Sampathkumar Sampath

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• When Beer Flowed on the Road .. ..

  

  December 2015 dawned differently – disastrously for Chennai – it rained and the incessant rains tormented people – killing a few; damaging property of... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2022 SOCIETY

• Flying White Birds - Herons Or Egrets ! - ஓடுமீன் ஓட உறுமீன் வருமளவும்

  

  Yesterday night it rained and there was some water clogging .. .. this morning saw many of these white birds flying over – for people of limited knowledge... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2022 SOCIETY

• ICC T20 WC - Thrilling Matches Continue !!

  

  Today at Perth, the Umpires were : Richard Kettleborough Langton Rusere - read that in 2018 Langton Rusere made history becoming the first Zimbabwean umpire t... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2022 SOCIETY

• Seeing KL Rahul Bat in T20Is

  

  Sunil Gavaskar was technically so sound that he left most balls and even length balls, he presented a straight bat !! but that was in Test Cricket !! KL Rahul... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2022 SOCIETY

• Kantara - 'varaha Roopam' - Restrained !!

  

  Prescript : I am no Cinemageek and my list of know-nots ashames me ! .. .. I am hearing Rishab Shetty, Ajaneesh Loknath, Keradi .. .. all for the first time. Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2022 SOCIETY

• Rains at MCG - How Covid Affected Wade is Treated ??

  

  It has been a drenched 2022 for many parts of the Globe, at times catastrophically so. A year of disastrous flooding perhaps reached its nadir in Pakistan, wher... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2022 SOCIETY

• Paki Sikandar Raza Helps Zimbabwe Beat Pakistan

  

  This T20WC has been very very interesting ! - would it culminate with a new winner from the 12 teams in fray, especially a Minnow Nation winning ?? today all... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2022 SOCIETY

• Black Kite .. .. ... பொன்னோவியம்.. கண்டேனம்மா எங்கெங்கும்

  

  பொன்னோவியம்.. கண்டேனம்மா Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2022 SOCIETY

• Oh Butterfly ! Dragonfly !! - Dragon Butterfly !!

  

  You have loved seeing Butterflies and have seen Dragonflies when it is about to rain – have you seen this flying insect – resembling both ? (if yes, please put ... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2022 SOCIETY

• Parrots - Amaradeepam - Random Harvest !!

  

  In England, a century ago in November 1918, "John Smith" a British officer who was gassed in the trenches during the First World War, having lost his memory, an... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2022 SOCIETY

• Life Lesson from Little Sparrow !!

  

  Important lesson from a small sparrow !! Life can be likened to a rose. It is beautiful to look at but has thorns that can prick us. Such thorns are like the... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2022 SOCIETY

• Mandaiyan Maligai Kadai ... .. Egg-head !!

  

  A few decades earlier, it was Goundamani – Senthil comedy in every film .. .. like many others, a young Senthil at 13 ran away from his town and landed at Egmor... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2022 SOCIETY

• 10 Downing Street's New Occupant .. .. and the First Prime Minister of UK ?

  

  No cliché post of how karma is a boomerang and how UK that ruled India is now about to be ruled by an Indian !! .. .. .. Rishi Sunak took oath as MP from... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2022 SOCIETY

• Story of a Fishing Trawler - Giripat .. .. Ranee of Hyderabad !!

  

  In the folklore of fishermen, ‘Ranee of Hyderabad’ was a charmer. I have heard the story (not once – multiple times – more of the same version) of the boat “Ran... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2022 SOCIETY

• a King Called Virat Kohli ... .. .. and That Last Over by a Spinner !!

  

  We would tend to say, it is only a game, a Cricket match .. .. but a game involving India Vs Pakistan is always emotional buster ! .. .. Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2022 SOCIETY

• an Early Morning Trot in T Nagar!

  

  The Arc de Triomphe de ( 'Triumphal Arch of the Star') is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, France, standing at the western end of the... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2022 SOCIETY

• Libel, Slander - Cheating in Chess !!

  

  For sure, you played Chess in your younger age ! .. .. and those with not so good temperament will kick the opponent Rook out or take out the opponent Queen on... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2022 SOCIETY

• Is Water Melon - a Fruit Or Vegetable ?

  

  It is a classic summer treat .. so much of water and sweetness – juicy and refreshing on a hot day. Like Melons? . .. Watermelon, [tharbooz] (Citrullus lanatus)... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2022 SOCIETY

• Black Ants !!

  

  The black garden ant (Lasius niger), also known as the common black ant, is a formicine ant, the type species of the subgenus Lasius, which is found across... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2022 SOCIETY

• British System of Governance in Turmoil - Liz Truss Resigns !!

  

  Indians are not fit to rule – they are only fit to be ruled – thundered British a few decades ago ! .. .. now it is not London Bridge that is falling down, but... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2022 SOCIETY