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• Some Trouble for the Captain Vijayakanth ... Person Moves Court on Title

  

  Heard of ’Moiniker’ ~ which could mean “a personal name or nick name”…….. in the World of politics and in the glitzy World of Cinema, people prefer to have... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2014 SOCIETY

• Chennai Metro ... Travelling Underground !

  

  Life now is on a fast lane at a higher plane…. Literally, as I travel by MRTS (Parakkum rail) and then travel on OMR. Today’s news report in The Hindu on new... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2014 SOCIETY

• India Loses in the Last Over.... Kapil Was in Need of Maths Tuition and Virat...

  

  India lost to arch-rivals Pak in Asia cup and are virtually out of the edition…. The leggie bowled his heart out – had figures of 10-0-28-2 …. Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2014 SOCIETY

• Vijay Mallaya's Stallion 'Air Support' and Some Horse Racing News

  

  In the recent IPL auction, the RCB owner Vijay Mallaya made everyone talk with his hot purchase of Yuvraj Singh at 14 crore..Every traveller in Beach Tambaram... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2014 SOCIETY

• the Affable Mammoths ..... Not to Be Paraded in Republic Day !!!

  

  My love for mammoth pachyderms knows no bounds… in my young age, I was so fascinated by Alwar, the mighty yet very submissive Azhwar probably never misbehaved. Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2014 SOCIETY

• Loaned Pandas in Transit from China to Belgium....

  

  For the animal lovers – here is an interesting post on China's favourite pandas being loaned to Belgium for 15 years and arrive to a VIP welcome at Brussels... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2014 SOCIETY

• Small Change - Big Trouble ~ (சில்லறை தட்டுப்பாடு )

  

  It is Pudina in Tamil… Mentha, more popularly Mint… a genus of plants …. Mint condition is an expression used in the description of pre-owned goods; the term... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2014 SOCIETY

• the Sweet Experience of Melbourne for Indian Cricket

  India can look back with happiness to those olden days of game experience at Melbourne.One of them was a victory in Feb 1981 – a Test which was almost sparred b... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2014 SOCIETY

• Porfessional Coaches - Poor Performances; Varun Aaron Bowls Fast... but ..

  In the Asia Cup - the crowd waited for Virat Kohli to reach his 19th ODI hundred, and started heading for the exit soon after he reached the landmark. Indiastil... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 SOCIETY

• Was Mohammad Ali - Sonny Liston Famous Bout Fixed ? ....

  

  Match fixing is at the centre of it again…… in 2000, Delhi police intercepted a conversation between a blacklisted bookie and the South African cricket captain... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014 HISTORY, SOCIETY

• Asia Cup - India Plays Bangladesh - Mortaza Hype on Beating India..

  

  More cricket to come…. ..the Asia Cup is on – it is the 12th edition of One Day International tournament .. and is being held in Bangladesh from 25.2.14 to... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014 SOCIETY

• Accident of Schumacher... Skiing - Hazard and Exclusions of Insurers

  

  People have to take decisions….they cannot keep telling it is somebody else’s call !! ~ for many computer eye strain and coffee spillage are the biggest risks... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2014 SOCIETY

• the Killing Marines of Italy Aboard Enrica Lexie - India Not to Invoke...

  

  Not all followed or understood the implications; nor can one understand the expedient action of the Central Govt…. the Govt. told the Supreme Court that the law... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2014 SOCIETY

• Amul Vends Milk Sachets Through ATMs

  

  That is an interesting Ad of Amul when Facebook bought Whatsapp at whopping price !..... Amul is an Indian dairy cooperative, based at Anand in the state of... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2014 SOCIETY

• Of Post Offices & Ultra Small Branch of Bank .... at ThirukKannapuram

  

  Do you know that besides the Postal address which consists of Door No., Street Name, Area, City …. .. ..there existed something known as PO Bag No. ? Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2014 SOCIETY

• Ghastly Murder of a Techie of Siruseri SIPCOT IT Park

  The ghastly death of a 23 year old techie is in news ! in a Metropolis brimming with floating population, crimes do get reported … but this murder is to be not... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2014 SOCIETY

• Death Centenary of Thillaiyadi Valliammai - Woman Who Inspired Gandhiji

  

  No explanation required perhaps for this photo, which in realtime would have attracted women….am trying to somehow connect this with Indian freedom struggle... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2014 SOCIETY

• Asylum Seeker Dies in Manus Island ... Something on Papua New Guinea

  

  I have not heard of this island before (Manus) nor know anything about - Pacific Solution which is in news now for wrong reasons. Before that something on... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2014 SOCIETY

• Pepper Sprayed 15th Lok Sabha Concludes .... Something on Young and Old...

  

  Manipur with Imphal as its capital, is a North Eastern State of which we perhaps know little. Its people include the Meitei, Pangal, Naga, and Kuki, Zomi and... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2014 SOCIETY

• Falling Onion Prices ..easing Inflation and SC Banter ....

  

  Empires have fallen when people agitated and agitations have taken places for marketplace issues !During Oct 2013, it was ‘Allium cepa’ – the bulb onion that wa... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2014 SOCIETY