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• Collision in Galveston Bay - Oil Spillage Feared

  

  Galveston Bayis one among the largest estuaries in the United States, located along the upper coast of Texas. It is connected to the Gulf of Mexico and is... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2014 SOCIETY

• Martyr's Day - Saluting the Heroes of the Nation - from Bhagat Singh to Armed...

  

  On Sunday 23rd Mar 2014, Chennai edition of The Hindu had this photo on its last page…………….. and yesterday was Martyr’s Day…In India, there perhaps are several... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2014 SOCIETY

• Sri Prahladar on 'kuthirai Vahanam' at Triplicane

  

  Sosale is an ancient village on the banks of holy Cauvery River near its confluence with the Kabini River, in Mysore district. There is fair sprinkling... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2014 SOCIETY

• Chennai City's New Land Mark ... the Multi Super-speciality Hospital

  

  Chennai has a newer landmark now ! and that is after overcoming legal hurdles and a host of re-engineering issues ~ it is ‘the multi super-specialty hospital’ o... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2014 SOCIETY

• India Beat Pakistan in T20 WC ... Illuminated Wickets When Broken

  

  Happy India beat Pakistan … Mishra is Man of the match… Lot happening at Bangladesh………. At Mirpur, India coasting to another victory over Pakistan in World... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2014 SOCIETY

• Problem of Smog in China ..... and a Novel 'smog Insurance'

  

  Heard of ‘Smokin Joe’ ?In the Tamil month of Margazhi [mid Dec to mid Jan] – it will be very cold and one can experience thick fog envelope ~ nothing for those... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2014 SOCIETY

• On Field Spars....... Man Sentenced 2 Years for Clubbing with Cricket Bat

  

  I remember hearing this incident and perhaps watching it on TV too… Indians were doing so well in that England tour in 1986 under the captaincy of Kapil Dev…. Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2014 SOCIETY

• Forest Fire at Holy Thirumala Hills....

  

  For Sri Vaishnavaites, the purpose of birth is kainkaryam to Emperuman and his devotees – One needs to do kainkaryam at His abode ~ great it would be, when... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2014 SOCIETY

• Farmers' Suicide .... This Time the Villain is Hailstorm.. !!

  

  India is an agrarian country with around 60% of its people depending directly or indirectly upon agriculture. Agriculture in India is beset with trouble as it i... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2014 SOCIETY

• Bangla T20 WC; MH 370; Aam Admi - Indian Elections Updates.. !!

  In the ICC T20 WC, Zimbabwe won a thriller against Netherlands; Malik Ahsan Ahmad Jamil bowled the last over when Zimbabwe at 134/4 required 7 off 6. The event... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2014 SOCIETY

• What is Sympathetic / Taint Damage in Marine Insurance ? ? ?

  

  Marine Insurance is confounding and most interesting …. Cargo insurance covers various goods in transit from one place to another, usually sent through a... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2014 SOCIETY

• Fish as Pets .... Explosion of Fish Tanks ... Fish Everywhere

  

  In Sangam literature, “Neithal” is the landscape of Sea, shore and related things. Water is always an attraction – the sea, the river or the pond (the mightiest... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2014 SOCIETY

• the 'Kasi Yatra' - Chennai Central and Some Election News...

  You are able to feel the Elections ….as some leaders and contenders are already out there – campaigning in open vehicles, hitting the road along with their... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2014 SOCIETY

• MH370 Missing - Transponders Deliberately Put off .. What Colour is Black Box ?

  

  Down under, Qantas boss Alan Joyce will face his second Senate inquiry in five days as unions step up their opposition to the scrapping of foreign-ownership... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2014 SOCIETY

• What is a Hailstorm........ and is That Covered in Insurance Policy

  

  There may not be words in every language describing a particular thing….. in Kamal starrer comedy film ‘Thenali’ there was a hit song ‘ஆலங்கட்டி மழை தாலாட்ட... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2014 SOCIETY

• Phone Stealing Offenders at OMR (IT Corridor) & Tough Laws of Britain

  I have posted on ‘Holi” and google doodle marking the occasion… on “Holi’day ~ the train was near empty and IT corridor also seemed much less of traffic………. Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2014 SOCIETY

• T20 WC at Bangla - New Coaching Manual - Bowl to Mannequins.. !!

  

  How do coaches inspire and improve performance ? A mannequin (also called a manikin, dummy, lay figure or dress form) is an often articulated doll used by... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2014 SOCIETY

• Happy Holi ...

  

  For a Madrasi [south Indian] … Monday started as normally … but at the MRTS station, perhaps it was bit different – the crowd was much thin…. .. Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2014 SOCIETY

• Mo Farah Collapses at NY Half Marathon..............

  

  Often we see running shows organsied …. Running is a good exercise…but those of us over 40 years of age and not given to any form of exercise, running even for ... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2014 SOCIETY

• Malaysian Air MH 370 Mystery Deepens -- Cyberjack, Piracy... Are Passengers Stil...

  

  All of us have been reading so much about - Malaysia Airlines passenger Flight "MH370" that disappeared on 8 March 2014 after departing from Kuala Lumpur,... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2014 SOCIETY