Sampathkumar Sampath

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• Crisis at El Salvador ~ Rising Violence and Brutal Killing of a Hippo

  

  Outside the International airport, families gather by a guard post to see their loved ones who have been deported by plane from the United States. Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2017 SOCIETY

• Grazing a Buffalo Makes Him Rich and Famous !

  

  Most references to it are derogatory – the animals are often remarked to be slow and non-caring;’ non-responsive whether it hot Sun or raining heavily – they... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2017 SOCIETY

• Art of Typewriting ~ Great Institution Called Srinivasa Insitute of Commerce

  

  The divine Thiruvallikkeni, abode of Lord Parthasarathi enthuses people in many ways. Marina beach, Educational institutions, Gosha hospital, Barathiyar illam... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2017 SOCIETY

• Pedestrian Plaza Experiment at T Nagar Pondy Bazaar

  

  Is it possible to decongest road ? – what would be people’s reaction ?? Chennai is overcrowded. There are traffic snarls everywhere. Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2017 SOCIETY

• Grand Dames of Cruising Queen Mary 2 and Queen Elizabeth Meet at Sydney Harbour

  

  Clive Hubert Lloyd has things easy – he had Gordon Greenidge, Desmond Haynes, Viv Richards … in his batting line-up and never ending battery of fast bowlers –... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2017 SOCIETY

• Steve O' Keeffe Spins a Web ! ~ Dhoni Travels by Kriya Yoga Express / Ranchi...

  

  Train no. 18616 ~ Kriya Yoga Express runs 419.7kms from Hatia to Howrah taking 9h 25m for the distance. It is in news !!The cultivable lands of the place was... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2017 SOCIETY

• Sad ! People Die Travelling by EMU - Callous, Who ??

  

  Callous : 1. made hard; hardened.; 2. insensitive; indifferent; unsympathetic: How does your kid commute to school … many of us are not in a position to drop... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2017 SOCIETY

• Queenslander Renshaw Retired Ill ~ Jayant No Ball and Saha Flying Catch

  

  The distance To Adelaide From Pune is: 9060 km and Matt Renshaw is a Queenslander !! At Pune on day 1 of 1st Test, Australia scrambled to 256/9 (good as compare... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2017 SOCIETY

• NASA Unveils Discovery of 7 Earth Sized Planets - Trappist 1 !!

  

  During a recent travel, read my favourite Sujatha’s “Thisai Kanden Vaan Kanden” – amazed to read on his forethoughts on Astronomy and Science from a man who... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2017 SOCIETY

• Boa Boa, the Panda Leaves Smithsonian for Chengdu,China

  

  The Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute began as the dream of William Temple Hornaday, chief taxidermist at the Smithsonian. Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2017 SOCIETY

• They Were Talented but Opportunities Never Beckoned for Them !!!

  

  I vaguely remember that in 1983, Triplicane suddenly became abuzz – news was TA Sekar, a quickie of Tamil Nadu team had been called mid-way to Pakistan as a... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2017 SOCIETY

• Harmanpreet's 6 Gives India Title ~ Andheri Railway Station and Sune Luus !

  

  Andheri railway station serves the Western line and Harbour lines of the Mumbai Suburban Railway. The station also inter-connects the Line 1 of the Andheri metr... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2017 SOCIETY

• IPL Hammer Man : Success Stories of Ben Stokes & T Natarajan

  

  Many of us would still remember that night #11.10 pm on 3rd April 2016 at Eden Gardens – the T20 Finals between West Indies England. Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2017 SOCIETY

• Violent Scenes in TN Assembly ~ Famous Citizen of Lucknow Will Not Cast His...

  

  Diwan Bahadur Agaram Subbarayalu Reddiar, was the first Chief Minister or Premier of Madras Presidency from 17 December 1920 to 11 July 1921. He resigned on... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2017 SOCIETY

• Valentines Day ~ SC Verdict on Wealth Case - Lahore Blasts - Ghadar Mutiny !!

  

  Elsewhere it was Valentines day – in some places it was not to be ! Lahore is the capital city of the Pakistani province of Punjab. Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2017 SOCIETY

• Oroville Dam ~ Fears of Huge Overflow - Massive Evacuation ... at California

  

  Oroville Dam is an earthfill embankment dam on the Feather River east of the city of Oroville, California, in the United States. At 770 feet (230 m) high, it... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2017 SOCIETY

• Ravichandran Ashwin ~ Fastest to Take 250 Wickets in 45 Tests !!

  

  Not many would have sat to watch day 4 of India Bangladesh Test no. 2249 at Uppal, Hyderabad. At stumps, Bangla were 103/3 requiring another 356 or not lose 7... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2017 SOCIETY

• Selfie ~ the Cruel Desire Killing Animals and Sometimes Self Too !!

  

  Are you in the habit of whipping out your phone and grabbing a photo when you are in a public place or with a celebrity !! It all reportedly started in Sept 200... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2017 SOCIETY

• Jason Gillespie; Arvinda De Silva; Andy Ganteaume ... Karun Nair Not Exactly in...

  

  At Chittagong in 2006, Jason Gillespie came an nightwatchman, remained unbeaten on 201, took 8 wickets and was man of the match – but that was his last Test... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2017 SOCIETY

• Records Are Meant to Be Broken : Delhi Mohia Ahlawat Scores 300* in T20

  

  In Triplicane, Cricket is another religion ~ Cricket rasikas could nonchalantly talk not only about Tony Lewis’s England; Clive Lloyd’s Windies – in the same... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2017 SOCIETY