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• Perth Test :Michael Clarke and Alastair Cook to Play Their 100th Test

  

  In every sales meeting, numbers are crunched as they prepare to look ahead by seeing the rearview mirror…….. if only past performances are indicator – England... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2013 SOCIETY

• the Mystery Interpreter ~ Wrong Sign Language in Mandela Memorial Service

  

  Mandela is no more and is occupying the centre stage of all news… the African Nation is still mourning the death of Mandela – they braved driving rain for... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2013 SOCIETY

• Shivnarine Achieves What Sachin Could Not......... Playing with His Son

  

  Sachin retired….. on his own special terms in a grand manner … and that walk to 22 yards and his bending down to touch the ground were immortalized. Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2013 SOCIETY

• Apartheid, African National Congress & the Wide Gap Between Mandela and Zuma

  

  Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela died on 5th of Dec 2013 …. ..for most of the world, Mandela is a hero of the struggle against apartheid and for nonracial democracy. Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2013 SOCIETY

• the Selfie That Shook the World - Helle Thorning Schmidt, Obama and Cameroon

  

  Sure you would recognize her easily ? Are top leaders are human too….. The World is talking about it…. Certainly an event that attracted most leaders from all... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2013 SOCIETY

• Blood Donation ... Neeed ... Karl Landsteiner - the Austrian Behind Blood Type

  

  Sure you know of Haematology….do you know Karl Landsteiner ?Haematology is the study of blood, of the blood-forming organs, and blood diseases. Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2013 SOCIETY

• Remembering Mahakavi Subramanya Barathiyar

  

  Dec 11 – is to be eternally remembered for that iconoclastic freedom fighter - born in a small village called Ettayapuram on Dec 11' 1882 ~ the man who... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2013 SOCIETY

• Apartheid .. Arosa.... Rebel Tours..... Croft, King, Rowe, and More... !!

  

  The Indian Tour of South Africa is on ….. Indiathrashed in 1st two One dayers.. and my post on apartheid and Gleneagles agreement drew quite a few response. Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2013 SOCIETY

• Winter in Chennai..... Time out for Shawls, Sweaters And...

  

  Chennai has hot, hotter and hottest climates ... and perhaps the only few days when you can see sweaters, mufflers, ear caps, shawls and more is now…… Chennaite... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2013 SOCIETY

• Barathi Vizha 2013 ~ Portrait of Barathamani PN Srinivasan Unveiled

  

  Celebrations on the occasions of birth anniversary of Desiya Kavi Subramanya Bharathi, the great National poet is on at Thiruvallikkeni. Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2013 SOCIETY

• Parole ... Should Popularity Override Punishment

  Our legal system is lenient and provides that no innocent should be punished.. many a times people are acquitted for want of evidence… but when someone is... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2013 SOCIETY

• Hashim Amla Fastest to Score 4000 - and We Thought Viv Richards, Greenidge Made...

  You may not instantaneously recognize this baby-faced person – leave alone recognizing him as a Cricketer haunting the present Indian side !! It was under... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2013 SOCIETY

• Coffee...... Gold Coffee and ...... Gold in Coffee... !!!

  

  Gold has always been a symbol of status and power. While 24ct is the Purest gold, it is too soft to make jewellery; hence to give a proper shape to 24ct -... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2013 SOCIETY

• Celebrating the Birth Anniversary of Mahakavi Subramanya Barathiyar

  

  11th Dec marks the birth anniversary of Desiya Kavi Subramanya Bharathi, considered the icon of Tamil pride. A great poet, prolific writer, positive thinker, ma... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2013 SOCIETY

• Statues .... Maintenance ~ Creator of Horse Head Sclpture Cleans It Also....

  

  Heard of Augean Stable……. Augean stable" most often appears in the phrase "clean the Augean stable," which usually means "clear away corruption" or "perform a... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2013 SOCIETY

• India Vs South Africa ~ 1st ODI in 1991 .... and Gleneagles Agreement..

  

  In the 1st One dayers, India was squarely thrashed …. Do expect Dhoni’s boys to come back…. Do you remember the 1st ODI at Calcutta on 10th Nov 1991 between... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2013 SOCIETY

• Remember Indian Jawans on 'Flag Day'

  

  Today is an important day for the Nation… it is 7thDec and it is ‘FLAG DAY’The Armed Forces Flag Day or the Flag Day of India is a day dedicated towards... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2013 SOCIETY

• Orange Juice ~ the Beverage and the Speical Orange Juice Carrier Ships.....

  

  Standing at Marina [not intending the dock or bhasin where vessels are moored] but only the famous Marina beach at Triplicane, Chennai, India ~ one gets enthuse... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2013 SOCIETY

• Sickening Selfie .. Woman Takes Photo of Self in Front of Brooklyn Bridge

  

  Most of us are fond of photos ~ would admire thyself on a photo and happily pose for one… !! – most post their photos on social network sites like Facebook,... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2013 SOCIETY

• Ndakota Ghost Town Booming Back....... Vettayapuram Palace...

  

  Imagine walking back and being on the street that you lived four decades ago… if you had been away for many a years and if that happens to be a rustic village... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2013 SOCIETY