Sampathkumar Sampath

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• 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

• 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