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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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Good Samaritan Fined for Wrong Parking ! கடமை உணர்வுக்கு அளவே இல்லையா ?
‘Sense of duty’- is the motivating awareness of ethical responsibility. The motivation derives logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a... Read more
Posted on 16 April 2015 SOCIETY -
Mombasa - Nairobi 'lunatic Express' to Be Revived - This Time by China
Mombasa is the second-largest city in Kenya. Located in the eastcoast of Kenya, it has a large port and an international airport, and is an important regional... Read more
Posted on 16 April 2015 SOCIETY -
Railway Porters ~ Coolie No. 1 .................. and Porters at Prague Airport
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava River, the city is home to about 1.24... Read more
Posted on 15 April 2015 SOCIETY -
Sudan in Kenya !! ~ the Last Hope for Northern White Rhino Species
Angalifu was 44 when he died of old age recently, at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, Calif. It made news, for he was a northern white rhinoceros, a species on th... Read more
Posted on 15 April 2015 SOCIETY -
MI Crawls .... the Elite Support Staff - Yeh T20 Hai Boss !!!
Now we are hooked to IPL – tough to remember the teams and who plays for who – with so many transfers, yet !! Yesterday, the star studded Royal Challengers... Read more
Posted on 14 April 2015 SOCIETY -
PM Narendra Modiji Pays Floral Tributes to Statue of Sri Aurobindo at UNESCO HQ
In Paris on his first visit to Europe, our beloved Prime Minister Narendra Modiji addressed representatives of 195 countries in a packed hall where he said,... Read more
Posted on 14 April 2015 SOCIETY -
Lightning Leaves a Hold in the Plane ~ Flies Undetected for Hours !!!!
In some movies, we have seen fights taking on board aircrafts. Guns would be brandished and there would be exchange of bullets .... Read more
Posted on 13 April 2015 SOCIETY -
Practice Makes Man Perfect ~ How Much is Enough to Make a Champion ?!?
Tiger Woods stood on the seventh green at Augusta National, legs crossed seemingly intrigued by this routine bit of maintenance, staring at those whirring... Read more
Posted on 13 April 2015 SOCIETY -
India Beats South Korea to Win Bronze in Sultan Azlanshah
At the time of posting this, Mumbai Indians opted to bowl in their first home match of the season, against Kings XI Punjab. The toss was redundant however, as... Read more
Posted on 12 April 2015 SOCIETY -
Summer is Also the Time for Mangoes - Fruit Juices !!
As the mercury shoots up, people start predicting that ‘this year summer is going to be more hot’ …. Every magazine you will find health advisories –... Read more
Posted on 12 April 2015 SOCIETY -
Richie Benaud ~the Leggie, the Commentator is No More !!!
We have not seen him play but have heard him speak the nuances - he was there right on top alonsgside names like Alan Mcgivlary, Brian Johnston, John Arlott,... Read more
Posted on 11 April 2015 SOCIETY -
Note Conversion ~fake Notes - Alchemy and the Dupers !!
'gullible'- adjective :easily persuaded to believe something; credulous. Gullibility is a failure of social intelligence in which a person is easily tricked or... Read more
Posted on 11 April 2015 SOCIETY -
Host Model 'Manuela Arbelaez' Bludners in 'The Price is Right' Episode
There are game shows in which participants make good money by winning ! ~there may not be instances of a contestant awarded a free car worth Rs.14 lakhs... Read more
Posted on 11 April 2015 SOCIETY -
Coalgate and the Hand of Justice ....... !!
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. Read more
Posted on 09 April 2015 SOCIETY -
Breakdown - Thallu, Thallu, Thallu Scene ! at Kamarajar Salai, Chennai !!
The city of Chennai bursts at seam with so much of traffic – there are so many vehicles on road – yet, you find people waiting (im)patiently in bus stops – all... Read more
Posted on 09 April 2015 SOCIETY -
Map of Highest Incidence of Lightning .... and Looping Lightning !!!
Sometimes when it rains, you get to hear the thunderstorms and see lightning. Lightning is the transient passage of electrical current between a cloud and eithe... Read more
Posted on 08 April 2015 SOCIETY -
IPL 8 (2015) Has Just Begun ... Mystery Spinner Sunil Naraine Back in Action !!
From today starts another extravaganza ! IPL has just begun with KKR bowling ~ Sunil Naraine back in action makes news !!! ...... Read more
Posted on 08 April 2015 SOCIETY -
the Brave Gujarathi Mother Who Batted and Saved Her Daughter from Mugger...
The Vishwamitri River is a seasonal river which flows east to west between the Mahi and Narmada rivers in Gujarat. Originating in the Pavagadh Hills, the river... Read more
Posted on 08 April 2015 SOCIETY -
Summer is Peaking !! and the Sweltering Heat is Felt !!!!
Antarctica, is Earth's southernmost continent, containing the geographic South Pole. It is the fifth-largest continent in area after Asia, Africa, North America... Read more
Posted on 07 April 2015 SOCIETY -
Money Order Goes the Telegram Way !
In July 2013, I went to the Post Office in Mount Road, stood in the Queue and sent the telegram to my son ~ for the 160 year old service ceased to exist from... Read more
Posted on 07 April 2015 SOCIETY