Sampathkumar Sampath
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Sampspeak - the thoughts of an Insurer
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a Blog on Insurance especially Marine Insurance, Sports and Current Affairs
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Sixathon at Bangalore... Lows and Highs of India Over the Years....
India won in style … won the ODI series at home against Australia after long ….that Shikar Dhawan catch would remain etched in our memory for long… youngsters... Read more
Posted on 03 November 2013 SOCIETY -
the Wealthiest Woman of India Becomes a Minister (of Haryana)
How well you know your State and the administrators……………. Do you know or can you recognize the Ministers of your own State ? Tamil Nadu Chief Minister... Read more
Posted on 01 November 2013 SOCIETY -
Embrace+ - the Ibracelet That Informs of E-mails/ Tweets & .......
Do you wear a bracelet – is it a Golden one or made of some other metal ? ~ wearing them on arms start perhaps from the hospital bed as identification tag… to... Read more
Posted on 01 November 2013 SOCIETY -
India Vs Sri Lanka at Mohali - Oct 2005 – Super Substitute
Digging past into the archive always provides interesting things…. How many of us remember today that a few years ago, an innovative idea of accommodating 12... Read more
Posted on 01 November 2013 SOCIETY -
India Chases 350 Again in Style ~ This Time at Nagpur
What a match at Nagpur – another Indian victory – another time a score of 350 chased successfully……… feeling elated after the great innings of Dhawan and Kohli.. Read more
Posted on 31 October 2013 SOCIETY -
Celebrating Deepavali with Crackers..... Shops at Island Grounds..
Deepavali, the festival of Lights enthuses everyone and is celebrated all over the Country with great enthusiasm. People wear new clothes, eat and share lot of... Read more
Posted on 30 October 2013 SOCIETY -
the Festive Spirit of Deepavali ~ Shopping at Trichy Saradhas ....
Chennai city bustling with traffic is chocking more…… as the festivities of Deepavali is reaching its feverish peak………. Roads leading to T Nagar, Purasawakkam,... Read more
Posted on 29 October 2013 SOCIETY -
Cricket Back to Orange City Nagpur and Will Haryana Win at Lahli...
The Nishada Kingdom was the kingdom of the Nishada Tribe, a tribe of people who the Vedic people considered valour and courageous. Read more
Posted on 29 October 2013 SOCIETY -
Rampant Illegal Sand-mining and Bullock Carts Arrested ..... !!!!
This newsitem in NewIndianExpress made an interesting reading… it as one of law enforcement – right outrightly… but then why did it make an interesting read... Read more
Posted on 28 October 2013 SOCIETY -
Serial Blasts in BJP Patna Rally ..... and Ways of Reporting
The election fever is gripping the Nation or so we are made to believe…. Narendra Modi is travelling and is drawing huge crowds everywhere… even in places like... Read more
Posted on 28 October 2013 SOCIETY -
the Fairy Tale Run of Fairy Queen at Chennai
Dear (s) First of October 2005 - It was otherwise normal Saturday morning, but for rail enthusiasts it was a day with difference. For one could see on track,... Read more
Posted on 26 October 2013 SOCIETY -
It is 'Mawsynram' ~ Not Cherrapunji - the Wettest Part of the World ...
Monsoon is active and it rains often now a days…. Chennaites are sulking – they are not prepared for this too.. … heavy rain battered the city and some roads... Read more
Posted on 24 October 2013 SOCIETY -
AAP Sweep ... Onions Hit 100 and No Import of Gold Coins Says PC
Elections to the Delhi State Assembly will be held on 4 December 2013; results will be out by 8th Dec. This will be one of the first five elections in which... Read more
Posted on 23 October 2013 SOCIETY -
Cricket ~ Contracts......... and Players' Earning... Pretoria Joins the Stream
Sure, one may not readily identify this good looking person……. She is a Cricketer – a right handed bats(wo)man and occasional wicket keeper, who made her debut... Read more
Posted on 23 October 2013 SOCIETY -
The Unusual Stoppage at Coimbatore Caused by Climicidae !!!
They are perhaps part of legend – once tamil magazines would be ripe with jokes on them… in one tingling tamil cine comedy Vadivelu would sell a machine that... Read more
Posted on 23 October 2013 SOCIETY -
Southern Grid Gets First Flow from Kudankulam.... Happy Moment for the Nation
From idyllic settings to boiling cauldron to serving the Nation – Kudankulam has seen it all……. Half a century ago, this place lying in Tirunelveli district... Read more
Posted on 23 October 2013 SOCIETY -
Dangerous Cargo Protruding out of Lorries; Posing Danger to Road Users.... PIL...
“pro·trude’ : ~ (V) To push or thrust outward; to jut out; project. Dangerous goods carriage……. There are trucks and there are killer trucks ~ without them good... Read more
Posted on 21 October 2013 SOCIETY -
the Genius Maestro Sachin Tendulkar's Farewell Test at Wankhede...
The first price of popularity is that one is hounded quite often of ‘retirement’……… the great genius writer Sujatha in his heydays was confronted in a... Read more
Posted on 19 October 2013 SOCIETY -
the Fearless London Traffic Warden - Ms Hilary Clinton Given Parking Ticket...
A familiar scene in a metropolis ~ specifically – Chennai….. you are struck in traffic – not so wide a road – you wait patiently – sure to get irritated when yo... Read more
Posted on 18 October 2013 SOCIETY -
Bushfires Rage Sydney ~ NSW .. !!
Down under there is thunder is what we usually hear ~ but now it is rage !! BBC and other reports highlight that there has been wildfires in Australia which... Read more
Posted on 18 October 2013 SOCIETY