krishi Kalyan Cess (KKC)
The first finance minister of independent India was R. K. Shanmukham Chetty, who also presented its first Budget. Till that year in 1994, India had had 25... Read more
Posted on 01 May 2016 SOCIETY -
Hot Summer ~ Thirsty Animals ~ and Leopard Has Its Head Struck !!
A female leopard and two cubs were spotted by villagers of Sahrawan village, Manesar — 20 kilometres from Rajiv Chowkin Gurgaon — on Tuesday morning, reports HT. Read more
Posted on 01 May 2016 SOCIETY -
Maze, Magnetic Mouse and Google Doodle on Claude Shannon
There are a number of different maze solving algorithms, that is, automated methods for the solving of mazes. The random mouse, wall follower, Pledge, and... Read more
Posted on 30 April 2016 SOCIETY -
MI Beats RCB .... Court Allows May 1 Match at Pune
Some media is trying to write-down IPL 2016 as boring ~ it is not… without Harsha Bhogle, too, it is very interesting…. Way back in 1976 when Clive Lloyd... Read more
Posted on 21 April 2016 SOCIETY -
Winged Visitors to Vedanthangal - Bird Migration
Very little (do I) know about ‘class Aves’ (not that I know other things well)…. Of course they are treat to watch… and they move from one place to another –... Read more
Posted on 18 April 2016 SOCIETY -
It Took 23 Years to End - Impersonation in Govt Job !!
A couple of decades ago, have seen people impersonate and write examinations [especially Arrears] for their friends .. .. .. a classmate of mine once sold his... Read more
Posted on 16 April 2016 SOCIETY -
ARVC Pushes James Taylor to Go Beau Casson's Way !!!
Today at Bangalore, RCB blazed all guns – the 19th over peaked – it was not Chris Gayle, DeVilliers, Virat Kohli or Shane Watson, but the diminutive Sarfraz... Read more
Posted on 12 April 2016 SOCIETY -
Puttingal Temple Tragedy ~ Some Insurance Angle !
For one used to visiting divyadesams and other important temples of Madras, the temples of Kerala are different – different in architecture, religious... Read more
Posted on 12 April 2016 SOCIETY -
IPL 2016 Has Begun ~ Champion Dance - Pune Supergiants Win and More !!
IPL T20, the premier league season 2016 is on – a total of 60 matches, of which 2 already gone… how much of ‘club loyalty’ people had, and how easily the... Read more
Posted on 11 April 2016 SOCIETY