Sampathkumar Sampath

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• Strange Encounters ~ This Time Pangolin in Chennai

  

  In Triplicane as in some other areas, people share the road with bovines roaming freely. Besides the cattle, one encounters stray dogs, cats, goats, horses –... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2025 SOCIETY

• Parrots and Happiness !!

  

  Life is all about living happily – days may, months may, years may fleet past ! – it is always a day after the other ! Nothing special !! Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2025 SOCIETY

• Venkatachala Nilayam - Listen to Ghatam !!

  

  December is the month of Margazhi Uthsavam – the thiruvizha of Carnatic music in Chennai. There are so many Sabhas and many great vidwans exhibit their prowess... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2024 SOCIETY

• Mesmerizing Music Rajesh Vaidya !!

  

  Shades of Anniyan Ambi in the two gentlemen on stage !! Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2024 SOCIETY

• Identify the Hand / Artist ! ? !

  

  What an electrifying performance ! – audience were simply spell-bound !! Easily identifiable ! ? ! Answer by tomorrow morning 30.12.2024 @ 11. Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2024 SOCIETY

• PSLV C60/Spadex Soars into Sky !

  

  By 9.45 pm, we were standing in the terrace at Triplicane, with eyes fixed to the sky ! - yes another successful ISRO launch. Precisely at 10:00:15 PM,... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2024 SOCIETY

• Running After Dream Girl !! மயிலே மயிலே உன் தோகை இங்கே !!

  

  தேவதையை கண்டேன் ! காதலில்... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2024 SOCIETY

• Some History of Maruti Cars ! - Osamu Suzuki, is No More !!

  

  In mid 1970s, there were handful cars in Triplicane – couple of Ambassadors and Fiats. Even two-wheeled motor-cycles were rare – some owned Jawa with pride, som... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2024 SOCIETY

• Propelling a Boat !! ~ கடலோரம் கடலோரம் அலைகள் ஓடி விளையாடும்

  

  The greatest attraction of living near Marina beach is – Bay of Bengal. Seas offer so much of knowledge, solace, mental peace and more ! Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2024 SOCIETY

• ఊ అంటావా మావా ! ~ the Demand Paradox of Red Sanders

  

  ఊ అంటావా మావా ! ఊ ఊ అంటావా... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2024 SOCIETY

• “நரை கூடிக் கிழப்பருவ மெய்தி-" ~ Sea Gulls !!!

  

  There is a scene in a Dhanush movie – where he describes his routine as getting up late, going up to his boss, do errands as ordered, eat, comeback, sleep and... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2024 SOCIETY

• Whats Up on the SKY !!

  

  Up above the World so high ! – looking up to the sky I saw this big aircraft at a great height – could decipher something written on Chinese and its no. as B... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2024 SOCIETY

• Can Sharp Iron Pieces Too Make Music !!

  

  Music is divine ~ in our culture, Temples divinity have always been associated with music. At Thiruvallikkenki Thamizh Thalaivar Peyazhwar has a sannathi (it... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2024 SOCIETY

• தலைமறைவு ~ Where is My Head !!

  

  தலைமறைவு English translation would be ‘Head hiding!” - abscondence (noun) would mean : : fugitive concealment :... Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2024 SOCIETY

• Remembering Puratchi Thalaivar MGR

  

  On this day 500 years ago, Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama, who discovered a sea route around Africa to India, died in Cochin • Do you know the... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2024 SOCIETY

• “Citius, Altius, Fortius – Communiter” - Up, up and Above !!!

  

  Up, Up and above !! - life is all about upliftment !! – Pelicans flying !. The Olympic motto reads in Latin “Citius, Altius, Fortius – Communiter” meaning -... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2024 SOCIETY

• Taylor - Who !? ~ Tanush Kotian - Who !!???

  

  Long ago, Australia once selected ‘Peter Taylor’ – and there were Qs – ‘Taylor-who ?’ – as Mark Taylor was expected to be selected and Peter was virtually... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2024 SOCIETY

• Chennaite Sriram Krishnan Appointed Sr Policy Advisor at White House

  

  US President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Sriram Krishnan as Senior Policy Advisor for Artificial Intelligence at the White House Office of Science and... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2024 SOCIETY

• Carry People ! ~ Not Burdens !!!

  

  Carry people ! – not burdens ! – life is too beautiful to be spent worrying. An exceptionally beautiful calf unmindful of a crow sitting on its back and... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2024 SOCIETY

• Happiness is Not a Destination - Missing Tile Syndrome !!

  

  Another New Year (2025) is about to dawn – sure, many of us have ‘list of to do’ and that includes ‘many things you want to buy !’ – may be Merc Benz !! or a... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2024 SOCIETY