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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Bank Loses 50 Lakhs Cash ~employee of Security Firm Allegedly Stole !!
Till a couple of decades ago, the salary day represented the most awaited day of the month – on that day morning each Office would draw cash from Bank [Insuranc... Read more
Posted on 22 October 2015 SOCIETY -
Fire in MRTS Chenai - 2 Compartments Gutted - None Injured !
For some of us – day begins and ends with MRTS - Mass Rapid Transit System [aka Parakkum Rail] from Chennai Beach to Velachery; the route is largely elevated. Read more
Posted on 21 October 2015 SOCIETY -
the Spiralling Prices of Pulses ~ Market Intervention by Government
In Economics, it is simply the ‘demand and supply’ that determine the price of any commodity ~ as you try to understand the market dynamics there would be more... Read more
Posted on 21 October 2015 SOCIETY -
Swashbuckler Virender Sehwag Retires !!!!!!!
Recently I posted on Delhi Haryana match – on Viru turning out for Haryana – on a feature in Cricinfo in his Ranji debut – it was on the cards that the... Read more
Posted on 20 October 2015 SOCIETY -
Abu Dhabi Test ~ from Dull High Scoring 1st Innings to Scintillating Drama in th...
Pak declaring at 523/8 and England replying 598/9 declared – Test no. 2180 at Abu Dhabi was bound for a tame draw ! – not an advertisement for Test Cricket one... Read more
Posted on 18 October 2015 SOCIETY -
Chennai Metro ~ More Trials - Saidapet Line and Underground at Thirumangalam
Chennai has few good stretches of roads… may be because Madras was not a planned city. The arterial Mount Road (Anna Salai) takes most of the traffic and there... Read more
Posted on 18 October 2015 SOCIETY -
Affable 'Azhwar' - the Elephant of Sri Parthasarathi Temple ~ B&w Photo...
This photo in The Hindu – Melange [the Hindu Metroplus] – b w photo published on June 25, 1975, really made me nostalgic…… the unwritten details could be :... Read more
Posted on 17 October 2015 SOCIETY -
Canned Hunting ~ Another Big Tusker Hunted in Zimbabwe by a German
The tuskers of Kerala have mightily impressed me. Of the big ones at Guruvayur, Gajarajan Guruvayur Kesavan perhaps is the most famous and celebrated one. It wa... Read more
Posted on 16 October 2015 SOCIETY -
Manan Sharma Takes 5 for ~ Connecting Him with Chepauk
At Chepauk in Jan 1988 – a Pongal Test - India won an important toss, made 382. Hirwani took three of the five West Indian wickets to fall on the second day. Read more
Posted on 16 October 2015 SOCIETY -
Zaheer Khan Retires from Cricket
It all started way back in Test no. 1512 at Bangabandhu National Stadium Dhaka in Nov 2000 – the unlikely hero was Sunil Joshi… a left arm spinner who took 5 fo... Read more
Posted on 16 October 2015 SOCIETY -
Indian Railways Introduces ' Alternate Train Accommodation Scheme'
Indian Railways is a marvel ~the vast network comprising 115,000 km (71,000 mi) of track over a route of 65,808 km (40,891 mi) and 7,112 stations has over the... Read more
Posted on 15 October 2015 SOCIETY -
Hurricane Joaquin ~El Faro ~~ Negligence Law Suit for $100 Million
Hurricane Joaquin devastated several districts of the Bahamas and caused damage in the Turks and Caicos Islands, parts of the Greater Antilles, and Bermuda. Read more
Posted on 15 October 2015 SOCIETY -
Menagerie a Trois ~meerkat Keeper; Llama Keeper and Monkey Handler !!
llama (Lama glama) is a domesticated South American camelid, widely used by Andean cultures since pre-Hispanic times. They are very social animals and live... Read more
Posted on 15 October 2015 SOCIETY -
Eugenie Bouchard Suing US Tennis Association ~for
In the US Open, all eyes were on Aussie tennis bad-boy Nick Kyrgios and Canadian sweetheart Eugenie Bouchard as they grinned and flirted their way through the... Read more
Posted on 15 October 2015 SOCIETY -
Missing Crowds at Abu Dhabi ~Adil Rashid on Debut Beats McGain, Who ?
In Aug 2014, in England - in the 3rd Test at Southampton the tall Pankaj Singh became 282nd player to represent India in Test matches. The last one from... Read more
Posted on 15 October 2015 SOCIETY -
Chemistry Nobel Laureate Richard Heck Dies a Pauper !!!
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2010 was awarded jointly to Richard F. Heck, Eiichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki "for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic... Read more
Posted on 14 October 2015 SOCIETY -
Bagged Cargo ~ Jute Bags Scam Unearthed !!!
In July 1905, country went up in flames – Viceroy Lord Curzon announced decision to partition Bengal. Indians were outraged at what they recognised as a... Read more
Posted on 14 October 2015 SOCIETY -
Is Attraction of Chennai Metro Waning ?!?
One common feature in every city is its bustling traffic – Chennai bustles at seams. The metropolis is growing rapidly and the traffic volumes on the roads... Read more
Posted on 14 October 2015 SOCIETY -
Madras High Court Directs - NSC Bose Road to Be Hawker-free !!
Nixing Chennai Corporation's bid to allow hawkers on the busy NSC Bose Road stretch between Parry's Corner and Flower Bazaar police station, the Madras high... Read more
Posted on 14 October 2015 SOCIETY -
Dhoni Breathes Life at Indore Holkar Stadium - Wins Match and MoM Award
Indore, located in Madhya Pradesh is 190 km off Bhopal. It is called Ahilya nagari. It is the only city of India that has both an Indian Institute of... Read more
Posted on 14 October 2015 SOCIETY