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• Tipu's Ring Fetches 1.5 Crore at Christie's Auction

  

  This post is about a ring ~ that has fetched a value of Rs.1.5 Crore today in London…. BBC and other news Agencies report that Auction house Christie's has... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2014 SOCIETY

• Uthappa Consistency Gets Orange Cap ... John Hastings, Who, Plays for CSK

  

  Today, Chennai’s team looked different .... Brendon McCullum has returned home for the birth of his child. He, Badree, Hilfenhaus, Ishwar Pandey are all out.. Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2014 SOCIETY

• Mosquito Menace - from Triplicane to UK ..... and Guppies Controlling Them

  

  The guppy (Poecilia reticulata), also rainbow fish, is one of the world's most widely distributed tropical fish and also the popular aquarium fish. I have been... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2014 SOCIETY

• French Railways SNFC Orders 2000 Trains ~ That Are Too Wide for Stations !!

  

  A travel by train is always worth of savouring ~ a train journey was worth its length. The yester generations cherished travel by talking a lot during and... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2014 SOCIETY

• Jewels of Triplicane ~ Most Erudite Scholar Dr VV Ramanujam Swami

  

  A photo taken during the recent Thiruther of Sri Varadhar at Thiruvallikkeni, and the seemingly ordinarily old man on the frame is no ordinary person !! Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2014 SOCIETY

• Jewels of Triplicane - Kalaimamani Dwaram Mangathayaru

  

  Thiruvallikkeni aka Triplicane is a famed land… It is a place where religion, nationalistic fervour, patriotism, sports, education and the individual dignity... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2014 SOCIETY

• Promising Moon ... No 'Pocari Sweat' Energy Drink on Moon !!!

  

  In this beautiful World, there is so much of media glare, so much of advertisements that determine and boost the sale of products … the mega sharks of... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2014 SOCIETY

• Blind Lemur Able to See Again Thanks to Cataract Surgery by Vets

  

  Madagascar, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Southeast Africa. The nation comprises the island of Madagascar (the fourth-largest islan... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2014 SOCIETY

• Disclaimer ~ Dopplegonger ~ the Miss Who Missed out Award in Beauty Pageant

  

  As I checked the result of my son in CBSE website after entering the Registration No. (and DOB as additional security Q) – I found the disclaimer that ‘neither... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2014 SOCIETY

• Change of Voyage - Ship with Tons of Red Sanders Set to Return of Indian Port

  

  Sec 47 of Marine Insurance Act 1963 :Change of voyage. (1) Where, after the commencement of the risk, the destination of the ship is voluntarily changed from th... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2014 SOCIETY

• David Hussey is No Joginder Sharma ... Who Will Bowl the Last Over ?

  You have seen the Advt on ‘need for being different’ …. The T20 WC glory is not new to Dhoni – he won the inaugural one at SA in 2007…………. the finals was agains... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2014 SOCIETY

• Jaipur Foot Walks Across the Border to Afghan...

  

  The Jaipur Foot, also known as the Jaipur Leg, is a rubber-based prosthetic leg for people with below-knee amputations. This certainly has made huge difference... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2014 SOCIETY

• 2014 Indian Elections - Narrowest Margin and (no) Impact of Kudankulam Agitation

  

  Months prior to the election, Kundankulam, had been in the news ... sections of press repeatedly gave wide coverage to the protests at idinthakarai as people... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2014 SOCIETY

• Plane Crash in Laos Kills Top Officials ~ New Publication MH 370 Tall Claims

  

  Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma, People's Republic of China, Vietnam,... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2014 SOCIETY

• Kick of Ignominy ..... Sad Mine Disaster at Soma, Turkey

  

  The picture says it all .... a single page website of the Company in all black with obvious message of mourning .... sad to hear even !! Even as the whole... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2014 SOCIETY

• KXIP Successfully Chase 206 .... Dale Stained... !!

  

  4-0-65-1 ……… 4-0-51-0 …. IPL is quite entertaining….the match between SRH KXIP explored all probabilities of changing fortune ….. Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2014 SOCIETY

• 'Nereus' ..robot's Deep Sea Adventure Ends Due to Implosion

  

  In insurance parlance, many a times terminology is not properly understood for lack of definition and easy to comprehend examples. Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2014 SOCIETY

• Should Govt Do Something - Ring Worn by Tipu Sultan to Be Auctioned !!!

  

  Do you know or have heard of ‘Edward Green Balfour’ – a Scottish surgeon and his Indian – more specifically, Chennai Bangalore connection. Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2014 SOCIETY

• Jewels of Triplicane ..... Kalaimamani Smt. G.P. Kamala

  

  Thiruvallikkeni aka Triplicane is a famed land… The name “Triplicane” pronounced Tiruvallikeni by natural laws of linguistics, was crudely rolled and twisted ou... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2014 SOCIETY

• Pietermaritzburg .... Connection with History; Revolution and Cricket

  

  This day, I posted about opening of a new Railway Station – ‘Mundakakani Amman Koil’ Station in Chennai MRTS. Shosholoza Meyl is a division of the Passenger Rai... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2014 SOCIETY