Sampathkumar Sampath
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Sampspeak - the thoughts of an Insurer
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a Blog on Insurance especially Marine Insurance, Sports and Current Affairs
LATEST ARTICLES ( 5049 )
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Fire and Water ! - MGR Movie: கடவுள் வாழ்த்து பாடும், இளங்காலை நேரக் காற்று
Fundamental elements – can ‘Fire and water’ co-exist !? - Water and fire are mutually destructive—water will extinguish a flame, just as fire will boil water... Read more
Posted on 13 February 2024 SOCIETY -
Pak Turmoil and Imran's Troubles Continue !!
Pakistanis still do not know which party will form their next government or who their next prime minister will be four days after the hotly-contested general... Read more
Posted on 12 February 2024 SOCIETY -
U19 WC - Aussie Last Wicket Pips Paki
What a match. Tense last moments - 16 Required - last wicket An unbeaten tenth-wicket stand of 17 between Raf MacMillan and Callum Vidler took Australia past... Read more
Posted on 08 February 2024 SOCIETY -
How Attentive Are You in Meetings ! - Yawn !!
How attentive are you in meetings ! ~ especially when your Boss is addressing - do you yawn when someone is talking to you ?!? Read more
Posted on 08 February 2024 SOCIETY -
SA Has Priorities Elsewhere ! and a Brand New Captain in His Debut TEst !!
In the recently concluded Test at Mount Maunganui, New Zealand crushed South Africa – but that was no news !! Do you remember Test no. Read more
Posted on 07 February 2024 SOCIETY -
GT Express Skips Chennai Central !!
Those days – life moved at leisurely pace. Long journeys were savoured – people would immediately get introduced and mix with each other – will share the food... Read more
Posted on 07 February 2024 SOCIETY -
India Pips SA to Enter Finals of U19 WC 2024
Benoni is a town on the East Rand, Gauteng, South Africa, some 26 kilometres (16 mi) east of Johannesburg- and it was the centre of attraction today ! Heard of... Read more
Posted on 06 February 2024 SOCIETY -
Crow Never Cares the Pain of the Cow !!
Eco system has a very fine balance – Nature has predators and scavengers – humans may or may not like, but they do exist.... Read more
Posted on 06 February 2024 SOCIETY -
Insurance Broker ............. and Lloyds' Broker
An insurance broker acts as a bridge between the aspirant proposer and the Insurer. Insurance broker represents the insurance buyer, and not the insurance... Read more
Posted on 05 February 2024 SOCIETY -
Don't Text Unaware - Negligent People Talking and Texting !!!
An advertisement of a tyre Company used to show ‘idiots on road’ and you need not travel any length to see them… you see them daily.. .. .. Read more
Posted on 05 February 2024 SOCIETY -
Zimbabwe Defends Export of Elephant Calves !!
Hwange National Park , founded in 1928 (formerly Wankie Game Reserve) is the largest game reserve in Zimbabwe. In October 2013 it was discovered that poachers... Read more
Posted on 05 February 2024 SOCIETY -
Purple Squirrel - வானம் கீழே வந்தால் என்ன !
Squirrels are adorable. Ever hear of a “Purple Squirrel’ !! வானம் கீழே... Read more
Posted on 05 February 2024 SOCIETY -
A " Duck " in Cricket !!
When we started watching Cricket in mid 1970s, India had a long tail and would collapse so suddenly, expected as it was – Prasanna, Bedi Chandrasekar. Read more
Posted on 03 February 2024 SOCIETY -
Tiger ! ~ புலி உறுமுது புலி உறுமுது !
When a man kills a Tiger – it is called Sport; when Tiger kills a man, it is ferocity – a quote attributed to George Bernard Shaw. Read more
Posted on 03 February 2024 SOCIETY -
Parrots Attacking Food Grains ! - கடவுள் என்னும் முதலாளி, கண்டெடுத்த தொழிலாளி -...
கடவுள் என்னும் முதலாளி,... Read more
Posted on 02 February 2024 SOCIETY -
பட்டு வண்ண ரோசாவாம் ~ Yellow Roses !
ரோஜா கவிஞர்களின் பூ !... Read more
Posted on 01 February 2024 SOCIETY -
the Tongue of Giraffe is Black !!
நான் வளர்கிறேனே மம்மி ! Read more
Posted on 31 January 2024 SOCIETY -
Mayank Agarwal Suffers Medical Emergency - is Stable
One must be very careful when drinking especially from a bottle with no label – there have been instances of people wrongfully consuming some potentially... Read more
Posted on 30 January 2024 SOCIETY -
WhatsApp Group Mentality !!
Perhaps we get irate, when a slightly different person enters our group domain ! Imp Pre-script - : intended to make you laugh, not think overly and react. Read more
Posted on 30 January 2024 SOCIETY -
Hartley - Who ? - Punctures Indian Bubble at Home !
What an ignominious defeat at our own place !! ~ and if Team India were to play unchanged in the next Test at Visakhapatnam – that could be very bitter !! Read more
Posted on 28 January 2024 SOCIETY