Sampathkumar Sampath

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• Decline of Pollinators !!

  Pollination is important for a strong, healthy ecosystem. One in three bites of food you eat depends on pollinators. The list is long - Apples, Almonds, Oranges... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2021 SOCIETY

• the Politics and Killing Behind the Book on Raising Maize !!

  

  Long long ago ! in 1980s, it used to be manufactured and packed and sold in a house in Thavana Uthsava bungalow – price 0.15 paise (while it would sell for 50... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2021 SOCIETY

• Bats in Chennai !!

  

  Do you know what this is ?? Decades ago, we saw famous batsmen using and endorsing bats like Slazenger, G M, Grey Nicholls, SG, SS, BDM and the like….. Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2021 SOCIETY

• Hurdles ! Hurdles !! Hurdles !! - Champion and Struggler

  

  Hansle Parchment is a Jamaican track and field athlete and his Instagram post went viral .. .. he returned to the spot where he struck luck to say thanks to... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2021 SOCIETY

• Marine Cargo Insurance - Litigation on Refund in a Policy

  

  Contracts are Agreements – even when they are finely drafted, they could be open for interpretations and these could lead to arguments / disagreements... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2021 SOCIETY

• the Forlorn Statue at Busy T.Nagar Panagal Park - Chitoor V Nagayya

  

  Statues are made after great persons – but what do they serve - decline and deterioration is but inevitable and at some point of time, none would even recognize! Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2021 SOCIETY

• Triplicane ~ ஸ்ரீபார்த்தசாரதி எம்பெருமானின் திருவல்லிக்கேணி வீதி தனிலே

  

  Oh beauty ! I adore you ! – will you slowly turn your head and look at my eyes ? – will you hear me with rapt attention? I asked and she responded so... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2021 SOCIETY

• Tributes to Sri Sriraj on Teachers’ Day 2021.

  

  வையத்துள் வாழ்வாங்கு... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2021 SOCIETY

• Pitch Invasions ! Interruptions on Cricket Field

  

  George Davis – was an armed robber, in England. He became known through a successful campaign by friends and supporters to free him from prison after his... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2021 SOCIETY

• Some Story on a Broken Pole !!

  

  For sure, you have noticed broken poles at terraces of building – in our places, we use them to tie ropes and dry clothes daily .. .. Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2021 SOCIETY

• Fishes Rain Gold at Palghar !!

  

  Protonibea diacanthus is a species of fish of the family of esciènids and the order of Perciformes – have you heard of Otter boards ?India dots a long... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2021 SOCIETY

• Blunders at Kennington Oval !!

  

  The 4th test began at Oval today – Indian thinktank, Coach Ravi Shastri, startled everyone with some smartest moves ever !! 1. Ravichandran Ashwin was ignored... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2021 SOCIETY

• Will Ash Play at Oval ! ~ Rachin Ravindra Debuts ! NZ Crashes to 60 All out

  

  When Sunil Gavaskar scored 115 against Australia at FEroz Shah Kotla on 13th Oct 1979, the joke in Kumudam was – ‘while we live in 20th century, Gavaskar has... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2021 SOCIETY

• Mandatory Bumper-to-bumper Insurance Order Kept in Abeyance !!

  

  Mandatory ‘Bumper-to-Bumper’ Insurance under the order of the Hon’ble Madras High Court should have been implemented from todate. Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2021 SOCIETY

• Implementation of Mandatory Bumper-to-bumper Insurance

  Understand that subsequent to the orders of the Hon’ble High Court of Madras in CMA 1565 of 2020 and CMP 11557 of 2020 dated 4.8. Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2021 SOCIETY

• from the Kairavini Lens .. ..

  

  Peaceful coexistence, signifies in essence the repudiation of conflict as a means of solving issues. It presupposes an obligation to refrain from every form of... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2021 SOCIETY

• Binny Retires from All Forms of Cricket

  I have watched his father play at Chepauk in Ranji match and later in Test too ! – now comes the news of son retiring from all forms of Cricket. Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2021 SOCIETY

• Madras High Court Orders Compulsory "bumper-to-bumper" Insurance

  

  As we travel on roads, we see hundreds of motor vehicles of various hues – and sadly there are accidents too .. .. .. Motor vehicle accidents are one of the... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2021 SOCIETY

• Ignominy at Leeds ! ~ India Defeated by an Innings and 76 Runs !!!

  

  Do you know or remember ‘Nadodi, nadodi, poga vendum ododi’ song from MGR starrer !! An Innings defeat is an ignominy !! Do you get irritated in seeing ‘you... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2021 SOCIETY

• A Test Hat-trick at Gros Islet

  There have been 46 of them and nine of them after 2010 – Peter Siddle, Stuart Broad, Sohag Gazi, Stuart Broad again, HMRKB Herath, MM ali, Jasprit Bumrah, Nasee... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2021 SOCIETY