Sampathkumar Sampath

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• End of a Saga ... MS Dhoni Retires from Test Cricket !

  

  Not a great day for Indian Cricket. End of a saga !! Indian sports fan [read Cricket fan] is often fickle minded …. Critics have been braying for his blood ~ an... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2014 SOCIETY

• Is There Remote Chance of an Indian Win at Melbourne .. Ishant's 300 Wickets !

  

  A test cap is what people yearn for ! – at Melbourne, alongside Joe Burns another 22 year old, got his chance and batted at number six though he had never batte... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2014 SOCIETY

• Air Asia Plane QZ8501 Goes Missing ! Over Java Sea ..

  

  Perhaps all is not well with aviation this year 2014. Reports suggest that Indonesian authorities launched then suspended for the night an air search for an... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2014 SOCIETY

• Virat Kohli Ajinkya Rahane 262 Partnership - Boxing Day and Pongal Day

  

  At Melbourne on day 3 at draw of stumps, Indians are 462/8 trailing Aussies by 68 runs – sound pretty healthy, though the danger is not yet totally gone,... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2014 SOCIETY

• Thiruvallikkeni Thiruvizha – a Cultural Fete – 2014.

  

  20th Dec 2014 provided entertainment and a chance to think of the glory of the land they live in, for the residents of Thiruvallikkeni – in the form of... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2014 SOCIETY

• Crime Photo That Makes One Quaver - Robbed at Knife-point !!!

  

  Robbery is the crime of taking or attempting to take anything of value by force or threat of force or by putting the victim in fear. Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2014 SOCIETY

• Madras High Court Dismisses Petition - the North South Divide !!!!

  India is a vast country with diverse traditions, different landscapes, different languages, culture and more – Unity in diversity is what India shines. Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2014 SOCIETY

• the Missing Lunch at Gabba ~ for Vegetarians Ishant Sharma & Raina

  

  One goes out to good eateries for enjoying one’s lunch ….. but not the case of Ishant Sharma Suresh Raina – downunder !!!!!!! Lunch, an abbreviation of... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2014 SOCIETY

• 26/11 Terror Affected Stray Dog Passes Away !!

  

  Today, Rajya Sabha unanimously adopted a resolution condemning the grant of bail to Mumbai attack mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi. Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2014 SOCIETY

• MP Vs TN Ranji - Pavilion Terrace Entry Free ~ Woman Throws Acid !!!

  

  The iconic Cricket stadium at Chennai is an important landmark. Previously called Chepauk by its location, it is ‘MA Chidambaram Stadium’ named after M. A. Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2014 SOCIETY

• Cricket in Marina Beach .... in The Hindu Downtown

  

  On a Sandy pitch Many hearts broke when cricket at the Marina was banned in 2009. S. SAMPATHKUMAR recalls the camaraderie the sport fostered on the beach sands. Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2014 SOCIETY

• Indianapolis Fair .......... Hospital Gives Salt - Ice-breaking !

  

  Indianapolis is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana. The Indiana State Fair is an annual fair here, usually in the month of August. Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2014 SOCIETY

• Indian Batting Collapse at Brisbane - Aussie Go 2-0 up

  

  How often have seen that and what keeps the die-hard Indian fan, still watch another match – is it his forbearance to grim similarity that befells on so many... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2014 SOCIETY

• ISRO Successfully Launches GSLV Mark III with Crew Module

  

  18th Dec 2014 is indeed a great day for the Nation. This morning I started from home accompanying a Press Photographer friend who took me to Sriharikota, in... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2014 SOCIETY

• Brown Bear Seen at Otherwise Deserted Chernobyl !!

  

  We have read about ghost towns in novels – at least one exists in reality for 28 years now after that fateful day of 26th April 1986. Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2014 SOCIETY

• India Ride on Murali Vijay's Ton at Gabba !

  

  Today at Brisbane, at 12.1 – Dhawan scored a 4 off Johnson completing their first 50-plus opening stand in an away Test ~ coming as it did for the Team after th... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2014 SOCIETY

• Sad to Read ! Gita Press ..... Shutting Down !!!

  

  The design in its main entrance is noteworthy. Every aspect of it represents India's rich architectural heritage. Each portion of the gate takes inspiration fro... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2014 SOCIETY

• GSLV Mk III, ‘Crew Module Atmospheric Re- Entry Experiment' (CARE) - ISRO

  

  Tomorrow, 18th Dec 2014 is going to be a Great Day for the Nation. Nation for sure would rejoice the launch of GSLV Mk-III. Today, the 24 and a half hour... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2014 SOCIETY

• Kilpauk Water House and Centenary of J.W. Madeley's Work !!

  

  T Nagar bus stand is one of the congested places of Chennai … as you wind further, you would go through Madeley road subway towards West Mambalam /... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2014 SOCIETY

• Big Buddha Flooding UK with Cannabis Seeds !!!

  

  Gautama Buddha, simply the Buddha, was a sage on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. The word Buddha means "the enlightened one". Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2014 SOCIETY