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• Fire in Hotel Where MSD Jharkhand Team Was Staying ! ~ Jadeja Does a Dhoni !!

  

  A fire in a hotel in suburb of Delhi is unlikely to stir many other than Insurers, who would immediately check their exposure in that area ! Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2017 SOCIETY

• an ATM That Dispenses Car ..

  

  Sure you withdraw money using your ATM card – were you among the ones who stood long hours in Queue wanting to withdraw ~ there are some of us who did not have... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2017 SOCIETY

• NZ Parliament Passes Bill Recognises Whanganui River as Living Entity

  

  Rivers are considered holy in India. A dip in holy Ganges, Godavari, Cauery is considered purificatory and would rid of sins. Rivers are worshipped as ‘mata’ –... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2017 SOCIETY

• AfD Being Sued After It Tweeted Photo of Plattenhardt with Their Party Leader !!

  

  There has been some gap between Bengaluru andRanchi - whatever the case, the week of waiting is over, and the Border-Gavaskar Trophy is potentially up for... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2017 SOCIETY

• Bank Security Fires and Kills Robber ~ Suresh Gopi Kashmeeram

  

  Its website describes it to be - employee-owned and locally operated - Alpine Bank has been a part of Colorado since 1973. We may never enter into the bank. Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2017 SOCIETY

• 140th Anniversary of Test Cricket - Alfred Shaw to Charles Bannerman

  

  While the Pune pitch spun prodigiously from ball one, the second Test pitch in Bengaluru also spun fiercely and featured dramatic cracks that caused deliveries... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2017 SOCIETY

• Soumil Sarkar DRS After Bowled ; Murali Vijay Set to Play 50th Test

  

  The bunch of ex-Cricketers and Australian media are audacious and are yet to move out of brainfade of Steve Smith, still trying to run down Virat Kohli for the... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2017 SOCIETY

• Irom Sharmila of Global Fame Could Barely Convert 90 Votes in Manipur

  

  Modiji has swept the Nation again .. .. the election results are there for all to see ! – some of the elites do not take the pain to vote even, but would be... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2017 SOCIETY

• London Bound Air India Flight with 231 Passengers Loses Contact for a While !

  

  ‘All is well that ends well’ – and when the ending is good, much is forgotten !! Croydon Airport was an airport in South London straddling the boundary between... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2017 SOCIETY

• Man Charged with Impersonating a Doctor in New Southwales

  

  Remember that nice number of Illayaraja - Kaattiloru Singakuttiyam’ sung by SPB ~ that was from ‘Anbukku naan adimai’ starring Rajnikanth and Karate Mani. Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2017 SOCIETY

• Cooking - Googling Everything - Algorithms and Probable Wrong Info !!

  

  How often do you cook ? How good you are at cooking ?? How does one caramelize Onion ? - Caramelization is the browning of sugar, a process used extensively in... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2017 SOCIETY

• UP Elections ~ Varanasi and Steve Waugh Immerses in Ganges

  

  Steve Waugh the man with 10927 test runs is in news ! ~ While many from the cricketing world have already branded it as “fine cheating”, former Australia skippe... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2017 SOCIETY

• International Women's Day ~ Celebrating Women - Avvaiyar

  

  In some ways this is a western concept – marking a day and attaching all importance to it. Our literature has good place for women and traditionally we are... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2017 SOCIETY

• Bangalore Test : India Wins - Steve Smits Waits for Dressing Room Review

  

  Happy moment for Team India – bouncing back into the Series at Bangalore beating Australia by 75 runs : the short scorecard may not reveal all that boiled -... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2017 SOCIETY

• Encounter with (grizzly) Bear

  

  Nearer Agra, I have seen ‘Balu the bear’ chained and being taken on roads like street dogs ! – they looked far different from what we have read about them –... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2017 SOCIETY

• PM Sri Narendra Modiji Ensures Traffic-free Passage for 8 Day Child of Assam

  

  He is a Man who responds to people. A few days back, PM Sri Narendra Modiji was in news inaugurating the Adi Yogi statue at Isha Foundation in Coimbatore. Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2017 SOCIETY

• ' Wink Pen ' That Writes with Wine, Beer, Tea, Juice and .....

  

  I had earlier posted on the pleasure of writing with a ‘ fountain pen ’ – an ink pen. In our younger days, we never had this plethora of choices or things that... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2017 SOCIETY

• Are Animals Sheltered at Zoo - Sad Tales of Man's Greed !!

  

  Children are gleeful when they animals ! – villagers too are happy visiting Zoos, may not be the same with city man. The sprawling Vandalur attracts many... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2017 SOCIETY

• Martin Guptill's Brilliance (180*) Ensure Chase of 280 at Hamilton

  

  In Kotla in 2016 India would not have expected a target of 243 to trouble them. But it did. There was a goofy over from Martin Guptill - four wides, ten balls,... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2017 SOCIETY

• Oscar Awards ~ (presumptive) Celebrations and Professional Bungling !!

  

  To the Indian Cricket fans, KapilDev holding aloft the Prudential World Cup at Lords in June 1983 was the most recognized event. Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2017 SOCIETY