Sampathkumar Sampath

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• Election Update! ~ Mayor Killed Shortly After Elections

  

  It is Election time around the Globe !! Read recently about a woman’s long list of accolades. She has a Ph.D in energy engineering, participated in a United... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2024 SOCIETY

• Pond Heron ! - குருட்டுக் கொக்கு

  

  Often we see birds - stocky with short necks, short thick bills and buff-brown backs. Their appearance is transformed from dull colours when they take to... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2024 SOCIETY

• England - Scotland Rivalry - ICC T20WC

  

  ICC T20 WC is on and today it is 6th match at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbadas - generally fast and bouncy pitch and here is some interesting trivia !! Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2024 SOCIETY

• Ms Mia Mottley Wins Acclaim for Leadership in Climate Action; Namibia Beats Oman

  

  ICC Men’s T20 WC is on .. are you watching matches ! – some at odd times ! - today morning it was the 3rd match – Group B at Bridgetown. Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2024 SOCIETY

• Knowledge Search !

  

  Life is a journey of seeking, searching and knowing more ! Search for knowledge could mean proactively and diligently seeking information, knowledge or... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2024 SOCIETY

• First Wicket Falls in ICC T20 WC 2024

  

  The fastest to claim wickets in ODI reads : BAW Mendis (Sri Lanka) 19; S Lamichhane of Nepal 22; Ajit Agarkar 23; MJMcClenaghan (New Zealand) 23; Dennis Lillee... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2024 SOCIETY

• Crisis in Zambia ~ How India Suffered in Famines During British Raj !!

  

  Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa. It is bordered by Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Malawi,... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2024 SOCIETY

• ICC T20 WC 2024 is Set to Start

  

  For a month or so, many of us had a standard diet – watching IPL daily and getting entertained – IPL 2024 concluded with a brutal assault by KKR defeating Sun... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2024 SOCIETY

• Frontier Wars !!

  

  Territorial sovereignty ! - is the main reason of many a wars ! இந்த கிளி... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2024 SOCIETY

• Pigeon Quenching Its Thirst !!

  

  It is summer in Chennai ~ and it seethes hot mid-day. People are thirsty ! – there could be plenty of options to quench thirst. Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2024 SOCIETY

• Kuruvi Breakfast !!

  

  Jasmines are fragrant – and what do you have for breakfast ! – Idly, Vadai, dosa, Pongal .. .. rava uppuma Surprised to see this Sparrow tucking into flower !... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2024 SOCIETY

• Macavity ~ the Kitten !! : மியாவ் மியாவ் பூனைக்குட்டி !

  

  This young Cat pictured near my house is extremely attractive – know Macavity ? Macavity !!! - is a ginger cat, very tall and thin with sunken eyes and brow... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2024 SOCIETY

• Welcoming a New Chick - Young Pigeon to This Beau World !!

  

  During Covid pandemic, I watched with horror and helplessness a young one unable to properly bring out its child - it is so commonly seen and known but its... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2024 SOCIETY

• Homage to Dr V Venkatesh - Paedatrician at Triplicane

  

  Very sad to hear the passing away of Dr V Venkatesh, MBBS, DCH (yesterday night – early hours of this morning) Dr Vaiyapuri Venaktesh was a very friendly,... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2024 SOCIETY

• Nymphicus Hollandicus ~ சொல்ல வல்லாயோ? - கிளியே

  

  Nymphicus hollandicus may not hit the brain ! – but likely you have seen this elsewhere ! - and do you know where ‘New Holland’ is !!... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2024 SOCIETY

• Asian Koel - காட்டுக்குயிலு மனசுக்குள்ளே

  

  On the day of the Bhogi festival, a very young Kalyani gives birth to a boy, fearing societal backlash and incapacity, abandons him inside a moving goods train. Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2024 SOCIETY

• in the Melee of IPL - There Are Other Sports Too - Boxing Bout !!

  

  After 70 matches – IPL entered the next phase - Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma have been shaking all opponents hitting so many sixers ! – yesterday it was... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2024 SOCIETY

• Zinnia !! ~ எந்த பூவிலும் வாசம் உண்டு;

  

  Flowers are beautiful – pictured here is an ornamental flower. Zinnia is a genus of plants of the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae. Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2024 SOCIETY

• the Assassination That Shook the Nation - 33 Years Ago !!

  

  the assassination that shook the Nation ! ~ this day 33 years ago !! Pratap Singh Kairon [1901 – 1965] was the 3rd Chief Minister of the Punjab province (then... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2024 SOCIETY

• Iranian President Dies in Helicopter Accident

  

  In classical antiquity, the river was known to the Greeks as Araxes – in Azerbaijani, the river's name is Araz. In Persian, Kurdish and Turkish its name is... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2024 SOCIETY