Sampathkumar Sampath

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• Hudhud .... Sashi Tharoor; Tarun Gogoi, Chandra Babu Naidu and Children Born !

  

  To praise or not to ………. ? – the person knows and so does others in the party !!..... before you read further this is no photo from any movie – scene at Vizag... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2014 SOCIETY

• Chhota Bheem Crackers .... Don't Buy Illegally Imported Chinese Crackers

  

  The other day, I bought a toy car named ‘chhota bheem’. The popular Chhota Bheem' is an Indian animated comedy-adventure series, first premiered in 2008 on... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2014 SOCIETY

• Life Saving 108 Ambulance ........... NHS - Strike !!

  

  Struck in the Chennai traffic, you hear the siren – that of an ambulance – many a times, wonder what to do – feeling helpless – with no space to move. Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2014 SOCIETY

• Not Aware of Nobel Laureate !! .... Schmidt's Gold and Naomi's Malaria

  

  In ancient Greece, the laurel (Laurus nobilis) was sacred to Apollo and as such sprigs of it were fashioned into a crown or wreath of honour for poets and... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2014 SOCIETY

• Tharoor Dropped and ............ Legitimacy of Steve Smith's Catch !!

  At Abudhabi, Australia beat Pak by a solitary run in the third one dayer.. and do you remember Mudgal ? yes Justice Mudgal or the Mudgal Committee appointed by ... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2014 SOCIETY

• Diwali Dhamaka ... Flipkart Billion .... and 'Mi 10400' Powerbank

  

  Diwali Dhamaka is perhaps not as hot as ‘billion day’ sale …. The online extravaganzas has put retailers on the back foot. There is news that top electronics... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2014 SOCIETY

• Cyclone Hudhud Batters Andhra and Orissa ...

  

  Severe cyclonic storm Hudhud hit the port city of Vishakapatnam today bringing with it torrential rains in three coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh and... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2014 SOCIETY

• Speed Merchants - Becci Ellis Sets New Record 264 Mph ..

  

  Herbert James "Burt" Munro was a New Zealand motorcycle racer, famous for setting an under-1,000 cc world record, at Bonneville in 1967. Munro was 68 and was... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2014 SOCIETY

• Ceasefire Violation by Pak - Indian Response ... Rahul Blooper

  As ceasefire violations and heavy firing and shelling by Pakistan continued along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, India responded with the Borde... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2014 SOCIETY

• Putin's Siberian Tiger Defects to China ... !!

  

  Adimai Penn (a Slave girl) directed by K Shankar featuring MGR and J Jayalalithaa, SA Ashokan, RS Manohar, Chandrababu and Cho, released in 1969 was much... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2014 SOCIETY

• First Hindu Chaplain of US Army Becomes First Hindu Chaplain at Georgetown...

  

  Women have achieved in many fields – have been to the fore in diverse fields …… this woman too is a great achiever. She is a Rajput hailing from the northern... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2014 SOCIETY

• World Fears Ebola .... Spaniards Fight to Save a Dog ...

  

  In the film 7m Arivu, in modern day China, Dong Lee (Johnny Tri Nguyen) is given the task of starting a government planned biological war against India, known a... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2014 SOCIETY

• Resurgent West Indies Thrash India at Kochi One Dayer

  India thrashed in the first One dayer at Kochi as WI after scoring 321/6 bowled out India winning by 125 runs. Cricket pundits were dismissive of the present... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2014 SOCIETY

• Famous Landmark Albion Flour Mill at Brisbane - is Pulled Down

  

  There are some heritage structures in Chennai too – and many of them are not properly maintained and look to be on the verge of collapse. Many want the Govt to... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2014 SOCIETY

• Yal Devi Resumes Chugging to Jaffna ...

  

  Trains are fascinating – not only to travel but also to observe and write about as observed from a friend of mine. Indian Trains have Names besides the Numbers. Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2014 SOCIETY

• Uhuru Kenyatta in The Hague to Face Trial Before ICC

  

  A google search with keyword ‘ICC” could take you to International Cricket committee or International Chamber of Commerce ….. and also to another International... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2014 SOCIETY

• Umpires in Cricket and the One Banned in Vatican Over Fears ....

  

  Do you know or connect : (Maninder Singh, Kumara Dharmasena, Srinivasan Venkatraghavan, Peter Willey, Paul Reiffel, Richard Illingworth ) …. Or - Madhav... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2014 SOCIETY

• India West Indies ODI at Kochi Tomorrow - No Contribution in Debut !

  India play West Indies in an One dayer at Kochi tomorrow….. lot has changed since WI first played an ODI series in India – in the first match at Kashmir, Kapil... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2014 SOCIETY

• World Junior Chess Championship ..... and Nihal Sarin, He U10 Champ

  

  Do you know or group … : Dariusz Świercz, Alexander Ipatov , Yu Yangyi - couple of names give an inkling that they could be associated with some game like... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2014 SOCIETY

• Flipkart Big Billion Day - a Flop Show Or Easy Achievement for Promoters ?

  

  Till a couple of decades ago, people waited for Deepavali Bonus to do shopping – it was mostly clothing, closer to the festival – it would be crackers and... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2014 SOCIETY