Sampathkumar Sampath

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• Test at Gabba Tomorrow .... the Story of Rick Darling !

  

  After that pulsating finish at Adelaide, the 2nd Test starts tomorrow at Brisbane with 2 different Captains – Australians have new Captain Steve Smith... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2014 SOCIETY

• Special Google Doodle on WW Kandinsky, the Russian Painter

  

  An elderly character in an English novel would often send a picture postcard with a single line – ‘travelling and learning’ !. Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2014 SOCIETY

• the Spectacular Geminids Meteor Shower

  

  A spectacular meteor shower lit up the skies last night with 100 shooting stars an hour as the celestial firework display reached its fiery peak. Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2014 SOCIETY

• Aussies Select Young Steve Smith as Captain Overlooking Brad Haddin

  

  In Test no. 1308 – way back in Oct 1995 at Bangalore, India won by 80 runs and this man debuted..... (see last para)… What is Captaincy – is it an art – that... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2014 SOCIETY

• Tamil Thatha Sri U Ve Saminatha Iyer House Demolished !

  

  Time and tide wait for none ~ (unless authorities interrupt) is what this Dec 2014 has made Tamil World to remember. Thiruvallikkeni aka Triplicane is a famed... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2014 SOCIETY

• the First Female Summariser on Radio 4 Cricket and the Female Commentator

  

  BBC Radio was the first broadcaster to cover every ball of a Test match. Live cricket had been broadcast since 1927, but originally it was thought that Test... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2014 SOCIETY

• Champions Trophy - Hockey, Marred by Pakistan's Obscene Behaviour

  

  When players go overboard, they say, it is not Cricket – what would you say this ….. The 2014 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy, 35th edition of the Hockey Champion... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2014 SOCIETY

• Ranji Update : Tamil Nadu Play J&K at Natham Dindigul

  

  Can you imagine the place where this scenic ground is located ? When you confront someone reeling out statistics of the game and you feel like stumping him... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2014 SOCIETY

• the Sad Story of Sang Lan - Who Fought to Survive !

  

  There have been injuries in sporting arena – the story of Schumacher lying in coma and Phil Hughes passing away are too well known. Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2014 SOCIETY

• the Archaic Rules of Railways .... & the Paltry Compensation Offered !

  

  Goods are moved from one place to another through mode of Road, Rail, Ship or air. Passengers too travel places by these modes. Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2014 SOCIETY

• India Beats Pak to Win Blind Cricket World Cup 2014 - Shri Modi Meets Players !

  

  The rivalry is set so deep in mind that any Indo-Pak game and India emerging winners is big news – be it Cricket, Hockey or any other game – still the WC victor... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2014 SOCIETY

• Nobel Laureates .... Kailash Satyarthi and Malala - Nobel Peace Prize 2014.

  

  **Cream of cauliflower soup, mosaic of red king crab, peas and lemon pickled cauliflower florets; Spiced loin of red deer, carrot terrine, salt-baked golden... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2014 SOCIETY

• Lingaa Rajni ............ Bond Movie Spectre and Its Heroine Monica Bellucci

  

  Five Range Rover Sports were reportedly among the vehicles stolen from a garage in northern Germany. The cars, worth an estimated £630,000, had been... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2014 SOCIETY

• Aussie Sledging .... Will India Survive (& Win) at Adelaide on Day 5 !

  

  Interactive announced WWE Immortals, a free-to-play mobile game developed by Mortal Kombat studio NetherRealm in association with Phosphor Game Studios. Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2014 SOCIETY

• Bank SMS (to USA) Helps Identification of 'break-in' at Coimbatore

  

  ‘break-in’ [noun] – 1) Defined as the first usage or experience with something 2) An illegal entry into a house, building or vehicle. The latter is a crime and... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2014 SOCIETY

• Lingaa Release and Nobel Laureate Losing His Speech !

  11th Dec – the day we remember Mahakavi Subramaniya Barathiyar – and I had posted photos of his memorial house at Thiruvallikkeni. How good a public speaker... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2014 SOCIETY

• Inventor of First Video Games Console is No More

  

  People are obsessed with mobiles – over the primary object of voice communication – the modern day cellphone offers much more – it is not even the camera, or th... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2014 SOCIETY

• Remembering Bharathiyar ~ Photos of Ninaivu Illam at Triplicane

  

  Today - 11th Dec marks the birth anniversary of Desiya Kavi Subrahmanya Barathiyar, undoubtedly the icon of Tamil pride. Today marks his 132nd birthday. Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2014 SOCIETY

• Spotting a Rhino Walking on a Road .... !!!!

  

  They are herbivores, yet rhinoceros are large and powerful. Rhinos are solitary animals. Males mark and defend their territories. Rhinos use their horns in... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2014 SOCIETY

• Aussie Pile Runs at Adelaide ~ Mumbai Loses to J&K - Karnataka Humiliates...

  India playing an away series is awful …. Dhoni has lost so many – in 2012, Adelaide Test was captained by Virendar Sehwag who lost by 298 runs … now it is... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2014 SOCIETY