Sampathkumar Sampath

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• Jet Pack of Martin Aircraft ~ and Dangerous Dave

  

  You may not know him by his name – but most likely you would have enjoyed his product ................ Alfonso John Romero is a director, designer, programmer,... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2014 SOCIETY

• the Plight of Zoo Animals of Russia - Ukraine, Russia and Western Sanctions

  

  Who would ever have thought that sanctions would affect animals, that too the ones in Zoo !! Ukraine, a country in Eastern Europe is in turmoil and has been in... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2014 SOCIETY

• Team India Gives No Chance to Bertha Too .... When 5 Spinners Played !

  

  We have been hearing more about Bertha – a name used few times earlier for tropical cyclone ~ there were storm alerts in many parts of Britain as Hurricane... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2014 SOCIETY

• Palamedu Jallikattu .......... (& Alanganallur Jallikattu) .... Bull Fight

  

  Jallikattu is a South Indian celebration involving bull taming, somewhat similar to the Spanish running of the bulls. It is held in the villages of Tamil Nadu o... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2014 SOCIETY

• The Principle of Indemnity and “Indemnification Aliunde”

  

  Have you heard of the term ‘aliunde’ and do you know of any possible circumstance, where the Insurer need not effect settlement even where there is a loss cause... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2014 SOCIETY

• Zucchini Day Today ......... and Day of World's Indigenous People

  

  Heard of Zuccini or the day associated with it~ which happens to be today 8th of August…. !!! In this beautiful World, Indigenous people are people defined in... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2014 SOCIETY

• Unhappy Debut .... the Dubious Feat of Pankaj Singh

  

  After Indians were bundled out for 152 – Cook pulled Varun Aaron playing his 2nd test after his debut in 2011 into the hands of Pankaj Singh, who is yet to... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2014 SOCIETY

• MSD's Bowling Woes .... Nilgiris - Waitrose - Team Sponsors.....

  

  Long time residents of Chennai would for sure have shopped at this landmark store in Dr Radhakrishnan Salai and those of us who passed by recently would have... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2014 SOCIETY

• Indemnity Insurance - Cash Payment Option - California Coin Settlement

  

  In California, 73 year old Andres Carrasco filed a lawsuit in 2012 against Adriana’s Insurance Service, Inc. alleging he was physically assaulted by one of the... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2014 SOCIETY

• Tilting Train at Perth ... Man Saved by Quick Thinking of Commuters

  

  Can you imagine – what these people are trying to do ? Great example of what ‘people power’ can do. ..... in India, when we travel by Train – commonly we come... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2014 SOCIETY

• Aping an Ape .... Keeping Monkeys at Bay - Human Langurs at Work

  

  Interruptions in a Cricket match can arise due to host of reasons – ranging from – wet spots, bees swarming, ball getting out of shape, players injury, rain, ba... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2014 SOCIETY

• Importance of Inflating Tyres........ and All 4 at a Time !!!

  

  I had posted about ‘flat tyre’ earlier … - it is a deflated pneumatic tyre, which can cause the rim of the wheel to ride on the tire tread or the ground... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2014 SOCIETY

• India Play England at Old Trafford - Manchester - Cotonopolis

  

  What you see here is the emblem of Cricket club – that has rich history behind ….. the ‘Red Rose of Lancaster’ is the county flower of Lancaster and used in... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2014 SOCIETY

• Emotions and Syndromes .... of Paris Syndrome ........ & Stockholm Syndrome

  Chennai (aka Madras) is rude – some visitors say ... people say that they are daunted by fleecing auto-rickshaws and verbal taunts ... there are some cities... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2014 SOCIETY

• Narendra Hirwani - That Great Debut at Chepauk... and Mihir's in His Footsteps !!

  

  Subash Gupte, VV Kumar, BS Chandrasekhar, MV Narasimha Rao, Laxman Sivaramakrishnan, Narendra Hirwani, Anil Kumble, Amit Mishra, Piyush Chawla………. leg spinners ... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2014 SOCIETY

• Ainthinai (ஐந்திணை ) .at OMR Aka Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Chennai

  

  I have recently posted about the costly ‘public arts’ that dot the road – but remain unnoticed or do not generate any interest or use for the public … I had... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2014 SOCIETY

• Want Railway Season Ticket - Give Undertaking Not to Commit Any Offence !!!!

  

  Do you live in a Metropolis … travel by train … buy season ticket – then here is something for you….. most of my friends hush and puff to catch the train – and... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2014 SOCIETY

• Bolt Among Tortoises - the Race and Chase by Police - Tortoise Speed !!

  

  Usain Bolt made more noise and little of running in Glasgow, understandable for a man who possesses both the 100M and 200M World Records – the fastest man on... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2014 SOCIETY

• It is 100 Years Since World War I ~ the Battles of South India...

  

  Pro-Russian rebels claim to have shot down a Ukrainian spy drone just a few miles from the site of the MH17 disaster. Reports speak of footage released on... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2014 SOCIETY

• Black Sunday Tsunami 2004 - SYMA's Response -moksha Deepam

  

  I have recently posted about that dreaded name which became a commoner from out of that black Sunday 26th Dec 2004. It is ‘tsunami’ (from Japanese – a harbour... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2014 SOCIETY