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• Sachin Tendulkar Voted 'Cricketer of the Generation' ..... Some Moments of...

  

  He was cheerfully innocent all the time…. Be it batting, bowling or fielding, he enjoyed the game ~ for he loved is more than anything else and fans loved him... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2014 SOCIETY

• Singaravelar Statue at Venkatrangam Street, Triplicane

  

  Last month [Feb 2014] I had posted about Lady Willingdon School and the plea for naming it after Singara Velar. …… that was on TOI article on Madras High Court... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2014 SOCIETY

• Gosha Hospital and the Founding Lady Dr Mary Anne Dacomb Bird Aka Mary Anne...

  

  A post on ‘jewel of Triplicane’ ….Chennai, from Chennapatnam to Madras to what it is today has come a very long way…….. and one area of specialty being... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2014 SOCIETY

• Jawans Killed by Naxals ~ is Somebody Grieving for Them ?

  Sometime back a writer wrote a post on ‘walking with comrades’ … naturally hailing them and questioning why the Nation is against them and consider them as grav... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2014 SOCIETY

• 2 Seat Constituencies .. Spread-betting and P Chidambaram Constituency ...

  

  Politicians contesting from 2 seats are known ~ have you heard of 2 (or multi) seat constituencies ….. ?‘spreading of risks’ is one the basic tenets of insuranc... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2014 SOCIETY

• Winged Visitors of Karapakkam and the Hovering One at That...

  

  In the busy OMR different vehicles race against each other and time as people try to reach their office ….. there are two wheelers, autos, share autos, vans,... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2014 SOCIETY

• IPL 7 to Be Played at UAE (and Perhaps Bangladesh) Before Returning to India

  

  The man who see here alongside Tony Greig is a Cricketer .. identify him ?For those who have visited or lived over there – it is like Madurai person knowing... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2014 SOCIETY

• Malaysian Airliner MH 370 Missing ! - Identifying Buses; Ships and Aircrafts

  You see Chennai Metropolitan Buses daily…. Bus no. 21H runs on OMR passing Karapakkam …. It originates at Broadway and winds its way through Kamarajar Salai;... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2014 SOCIETY

• Transferring Data : Data Sticks to Data That Sticks ....

  

  In initial days Computers were demon – occupying so much of space – those who could use it would threaten everybody else… and people had to remove their footwea... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2014 SOCIETY

• Sugary and Energy Drinks..... WHO and UK Research on Need to Reduce Intake of...

  

  It is mid March and Chennai is getting hotter, you start feeling the oppressive heat as you travel, at home and in workplace too… it is also the time when... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2014 SOCIETY

• the Travails of Manodevis ........ in Getting Unique Identity - Aadhar

  

  A photo that appeared in The Hindu of date…. Can you imagine the story behind ….if not, read the article below : Indian elections are around the corner …. Do yo... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2014 SOCIETY

• India Domestic : Subbaiah Pillai; Deodhar and Vijay Hazare Trophy

  The fifth edition of T20 World Cup is set to begin at Bangladeshon 16th Mar 2014 and will be on till 6th April….. Bangladeshis hosting and it will be played in... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2014 SOCIETY

• US Airforce Plane Hit by 'fish' on Air... !!!

  

  ‘Fish out of water’ metaphor is quite old…. It refers to ‘somebody who is in a situation they are unsuited to’…….fishes are at home in water and outside it... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2014 SOCIETY

• Wearing One's Attitude ... Burglars Come to Shop Wearing Stolen Shirt .....

  

  How do you start your day and what do you wear to Office ? …. It is stated that ‘we wear our attitude’ – and the way one dresses can influence one’s attitude an... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2014 SOCIETY

• 14 Caribbean Nations to Sue British & Europe - Reparation of Slave Trade

  

  Touted as the story that will torment America's soul, the film that brutally portrays the horrors of slavery threatens to reignite racial tensions- “12 Years A... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2014 SOCIETY

• Kaif to Contest Elections ~ Action Against Students Who Cheered Pak

  

  Venue : Lords London, year 2002……. Sourav Ganguly swung his India shirt from the balcony………… perhaps in retaliation of Fredie Flintoff’s action at Wankhede. Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2014 SOCIETY

• Gold Worth Crores Seized from Bus Passenger ...

  

  Have seen many electric scooters … have not heard of an electric bus thus far…….. before that ‘Bus” archaically also omnibus, is a road vehicle designed to carr... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2014 SOCIETY

• Overcoming Pressures in Life ... What is Success .. Lessons from Ian Thorpe

  

  At this age, when one looks back ~ nothing much has been achieved.. a rather ordinary life – mundane official life and not much outside…. Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2014 SOCIETY

• Barbara [Barbie]; Ken Carson and Valeria Lukyanova

  

  Have you heard of the beautiful looking Valeria Lukyanova, a Russian as the name suggests ! Sure you know and most likely adore the beautiful doll which is... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2014 SOCIETY

• Aviva's Technical Errors Costs Its Insuring Public... Set to Pay Compensation

  Check your statements! ~ is perhaps a golden rule….. in UK, it is reported that millions face shock bills for payments made on smartphones and tablets…. Do you... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2014 SOCIETY