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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Hundred People Killed in Explosion in Nigeria
Nnewi is the second largest city in Anambra State in south-eastern Nigeria. This metropolitan city encompasses 4 local government areas, Nnewi North, Nnewi... Read more
Posted on 25 December 2015 SOCIETY -
Chennai City Traffic ~ Caring for Life Saving 108 Ambulance
The word ‘Pilot’ – would first take our mind to an aviator, someone who operates the directional flight controls of an aircraft while it is in flight. There... Read more
Posted on 25 December 2015 SOCIETY -
People Remember MGR Even Now !!!
In my school days, I saw only a handful movies – remember seeing “ Nalla Neram” – MGR starrer, directed by MA Thirumugam at a theatre in Dharmapuri in 1974 ! .. Read more
Posted on 25 December 2015 SOCIETY -
Squad to Australia ~ Raina Dropped from ODI, Brainder Sran in ....
In Jan 2016, India will play 5 One dayers and 3 T20s in Australia ~ the squad has been announced and it has many surprises ! ~ are we back to 2003 in some ways ? Read more
Posted on 19 December 2015 SOCIETY -
Police Raid a Brothel ~ Arrest a Woman for Keeping a Lamb !!!!
In the film Gambeeram, Vadivelu would raid a hut from which a woman bootlegger would be operating – despite other cops asking him not to go, Vadivelu would... Read more
Posted on 18 December 2015 SOCIETY -
PSLV C 29 Successfully Puts 6 Singapore Satellites in to Orbit
It was a hard and grinding day ~ 16th Dec 2015, as I was caught in heavy traffic nearer Guduvanchery on GST Road at around 06.05 pm – a spectacular event... Read more
Posted on 16 December 2015 SOCIETY -
Sri Parthasarathy Koil Post Office Reopens - Thiruvallikkeni is Cheerful
Some things have changed in life. Some have lost their sheen for no fault of theirs. I had earlier posted a poignant tale of this building that once stood... Read more
Posted on 16 December 2015 SOCIETY -
IPL 2016 ! Pune Picks MS Dhoni ~ Rajkot Picks Suresh Raina
Vivo Electronics Corp. is a smartphone manufacturer based in Dongguan, Guangdong. Founded in 2009, the company is active in the Asian mobile phone market. Read more
Posted on 15 December 2015 SOCIETY -
the No Knowledge Aussie View of India ...
How backward is Australian climate politics? Here, the absurd racist rubbish – wrote one on twitter ….. it is about a cartoon published in Murdoch's national... Read more
Posted on 15 December 2015 SOCIETY -
Google Doodle on BKS Iyengar - the Yoga Legend
Did you google today and observe that different ‘0’ in Google !! ~ a search takes us to articles in Independent.co.uk; Telegraph.co.uk. Read more
Posted on 14 December 2015 SOCIETY -
Paracetamol for Flu ! ~ Pointless Says New Zealand Scientists
Do you know what it is - going by its chemical data which would read : Formula - C8H9NO2 Mol. Mass - 151.17 g/mol Physical data Density - 1.263 g/cm³... Read more
Posted on 14 December 2015 SOCIETY -
Need for Helmet on Cricket Field Too ~ and an Umpire Wears It in Vijay Hazare...
John David Ward from Melbourne made his debut in an ODI between Australia England at Brisbane in Jan 2014 and last stood in the match between England India... Read more
Posted on 13 December 2015 SOCIETY -
Is Cricket Losing Its Sheen ~ 0r is the Game Driven Away from Spectators ??
Is Test Cricket losing its sheen [0r is Cricket losing its sheen ?] ?? The news is Dharamshala will host the Indo Pak clash in ICC T20 2016 on Mar 19. Read more
Posted on 12 December 2015 SOCIETY -
the Opulent Dinner at Stockholm City Hall ~ Nobel Dinner !!
11th Dec marks the Birth anniversary of the Greatest Poet – Mahakavi Subramaniya Barathiyar. At Thiruvallikkeni where he lived and breathed his last, there was... Read more
Posted on 11 December 2015 SOCIETY -
How Safe is 'Safety Vault' ? !! - and What - When Water Seeps in !!!
All of us are keen to earn more ! ~ most likely you have a ‘safe deposit locker’ with a bank … depending on the valuables that you have – as one’s riches... Read more
Posted on 11 December 2015 SOCIETY -
1600 Private Buses off the Road After Road Accident ~ Not Here - in Indonesia
‘Indian’ – directed by Shankar starring Kamal was a landmark movie – in some ways changed the ways of Tamil cinema. Corruption and eradication have been pet... Read more
Posted on 10 December 2015 SOCIETY -
Levee at Hobart ~ Aussie Amass 438 Runs in a Day ! and When India Played at...
At 10am on a greenish pitch, started the Frank Worrel trophy - Jason Holder lost the toss but didn't mind that Steven Smith chose to bat. Read more
Posted on 10 December 2015 SOCIETY -
Shikhar Dhawan Reported for Suspected Action !!!!
சட்டம் தன் கடைமையை... Read more
Posted on 09 December 2015 SOCIETY -
Remembering Mahakavi Subramanya Barathiyar ~ 133rd Birthday .. 2015
Thiruvallikkeni ~ is the famed Divaydesam of Sri Parthasarathi. It is also best known to be the place where Mahakavi lived – that was at Thulasinga Perumal Kovi... Read more
Posted on 09 December 2015 SOCIETY -
Currencies Float in River ~ Not in Adyar / Coovum .... in Danube !!
As Chennai is limping back to normalcy, there were reports of some risking their lives at the estuary of Coovum and Adyar where the rivers empty into Bay of... Read more
Posted on 08 December 2015 SOCIETY