Sampathkumar Sampath

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• Stirring Hornet's Nest.. India Loses... What is WASP ?

  

  ‘stir up a hornet's nest’ : - figuratively means ‘to create lot of trouble’…. It is akin to disturbing a beehive – making bees fly helter-skelter, attack those... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2014 SOCIETY

• Srirangam Temple Elephant 'Andal' Tearful Parting Away of Mahout Sridharan

  

  திருவரங்கம் பெரிய கோவிலும் - சயனித்து இருக்கும் பெரிய பெருமாள் ஆன அரங்கநாதனும் நமக்கு எல்லா நலன்களையும் தர வல்லர்கள். கங்கையினும் கூட புனிதமாக கருதப்படுவது... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2014 SOCIETY

• India Vs NZ - 1st One Dayer at Mclean Park, Napier - Some History

  

  For Cricket lovers, from today on, there are going to be more matches… at the land of Maori… at the time of posting this at 8.10 am on 19.1.14, NZ are 111 for... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2014 SPORTS

• What Google Glass Does .... Woman Who Wore It While Driving Acquitted

  

  Speaking on a mobile phone while driving is an offence ~ must be punished for they are imperilling the lives of others ! - the commonest excuse would be – ‘I wa... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2014 SOCIETY

• Swarovsky.... Crystal Glamour and Q on Padayappa

  

  Swarovski AG is an Austrian producer of luxury cut lead glass ('crystal'), headquartered in Wattens. They make plated jewellry too, which perhaps might adorn... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2014 SOCIETY

• TN Govt Sanctions 1 Cr for Kabbadi World Cup - Vennila Kabbadi Kuzhu

  The story unfolds in a remote village near Palani called Kanakkanpatti with a poor goat-herd, Marimuthu……. ~ an illiterate, with no credentials, he also plays... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2014 SOCIETY

• Google Doodle Pay Tribute to Our Ancestor -The Gorilla

  

  Not many of us would have been aware of the 'Gorilla Fund International (originally the Digit Fund)’ - a charity for the protection of endangered mountain... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2014 COMPUTING, SOCIETY

• Tablet Browsing in Senegal - Equinox Cybercafe.

  

  You have travelled by train about a couple of decades ago ~ and are doing it now too…. what is the noticeable difference ? (not of the speed / maintenance / foo... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2014 DESTINATIONS, SOCIETY, TECH

• Fable Repeats Itself.... Tortoise Beats Rabbit Again - in a Skiing Race

  

  In Vijay starrer ‘Sura’ – Vadivelu would pray to Goddess and would proceed with much fanfare for the boatrace ….. by the time he reaches the venue, the... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2014 SOCIETY, SPORTS

• Humble Rahul...... Did Thatcher Have Any Role in Operation Blue Star ?

  

  Height of humility… time and again Rahul falters….. now Rahul Gandhi has, perhaps unwittingly come close to comparing Modi to Aurangzeb. Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2014 SOCIETY

• Who is a Night Watchman .... and the Tale of Jason Gillespie

  

  Gillespie - photo courtesy : cricinfo.comConnect : Jason Gillespie, Mark Boucher, Tony Mann, Syed Kirmani, Nasim ul Ghani…. (and why Jason Gillespie should... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2014 SOCIETY

• Confusion in Names ....... Cheap Airfare and Discount Sales...

  

  In the age of consumerism, it is e-buying and discount trading…everytime you make a purchase at a discount, you still wonder whether at another point, the... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Welcoming Thai Pongal .... Pongalo, Pongal..

  In Tamil Nadu, Pongal is very important festival ~ it is the festival of harvest… and days before the festivity, people start buying garments ~ in city of... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2014 SOCIETY

• White Liger Cubs .....the Rarest of Big Cats Are Born

  

  Yeti, Odlin, Sampson and Apollo are the world's most unique ones… they are big cats ~ their birth and their colour makes them most unique !!! Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2014 SOCIETY

• Money Gotten Not from Most Lethal Product but From….. (AK 47 to Umbrellas)

  

  Some products gain notoriety for no fault of the inventor. Would you be interested in buying a product for your personal use ??? Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2014 SOCIETY

• Crisp Factory Fire in Newport, South Wales - Arson - Man Sentenced..

  

  Life in General Insurance is replete with terminologies – risk, hazards, perils and more…… ~ and ‘fire’ is a primary peril … which we have heard of, perhaps see... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2014 SOCIETY

• Nation of Millionaires (and Crorepathis) .. the Nordic Country

  

  It certainly is a nice place to be in; and perhaps by the time – you finish this post – would love to be there…… In the United Nation's 2013 World Happiness... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2014 SOCIETY

• Nation .. Behading of Lance Naik Hemraj and Killing of Sudhakar Singh by Pak

  A simple test to our failing memory …. How many of us remember Naik Hemraj and Sudhakar Singh ~ though they are very much in news… this certainly is no place... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2014 SOCIETY

• Empty Prattle ~ Piers Morgan Floored by Bret Lee

  

  Stupid and brain explosion of highest order remarked a great bowler ! and most of us perhaps would agree with him…… We used to play Cricket daily in the... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2014 SOCIETY

• Pathinaalu Naatkal (14 Days) ~the Bangla War - Letters to Editor

  

  Upon perusing my archive of e-mails chanced upon this one written to The Hindu (it was never published though !)Decades ago, this book titled ‘Pathinaalu... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2014 SOCIETY