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• Southern Railway Scraps Filing up 'declaration' for Season Ticket

  

  Not all Chennaites are used to travelling by train – me too, started travelling by train, only recently. I personally feel, that the fare of Rs. Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2014 SOCIETY

• West Indian Omar Phillips Hit on Back Head (when Non-striker) Survives .....

  

  In a series of posts, I have been communicating my thoughts on Cricket injuries, the unfortunate death of Phil Hughes, the eye injuries ending the career of... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2014 SOCIETY

• EU Imposes Dracula Tax on UK's Allium Sativum (Garlic) Import

  

  “Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food.” ~ famous words from the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates- and we have equivalent saying in our... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2014 SOCIETY

• Guam the Nation ! ........... and GUAM Changes Official Language from Russian...

  Apra Harbour is a deep-water port formed by Orote Peninsula in the south and Cabras Island in the north. A natural port it handles about 2 million tons of... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2014 SOCIETY

• Corruption - RTO Office Shown in Movies and ..... at RTO Burari...

  

  Corruption in Public life has been a popular and recurring theme in many cinema ~ and many of them show the licensing authority (RTO) and their brokers in poor... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2014 SOCIETY

• "Eye" Injuries in Cricket ~ Men Gets Sight Restored After 48 Years !!!

  

  In a selection trial, a batsman went for (mis)adventurous pull, missed the delivery completely and was profusely bleeding – about a decade or more ago, a... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2014 SOCIETY

• SYMA Launches 'Clean Triplicane' Campaign - Adopts 3 Mada Streets

  

  'Kairavini Pushkarini' - the thirukulam of Sri Parthasarathi Swami Temple - a pond of lily flowers ~ gave the place the name 'Thiruvallikkeni' .. Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2014 SOCIETY

• Unrest in the Valley ..... Mohammad Hafeez Fails Test on Action !

  Sohag Gazi, Sunil Narine, Mohammad Hafeez, Adnan Rasool, Suryakumar Yadav and Prenelan Subrayen, Prosper Utseya, Saeed Ajmal, Kane Williamson, Sachithra... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2014 SOCIETY

• Marine Cargo Insurance - Determination of Exchange Rate - Barter Trade !

  

  Marine Cargo Insurance offers protection to goods in transit from one place to another. A Marine contract agrees to indemnify the insured in the manner and to... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2014 SOCIETY

• the Belt That Can Charge Tooo !!!

  

  In olden days, Father and Master at school when angry, would let loose their belt and thrash the boy !!! – the belt thus doubled as an instrument of authority. Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2014 SOCIETY

• Corruption Index - Denmark Best ~ North Korea & Somalia Worst - India 85th !!!!

  

  One must be proud of one’s Nation … when asked – what’s your Country famous for ? – what would you say …. By some accounts, U.S. has most Nobel laureates and... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2014 SOCIETY

• Phil Hughes Passing Away is Tragic .... but Aussies Need to Get on !

  

  Yesterday on the FB, many shared a news that ‘Australia to play with 10 men at Adelaide and would keep Phil Hughes a spot’ – to me it appeared illogical and... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2014 SOCIETY

• Karthigai Deepam at Thiruvannamalai ~ Blimps for Aerial Surveillance

  

  Sengottai ( Red Fort) starring Arjun, Meena and Rambha, released in 1996 was another patriotic film of Arjun. The songs of Vidyasagar were a hit. Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2014 SOCIETY

• Gangnam Style Video Makes You Tube Change Technology !!

  

  Located on the border of Andhra Pradesh, nearer Srikakulam is Ganjam District that came into existence in 1936. The district is named after the old township... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2014 SOCIETY

• How Good Are You in Ordering Food ? - Menu Tracked by Movement of Retina

  

  Life has changed in fast lane – 50 years ago, the best (or the only available hotels) in Triplicane would be Murali Café, Vaitha Hotel, Bommi hotel, Ratna Café... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2014 SOCIETY

• Handcuffing Criminals ..... Andhra Police Facing Shortage of Handcuffs !!!

  

  In ‘Marudhamalai’ a hilarious comedy, starring Arjun, Encounter Ekambaram [cast by Vadivelu] transports a criminal in a TVS 50 with Arjun driving, Vadivelu in... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2014 SOCIETY

• Indian 30 Probables for WC 2015 Announced - How Many of 1983 Survived for 1987 WC

  

  The 11th ICC Cricket World Cup is scheduled to be jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand from 14th February to 29th March 2015. Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2014 SOCIETY

• Chennai's Music Season .... Cold Winter !! - and Musicians Stored !!!

  

  Come December, it will the ‘winter season’ in Chennai – one used to see sweaters and mufflers on road …. Now it has given way to ‘ear-caps’ – Chennai, is hot al... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2014 SOCIETY

• Identical Twins (monozygotic) - Who Do Not Share Their Birthdays !!!

  

  Sure you know the Zodiac sign Gemini - mythologically considered twins. A twin is one of two offspring produced in the same pregnancy. Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2014 SOCIETY

• Bear Selfie - the Foolishness of Snapping Near the Animals !!

  

  Enough has been written on ‘Selfies’ and the urge to post them on Social media – expecting to be noticed, rather to be ‘liked’ !.... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2014 SOCIETY