tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40267528498912805342024-03-19T14:48:24.651+05:30"Sampath Speaking" - the thoughts of an Insurer from ThiruvallikkeniHi - this is Srinivasan Sampathkumar from Triplicane. I have a passion for Marine Insurance, Cricket and Temples especially - Sri Parthasarathi swami thirukKoyil, Thiruvallikkeni. From Sept 2009, I am posting my thoughts in this blog; From July 2010, my postings on Temples & Tamil are on my other blog titled "Kairavini Karayinile " (www.tamil.sampspeak.in)
Nothing gives the author more happiness than comments & feedbacks on posts ~ look forward to hearing your views !
Srinivasan Sampathkumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14723907851050009131noreply@blogger.comBlogger7501125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026752849891280534.post-82264625378592664672024-03-19T07:58:00.007+05:302024-03-19T07:58:48.804+05:30Flirting ! - Attraction !!<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Flirting !<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- might bring back some memories of your
younger days !<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In our school days, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>rich possessed cycles and some had special
skills – they would try riding up and down, thinking that the girl would get
attracted by his driving skills !! – sometimes might fall down and become an
object of ridicule !</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Some people are simply
born to dance—and the same goes for birds. Not all have special talents but
every one tries to attract. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many
species, once grown, find themselves overcome with a primal urge to bust a
move.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you're interested in someone
romantically, you might flirt with them, which means to chat them up or tease
them in a playful way. Flirting is an indirect and fun way to let your crush
know you're interested, like a seductive line or a few coy words. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #993366; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Can one fall
in love with someone who is of a different genre !</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #336600;">Colonel Valentin
Lebedev, is in charge of the military operation, his daughter Yulia, o develops
a romantic relationship with the </span><span style="color: red;">alien Hekon</span><span style="color: #336600;">, and her former boyfriend Artyom <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>is the main antagonist. </span><span style="color: red;">Hekon</span><span style="color: #336600;"> is a representative
of a technologically-advanced extraterrestrial race who travels to Earth
incognito for research purposes. While traveling through the Solar System, his
spaceship is damaged by a meteor shower. The Russian Air Force mistakes his
spaceship for a NATO military spacecraft and damages it by firing missiles into
it, causing it to crash into several buildings in Moscow and kill hundreds of
people. </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In physics,
electromagnetism is an interaction that occurs between particles with electric
charge via electromagnetic fields. The electromagnetic force is one of the four
fundamental forces of nature. It is the dominant force in the interactions of
atoms and molecules. Electromagnetism can be thought of as a combination of
electrostatics and magnetism, which are distinct but closely intertwined
phenomena. Electromagnetic forces occur between any two charged particles.
Electric forces cause <span style="color: red;">an attraction</span> between
particles with opposite charges and repulsion between particles with the same
charge, while magnetism is an interaction that occurs between charged particles
in relative motion. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Interpersonal attraction,
as a part of social psychology, is the study of the attraction between people
which leads to the development of platonic or romantic relationships. It is
distinct from perceptions such as physical attractiveness, and involves views
of what is and what is not considered beautiful or attractive.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Within the study of social
psychology, interpersonal attraction is related to how much one likes or
dislikes another person. It can be viewed as a force acting between two people
that tends to draw them together and to resist their separation. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #336600; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The affair
of Yulia, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>with the </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">alien Heko – was the storyline of “Attraction’ - </span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a 2017 Russian science fiction action film
directed by Fyodor Bondarchuk. The plot focussed upon an extraterrestrial
spaceship crash-landing in the Chertanovo district of Moscow after attack by
Russian Airforces. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The film starred
Irina Starshenbaum, Alexander Petrov, Rinal Mukhametov, and Oleg Menshikov.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Species all across the
animal kingdom display a variety of courtship rituals. Usually, these consist
of the males working hard to attract the attention of females through sound,
strength, construction skills, fighting prowess, or simply dashingly good
looks. This is particularly true among birds, which employ an extraordinary
range of methods for impressing the opposite sex. From complicated movements to
impressive plumage, feathered Romeos exhibit some amazing behaviors —
especially dancing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjANo2zs1vad_7rxTv2XCcBZo-kysQCwbtSViebjypD8thVWHTKaw3tfEJIR0-Ap_BCPQHE33Dlfs91AtDytNTYDahHnCof6upUX4cN19zELatIxpTOrBAR778JKRaOeyLdpvrWMi3rp6mMy-gAyTS3fwyyxTXKBy24ontSGSi3iSir6DwG_Ut7Pm0j_hN5/s2928/kili%20pura.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1774" data-original-width="2928" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjANo2zs1vad_7rxTv2XCcBZo-kysQCwbtSViebjypD8thVWHTKaw3tfEJIR0-Ap_BCPQHE33Dlfs91AtDytNTYDahHnCof6upUX4cN19zELatIxpTOrBAR778JKRaOeyLdpvrWMi3rp6mMy-gAyTS3fwyyxTXKBy24ontSGSi3iSir6DwG_Ut7Pm0j_hN5/w640-h388/kili%20pura.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Unlikely that this Pigeon
was trying to woo those beautiful Parrots, yet one would never know !<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="line-height: 115%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">With regards – S Sampathkumar<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">19.3.2024<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
<br /><p></p>Srinivasan Sampathkumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14723907851050009131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026752849891280534.post-9944371256970242502024-03-17T22:48:00.000+05:302024-03-17T22:48:09.215+05:30Rajahmundry rail bridge in lights ! ~ night view <p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #0033cc; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">Old Rail bridge on sacred
river Godavari at Rajamahendravaram</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdb0A8b3NM69du3e3fbE0YLlne_2F6_fc817khZ58TlKQo9eBcZGnave1yk2nDAr5tm1qvU9aUVOTZx5G4JMC89sOtywWaze8TZGYK6sRLy11ELp76TqnMPqcuaoIx9_57xiltHl-mAGFzqB0dlTz-SeICb_dfhcE0gHAD-oPkDn5cOqbc349BozxhpQY/s2048/godavari.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="945" data-original-width="2048" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdb0A8b3NM69du3e3fbE0YLlne_2F6_fc817khZ58TlKQo9eBcZGnave1yk2nDAr5tm1qvU9aUVOTZx5G4JMC89sOtywWaze8TZGYK6sRLy11ELp76TqnMPqcuaoIx9_57xiltHl-mAGFzqB0dlTz-SeICb_dfhcE0gHAD-oPkDn5cOqbc349BozxhpQY/w640-h296/godavari.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #0033cc; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p>S Sampathkumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06788945510641595923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026752849891280534.post-52060254543862618092024-03-17T22:45:00.009+05:302024-03-17T22:46:14.156+05:30Rail bridge at Rajahmundry <p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: #0033cc; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic";">Goods train entering
old.bridge at Godavari river crossing – <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: #0033cc; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic";">night time at
@Rajamahendravaram</span> aka Rajahmundry<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="329" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SwWtLdyqA8c" width="461" youtube-src-id="SwWtLdyqA8c"></iframe></div><br /><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>S Sampathkumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06788945510641595923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026752849891280534.post-26936237343931411962024-03-17T13:51:00.000+05:302024-03-17T13:51:00.694+05:30the tongue of a Crow <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">Crows are commonly seen ! – how much do you like them – not sure
whether you would relish these photos !</span><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; text-align: justify;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #660066; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ஒரு
விடுமுறை நாள் : ஞாயிறு ...சற்றே !! சோம்பேறித்தனமாக துவங்கியது .. .. தூக்க கலக்கத்தில்
மாடியில் கண்டது காக்கை - ஒன்று தன் குஞ்சிற்கு
சாதம் ஊட்டியது, மற்றொன்று வாயை மிக அகலமாக திறந்து நன் நாக்கையையும் காட்டியது. கிளிகள், புறாக்கள், குயில்கள், மைனாக்கள், குருவிகள்
என பறவைகளை விரும்பும் மனிதர்கள் ஏனோ கரிய நிற காக்கையை விரும்புவதில்லை.</span><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">பராசக்தி
திரை படத்தில் ஆர். சுதர்சனம் இசையமைப்பில் உடுமலை நாராயணகவி எழுதிய காக்காய் பற்றிய
பாடல் சிதம்பரம் ஜெயராமன் பாடி சிவாஜி கணேசனின்
நடிப்பில் பிரசித்தி பெற்ற பாடலை கேட்டு இருப்பீர்கள். <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #292929; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVdQSemHx0KyyvIa42sXsyA6KbQAquIHs_zkr6hiZMgShr8ZakNVfH1iT5YmraEZS_p4gAeROV-7T25p8y41P70ns-gShNvw9rpRxuz_RO_pXFVJ-XEclb3o_wVzfYsuP046dBIGe1VRp3aPA97SHnJsyjrz3P_ACPA5rY0_nb9Zm80YEjwecOpsmuloM/s4168/kakka%201%20(Copy).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2618" data-original-width="4168" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVdQSemHx0KyyvIa42sXsyA6KbQAquIHs_zkr6hiZMgShr8ZakNVfH1iT5YmraEZS_p4gAeROV-7T25p8y41P70ns-gShNvw9rpRxuz_RO_pXFVJ-XEclb3o_wVzfYsuP046dBIGe1VRp3aPA97SHnJsyjrz3P_ACPA5rY0_nb9Zm80YEjwecOpsmuloM/w640-h402/kakka%201%20(Copy).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />கா கா கா கா கா கா<o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #292929; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ஆகாரம் உண்ண எல்லோரும் ஒன்றாக அன்போடு ஓடிவாங்க என்ற<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #292929; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">அனுபவப் பொருள் விளங்க – அந்த அனுபவப் பொருள் விளங்க – காக்கை<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #292929; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">அண்ணாவே நீங்க அழகான வாயால் பண்ணாகப் பாடுறீங்க<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #336600; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">உங்களுக்கு
காக்கா பிடிக்குமா அல்லது காக்காய் பிடிக்க தெரியுமா ? தம் வேலையை சாதித்துக்கொள்ள, ஒருவரை (பல சமயங்களில் மேலாளரை) அளவுக்கு அதிகமாகப் புகழ்வதைக் காக்கை பிடித்தல் என்பர். காகம் அல்லது காக்கை (உயிரியல் வகைப்பாடு:
</span><span style="color: #336600; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Corvus</span><span style="color: #336600; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">) என்பது கார்விடே குடும்பத்தைச்
சேர்ந்த பறவை - கரிய நிறம் கொண்ட பறவை ஆகும். இலத்தீன் மொழியில் 'கார்வுச்' என்ற சொல்லுக்கு
'பெரிய உடலமைப்பு கொண்டவை' என்று பொருள். காகங்களில் </span><span style="color: #336600; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">40</span><span style="color: #336600; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> இனங்கள் உள்ளன. காக்கையின் அழைப்பைக் கரைதல் என்பர். </span><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">மாந்தர்களில்
நாக்கு அல்லது நாவானது, வாயின் அடியில் எலும்போடு இணைக்கப்பட்ட எலும்புத்தசை என்னும்
வகையைச் சேர்ந்த இளஞ்சிவப்பு நிறத் தசை ஆகும். இது வாயில் இடும் உணவை பற்கள் மெல்லுவதற்குத்
ஏற்றார்போல் நகர்த்தியும், புரட்டியும், திருப்பியும் தரும் உறுப்பு. மென்ற உணவை விழுங்கி
உணவுக் குழாய்க்குத் தள்ளுவதும் நாக்கே. உணவின் சுவையை உணரும் முதன்மையான உறுப்பு நாக்காகும்.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuycLNzq7uaeDb5et5KC-ufc9b-d82hBQlxqszk6Ri_Bn7m-47JrbKR0JU2-WShRgmNdGfQxNg-GLIEp3MUb2-niuNey82wrsiUYLFSGQqjHuSAorCGzTSqrTRYP6Of_3gr1BpVxADZVjuEr5FUdEsmTLn8T8iRQR3W83xrqHR_v8zY0FSWrVP-XqW2co/s3748/kakka%202%20(Copy).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2707" data-original-width="3748" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuycLNzq7uaeDb5et5KC-ufc9b-d82hBQlxqszk6Ri_Bn7m-47JrbKR0JU2-WShRgmNdGfQxNg-GLIEp3MUb2-niuNey82wrsiUYLFSGQqjHuSAorCGzTSqrTRYP6Of_3gr1BpVxADZVjuEr5FUdEsmTLn8T8iRQR3W83xrqHR_v8zY0FSWrVP-XqW2co/w640-h462/kakka%202%20(Copy).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">கரிநாக்கு
என்று சொல்வதை கேட்டு இருப்பீர்கள். இது கரிய நிறம் நாக்கு அல்ல, கரிநாக்கைக் கொண்டவர்கள்
வாயில் நல்லதே வராது; தீயசொற்கள் சொன்னால்
அது பலித்துவிடும் என ஒரு பயம் கலந்த நம்பிக்கை.
மனிதனுடைய நாக்கானது அற்புதமாக மொழிகளை பேச வல்லது. ஒரு சில தவறான வார்த்தைகளை பயன்படுத்தியதால் எவ்வளவோ
தீமைகள் நிகழ்ந்துள்ளன. குடும்பங்கள், உறவுகள் பிரிந்துள்ள. திருவள்ளுவர் நாவடக்கம் வேண்டும் என்று தனது திருக்குறளில்
அறிவுறுத்தியுள்ளார். </span><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">காக்கை
பாடினியார் நச்செள்ளையார் கடைச்சங்ககாலப் பெண்பால் புலவர்களில் ஒருவர். சங்கநூல் தொகுப்பில்
இவரது பாடல்கள் </span><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">12</span><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> உள்ளன. இவரின் பாடல்கள் எட்டுத்தொகை
நூல்களில் இடம் பெற்றுள்ளன. பதிற்றுப்பத்து
ஆறாம்பத்து ஆடுகோட்பாட்டுச் சேரலாதனைப் பாடிய </span><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">1</span><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">0 பாடல்கள், இவர் பாடியவை. நச்செள்ளை என்பது இவரின் இயற்பெயர் ஆகும்.
இப்பெயரில் பலர் இருந்த காரணத்தால் காக்கையைப் பாடிய இவர் காக்கைப் பாடினியார் நச்செள்ளையார்
என அழைக்கப்பெற்றுள்ளார். குறுந்தொகையில் இவர் தம் பாடல் ஒன்றில் 'விருந்து வரக் கரைந்த
காக்கையது பலியே’ என்று குறிப்பிட்டுள்ளமையால் இவரைக் காக்கை பாடினியார் என்று குறிப்பிட்டுள்ளனர்.
காக்கைக்கு உணவிடும் வழக்கம் சங்க காலத்தில் இருந்தது என்பதற்கு இப்பாடல் சான்று. அக்காக்கைக்கு
வைக்கப்படும் சோறு ‘பலி’ எனக்குறிக்கப்பெற்றுள்ளது. காக்கை கத்தும் ஒலியைக் கரைதல்
என்றும் இப்பாடல் குறிப்பிடுகிறது.</span><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p><div style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Interesting
!<br /></span><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"> <br /></span><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">With regards
– S Sampathkumar<br /></span><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">17.3.2o24</span></div></div>S Sampathkumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06788945510641595923noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026752849891280534.post-12050649271030640222024-03-16T09:17:00.004+05:302024-03-16T09:17:38.644+05:30Theory of relativity !! ~ இரு கோடுகள்<p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">Life is full of comparisons !<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Financial targets in life can be met but aspirations can never be ! –
even when you earn a lot, one may still aspire more or compare with others
thinking that he/she is in a lower position !!</span><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">காசியில் ஜானகியை (சௌகார் ஜானகி) பார்க்கும் கோபிநாத் (ஜெமினி கணேசன்)
அவரைக் காதலித்து திருமணம் செய்து கொள்கிறார். திருமணத்தை கோபிநாத்தின் தாயார் ஏற்கவில்லை,
இதனால் இருவரும் பிரிய நேரிடுகிறது. ஜானகி கர்ப்பமாக இருக்கும்போது கோபிநாத் விலகிவிடுகிறார்.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ஜானகியின் தந்தை<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(வி. எஸ். ராகவன்), ஜானகியை மேற்கொண்டு படிக்க வைக்கிறார்.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>தமிழ்நாடு திரும்பும் கோபிநாத், ஆட்சியர் அலுவலகத்தில்
எழுத்தராக வேலை பார்க்கிறார். தனது முந்தைய திருமணத்தை மறைத்து ஜெயாவை (ஜெயந்தி) திருமணம்
செய்து கொள்கிறார். கோபிநாத் பணிபுரியும் அலுவலகத்துக்கு ஒரு புதிய ஆட்சியர் வருகிறார்,
அது வேறு யாருமல்ல அவரின் முதல் மனைவி ஜானகிதான்.</span><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">Heard of Theory of Relativity !!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>it is a famous theorem of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Albert Einstein, which states that space and
time are relative, and all motion must be relative to a frame of reference. It
is a notion that states' laws of physics are the same everywhere. This theory
is simple but hard to understand.</span><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">The theory of relativity usually encompasses two interrelated
physics theories by Albert Einstein: special relativity and general relativity,
proposed and published in 1905 and 1915, respectively. Special relativity
applies to all physical phenomena in the absence of gravity. General relativity
explains the law of gravitation and its relation to the forces of nature. It
applies to the cosmological and astrophysical realm, including astronomy. The
theory transformed theoretical physics and astronomy during the 20th century,
superseding a 200-year-old theory of mechanics created primarily by Isaac
Newton. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It introduced concepts including
4-dimensional spacetime as a unified entity of space and time, relativity of
simultaneity, kinematic and gravitational time dilation, and length
contraction.</span><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">ஒரு பிரச்னையை மறக்க என்ன செய்ய வேண்டும் !<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">- அமிர்தாஞ்சன் போன்ற தைலங்கள்
ஒரு விறுவிறுப்பை உண்டாக்கி மனதை திசை திருப்பி வழியை மறக்க வைக்கின்றன.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ஒரு கோட்டை அழிக்காமலேயே அதை சிறிதாக்க ஓர் வழி
உள்ளது.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>பக்கத்தில் இன்னொரு பெரிய கோடு வரைந்தால்<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>கற்றது
காய் மண்ணளவு என்பர் பெரியோர். ...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>அறிவைத்
தேடிக்கொண்டே போகின்றான் மனிதன். எவ்வளவு தேடி அறிந்து கொண்டாலும், அவனுக்குத் தெரியாத
ஒன்றை மற்றொருவன் தெரிந்து வைத்திருக்கின்றான். இதற்கு முடிவே இல்லை.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>வாழ்நாள் முழுதும் கற்றல் நன்றே ! இங்கே மற்றவரை
பார்த்து, அவருக்கு ஒன்றுமே தெரியவில்லை, நான் எவ்வளவோ மேல் என்ற மனப்பான்மை சரியல்ல
! </span><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">இரு கோடுகள் </span><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">(Iru Kodugal) 1969 </span><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">ஆம் ஆண்டு வெளிவந்த தமிழ்த்
திரைப்படம். கே. பாலச்சந்தர் இயக்கத்தில் வெளிவந்த இத்திரைப்படத்தில் ஜெமினி கணேசன்,
சௌகார் ஜானகி, ஜெயந்தி, வி. எஸ். ராகவன் மற்றும் பலரும் நடித்து இருந்தனர்.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>இரு பெண்களை மணந்த ஒரு மனிதனைச் சுற்றி இக்கதை நகர்கிறது.
இந்த படம்<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>தமிழில் சிறந்த திரைப்படத்திற்கான
தேசிய திரைப்பட விருதைப் பெற்றது. கன்னடத்தில் எரடு றெக்கேகளு என்றும், தெலுங்கில்
கலெக்டர் ஜானகி என்றும், இந்தியில் சன்ஜோக் என்றும் மறு ஆக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டது.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Saturday starts on a holiday mood and some thoughts of “Aasami
Sirippu Sinthanaiyan” for posting this photo of two Aeroplanes – one on ground
and other just climbing on air !!</span><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">With regards – S Sampathkumar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">16.3.2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>Srinivasan Sampathkumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14723907851050009131noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026752849891280534.post-24986069686598774772024-03-16T08:43:00.004+05:302024-03-16T08:43:37.927+05:30Ides of March ! - stabbing of Julius Caesar<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #660066; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Today is 15<sup>th</sup> March !! - History is always interesting </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">!
Did you see Rajnikanth, Sridevi starrer SP Muthuraman directed movie “Priya” shot
in Singapore, with soothing music of Isaignani Illayaraja. It was a story of Sujatha, which was
distorted beyond a point !! A
cursory search on web today revealed
these as International Headlines : <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #969696; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">• Devastation in
Gaza as Israel wages war on Hamas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #969696; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">• Video shows
aftermath of Houthi attack on commercial cargo ship <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #969696; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">• Father of Michigan
school shooter found guilty of manslaughter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #969696; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">• 15 year old talks
about her mom's detention in Russia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Starship rocket on third test flight<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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verdict in trial of Michigan school shooter's father<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #969696; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">• Putin's critics
have been silenced but the election still matters. Here's why<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #969696; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">• March 14 - Trump
classified documents case updates<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Back home, in Delhi liquor policy
case: Kejriwal challenges court summons, seeks exemption from physical
appearance on March 16. A court had
summoned Kejriwal to appear before it on March 16 after the ED filed a
complaint saying he had skipped the summons in the Delhi liquor policy case. Kejriwal
has till date skipped eight summons issued by the Enforecement Directorate in
connection with the excise policy case.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">India
today headline :Electoral bonds: Decoding Congress’s little pockets of
resistance While the BJP maintained a stark dominance in electoral bond
encashments overall, data reviewed by India Today shows the Congress performed
comparatively better in small pockets where its chances of winning elections
were higher. The prominence of a Tamil Nadu-based lottery company and a
Hyderabad-based business conglomerate as top donors, alongside the ruling BJP
emerging as the primary beneficiary of electoral bonds, is not the only
takeaway from the electoral bonds data published by the Election Commission.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">‘One
Nation, One Election’ road map: If brought in, 10 states may have Assemblies of
a year or less. If the government aims for simultaneous polls in 2029, all
states except those voting now would see House terms truncated, including UP,
Punjab, Gujarat, Bengal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Moving away 15<sup>th</sup> March is significant – “the Ides of
March” ! what ?</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #0033cc; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS2nt_WQ1gccReRSxtZHuvXupnqxRtFJvDy7XQaERvB7VhP4JQt8igjr3UCUPwT9Z-uAIyjC2k7ldJ_lQyRoGIRW0V5QGWJMBIK47TD7vFLD3oJfc93ZxQf5ujlGEXpR8WycqmlLS5f6FCqnfI5dzt_ADquk06bI3ySan3dZqy8Dfm1g8DQ6_OgLEfE2xD/s1024/caesar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="1024" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS2nt_WQ1gccReRSxtZHuvXupnqxRtFJvDy7XQaERvB7VhP4JQt8igjr3UCUPwT9Z-uAIyjC2k7ldJ_lQyRoGIRW0V5QGWJMBIK47TD7vFLD3oJfc93ZxQf5ujlGEXpR8WycqmlLS5f6FCqnfI5dzt_ADquk06bI3ySan3dZqy8Dfm1g8DQ6_OgLEfE2xD/w640-h362/caesar.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #0033cc; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">The Ides of March is the
74th day in the Roman calendar, corresponding to 15 March. It was marked by
several religious observances and was a deadline for settling debts in Rome. In 44 BC, it became notorious as the date of
the assassination of Julius Caesar, which made the Ides of March a turning
point in Roman history.</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Romans did not number each day of a month from the first to the last day.
Instead, they counted back from three fixed points of the month: the Nones (the
5th or 7th, 8 days before the Ides), the Ides (the 13th for most months, but
the 15th in March, May, July, and October), and the Kalends (1st of the
following month). Originally the Ides were supposed to be determined by the
full moon, reflecting the lunar origin of the Roman calendar. In the earliest
calendar, the Ides of March would have been the first full moon of the new
year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">On
Ides of March day in 44 BC, Julius Caesar was stabbed to death at a meeting of
the Senate. As many as 60 conspirators, led by Brutus and Cassius, were
involved. According to Plutarch, a seer had warned that harm would come to
Caesar on the Ides of March. On his way to the Theatre of Pompey, where he
would be assassinated, Caesar passed the seer and joked, "Well, the Ides
of March are come", implying that the prophecy had not been fulfilled, to
which the seer replied "Aye, they are come, but they are not gone." This
meeting is famously dramatised in William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar,
when Caesar is warned by the soothsayer to "beware the Ides of
March." The Roman biographer
Suetonius identifies the "seer" as a haruspex named Spurinna.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #0033cc; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Locals would recall
Rajnikanth playing Julius Caesar in the movie Priya !!. </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Caesar's
assassination opened the final chapter in the crisis of the Roman Republic.
After his victory in Caesar's civil war, his death triggered a series of
further Roman civil wars that would finally result in the rise to sole power of
his adopted heir Octavian. In 27 BC, Octavian was raised to be emperor
Augustus, and thus he finally terminated the Roman Republic. Writing under Augustus, Ovid portrays the
murder as a sacrilege, since Caesar was also the pontifex maximus of Rome and a
priest of Vesta. On the fourth anniversary of Caesar's death in 40 BC, after
achieving a victory at the siege of Perugia, Octavian executed 300 senators and
equites who had fought against him under Lucius Antonius, the brother of Mark
Antony. The executions were one of a series of actions taken by Octavian to
avenge Caesar's death. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">The
photo is taken from Wiki Commons : By Vincenzo Camuccini - Own
work, user:Rlbberlin, Public Domain, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2168603"></a> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<div style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #660066; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">With regards – S Sampathkumar<br /></span><span style="color: #660066; font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; text-align: justify;">15.3.2024</span> </div>
Srinivasan Sampathkumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14723907851050009131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026752849891280534.post-61625032448983816662024-03-15T08:19:00.009+05:302024-03-15T08:19:51.766+05:30Parrot's Good morning<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #6600cc; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">தனியா வரதெல்லாம் "சிங்கம்" இல்லை.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>சமயத்தில் பச்சை கிளி கூட சிங்கிள் ஆ தான் வரும்
!!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidF030v6kPPUHfOfv10uATjRR6t7QvLMtGiOCDj8kXEDLoUpk93pmWL726zxgN6cQqwM1avfSlIBDC_m9hN8fNidqfi1iEojWjXmqSTnun4V01IKPZRV3QfsW_IYDs-lF8x3F2FYNwtZzebJ1rO6dkTB2eFjx0QAKITf7S8Qqwv1DYRn-deBSLWg587ip6/s2053/kili.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1186" data-original-width="2053" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidF030v6kPPUHfOfv10uATjRR6t7QvLMtGiOCDj8kXEDLoUpk93pmWL726zxgN6cQqwM1avfSlIBDC_m9hN8fNidqfi1iEojWjXmqSTnun4V01IKPZRV3QfsW_IYDs-lF8x3F2FYNwtZzebJ1rO6dkTB2eFjx0QAKITf7S8Qqwv1DYRn-deBSLWg587ip6/w640-h370/kili.JPG" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #6600cc; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5lYwD5FKMBaCj2FiIsGZOjXm1w-U0igGY7GUZAWNdC8fjtq6lplratt3QovD6EPvh9DxT9DvyCnu7omYp9WSwO0sgJOCNIzvWO2qBKqJzWQVMMtPQ1HIQOcEbI6psSIs59dgmUT-7FbbAcqFxWw5ONjlvFCsMMkCR-qGDFs4c4DxOcuZSmecpnNSOw8Rw/s2078/kili%201.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2078" data-original-width="1495" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5lYwD5FKMBaCj2FiIsGZOjXm1w-U0igGY7GUZAWNdC8fjtq6lplratt3QovD6EPvh9DxT9DvyCnu7omYp9WSwO0sgJOCNIzvWO2qBKqJzWQVMMtPQ1HIQOcEbI6psSIs59dgmUT-7FbbAcqFxWw5ONjlvFCsMMkCR-qGDFs4c4DxOcuZSmecpnNSOw8Rw/w460-h640/kili%201.JPG" width="460" /></a></div><br /><br /></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #6600cc; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">and – this <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Salute is a ‘left-handed’
compliment ! – somedays start with Parrots !!<o:p></o:p></span></p>Srinivasan Sampathkumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14723907851050009131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026752849891280534.post-50235180488157707232024-03-14T08:30:00.003+05:302024-03-14T08:30:29.124+05:30Will Vidarbha stand against odds and beat Mumbai !!<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Many would
have started following IPL 2024 now itself and read the news that England
batter Harry Brook has withdrawn from IPL 2024 because his grandmother died in
February and he wants to be around his family while they are grieving. </span><span style="color: #000066; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> We have been fed a diet
that Western countries are nuclear families and people here live in Joint
families – most of us know the harsh reality.</span><span style="color: #000066; font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">"I
can confirm that I have made the very difficult decision not to play in the
upcoming IPL," Brook said in a statement. "I was so excited to be
picked by Delhi Capitals and was so looking forward to joining up with everyone.
Whilst I don't think I should need to share my personal reasons behind this
decision, I know there will be many asking why. So I do want to share this.</span><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000066; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">No post
on family relationship but on finals of premier tournament –the Ranji
trophy. Just in case you don’t know, all
</span><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> 28 states of India are
represented, as are four of the eight union territories: Delhi, Chandigarh,
Puducherry, and Jammu and Kashmir (which also represents the union territory of
Ladakh). In addition, four teams represent regions within states: Mumbai and
Vidarbha (both within Maharashtra) and Saurashtra and Baroda (both within
Gujarat); and there are two pan-Indian teams: Railways, representing Indian
Railways, and Services, representing the Indian Armed Forces. The state of
Telangana is represented by the Hyderabad cricket team.</span><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000066; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">India’s
most icon player Kapil Dev won the Cup in 1991.
The score card reads : </span><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Haryana 522 (Deepak Sharma 199, Jadeja 94, Kuruvilla 4-128) and
242 (Banerjee 60, Ankola 3-39) beat Bombay 410 (Patil 85, Rajput 74, Bhandari
5-118) and 352 (Vengsarkar 139*, Tendulkar 96) by 2 runs but the match was far
more tense that what could be read.</span><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">As it
has been, Bombay was the most star-studded team with Sanjay Manjrekar leading,
Dilip Vengsarkar, young Sachin, Kambli all in the team. Having
conceded a first-innings lead, Bombay's only hope now was an outright victory. In the fourth essay their target was : 355 in
190 minutes and 20 mandatory overs. On a fifth-day track against Kapil and
Chetan Sharma, it was daunting. The improbable began to look impossible as
Bombay tumbled to 34 for 3 when Sanjay Manjrekar fell at the stroke of lunch. A
sizeable number of spectators left the ground - a decision they were to regret.
After lunch, Sachin Tendulkar, still only 18 years old, launched a
counterattack with a six over the straight field off a slower one from Kapil.
It was a declaration of intent. Tendulkar then greeted left-arm spinner Pradeep
Jain with another straight six. .. .. and perhaps people started pouring in.</span><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">In a
stand of 134 for the fourth wicket with Dilip Vengsarkar, Tendulkar contributed 96, off 75 balls. When last man
Abey Kuruvilla joined Vengsarkar, Bombay needed 49 to win. The next five balls
saw Vengsarkar put Bhandari through the shredder: the scoring sequence red 6,
4, 6, 6, 4. In the next over, Vengsarkar hurled Kapil high over long-on and
into the stands. Kuruvilla was no
batsman yet he survived a full 25 balls after Vengsarkar had repeatedly - and somewhat
inexplicably - taken singles off the
first ball of successive overs, exposing Kuruvilla to the Haryana attack. Bombay
had 14 balls in which to get three runs for the victory when Kuruvilla was run
out following a mix-up with runner Lalchand Rajput. Vengasrkar collapsed in a
heap at square leg, and Rajput and Kuruvilla froze in disappointment as the
Haryana players rushed in a victory wave toward</span><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Today at
Wankhded, on day 5, Mumbai is hot favourite to lift their 42<sup>nd</sup>
title, yet would there be a miracle, will Vidarbha pull the rug under their
feet !! </span><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> Vidarbha's batters resisted
on a slow-moving fourth day. Karun Nair and Vidarbha captain Akshay Wadkar were
the two main obstructions that delayed Mumbai's push for a win, although Nair's
dismissal late in the day for 74 left one end of Vidarbha's batting exposed.
Two-time champions Vidarbha finished the day on 248 for 5, still </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">290 runs away from the 538</span><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
target.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZC2ALUJgUvFsCg6y3pw9XepsOD4o9i5fTihVKZmc7RHM6xtCwimDKs-uyd1a84_xMU2sfT7AXKKPQLBmKnZRdg1Y7OrD4-E2e_I4fupc8V6aVntNmxEggI7319Uor1RejFvc-EpQ-Vu-PKD5mXJJkU7QTxd_NklJrLbzkOHdSQQB8selc0jbWt10BH24/s1280/karun%20nair%20%20rev%20sweep.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="824" data-original-width="1280" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZC2ALUJgUvFsCg6y3pw9XepsOD4o9i5fTihVKZmc7RHM6xtCwimDKs-uyd1a84_xMU2sfT7AXKKPQLBmKnZRdg1Y7OrD4-E2e_I4fupc8V6aVntNmxEggI7319Uor1RejFvc-EpQ-Vu-PKD5mXJJkU7QTxd_NklJrLbzkOHdSQQB8selc0jbWt10BH24/w640-h412/karun%20nair%20%20rev%20sweep.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Vidarbha's
slow and careful batting on Wednesday meant Mumbai had to work hard for their
five wickets, all of which fell to spin. Not willing to lose on day 4, Vidarbha batters
have displayed tremendous grit and tenacity in trying to take the game long, scoring only 238 runs in 90 overs on the day
at a run rate of 2.64. Karun Nair played
very well striking only three fours in
his 240-ball innings. Akshay Wadkar, displayed
controlled aggression to finish on an unbeaten 91-ball 56 at stumps. He started
his innings with two fours in his first six balls and played shots more on the
merit of the deliveries. After Nair
fell, Wadkar reached his 18th first-class fifty in style by slapping Tushar
Deshpande for six over backward point and ensured he would return on the final
day alongside the No. 7 Harsh Dubey who showed glimpses of his aggressive style
by smacking a six to long-on minutes before stumps.</span><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Will a
miracle happen and will Vidarbha score those balance 290 runs with 5 wickets in
hand !! - 538 no doubt is very daunting
target.</span><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">In the
famed Ranji Trophy finasl that I remember watching all the days in March
1982, Karnataka played first. Roger Michael Binny scored 115; Brijesh Patel
124, stylish Sudhakar Rao 71, Kirmani 116, Ranjit Kanwilkar 116 – as they were
all out after 255 overs making 705.
Seemingly impossible target, one thought. Ranjit Kanwilkar, an all-rounder was only 21 and was considered
to be an exciting prospect, sadly died later in an accident when coaches fell
into lake Ashtamudi Kayal in July 1988. Delhi bowling was in the hands of
Madanlal, Mohinder Amarnath, Maninder
(who went for 204 runs), Shukla and Kirti Azad.</span><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Chasing 706 is certainly daunting – but Delhi had
other plans. Raman Lamba scored 36,
Gursharan Singh made 101; Surinder Amarnath fell cheaply. Kirti Azad,
Surinder Khanna, Madanlal all made useful runs – Mohinder was rock
steady and made 185. At one stage Delhi
were 589 for 8 - 116 short………. Shulka made an unbeaten 69 and Rajesh Peter
made 67 in an unbroken stand as Delhi
took the lead. Hapless Binny, Khanvilkar, Vijaykrishna, Raghuram
Bhat all went for 100+. As there was no rule for unfinished match, the match
went into the sixth day enabling the hosts to gain first innings lead and
mercifully stopped at that. ....</span><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<div style="line-height: 115%; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">Die hard
Cricket fans would be following today’s finals with fingers crossed – I am with
Team Vidarbha !</span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> <br /></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">With regards
– S Sampathkumar<br /></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">14.3.2024</span> </div>
S Sampathkumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06788945510641595923noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026752849891280534.post-75257675510612433712024-03-12T07:45:00.002+05:302024-03-12T07:45:26.077+05:30மனம் கொத்திப் பறவை ~ Black-rumped flameback <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #0033cc; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">For long I could only differentiate between a ‘Crow and
sparrow’ – now I am seeing Mynahs, Pigeons, Vultures, Parrots, Woodpeckers, and
few other tiny tots on my terrace !! </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0033cc; font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #336600; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">மனம் கொத்திப் பறவை என்று ஒரு சினிமா வந்ததாக ஞாபகம்
- தேடியதில், சிவகார்த்திகேயன், சூரி, ஆத்மியா ஆகியோர் நடித்த படம் என்று
அறிகிறேன். இது மர வாழ் பறவை </span><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">மரங்கொத்தி</span><span style="background: white; color: #336600; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> பற்றியது.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #336600; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #336600; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">Bird-sighting !! - </span><span style="background: white; color: #003366; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Bird-watching, the observing of birds, is indeed interesting. You might spot an odd
one with naked eye but more difficult to capture them with a camera. As you stand in the early hours of morning,
there would be so much of interesting sounds of various birds that attract ..
.. that is for common man.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #003366; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #003366; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Ornithology is a branch of zoology that
concerns the "methodological study and consequent knowledge of birds with
all that relates to them." Several aspects of ornithology differ from
related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and the aesthetic appeal
of birds. They study various aspects of bird life - evolution, behaviour, food
habits, migration, mating patterns, and more.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #003366; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #003366; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Spotted here in the photo is not an ordinary wood pecker but
“black-rumped flameback” (Dinopium benghalense), also known as the lesser
golden-backed woodpecker found widely distributed in the Indian subcontinent.
It has a characteristic rattling-whinnying call and an undulating flight. It is
the only golden-backed woodpecker with a black throat and a black rump.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #003366; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia14IZK982IQUEimtvpctWMQ6kvr5cpZxZVEGjCN1Ghcexgzho6B6Cr_W3gul6PmyzcAWO1Je6xqid5z27aVCXCo-oMZYCUcT3YurxE2ENgTfb5QEeOUIGjq-JAT3I_dFA91ksv4wXSVCVV7Jpg2LuzL5zfgcCOGy1t1N65VO2kaA39e1nv_VP9SAPn-w/s2161/flame.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1730" data-original-width="2161" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia14IZK982IQUEimtvpctWMQ6kvr5cpZxZVEGjCN1Ghcexgzho6B6Cr_W3gul6PmyzcAWO1Je6xqid5z27aVCXCo-oMZYCUcT3YurxE2ENgTfb5QEeOUIGjq-JAT3I_dFA91ksv4wXSVCVV7Jpg2LuzL5zfgcCOGy1t1N65VO2kaA39e1nv_VP9SAPn-w/w640-h512/flame.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #003366; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The black-rumped flameback is a large species at 26–29 cm in
length. It has a typical woodpecker shape, and the golden yellow wing coverts
are distinctive. The rump is black and not red as in the greater flameback. The
underparts are white with dark chevron markings. The black throat finely marked
with white immediately separates it from other golden backed woodpeckers in the
Indian region. Like other woodpeckers, this species has a straight pointed
bill, a stiff tail to provide support against tree trunks, and zygodactyl feet,
with two toes pointing forward, and two backward. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #003366; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #003366; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> They feed on insects mainly beetle larvae
from under the bark, visit termite mounds and sometimes feed on nectar. The black-rumped flameback was described and
illustrated by two pre-Linnaean English naturalists from a dried specimen that
had been brought to London. It was
formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth
edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Picus benghalensis. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #003366; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<div style="line-height: 115%; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Interesting !</span><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">- this one came to
my house terrace and posed very briefly before flying away. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><span style="background: white; color: #003366; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <br /></span><span style="background: white; color: #003366; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">With regards – S. Sampathkumar<br /></span><span style="background: white; color: #003366; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">12.3.2024.<br /> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0033cc; font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;"> </span> </div>
S Sampathkumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06788945510641595923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026752849891280534.post-56166507524033389992024-03-11T08:10:00.003+05:302024-03-11T08:10:26.623+05:30Ranji finals - will Vidarbha recover !!<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Can you
identify this Cricketer happily posting with legend MS Dhoni !! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWNhEuHKPx9oG_BvoPF2sZ8n7gjs-qXG0beztKZOK4AK91NI-th_6iZ8eK-oASrkInVFNIbact82r9VPAd9yfEA_T3gZZy9S4R3FztlJZ3Fva9ZDMM5qMBI1rgHobo9S7E0129ydoBC14PIRJeUN0-1CuINhOnPw-HN3p3QaD7BUps_yyrXVm6DFFtrlgO/s585/akshay%20whadkar%20with%20dhoni.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="432" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWNhEuHKPx9oG_BvoPF2sZ8n7gjs-qXG0beztKZOK4AK91NI-th_6iZ8eK-oASrkInVFNIbact82r9VPAd9yfEA_T3gZZy9S4R3FztlJZ3Fva9ZDMM5qMBI1rgHobo9S7E0129ydoBC14PIRJeUN0-1CuINhOnPw-HN3p3QaD7BUps_yyrXVm6DFFtrlgO/w472-h640/akshay%20whadkar%20with%20dhoni.jpg" width="472" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">At
Whankhede, the finals of the premier tournament in India is now on .. .. and
have you heard of – Akshay Wadkar !
- in recent times, we have seen
wicket-keeper batsmen like, KL Rahul, Rishab
Pant, Ishan Kishan, Dhruv Jhurel, Sanju Samson, Jitesh Sharma, Srikar Bharat,
Narayan Jagadeesan, and more and in the galaxy, perhaps a prolific wicketkeeper-batter on the domestic
circuit who captains one of the team in the finals is less heard !</span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">It is
Mumbai vs Vidarbha !!</span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> - both sides finished with five
wins in seven league games to top their respective groups. Mumbai beat Tamil
Nadu inside three days on a green-tinged deck at home, while Vidarbha
overturned a first-innings deficit to beat MP and prevent a repeat of the
2021-22 final.</span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Vidarbha has come
up via the "tougher route”- a team
comprising unheralded players who toil away in anonymity most times, searching
for corporate cricket gigs and club cricket stints in the UK during the
off-season to ensure they are "cricket fit" when the domestic season
comes around. A chance to play in the Ranji Trophy final for the first time
since 2018-19 is as big as it can get. For most, it's the most important game
of their careers. Vidarbha have seen the
pressure – in the semi-final against Madhya Pradesh, they conceded an 82-run lead and then were
effectively 79 for 5 in the second innings, before Yash Rathod and Akshay
Wadkar, the captain, led a stunning turnaround with a 158-run sixth-wicket
stand that set MP a target of 321.</span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">At Whankhede after
bowling out mighty Mumbai for 224, they have faltered and at close of play
there were 31/3 – Dhruv Shorey and Karun Nair out for ducks, Aman Mokhade 8 –
twice rocked by Dhawal Kulkarni and once by Shardul Thakur. The Lord who played so well against TN rescued Mumbai again with the bat, after their star-studded middle order collapsed either side of lunch on
the first day of the Ranji Trophy final. Fast bowler Yash Thakur and rookie left-arm
fingerspinner Harsh Dubey had set Mumbai up for that collapse by sharing six
wickets on a grassy surface. Test
players, Captain Ajinkya Rahane and Shreyas Iyer fell for 7 each, but Mumbai
waded past that passage of play and finished with a respectable 224, thanks to
Shardul's 37-ball half-century. Umesh Yadav eventually had him holing out for
75 off 69 balls to restrict them as Shardul was the last Mumbai batter out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Shardul then struck
with the new ball, as did Dhawal Kulkarni, who is playing his farewell game in
place of the injured Mohit Avasthi, to leave the final dangling on a razor's
edge. Vidarbha 31 for 3 at stumps, with
Atharva Taide unbeaten on 21 and nightwatcher Aditya Thakare unbeaten on 0. .. .. and we expect Akshay Wadkar the
Captain-wicketkeeper to rescue.</span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Vidarbha is the
eastern region of Maharashtra state. Its
former name is Berar (Varhad in Marathi). It was during the viceroyalty of Lord
Curzon that Berar was permanently ceded to the British by the Nizam. It was
announced from Fort William that Berar had been administered by British under
the treaties of 1853 and 1860 for meeting the expenses of the Hyderabad
contingent, and any balance of revenue was to be handed over to the Nizam; but
this arrangement had not worked satisfactorily.</span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Berar Province
(Marathi: Varhā</span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Century Gothic";">ḍ</span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">), known also as
the Hyderabad Assigned Districts, was a province of British India. The
province, formerly ruled by the Nizam of Hyderabad, was administered by the British
after 1853, although the Nizam retained formal sovereignty over the province.
After 1903 the administration of the
province was placed under the commissioner-general for the Central Provinces as
the Berar Division. In 1936 with the establishment of the legislative assembly
of the 'Central Provinces and Berar' the territory was renamed the Central
Provinces and Berar.</span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Vidarbha is the
eastern region of the state of Maharashtra, comprising Nagpur Division and
Amravati Division. Its former name is Berar.
The largest city in Vidarbha is Nagpur. A majority of Vidarbhians speak
Varhadi and Zadi dialects of Marathi.
The Nagpur region is famous for growing oranges and cotton. Vidarbha has been plagued by poverty and malnutrition. In recent
times, there have been calls for a separate state of Vidarbha, due to perceived
neglect from the Government of Maharashtra and incompetent political leadership
in Vidarbha. The living conditions of farmers in this region are poor compared
to India as a whole. There have been farmers' suicides and economic turmoil.</span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Nagpur – is called city of Oranges. This major commercial and political centre of
Vidarbha region is famous for oranges.
Nagpur lies precisely at the center of the country with the Zero Mile
Marker indicating the geographical center of India and houses the headquarters
of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. </span> </span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Though their record
has been outstanding, in recent times, it has not been so great. Mumbai won Ranji last time in (2015-16), Vidarbha won in 2017-18 and then retained it next
year ! In Jan 2018 - Vidarbha won by 9 wickets beating
Delhi. Vidarbha 547 (Wadkar 133, Sarwate
79, Jaffer 78, Saini 5-135) and 32 for 1 (Jaffer 17*) beat Delhi 295 (Shorey
145, Himmat 66, Gurbani 6-59) and 280 (Rana 64, Shorey 62, Wakhare 4-95,
Sarwate 3-30) </span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Akshay Wadkar then
scored a century – the list at the pavilion reads : Yash Rathod, Aditya Sarwate, Yash Thakur, Umesh
Yadav, Harsh Dubey – and how many of them do you know !! Their main
batsman Karun Nair is out for a duck. Karun
Nair's 328 is the highest individual score in a Ranji final. Having won the
title twice, back-to-back, with Karnataka between 2013 and 2015, with 616 runs
in nine innings at 41.06, he is Vidarbha's highest run-scorer this season.</span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<div style="line-height: 115%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Hope Vidarbha
recovers today to beat Mumbai and win the Ranji trophy<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">With regards – S Sampathkumar<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">11.3.2024</span> </div>
Srinivasan Sampathkumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14723907851050009131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026752849891280534.post-68840276184357217652024-03-10T08:54:00.001+05:302024-03-10T08:54:09.250+05:30Stress, Future - scheduling worries !! <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Life is full of uncertainties – one is not sure of
what is ahead and is constantly worried about future ! Stress is a natural response to uncertainty.
When we're in a new situation or facing confusing circumstances, it's normal to
feel worried about what the future may hold. But feeling worried in normal
circumstance is a sure sign of stress !</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Worrying about the future can be a symptom of
anxiety or uncertainty. Learning to focus on the present and stop worrying
about the future can help you advance towards your goals and improve your
mindset. If you worry about the future, learning more about techniques for
being mindful and calm can be beneficial. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">One method for diverting worry is focusing on the
aspects of your situation that you can control. Many times, this includes
taking action to improve what you can. Taking action can help you feel more in
control and help you feel more confident about other worries. Grounding
techniques are actions you can take that help you focus on your environment and
the present. By noting your surroundings and feelings, you can focus on mindfulness
and being present. Some grounding techniques include counting objects, finding
colours or spelling out words. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Meditation is an exercise that you can use to
raise your awareness of yourself and find a healthy perspective. To meditate,
you can take a moment to clear your head and focus on your breathing.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">If you spend a lot of time working without
breaks, you may stress your brain and create an atmosphere of urgency. By
taking frequent breaks throughout your workday, you can allow your mind to rest. </span><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">Just as you plan your work, schedule your time to
worry as well !! </span><span style="background: white; font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Some people find it
helpful to schedule 15 to 30 minutes each day just to worry. Well, if one’s worries could be contained
within 30 minutes, that itself should be a sign of happiness. If worrisome thoughts creep in at any other
time, put them aside by telling yourself you have a scheduled time to worry.
Your goal is to worry only during your scheduled 30 minutes each day. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Feeling nervous or anxious before a big event is normal, but it can
become problematic when these feelings start taking over our daily lives.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRw3MO9TBO152R8n55IKij6Kh166Hekk4eHfZHuT5Sd0XsJMy6gv9WM4uzMC4k31lBL8bv76K7upDKtRfREp3Xfi2-B0rDzlL3UwHIw6TcEkZ1zL4Oken_NMKwPsG5Fop8mgpWpVfy1HFAUtb0_4TvlFjl7Rrs8nGiAXIqN2OtGmcH4SOmXKOWY0nWYgA/s3544/pelicans%20(Copy).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2499" data-original-width="3544" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRw3MO9TBO152R8n55IKij6Kh166Hekk4eHfZHuT5Sd0XsJMy6gv9WM4uzMC4k31lBL8bv76K7upDKtRfREp3Xfi2-B0rDzlL3UwHIw6TcEkZ1zL4Oken_NMKwPsG5Fop8mgpWpVfy1HFAUtb0_4TvlFjl7Rrs8nGiAXIqN2OtGmcH4SOmXKOWY0nWYgA/w640-h452/pelicans%20(Copy).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="background: white; font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It is fairly simple – you are one among the group of Pelicans pictured here.
You have the choice of saying </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">‘Today is Sunday and enjoy’</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> or think
that </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">‘tomorrow is Monday – I have to go to Office’<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #9900ff; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Morning thoughts & Words of wisdom from Aasami Sirippu
Sinthanaiyaan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660066; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <br /></span><span style="color: #660066; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
With regards – S Sampathkumar<br /></span><span style="color: #660066; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">10.3.2024</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-size: 7.5pt;"> </span> </div>S Sampathkumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06788945510641595923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026752849891280534.post-24208483585315511062024-03-09T20:02:00.004+05:302024-03-09T20:02:27.559+05:30Innings Win at Dharamshala - some statistical delights including Sixers !!<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660066; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Back in
1976 India outplayed NewZealand at Chepauk and I was keen to see Glenn Turner –
their Captain. High expectations as he
had scored 171* & 114* in 1975 World Cup.
He scored close to 3000 runs in Tests including 7 Centuries but is an
unlikely topper in a list of records – Imagine what ? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAx7Gr-dd87EQfml5V0-tP2MMpA2_Xy9sRe4QO-hb8eVwsmE2pNHMGSkjvQ5AlEFjw0OZ7SQGM_7YEg36pE_vAA2X5i2nfWwh-sPwn9XAIqC2k9FnXrrSj61ghzloB0bxJ2-OnOxCi2pqDsP-XfUrxo5hqAVIv5j2U04sWUsPBly-TeGDvJ_mvDBKQxmiw/s1595/dharamshala%20win.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="1595" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAx7Gr-dd87EQfml5V0-tP2MMpA2_Xy9sRe4QO-hb8eVwsmE2pNHMGSkjvQ5AlEFjw0OZ7SQGM_7YEg36pE_vAA2X5i2nfWwh-sPwn9XAIqC2k9FnXrrSj61ghzloB0bxJ2-OnOxCi2pqDsP-XfUrxo5hqAVIv5j2U04sWUsPBly-TeGDvJ_mvDBKQxmiw/w640-h462/dharamshala%20win.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #009900; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Today
at Dharamsala – India cleaned England to close the series 4-1. The score card reads : India 477 (Gill 110, Rohit 103, Padikkal 65,
Sarfaraz 56, Bashir 5-173) beat England 218 and 195 (Root 84, Ashwin 5-77,
Bumrah 2-38) by an innings and 64 runs.
Call it Bazball or whatever, it was meek submission as wickets kept
falling like being struck by an avalanche in Himalayas. What started as having reached the peak,
ended in ignominy. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #009900; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Some
matches are statisticians delight. This
one too as it was the 100th test for Ravichandran Ashwin and Jhonny
Bairstow. After today’s win India’s
record reads : 178 – 178 !! - for the
first time, their wins is not lesser than the losses. Four Teams have a positive win record – Australia,
England, South Africa & Pakistan. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">As expected Ashwin
opened the bowling and had another five for.
9 for 128 – is Ashwin's bowling
figures in Dharamsala, the best for any player in their 100th Test.
Muralidaran's match figures of 9 for 141 against Bangladesh in 2006 were the
previous best in a 100th Test. There was
another bowling achievement, KUldeep Yadav had a 7 wicket haul and was the
player of the match. James Anderson
became the first pace bowler to take 700 wickets – the other two above him are
: Shane Warne 708 and Muttiah Muralitharan 800</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">In Cricket,
a Six is much relished</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> one just as clean bowled or a
straight drive would be !! remember Srinivasan Venkatraghavan hitting a clean
six over mid wicket off Peter Petherick in that Chepauk test in 1976. International cricket has witnessed several
devastating batters dominate the game around their six-hitting abilities. In our younger days, we read that Salim Durrani
was devastating, crowds would demand a six, and he would oblige with one – he
ended up hitting 15 sixers ! - then
Vengsarkar burst into the scene with six hitting capability, later it was Kapil
Dev, Sandip Patil, Krish Srikkanth – Yashpal Sharma too delighted with some
sixers in the 1983 WC – in 1987, a dour Sidhu changed gears to become Six
hitting Sidhu ! – there have been many touted to be big hitters like Atul
Bedade, Amay Kurasia and .. .. .. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">This Series has
thrown up many youngsters as pearls from the Ocean and topping the list would
be - Young Indian opening batter Yashasvi Jaiswal, the left-handed batter has scored 712 runs.
It took 16 innings for Yashasvi
to complete 1000 runs in Test cricket, the second-fastest for an Indian
in the format. Vinod Kambli remains the quickest, having got there in only 14
innings. However he is the fastest
Opener to reach 1000 , bettering the
record held by Rohit Sharma: 17
innings. Only two batters in history have managed to score
700 or more runs in a Test series played between India and England. Former
England skipper Graham Gooch achieved the feat in 1990, in three Tests when he amassed a total of 752 runs, and
during the five-match series played in 2021–22, Joe Root scored 737 runs. Most runs in the Series record is held by
Donald Bradman 974 in 5 tests / 7 innings; Walter Hammond 905 in 5/9 and Sunil
Manohar Gavaskar in 1971 debut series 774 in 4 tests / 8 innings. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMxAzQXYVF4TBcA1bazz0gxTdf9yeLyXuuSS9xagBHDwD1CFlaJn8NYMeBOiz838shjFuo1yCSEAOPqHMLw3Vz1_F6f6RkjKFRTPEjhpL7G5BmYLpPxhTY5NnheDUA3oEi3jnMynMRcLlmfMdAhcSSVOV-Q2N2-p2otFosslzbN2wwX_Lco8WsDJd899DZ/s1355/jaiswal%20jai%20ho.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1329" data-original-width="1355" height="628" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMxAzQXYVF4TBcA1bazz0gxTdf9yeLyXuuSS9xagBHDwD1CFlaJn8NYMeBOiz838shjFuo1yCSEAOPqHMLw3Vz1_F6f6RkjKFRTPEjhpL7G5BmYLpPxhTY5NnheDUA3oEi3jnMynMRcLlmfMdAhcSSVOV-Q2N2-p2otFosslzbN2wwX_Lco8WsDJd899DZ/w640-h628/jaiswal%20jai%20ho.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Yashswi
Jaiswal has been timing the ball sweetly and hitting sixers at will – he has
thus far in his short career slammed 29 sixers.</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> The topper in Test as of now is Ben Stokes
128 in 101/183; Brendon McCullum 107 in
101/176; Adam Gilchrist 100 in 96/137; Chris Gayle 98 in 103/182; Jacques
Kallis 97 in 166/280 and Virender Sehwag 91 in 104/180.</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Behind Virender
Sehwag the Indian list would read :
Rohit Sharma 81; Mahendra Singh Dhoni 78; Sachin Tendulkar 67; Ravindra
Jadeja 64; Kapil Dev 61; Sourav Ganguly 57; Rishab Pant 55; Harbhajan Singh 42;
Ajinkya Rahane 35; Murali Vijay 33,
Navjot singh Sidhu 32 – Yashaswi 29 and Mayank Agarwal 28. Umesh Yadav has 24 sixers .. .. Ravi Ashwin
and the team coach Rahul Dravid have hit 26 sixers in Tests !!</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<div style="line-height: 115%; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">Manoj Prabhakar was
considered an all rounder and opened in some matches too – he scored 1858 ODI
runs but not a single sixer, though he hit 4 of them in his Test Career.</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">The record in Tests (NO SIXERS IN Career ) is
held by England's Jonathan Trott, whose 3835 runs did not include a single six.
Vijay Manjrekar of India managed 3208 Test runs and New Zealand's Glenn Turner
2991, also without any sixes.</span></div><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Interesting !<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">With regards – S Sampathkumar<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">9.3.2024</span> </div>
Srinivasan Sampathkumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14723907851050009131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026752849891280534.post-5631736289327058612024-03-06T08:00:00.001+05:302024-03-06T12:41:42.021+05:30flower - Bird of Paradise !<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-line-height-alt: 11.4pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;">Ever heard
of - Heliconia rostrata !! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-line-height-alt: 11.4pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;">The </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">birds-of-paradise</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;"> are
members of the family Paradisaeidae of the order Passeriformes. The majority of
species are found in eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and eastern Australia.
The family has 45 species in 17 genera. The members of this family are perhaps
best known for the plumage of the males of the species, the majority of which
are sexually dimorphic. The males of these species tend to have very long,
elaborate feathers extending from the beak, wings, tail or head. For the most
part they are confined to dense rainforest habitat. The diet of all species is
dominated by fruit and to a lesser extent arthropods. A number of species are
threatened by hunting and habitat loss. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-line-height-alt: 11.4pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr6EGLWCY03w0E83U5zw1pUvZdh3rdli94ZP2xlI0ETHRpyXgtszcUkCmeOq2gxKyp9_K4Ywpi0ArYZcj-DS5EEYILFvC2mW3Fw8TLDFT3ab_iqlOh9sGJUtynCWPpMt2Pvty95Mpf9bt6yg0AuHHYUs8ormNjPAYSXW_mVLUUaXWjHK2UkH1NpOltVHpe/s1235/paradise%2022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1235" data-original-width="720" height="762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr6EGLWCY03w0E83U5zw1pUvZdh3rdli94ZP2xlI0ETHRpyXgtszcUkCmeOq2gxKyp9_K4Ywpi0ArYZcj-DS5EEYILFvC2mW3Fw8TLDFT3ab_iqlOh9sGJUtynCWPpMt2Pvty95Mpf9bt6yg0AuHHYUs8ormNjPAYSXW_mVLUUaXWjHK2UkH1NpOltVHpe/w445-h762/paradise%2022.jpg" width="445" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-line-height-alt: 11.4pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">It is a plant – known as</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">false bird of Paradise
!! </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;">H.
rostrata is a very large, evergreen perennial with banana-like leaves up to 2m
long. In spring and summer it produces hanging inflorescences made up of bright
red bracts, each tipped with yellow and green, with yellowish-white
flowers </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-line-height-alt: 11.4pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;">Heliconia
rostrata, the hanging lobster claw or false bird of paradise, is a herbaceous
perennial plant native to El Salvador, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela,
Costa Rica, and Ecuador, and naturalized in Puerto Rico. Other heliconias grow
in an upright position (e.g. Heliconia bihai), their cup-shaped flower bracts
storing water for birds and insects. This plant, however, has downward-facing
flowers, the flowers thus providing a source of nectar to birds. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-line-height-alt: 11.4pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;">Heliconias
are known to those who grow them as a host flower to many birds, especially the
hummingbirds. Because of its unique characteristics, it is often used as a
specimen for tropical gardens. Along with the Kantuta flower, Heliconia
rostrata, known as patujú, is the national flower of Bolivia. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-line-height-alt: 11.4pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU8ApJG1-c0SGzVj01IlhikFRov_sjV57J3Br-QtR53hJp_jJhZBUJfa3vVHgcG8_HUNsZKAgJU86Tfxr8Tw9Tf3I3ASv7ewe0JLREt1x4cTgZuKcKvMBDy3ADQQ-FDvXypzYp-eS-ZfRIawPXp2JhCF2hShRoSvYwAwKBoscFj7KGwe9WLJo9kmAjNt82/s1280/8159b%20flower%2022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="590" height="936" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU8ApJG1-c0SGzVj01IlhikFRov_sjV57J3Br-QtR53hJp_jJhZBUJfa3vVHgcG8_HUNsZKAgJU86Tfxr8Tw9Tf3I3ASv7ewe0JLREt1x4cTgZuKcKvMBDy3ADQQ-FDvXypzYp-eS-ZfRIawPXp2JhCF2hShRoSvYwAwKBoscFj7KGwe9WLJo9kmAjNt82/w472-h936/8159b%20flower%2022.jpg" width="472" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-line-height-alt: 11.4pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;">Interesting
! – photo taken this morning at Hyderabad Begumpet area in a star hotel. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-line-height-alt: 11.4pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;"> <br />
With regards – S.Sampathkumar<br />
6.3.2024</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p> </p>Srinivasan Sampathkumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14723907851050009131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026752849891280534.post-15495849816865192832024-03-05T06:30:00.004+05:302024-03-05T22:30:20.447+05:30TN out of Ranji 2024 - sack Sulakshan Kulkarni <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Sadly the cup of woes is complete for Tamil Nadu, yet another time
knocked out of Ranji trophy - when will
we get to see another Balu Alagannan or S Vaduevan ??<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXFbjkUoMGJsUWmFDg2IYOFOSXMFBLn0cwfnqlXbdToZmJDsGDWpTaly4-U4gXJrfItrDeaJ0Fj9hyPOMuiOGUTkTpqfZOHqs5sMsxAzHsMzDgBtVUkJATcxmtYOJlxX0mqcQWAFwVeuYYHN66krqZSkDwT4jFAFz2rkdF2rtS-181kic19tD3tbKJF3QW/s997/ranji%20mum%20vs%20tn1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="997" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXFbjkUoMGJsUWmFDg2IYOFOSXMFBLn0cwfnqlXbdToZmJDsGDWpTaly4-U4gXJrfItrDeaJ0Fj9hyPOMuiOGUTkTpqfZOHqs5sMsxAzHsMzDgBtVUkJATcxmtYOJlxX0mqcQWAFwVeuYYHN66krqZSkDwT4jFAFz2rkdF2rtS-181kic19tD3tbKJF3QW/w640-h324/ranji%20mum%20vs%20tn1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: red; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #003366; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Sulkashan Kashinath Kulkarni,
a Wicket-keeping batsman was born in 1967 at Sadashivgarh, Karnataka, made his debut for
Railways cricket team at the age of 18,
switched to Bombay cricket team in the following season. He is best
known for his 459-run opening partnership with Wasim Jaffer in 1996/97 against
Saurashtra cricket team, Mumbai's highest partnership for any wicket – however, now, </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">he is in news for wrong reasons !
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Century Gothic",sans-serif" style="color: green; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Those following Ranji would know but not all old timers – Ranji
Trophy is now ‘IDFC First Bank Ranji Trophy’
- the first match of the competition was held on 4 November 1934 between
Madras and Mysore at the Chepauk ground in Madras. Star studded Bombay has won the tournament the most times with 41
wins including 15 back-to-back wins from 1958–59 to 1972–73. Karnataka which also boasted many Test stars
has won 8 times, Delhi 7 times - Tamil
Nadu has won only twice – the last time
Mumbai won was in 2015-16; then it has been lesser fancied teams - Gujarat, Vidarbha, Vidarbha, Saurashtra,
Madhya Pradesh, Saurashtra <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Century Gothic",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Heart
burn for TN fans as their team is out of the tournament once again. After conceding a first-innings lead of 232,
Tamil Nadu collapsed once again to lose inside three days. Mumbai made it to their 48th Ranji Trophy
final after thrashing Tamil Nadu by an innings and 70 runs on the third day of
their semi-final at the Bandra Kurla Complex. The final will be played at the
Wankhede Stadium from March 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Century Gothic",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Resuming
the day on 353 for 9, Mumbai ended their first innings at 378, with a healthy
lead of 232. Tanush Kotian, who was unbeaten on 74 overnight, stretched the
last-wicket partnership with Tushar Deshpande to 88. At one point, it looked
like Kotian, No. 10, would complete his second hundred in as many matches. But
Washington Sundar dismissed Deshpande to leave him stranded on 89. In response, Tamil Nadu once again had a
nightmarish start. Shardul Thakur, who had scored a blazing hundred on Sunday,
dismissed N Jagadeesan and Sai Sudharsan cheaply. From the other end, Mohit
Avasthi had Washington caught behind to make it 10 for 3.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Century Gothic",sans-serif" style="color: #333399; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">This time, it appeared Tamil Nadu had a balanced bowling attack –
Sandeep Warrier & Kuldeep Sen alongside Mohd Mohammed – a good spin attack
of Ajith Ram, Washington Sundar and .. leftie Sai Kishore. Sai Kishore fought valiantly taking 6
wickets and at one stage had ripped the Mumbai line-up until Shardul Thakur and
the tail of Mumbai stood up. </span><span face=""Century Gothic",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Century Gothic",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Looking
back the State Team (was not TN then)
won at Indore in 1955 defeating Holkar. Holkar put Madras in and Madras made
478 with CD Gopinath making 133. Holkar
were bowled out for 417. Madras made 311
in its second innings with Kripal Singh scoring 91<span style="color: red;">. Balu Alaganan was the Captain and the
victory margin was 46 runs.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Century Gothic",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Decades
later, in Mar 1988, Tamilnadu defeated Railways by an innings and 144 runs to
win the Trophy. They had only the acting Captain, the suave
experienced S Vasudevan, a great left arm bowler and a capable batsman. The great team player he was – Vasudevan is
often quoted for his simple life despite his significant achievements and
longevity. He took over 200 wickets in Ranji partnering another great
Srinivasan Venkatraghavan. In Jan 1980, he played for South Zone against
touring Pakistanis and took the wickets of Zaheer, Imran and Mudassar –
creditable achievement at that.
Unfortunately, he never played for the Zonal team even again. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Century Gothic",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Mumbai
tail wagging is not new ! - in their last match, Mumbai were 337 for 9 in Quarter-final
against Baroda in Mumbai when last man Tushar Deshpande joined Tanush Kotian.
Neither had scored a first-class century before, but by the time Deshpande was
out for 123 Mumbai had advanced to 569; Kotian was left with 120 not out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Century Gothic",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">According
to Steve in Cricinfo, there's only one more instance of Nos. 10 and 11 both
scoring centuries in the same first-class innings. It also involved two Indian
players - but a long way from the Mumbai maidans. In the third match of the
1946 tour of England, against Surrey at The Oval, the Indians had an
undistinguished 205 for 9 when last man Shute Banerjee joined the No. 10,
Chandu Sarwate. Both of them were actually reasonably accomplished batters:
Sarwate finished his career with 14 first-class hundreds, and Banerjee with
five. Against an attack containing Alec Bedser - soon to make his Test debut -
the last pair more than doubled the score. They eventually put on 249 before
Banerjee fell for 121, leaving Sarwate with 124 not out. " </span><span face=""Century Gothic", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Century Gothic",sans-serif" style="color: red; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">TN campaign has ended – a semi final heartbreak – further jolted by
the ugly ungainly remarks made by Sulakshan Kulkarni, who incidentally is their
Coach !! Kulkarni remarked that TN lost
the match right at the toss @ 9 am on opening day, before a ball was
bowled. </span><span face=""Century Gothic",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH7xppMqIhawOOGrb-wnBN_EEYCUZjucVtQHP31-zyvckGssPp14dGTYAFL7PpsiO-yuGcb8MRaMKaGpQKQo8QLhGlKJa_0_HMXe6xX3sbEWBb_flzRZafGYt0vtem387ycQYTQLessINR4GH5e4WYwIV-oiwLvndtebzmDjKq9IdI43jr1VycOtWc2W8T/s634/sai%20kishore1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="634" data-original-width="531" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH7xppMqIhawOOGrb-wnBN_EEYCUZjucVtQHP31-zyvckGssPp14dGTYAFL7PpsiO-yuGcb8MRaMKaGpQKQo8QLhGlKJa_0_HMXe6xX3sbEWBb_flzRZafGYt0vtem387ycQYTQLessINR4GH5e4WYwIV-oiwLvndtebzmDjKq9IdI43jr1VycOtWc2W8T/w536-h640/sai%20kishore1.jpg" width="536" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Century Gothic",sans-serif" style="color: red; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Century Gothic",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Kulkarni
alleged unequivocally that the captain, R Sai Kishore, made the call
despite conventional wisdom and his own knowledge of conditions having played
and coached for Mumbai, suggesting they should've bowled first. "I always
speak straightforward - we lost the match at 9 o'clock on day one,"
Kulkarni said after Tamil Nadu were handed an innings defeat by Mumbai inside
three days at the Bandra Kurla Complex Ground. "The moment I saw the
wicket I exactly knew what we were going to get. "Everything was set, we
won the toss, as a coach, as a Mumbaikar, I know the conditions well. We should
have bowled but the captain had some different instinct."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Century Gothic",sans-serif" style="color: #9900cc; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">One thought that the Coach would have more heart for the Team
that he is Coaching than his home team – if that be the case, he would better
be standing by the side of the team he prefers rather than making money
elsewhere keeping heart away. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Century Gothic",sans-serif" style="color: green; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Dinesh Karthik, the India wicketkeeper, termed Kulkarni's comments
as "so wrong" and "disappointing", while former TN captain
Hemang Badani felt Kulkarni had "thrown Sai Kishore under the bus" with
his comments in the aftermath of their defeat. </span><span face=""Century Gothic",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Sai Kishore's
decision to bat first backfired spectacularly as TN were tottering at 42 for 5.
They were eventually bowled out for 146. Then they had Mumbai reeling at 106
for 7, before a century from Shardul Thakur hauled Mumbai out of a tricky
situation. They eventually managed to make 378, which all but ensured TN were
batted out of the game. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Century Gothic",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Memories
flood that Sulakshan Kulkarni, who served Mumbai as Coach from 2011 to 2014, then was unceremoniously moved
away. There were news that years later,
he was initially interviewed for
the post by Dilip Vengsarkar, chairman of the MCA's Cricket Improvement
Committee (CIC), he was offered a remuneration of INR 24 lakh for one year, as posted in MCA website. However, Kulkarni retorted that the MCA delayed his appointment and sent him a
contract in mid-August with an offer of INR 14 lakh, which he
turned down. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Century Gothic",sans-serif" style="color: #9900cc; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Not sure what transpired, not sure of what was his pay cheque
for Tamil Nadu – whatever it be, he was on an assignment and has now spoken
against the interests of the Team that he coached, simply criticising the
performing Captain. What TN should perhaps do – is sack the Coach immediately
and look to some Senior TN player as Coach. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Century Gothic",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12.5pt;">With
regards – S Sampathkumar<br /></span><span face=""Century Gothic", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12.5pt; text-align: justify;">5</span><sup style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; text-align: justify;">th</sup><span face=""Century Gothic", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12.5pt; text-align: justify;">
Mar 2024</span> </div>
Srinivasan Sampathkumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14723907851050009131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026752849891280534.post-48317671770274031602024-03-05T06:30:00.003+05:302024-03-05T15:45:11.359+05:30Pirates of Caribbean - glorifying criminals and wrong-doers !!<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Mani
Ratnam directed Nayakan released in 1987 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>starring Kamal Haasan was a hit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It purportedly was<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>based on the real-life story of underworld
don Varadaraja Mudaliar,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>sympathetically
depicting the struggle of South Indians living in Bombay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Be it Nayakan or The Godfather and so many
other films, the thin line to success is the rise of poor in the competitive
World.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In one scene, a man would get
killed in a car accident, to save the person who was about to be married, the
hero would ask one of his henchmen to surrender posing as the ‘driver’ – poor
can struggle in jail on payment of a few thousands – but not the rich, even
when they commit any crime ! The staple of traditional Bollywood is the triumph
of the underdog against the rich and the powerful – often depicting the rugged
wrong-doer as saviour of poor. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">God
Father is often spoken high – the crime film <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote
the screenplay with Mario Puzo, based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel of the
same title. The film starred Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>among others. It focuses on the transformation
of his youngest son, Michael Corleone (Pacino), from reluctant family outsider
to ruthless mafia boss.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Miles
away, is Puerto Plata, officially known as San Felipe de Puerto Plata, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a major coastal city in the Dominican
Republic, and capital of the province of Puerto Plata. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The city is a major trading port. Puerto Plata
has resorts such as Playa Dorada and Costa Dorada, which are located east of
the city proper. There are 100,000 hotel beds in the city. The first aerial
tramway of the Caribbean is located in Puerto Plata, in which visitors can ride
up to the Pico Isabel de Torres, a 793-meter (2600-foot) high mountain within
the city.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">In a
match, when the West Indies players were<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>peppered with shortballs,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Michael
Holding wielding the mike said, in his playing days -<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>we were instructed to stay till the cows
returned home (sound familiar) and went on to explain, in Caribbean, the
farmers would go out with their cattle &<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>return late in the evening when Sun would be setting !<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>.. .. then went on to question the bouncers
being bowled by Ben Stokes .. .. he fogot his own deeds and what their team was
doing earlier <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>– more specifically the
bloodbath at Sabina park.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At Port of
Spain in 1976, India created record chasing 403 with ease under Bishan Bedi and
bloodbath followed at Sabina Park in Apr 1976.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>No Andy Roberts – it was Michael Holding, Wayne Daniel, Bernard Julian
and Vanburn Holder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>West Indies won the
Jamaica Test by picking up just 11 legitimate wickets. Anshuman Gaekwad,
Gundappa Viswanath and Brijesh Patel suffered serious injuries in trying to
counter the terrifying West Indian bowling, in fact Mohinder, Gavaskar,
Vengsarkar and every other batsman were hit and were bleeding.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">West
Indies were once known as the "calypso cricketers". It was a slightly
patronising description which reflected the fact that while, at their best,
they could provide rich entertainment, all too often they went home a beaten
side. Then something happened. They became good, very good indeed as the
authoritative captaincy of Clive Lloyd turned them into a brilliant
match-winning machine<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The great era of
Caribbean cricket, which began with their success in the inaugural World Cup of
1975 and continued into the early 1990s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>.. .. slowly vanished and now we find WI not qualifying ICC tournaments.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">West
Indies though they play Cricket collectively is not a single Nation but<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a region of the North Atlantic Ocean and the <span style="color: red;">Caribbean</span> that includes the island countries and
surrounding waters of three major archipelagos: the Greater Antilles, the
Lesser Antilles, and the Lucayan Archipelago. The region includes all the
islands in or bordering the Caribbean Sea, plus The Bahamas and the Turks and
Caicos Islands, which are in the Atlantic Ocean. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1492, Christopher Columbus became the first
European to arrive at the islands, where he is believed by historians to have
first set foot on land in the Bahamas. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0BfQok7Srd5nRmN50EkAVOfZWcv1sP5rhegdu1OZYDXMpfLT8O3t0csTiGKaWYGmxMWTufiQz4cXokaj7X55iUMm3tHJOxJGu9mSdmZ4-RTdrOmr3CibBF26GXuBkwXcMdFjkiE_tdm5tlglS1RFaWgzBqkuSwAeWGQx-PbUGN2j8ZaFbjhzb1E9ab42V/s1114/pirates%20of%20cari.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="997" data-original-width="1114" height="572" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0BfQok7Srd5nRmN50EkAVOfZWcv1sP5rhegdu1OZYDXMpfLT8O3t0csTiGKaWYGmxMWTufiQz4cXokaj7X55iUMm3tHJOxJGu9mSdmZ4-RTdrOmr3CibBF26GXuBkwXcMdFjkiE_tdm5tlglS1RFaWgzBqkuSwAeWGQx-PbUGN2j8ZaFbjhzb1E9ab42V/w640-h572/pirates%20of%20cari.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">No post on Cricket but on Piracy !!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">The
era of piracy in the Caribbean began in the 1500s and phased out in the 1830s
after the navies of the nations of Western Europe and North America with
colonies in the Caribbean began combating pirates. The period during which
pirates were most successful was from the 1660s to the 1730s. Piracy flourished
in the Caribbean because of the existence of pirate seaports such as Port Royal
in Jamaica, Tortuga in Haiti, and Nassau in the Bahamas.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000066; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Roberto Cofresí y Ramírez de Arellano [1791 – 1825] known as El
Pirata Cofresí, was a pirate from Puerto Rico. He was born into a noble family,
but the political and economic difficulties faced by the island as a colony of
the Spanish Empire during the Latin American wars of independence meant that
his household was poor. Cofresí worked at sea from an early age which
familiarized him with the region's geography, but it provided only a modest
salary, and he eventually decided to abandon the sailor's life and became a
pirate. He had previous links to land-based criminal activities, but the reason
for Cofresí's change of vocation is unknown; historians speculate that he may
have worked as a privateer aboard El Scipión, a ship owned by one of his
cousins.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">At
the height of his career, Cofresí evaded capture by vessels from Spain, Gran
Colombia, the United Kingdom, Denmark, France, and the United States. He
commanded several small-draft vessels, the best known a fast six-gun sloop
named Anne, and he had a preference for speed and maneuverability over
firepower. He manned them with small, rotating crews which most contemporaneous
documents numbered at 10 to 20. He preferred to outrun his pursuers, but his
flotilla engaged the West Indies Squadron twice, attacking the schooners USS
Grampus and USS Beagle. Most crew members were recruited locally, although men
occasionally joined them from the other Antilles, Central America, and Europe.
He never confessed to murder, but he reportedly boasted about his crimes, and
300 to 400 people died as a result of his pillaging, mostly foreigners.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Cofresí
proved too much for local authorities, who accepted international help to
capture the pirate; Spain created an alliance with the West Indies Squadron and
the Danish government of Saint Thomas. On March 5, 1825, the alliance set a
trap which forced Anne into a naval battle. After 45 minutes, Cofresí abandoned
his ship and escaped overland; he was recognized by a resident who ambushed and
injured him. Cofresí was captured and imprisoned, making a last unsuccessful
attempt to escape by trying to bribe an official with part of a hidden stash.
The pirates were sent to San Juan, Puerto Rico, where a brief military tribunal
found them guilty and sentenced them to death. On March 29, 1825, Cofresí and
most of his crew were executed by firing squad.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">He
inspired stories and myths after his death, most emphasizing a Robin Hood-like
"steal from the rich, give to the poor" philosophy which became
associated with him. This portrayal has grown into legend, commonly accepted as
fact in Puerto Rico and throughout the West Indies. Some of these claim that
Cofresí became part of the Puerto Rican independence movement and other
secessionist initiatives, including Simón Bolívar's campaign against Spain.
Historical and mythical accounts of his life have inspired songs, poems, plays,
books, and films. In Puerto Rico, caves, beaches, and other alleged hideouts or
locations of buried treasure have been named after Cofresí, and <span style="color: #000066;">a resort town is named for him near Puerto Plata in the
Dominican Republic.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdr7uS0EZcyw0BuHQS00i4qzCBwQpUfiD_IRIIxaQPQK5kN6UFMZGwsZf0QeTvgT5751MSPi6ccgtvSBPHK-v0_SD2-SN5yXaC2mBie2N5Ea0Mjtjg2OE1uZpGkj8WJdC8atvtfTHzFAqgFVrltBgBvGAH8Mv7-fTKbUgYnPhe3162LTBrOY_oeOLolgR/s480/cofresi.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="384" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdr7uS0EZcyw0BuHQS00i4qzCBwQpUfiD_IRIIxaQPQK5kN6UFMZGwsZf0QeTvgT5751MSPi6ccgtvSBPHK-v0_SD2-SN5yXaC2mBie2N5Ea0Mjtjg2OE1uZpGkj8WJdC8atvtfTHzFAqgFVrltBgBvGAH8Mv7-fTKbUgYnPhe3162LTBrOY_oeOLolgR/w512-h640/cofresi.jpeg" width="512" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">With
regards – S Sampathkumar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">5<sup>th</sup>
March 2024.<o:p></o:p></span></p>Srinivasan Sampathkumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14723907851050009131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026752849891280534.post-7503166738161849222024-03-05T06:00:00.001+05:302024-03-05T17:13:37.084+05:30Colonial mindset - Kingdom of Dahomey - Golden Bear<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660066; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">In June
1834, Thomas Macaulay came to Ooty, spent under a year as a British historian
and educationist. By 1835 after returning to London, he formulated an education
policy for all </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">colonies</span><span style="color: #660066; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">, but he knew that it would particularly be more important to
establish his theory of English language and culture in the crown jewel which
was, India. This policy was spread out quickly by the British and got known as
Macaulayism, which amounted to thrusting the English language and customs;
while simultaneously taking away the local language and customs from the
colonial subjects. </span><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">On August
15, 2022, while addressing the Nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on
India’s 76<sup>th</sup> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Independence
Day, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modiji spoke <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>about the 'Panch Praan' for the coming 25
years (Amrit Kaal). Elaborating on the second Praan, he said, “In no part of
our existence, not even in the deepest corners of our mind or habits should
there be </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">any ounce of slavery</span><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">. It should be nipped there itself. We have to liberate
ourselves from the </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">slavery mind set </span><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">which is visible in innumerable things within and around us.
This is our second Praan Shakti.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">The history of modern
India is deeply entangled with two centuries of British colonialism, and
decades after Independence, our nation has continued to carry its colonial
baggage in various forms, some conspicuous, and some subtle. Over the past few
years, the Government has <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>been steering
India away from these vestiges of British rule, and a number of steps have been
taken across several domains to firmly mark the identity of New India, truly
freeing it from its colonial past.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #339933; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">A
colonial mentality is the internalized attitude of ethnic or cultural
inferiority felt by people as a result of colonization, i.e. them being
colonized by another group. It corresponds with the belief that the cultural
values of the colonizer are inherently superior to one's own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sadly, still some support those colonisers
who took away the Nation’s wealth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">It is not India alone, many Nations were colonised – the invaders did
not do them any good – they only looted and took away their riches!</span><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">A colony is a territory
subject to a form of foreign rule.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Often they came as traders -<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Portuguese, first arriving by ship in May 1498, began establishing trading
outposts in India. The first successful voyage to India was by Vasco da Gama in
1498, when after sailing around the Cape of Good Hope he arrived in Calicut. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The British colonisation of India began in
1757 when the East India Company was permitted by the Mughal Emperor to
establish a trading post in Calcutta. The East India Company then took control
of Bengal after the Battle of Plassey in 1757 and slowly began to expand its
influence over the rest of India.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Dutch Republic, England, France, and Denmark–Norway all established trading
posts in India in the early 17th century. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Ghezo, was
King of Dahomey (present-day Republic of Benin) from 1818 until 1859. Ghezo replaced his brother Adandozan (who
ruled from 1797 to 1818) as king through a coup with the assistance of the
Brazilian slave trader Francisco Félix de Sousa. He ruled over the kingdom
during a tumultuous period, punctuated by the British blockade of the ports of
Dahomey in order to stop the Atlantic slave trade.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Ghezo ended
Dahomey's tributary status to the Oyo Empire. Afterwards, he dealt with
significant domestic dissent, as well as pressure from the British Empire, to
end the slave trade. He promised to end the slave trade in 1852, but resumed
slave efforts in 1857. Ghezo was assassinated in 1859, and his son Glele became
the new king.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">When King
Ghezo ascended the throne in 1818, he was confronted by two immediate
obstacles: the Kingdom of Dahomey was in political turmoil, and it was
financially unstable. First, he needed to gain political independence by
removing the hold that the Yoruba empire of Oyo had over the Dahomey since
1748. Secondly, he needed to revitalize the Dahomey economy. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both of these objectives relied on the slave
trade. King Ghezo implemented new military strategies, which allowed them to
take a physical stand against the Oyo, who were also a major competitor in the
slave trade.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also put stipulations on Dahomey's
participation in the slave trade. Under his reign, no longer would the Dahomey
be traded, as they were under his brother's, Adandozan, leadership. Dahomey
would focus on capturing people from enemy territories and trading them
instead. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjulcXaxWzo-bXwpEU493Ln3lsz3O5fnwPx-JTYD9y0MtHBNzKC4oms3GYD8CasYjRuLN2YunKiZplutd3GHeRF8wbP6mqn8lrUmpxBMEhE7_v-KSICWRdHy94Yzp6-lmGYaMtRTEYZ3GonrEhfOdh-IiP5k5iWakXsXPYz27_vLsl6akaK7ssxRSxedF9F/s1447/dahomey%20movie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1447" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjulcXaxWzo-bXwpEU493Ln3lsz3O5fnwPx-JTYD9y0MtHBNzKC4oms3GYD8CasYjRuLN2YunKiZplutd3GHeRF8wbP6mqn8lrUmpxBMEhE7_v-KSICWRdHy94Yzp6-lmGYaMtRTEYZ3GonrEhfOdh-IiP5k5iWakXsXPYz27_vLsl6akaK7ssxRSxedF9F/w442-h640/dahomey%20movie.jpg" width="442" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #9900cc; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Dahomey
is a 2024 documentary film directed by Mati Diop. It is a dramatised account of
26 royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey which were held in a museum in
France. The film explores how the artifacts were returned from France to Benin,
and the reactions of Beninese people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">The film was an international co-production between companies in
France, Senegal and Benin. It was shown in the main competition at the </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">74th Berlin International Film Festival and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>won the festival's top prize, the Golden Bear</span><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is scheduled for
theatrical release in France on 25 September 2024 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">The
documentary film blends facts and fiction to narrate the stories of 26 African
artworks. The royal artefacts from the Kingdom of Dahomey (1600–1904) were
taken to France during the colonial era (1872–1960). In the 21st century, they
were put on display in the Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, a museum of
non-European art located in Paris. Following a campaign for repatriation, the
artefacts were returned to Benin. Among the returned works were statues of two
kings of Dahomey, Glele and Béhanzin. Their throne, which had been seized by
French soldiers in 1892, was also given back. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The art pieces are now displayed in a museum
in Abomey, the old royal city, about 65 miles from the Gulf of Guinea.[8]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">The film
includes a discussion by students at the University of Abomey-Calavi,
presenting their views on the repatriation of cultural assets. Some of the
students criticise the fact that only 26 of a total of around 7,000 objects
were returned. A prominent role in the film is given to the 26th art object to
be repatriated, a statue that represents King Ghézo. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A voice-over by the Haitian writer Makenzy
Orcel [fr; ht] (who wrote this part of the script), playing the object, tells
of the time it spent in storage at the Paris museum, its memories of Africa and
thoughts of returning to its homeland.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxgUn5hJnIJ8JsVksxDjwVJFPSOYw8rSSGoDDdkug9bl_EkYh1kSvcd-G5RTkaeGKa6TJI3e6D2EzV4aTrYNZiO5jw9pajJLY-oKKZx8EAOmK8ErEykDYjbXrFkLBSfGvq0lui99ah1sHAF5tvsak2TkzpfYS45i1L0uJLaxO_4nG2C_pSiHC05M34Ulq5/s439/golde%20bear.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="439" data-original-width="303" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxgUn5hJnIJ8JsVksxDjwVJFPSOYw8rSSGoDDdkug9bl_EkYh1kSvcd-G5RTkaeGKa6TJI3e6D2EzV4aTrYNZiO5jw9pajJLY-oKKZx8EAOmK8ErEykDYjbXrFkLBSfGvq0lui99ah1sHAF5tvsak2TkzpfYS45i1L0uJLaxO_4nG2C_pSiHC05M34Ulq5/w442-h640/golde%20bear.jpg" width="442" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">The Golden
Bear <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>is the highest prize awarded for
the best film at the Berlin International Film Festival. The bear is the
heraldic animal of Berlin, featured on both the coat of arms and flag of
Berlin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The statuette shows a bear
standing on its hind legs and is based on the 1932 design by German sculptor
Renée Sintenis of Berlin's heraldic mascot that later became the symbol of the
festival. The figurine consists of a bronze core, which is then plated with a
layer of gold. The total weight of the award is 4 kg (8.8 lb).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">With regards – S. Sampathkumar<br /></span><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">5<sup>th</sup> Mar 2024.</span></div>
Srinivasan Sampathkumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14723907851050009131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026752849891280534.post-40493590711991053322024-03-03T20:35:00.001+05:302024-03-03T20:36:40.852+05:30Curved Beak !!<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #003366; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">Every morning as I feed, 2 or 3 dozen or more of Pigeons come
flying down – in a few months, I have taken hundreds of photos and capturing
them on flight is challenging !</span><span style="color: #003366; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkaGSxVvvniLtivHg4Z5TAE69oOmGBlsaaw7r-nTtfHrGTtCXNZeVNyzfYaloRqSX-uFZyRHKD76aNNEqZPrcmVzpYtdxwpzyXYjOcxH63h7cdr2Vc7u6ZsLlaZxJwmuoB8RM-CkZis6j7b9n0ScmGbxGMYPYEhuOKDqxUR7fCL_eWWUmkR-_MAAJAEOLZ/s1826/pige%20221.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1826" data-original-width="1528" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkaGSxVvvniLtivHg4Z5TAE69oOmGBlsaaw7r-nTtfHrGTtCXNZeVNyzfYaloRqSX-uFZyRHKD76aNNEqZPrcmVzpYtdxwpzyXYjOcxH63h7cdr2Vc7u6ZsLlaZxJwmuoB8RM-CkZis6j7b9n0ScmGbxGMYPYEhuOKDqxUR7fCL_eWWUmkR-_MAAJAEOLZ/w536-h640/pige%20221.JPG" width="536" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660066; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">Here are couple of photos taken recently – a White and a Brown
Pigeon - and in the 2<sup>nd</sup> one I
found something different – </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">notice the beak !</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiUEO3RMC5FXsO455d4MEm26g9rYgEyRvu03yRbYmFMfkk30_hAZksrAbj8woV-E9NZ15gxhmHS0S6qBPslPHvijElXcadMoUjw3q921pRc8T7wHXeeN2qwxHMvqxSH5nCEB247As_IP2wuNGwSW7BJFvWdTYWJ1NjbG0cmZGiG1d7ryiqCEMwIlbbhGO1/s1425/pige%201.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1049" data-original-width="1425" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiUEO3RMC5FXsO455d4MEm26g9rYgEyRvu03yRbYmFMfkk30_hAZksrAbj8woV-E9NZ15gxhmHS0S6qBPslPHvijElXcadMoUjw3q921pRc8T7wHXeeN2qwxHMvqxSH5nCEB247As_IP2wuNGwSW7BJFvWdTYWJ1NjbG0cmZGiG1d7ryiqCEMwIlbbhGO1/w640-h472/pige%201.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">The
pigeon uses its beak to eat, probe for food, preen, feed its young, courtship
and fight. I have noticed that the top beak is looking more curved
over the lower beak. The beak, bill, or
rostrum is an external anatomical structure found mostly in birds, but also in
turtles, non-avian dinosaurs and a few mammals.</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660066; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">Not all beaks are same ! different birds have them different
depending on their needs !!</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">Birds
like Crow, Jays, Magpies, Orioles, Robins, Thrushes, etc. exhibit a generalized
type of beak, adapted for a wide diet. They have All-purpose bill that allows
them to eat fruit, seeds, insects, fish and other animals. The large, strong
bill is a tool useful for many purposes. Birds of prey like Harriers, Falcons,
Eagles, Vultures and Owls have sharp, curved bills for shreading and tearing
meat. Raptors also have a unique “tooth” tucked inside their upper bill. This
“tooth” is shaped like a small triangle and is called a tomila. It helps the
bird kill its prey quickly by cutting the prey’s spinal cord.</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">Seed
eaters like Sparrows, Pigeons, Peacock and Finches have short, thick and
conical bills. The cone shaped bill helps the birds to crack seeds and nuts for
food easily. The edges of the lower mandible (the lower bill) fit into special
grooves in the upper mandible (upper bill). These type of bill is also known as
“Cracker”.</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">Although
the word "beak" was, in the past, generally restricted to the
sharpened bills of birds of prey, in modern Ornithology, the terms beak and
bill are generally considered to be synonymous. The word, dating back to 13th century, comes from the Middle English
bec (via Anglo French), which itself comes from the Latin beccus.</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">Sometimes
a Pigeon’s upper beak will longer than
it should, usually in a downward curve or a hook. This will eventually make picking up seed
impossible and the pigeon will have
difficulty in eating, though it can easily harm other Pigeons in a fight. </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; text-align: left;"> </span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">With
regards – S Sampathkumar<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">2.3.2024</span> </div>
Srinivasan Sampathkumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14723907851050009131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026752849891280534.post-3102092383875239402024-03-02T21:48:00.001+05:302024-03-02T21:48:20.836+05:30accident and container falling at Sea - legos washed ashore !!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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beaches are numerous things – yet this is different. On a stormy day, out in the Ocean, thousands
of plastic yellow ducks, blue turtles
and green frogs fell from a cargo ship and were lost at sea. Ever since,
these durable plastic bath toys have been floating around the
world, landing in Japan, Alaska and
Hawaii and even spending years frozen in an Arctic ice pack. </span><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Marine
Cargo in transit, packed neatly and stowed in a 40-foot shipping container,
rough seas and huge waves knocked the bath toys overboard, along with several
other containers that sank straight to the ocean floor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Lego is a popular
line of construction toys manufactured by The Lego Group, a privately held
company based in Billund, Denmark. The company's flagship product, Lego,
consists of colourful interlocking plastic bricks and an accompanying array of
gears, minifigures and various other parts. Lego bricks can be assembled and
connected in many ways, to construct such objects as vehicles, buildings, and
even working robots. Anything constructed can then be taken apart again, and
the pieces used to make other objects. Lego began manufacturing interlocking
toy bricks in 1949. As of 2013, around 560 billion Lego parts had been
produced.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">In 1997, the container
ship Tokio Express was hit by an incredibly strong wave that tilted the ship,
knocking 62 containers into the sea, just 20 miles from Land's End in Cornwall. One of the containers held 4.8 million pieces
of Lego, bound for New York and now, decades later, tiny pieces of the plastic
construction toys continue to wash up along both the north and south coasts of
Cornwall, as well as Devon, Wales and Ireland. Ironically, millions were
destined for toy kits depicting sea adventures. Children in Cornwall found
octopuses, dragons, diver flippers and sea grass pieces washed ashore and,
thanks to an inventory provided by a Dutch shipping clerk, beach walkers in
Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas are now looking out for the arrival of other
elements, such as tiny plastic yellow rafts, swords, pistols, hats, flippers
and spear guns.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Fly swatters
bearing sports team logos coasted onto Kodiak island, Alaska, by the dozens - Beachcombers at first assumed they were debris
from the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami, but authorities soon traced them
to a cargo ship that had lost a row of containers that came loose from a cable
during a Pacific crossing four months earlier. Rogue oddities riding the waves are no
surprise when you consider that the international liner shipping industry
carries approximately 100 million containers of cargo each year. Each container
is the size of a semi-truck trailer, and the ships' decks can be stacked seven
containers high. Careful distribution of weight is essential, to say the least.
Losing a few containers during big storms is nearly unstoppable. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Four months after a
storm off the California coast dumped 15 containers into the ocean in 2004,
scientists with the Monterey Bay Aquarium discovered one of the containers was
providing an unique artificial habitat for marine life—with 1,100 steel-belted
radial tires still trapped inside. "Cargo practices have since improved,
but in the 1990s as many as ten thousand containers may have gone overboard
each year,” Ebbesmeyer and Eric Scigliano report in their book, Flotsametrics
and the Floating World. Ebbesmeyer
earned credit in this flotsam arena when
he accurately modelled the arrival time and place of two separate shipments of
Nike shoes lost in the Pacific in the 1990s. In the first incident, which was
Ebbesmeyer’s inspiration to follow flotsam in the first place, eight containers
jumped ship in transit from Korea during a mid-Pacific storm in 1990, sending
adrift some 80,000 individual, unlaced shoes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Though the plastic
daisies dropped into the sea in Feb 1997 from Tokio Express have been found on
Cornish shores; none knows exactly what happened next, or even what was in the
other 61 containers. A quirk of fate
meant many of the Lego items were nautical-themed, so locals and tourists alike
started finding miniature cutlasses, flippers, spear guns, seagrass, scuba gear
as well as the dragons and the daisies.
There is a Facebook page that documents the Lego discoveries, and its
keeper received an email from someone in Melbourne who found a flipper which
they think could be from the Tokio Express spillage. Experts say that it takes three years for sea debris to cross the
Atlantic ocean, from Land's End to Florida. Undoubtedly some Lego has crossed
and it's most likely some has gone around the world. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">"The most
profound lesson I've learned from the Lego story is that things that go to the
bottom of the sea don't always stay there," Ebbesmeyer adds. The incident
is a perfect example of how even when inside a steel container, sunken items don't
stay sunken. They can be carried around the world, seemingly randomly, but
subject to the planet's currents and tides. <span style="color: #0000cc;">But
there's also a dark side to the story, he says. If Lego is on land then it's
fun. If it's on the ocean it's deadly, a poison for birds. If you lose one
container with 5m pieces of Lego in it, that is a catastrophe for wildlife.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">With regards – S.
Sampathkumar<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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2015<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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various sources including Daily Mail; BBC and SMH.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Srinivasan Sampathkumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14723907851050009131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026752849891280534.post-3846999926277589362024-03-02T21:47:00.003+05:302024-03-02T21:47:58.370+05:30Farmer gets payout after birds terrified by low flying helicopters ! & LHR noise complaints !!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #003366; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">London
Heathrow Airport (IATA: LHR) is a major international airport in West London,
England, United Kingdom. Heathrow is the busiest airport in the United Kingdom
and the busiest airport in Europe by passenger traffic. Heathrow lies 22 kms
west of Central London, and has two
parallel east–west runways along with five terminals on a site that covers
12.14 square kilometres (4.69 sq mi). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #003366; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Are
you calm and composed – do you live in harmony – at peace in your workplace and
at home ? Peace at workplace could be
disturbed by your boss, your subordinates and at times by unknown [rather
unseen] scandalous elements jealous of you.
When you retire back, you expect a tranquil environment. Blessed are those, who own a house – most of
us live in apartment where some of the walls are shared. There could be flurry of activities that keep
disturbing you, shattering your peace. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">One of them is of
course the noise – may be vocal, from the pets, from the electronic devices,
from dance and related activities and more.
On a holiday, when one tries to catch up some lost sleep, there could be
the spell of hammer continuously hitting or some fresh alteration work – not
many options available. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #003366; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Away
in advanced countries, nuisance is a tort.
There are two types - private nuisance and public nuisance. A private
nuisance is a civil wrong; it is the unreasonable, unwarranted, or unlawful use
of one's property in a manner that substantially interferes with the enjoyment
or use of another individual's property, without an actual Trespass or physical
invasion to the land. A public nuisance is a criminal wrong; it is an act or
omission that obstructs, damages, or inconveniences the rights of the
community. Nuisance law is not of recent origin, it dates back to medieval times when its main
purpose was to eradicate the nasty and unpleasant elements of everyday life. The tort has continued and developed as a
form of legal action with which to protect the environment. Here are two interesting instances to do with
‘noise’.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">In an instance
reported in Daily Mail and other Press <span style="color: #000099;">a Chicken
farmer in Ninfield, Sussex has received £18,708 from the Ministry of Defence, after
birds terrified by low-flying Apache helicopter stopped laying eggs. It is reported that the farmer in Sussex village
claimed compensation from the Ministry of Defence claiming that his birds so
frightened by the loud noise of helicopter stopped laying eggs</span>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">The payout was just
one of four last year made to poultry farmers who said that their chickens were
so scared by military aircraft that they trampled one another death and that
the survivors were so terrified by the noise, the stopped laying eggs. It comes as figures released under the
Freedom of Information Act showed that the MoD paid out a total of £1.1million
in compensation due low flying incidents in 2014. It adds that payments were
also made to people who lost horses, cows and puppies, which were also spooked
by the noise of the military aircraft. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">The figures also
showed that the MoD sanctioned a payment of £25,000 to a falconry centre in
Derbyshire which lost a number of precious birds of prey when a helicopter flew
over it. It is believed around eight birds including owls, hawks and falcons
were killed in the incident when the terrified birds fatally injured themselves
by flying full speed into the wire walls of the aviary trying to get away from
the noise. Many of the compensation
payouts come with confidentially agreements so that people agree not to disclose
what they have been paid for. Other payments included £42,700 for cows that
died after being scared by a Puma helicopter in County Tyrone, Northern
Ireland, and £20,000 for an injured horse that lost its foal in a case in
Dyfed, Wales. Often the biggest payouts are made to horse riders who suffer
injuries when their animals bolt after being spooked by the military aircraft. An
MoD report said low-flying compensation claims required particularly careful
monitoring to identify potentially fraudulent claims.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">In a different case<span style="color: #000099;">, it is revealed that the 8,000 Heathrow noise complaints
are from just TWO people. Another report
reveals that the 2 anti-Heathrow campaigners sent 8,000 noise complaints to the
airport - with some arriving one hour before the aircraft was due to take off. The
duo were using automated software to complain when a flight was due to fly over
their homes near the airport. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">But officials at
the airport caught them out when they failed to take into account the clocks
going back in October leading to complaints being made about flights which were
still on the ground. The airport now believes that dozens of complainants are
using similar software to generate automatic email complaints when a plane was
due regardless of the noise. According
to airport officials, two individuals were responsible for 7,888 complaints in
2014. The airport claims that just 37 people using the automated email system
have lodged more than 28,000 complaints. The airport has seen the total number of noise
complaints rise from 18,826 in 2013 to 94,114 last year. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">With regards – S.
Sampathkumar<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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2015.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Srinivasan Sampathkumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14723907851050009131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026752849891280534.post-45762327531889628092024-03-02T21:47:00.001+05:302024-03-02T21:47:30.470+05:30Black Kite, Parunthu flying ! ~ சிறிய பறவை, சிறகை விரிக்க துடிக்கிறதே<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">The name Srinivasan Sundarrajan may not strike a bell – but Major
Sundarrajan, sure would. Known for his
dialogue delivery, this versatile actor was a director too - one of the films written and directed by him
was ‘Andha Oru nimidam’ released in 1985.
</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6lEJOBatIHkCcLYsatXRs5N3Unrp02XX3qF8R2P_cuPv0yOfT3xXCHTWtrALS3CxVhkhMUtPcwSzlUr0rUvcBv553mspBJWMFWowG-ZRZ-23qW_IpWkZNmxgI2FPFrwRdRxgSOctYjiK8qR-qWjHuks-871dA51xU8swqAMX7vze08mTEw2RZ6csTWSGm/s1708/eagle%2022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1228" data-original-width="1708" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6lEJOBatIHkCcLYsatXRs5N3Unrp02XX3qF8R2P_cuPv0yOfT3xXCHTWtrALS3CxVhkhMUtPcwSzlUr0rUvcBv553mspBJWMFWowG-ZRZ-23qW_IpWkZNmxgI2FPFrwRdRxgSOctYjiK8qR-qWjHuks-871dA51xU8swqAMX7vze08mTEw2RZ6csTWSGm/w640-h460/eagle%2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">பருந்து, பறவை வகுப்பைச் சேர்ந்த ஒரு ஊனுண்ணி ஆகும். இவற்றிற்கு நீண்ட
சிறகுகளும் பலம் குறைந்த கால்களும் அமைந்திருக்கும். இவ்வகுப்பில் உள்ள இனப்பறவைகள்
பெரும்பாலும் உயிரற்ற விலங்குகளையே உணவாக்கிக் கொள்கின்றன. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Kites (birds) belong to the
Accipitridae family of birds. Unlike eagles, they are lighter in weight and
smaller in size. Kites are generally found worldwide in areas with a warm
climate. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">There are many – Hawks, Vultures, Falcons and more .. .. perhaps
this is a black kite which we call as </span><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">பருந்து</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">. The black kite (Milvus migrans) is a
medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many
other diurnal raptors. It is thought to be the world's most abundant species of
Accipitridae, although some populations have experienced dramatic declines or
fluctuations. The black kite was
described by the French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in his
Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux in 1770. </span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">1985</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">ல்
மேஜர் சுந்தரராஜன் எழுதி இயக்கிய திரைப்படம் - "அந்த ஒரு நிமிடம்"
- எகமல்ஹாசன், ஊர்வசி ஆகியோர் முக்கிய வேடங்களிலும்,
ஜெயமாலினி, தேங்காய் சீனிவாசன், பண்டரி பாய் ஆகியோர் இதர துணை வேடங்களிலும் நடித்திருந்தனர்.
இத்திரைப்படம் தெலுங்கு மொழியில் டொங்கலா வேட்டகாடு மற்றும் மகான் என்ற பெயரில் இந்தி
மொழியில் எனும் பெயரில் மொழிமாற்றம் செய்யப்பட்டது. அந்த படத்தில் இசைஞானி இளையராஜா இசையில் பிரபலமான
ஒரு பாடல் :</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660066; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">சிறிய பறவை, சிறகை விரிக்க துடிக்கிறதே<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660066; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">சிறகை விரித்து, நிலவை உரச நினைக்கிறதே.. .. ....</span><span style="color: #660066; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660066; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">சோழர் குயில் பாடுகையில் .. சோலைக்குயில் ஓய்வெடுக்கும்<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660066; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">மெல்லினங்கள் பாடு கண்ணே, வல்லினங்கள் வாய் வலிக்கும்<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660066; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">சந்தமே இன்பம் தந்தது, கங்கையே இங்கு வந்தது<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660066; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">தென்றலே இன்று நின்றது, நன்று தான் சந்தம் என்றது</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Before
you ask, I have heard this song many times, but have not seen the movie – those
were the days, when my parents would not allow me to go to Cinema theatres !<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="line-height: 115%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">With regards
– S Sampathkumar<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">2.3.2024</span> </div>
Srinivasan Sampathkumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14723907851050009131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026752849891280534.post-88524419763893122742024-03-01T20:42:00.001+05:302024-03-01T20:42:06.313+05:30light in the middle ! - Stumps, bails glitter !!<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">This
light in the middle is attractive !!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000066; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">For those of us watching Cricket matches on TV for hours – what a
transformation from the days of mid 1970s to the modern day telecast. The game Cricket has changed a lot – so also the
technology. </span><span style="color: #000066; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #6600cc; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">Way back in 1975 when West Indies toured India, remember seeing
the Test match both at the venue and then on TV screen. Those were the days of B&W televisions –
Telerama, Solidaire, Dyanora were some of the brands. There was only one Doordarshan – only
channel. At National Boys High School,
Triplicane, a television set was placed
and they charged a measly [or was it princely amount of those days] of 50 paise
for a place. India beat the West Indies
on the Pongal Test and leave was announced by the State Govt. to celebrate the
occasion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuO0-Fp8U0G9gncqsbcbpGcvDoLsld_X1cSx2CgO84icL2hpf8peMNmQSiB2T1-92dAP9RgatbkpX1DPQdxK1iBaBP6JcQ-V66qiHtY_roMgWkrJA7yrrNjPzBWXC2VOl0xJFPwkI_HYZEJQO5SMcMgiD7_jf8tv0k1dTlpU6Rv7L9e4QURDkPXNPWVtq_/s2000/devdutt%20padikkal%20bowled%20300421.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuO0-Fp8U0G9gncqsbcbpGcvDoLsld_X1cSx2CgO84icL2hpf8peMNmQSiB2T1-92dAP9RgatbkpX1DPQdxK1iBaBP6JcQ-V66qiHtY_roMgWkrJA7yrrNjPzBWXC2VOl0xJFPwkI_HYZEJQO5SMcMgiD7_jf8tv0k1dTlpU6Rv7L9e4QURDkPXNPWVtq_/w640-h426/devdutt%20padikkal%20bowled%20300421.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660066; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">The most distinguishable feature of coverage was there would
only one camera – yes - you can see the
bowler running in from the Wallajah road end and the back view of batsmen,
wicket keeper and the slip cardon. In
the next over, when the bowling is from the Pavilion end, you cannot see the
face of the bowler – only his run-up,
but the batsmen and wicketkeeper can be seen.
It continued for so many years until cameras at both ends were
introduced in Australia in 1977.</span><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">When
Bishan Bedi toured Australia and lost a thrilling series 2- 3 playing a depleted
side led by Bob Simpson, there would be no live coverage but around 9 pm, a
week or fortnight after the match – half an hour capsule would be shown. There were slow-motion action replay of wickets and close
appeals. That slo-mo was really
appealing to watch – you can imagine Bishan Bedi trundling a few steps, slowly
bending his hip, hands going over and releasing the red cherry in a loop –
poetry in action.</span><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660066; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">This is no memoirs of the past but about recent technology – the
glittering stumps!. </span><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyfzTwl_gIXYKgkS6bKCogSip0f-PdjsQ-7N4i40Qdqi8VmwAsJcCbOOxLdDOx9mCnrEYH3WZPm57s3MSqSXyK5qY8cXw-9VGNwZ7zu7VzlmLxhmGRJfHZIJSXIX-MYs4cOgo4pywn2iat7s7e4-WkHbbVq-oJI7eXVLS4Chy8jaWV9qoCS2sOKfd3rbmE/s400/electra%20stumps.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="305" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyfzTwl_gIXYKgkS6bKCogSip0f-PdjsQ-7N4i40Qdqi8VmwAsJcCbOOxLdDOx9mCnrEYH3WZPm57s3MSqSXyK5qY8cXw-9VGNwZ7zu7VzlmLxhmGRJfHZIJSXIX-MYs4cOgo4pywn2iat7s7e4-WkHbbVq-oJI7eXVLS4Chy8jaWV9qoCS2sOKfd3rbmE/w488-h640/electra%20stumps.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #660066; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">In
cricket, the stumps are the three vertical posts that support the bails and
form the wicket. Other than getting
caught, a batsman is run out, stumped, bowled or given out hit
wicket when either the stumps are uprooted or at least one of the bails is
knocked off the top of the stumps. Stumping or being stumped is a method of
dismissing a batsman. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS6NZGeJiWnRvDhavWeEpjhNxDwXhyphenhyphen2rahmeUKSCjyP_RpwNKCw3r2K0NksSVpOZPBMzRMkYQ8MOks-9XPksCWZ0OQG6WtifOom_n6gpDMoRgE3r6DfCkmLVXukwq4avv6p_jyhiXS6PXlDJYJDC5_X2sECU3iakoFpvlCazIgcnvyfNySJ5-Mf43bYuEB/s664/35577%20run%20out%2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="664" data-original-width="443" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS6NZGeJiWnRvDhavWeEpjhNxDwXhyphenhyphen2rahmeUKSCjyP_RpwNKCw3r2K0NksSVpOZPBMzRMkYQ8MOks-9XPksCWZ0OQG6WtifOom_n6gpDMoRgE3r6DfCkmLVXukwq4avv6p_jyhiXS6PXlDJYJDC5_X2sECU3iakoFpvlCazIgcnvyfNySJ5-Mf43bYuEB/w426-h640/35577%20run%20out%2012.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">Stumps
are very important in the game of cricket as they determine when the wicket is
"put down". The instant the bails are dislodged from the top of the
stumps, the wicket is put down – <span style="color: #660066;">to say that there are
three stumps at each end, with two bails sitting across the top of them would
be too elementary for any Cricket lover.
</span>The stumps are 28 inches high above the ground and are equally
spaced to cover a width of nine inches. On a windy day the Umpires may use
heavier bails, or in extremely high winds, they may choose to play without
bails altogether. However, the Umpire calling stumps means the play is over for the
day.</span><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">The
overall width of each wicket is 9 inches (22.9 cm). Each stump is 28 inches
(71.1 cm) tall with maximum and minimum diameters of 11⁄2 inches (3.81 cm) and
13⁄8 inches (3.49 cm). They have a spike at one end for inserting into the
ground, and the other end has a U-shaped 'through groove' to provide a resting
place for the bails. They are called Off
Stump, Middle and Leg stump – on either side of the wicket – relative names to
the batsman – thus a Right hander’s leg stump is off for a leftie. </span><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">Over the years there have been attempts to bring technology but
also to make the game more spectacular. After
the boring mono-colour stumps, now comes stumps that would indicate a
pulsating scroll of purple and blue lights in between overs. </span><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #a50021; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">Energy, enthusiasm, or liveliness = ‘Zing’.
In 1980s – on Poonamalle High Road, after Arun Hotel, before DG Vaishnav
college, as one crossed Govt Sidha hospital, was ‘Goldspot’ factory - ‘goldspot – the zing thing’ – was the catchy
tune advertisement. </span><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> Regular Cricket views know it too well with
Zing bails – when the delivery or throw or the keeper’s glouse hits the stumps
– and when the bails goes off, they flash aluminous red. Traditionally stumps and bails are made from
wood, but the new flashing wickets are made from a composite plastic, which are
embedded with LED lights. The use of flashing wickets in international matches
has been in vogue for few years now. A
bail is only completely dislodged when both spigots have separated from their
stump grooves. A microprocessor in each Zing detects when both spigots have become dislodged from the stump
grooves. The Zing illuminates within 1/1000th of a second.</span><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">Down under is “Big Bash League (BBL)”, Australia's domestic T20
tournament on the lines of the Indian Premier League (IPL). BBL recently </span><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">has introduced <span style="color: red;">Electra Stumps. </span>The stumps, which glow in different
colours for different instances, had already been in use in Women's BBL. They
made their debut during the game 11 of the season between Adelaide Strikes and
Sydney Sixers.</span><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">The
Electra stumps have different colours when a six or a four is hit. Apart from
the boundaries, the stumps also signal no-ball with a different colour and on
batters getting out as well. The last and fifth instance of a colour scheme is
between the overs - called pulse scheme. </span><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #993300; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">Batter Dismissal: Stumps flash red colour then fire from the
bottom<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #993300; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">Four: Colours shift horizontally from left to right to mark a
four.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #993300; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">Six: Colours scroll up and down to mark a six on the stumps.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #993300; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">No-ball: Stumps first show red colour then white colour to
inform about the instance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #993300; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">Between overs: The stumps show purple and blue colour scrolling
up and down as the change of bowler happens.</span><span style="color: #993300; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333300; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">So it is lot pulsating – not sure whether Electra Stumps would
be on view on IPL too where we have lot of technology in the form of zing
bails, Spider Camera and more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333300; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> <br /></span><span style="color: #333300; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">With regards – S. Sampathkumar<br /></span><span style="color: #333300; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">1.3.2024</span> </div>
Srinivasan Sampathkumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14723907851050009131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026752849891280534.post-11596533170949022672024-03-01T08:22:00.005+05:302024-03-01T08:22:41.641+05:30Cat Eyes ! - ஓர் ஆயிரம் பார்வையிலே<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">ஓர் ஆயிரம் பார்வையிலே, உன்
பார்வையை நான் அறிவேன்,</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">உன் காலடி ஓசையிலே</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">பூனை கண்கள் : பூனைகள் பெரிய, திறந்த, ஒளி நிரம்பிய
கண்களுக்கு பிரபலமானவை, மேலும் கண்கள் அவற்றின் முகபாவனை மற்றும் உடல் மொழிக்கு உதவுகின்றன.
பூனைகளின் கண்கள் அவற்றின் தலையுடன் ஒப்பிடும்போது மிகப் பெரியவை,</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicRMpWZXEpF-YfEidWQTsg19AO4xYAG_SKfAjq0mR9Y0BMjv98trSXvxTOu1yo0MCveB_EKQirYimDWBaJ_dIYcnCwlwVDPCbpN2FmCwWb_d-FnZCQgnuka5GMxWX94m1tMe4iJeMILkKGJ8tS21CLmRLBhaGhcNOSukSJqjnji1o8yQK_QCvgy3wjVyQK/s3225/cat%20eyes%20(Copy).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2597" data-original-width="3225" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicRMpWZXEpF-YfEidWQTsg19AO4xYAG_SKfAjq0mR9Y0BMjv98trSXvxTOu1yo0MCveB_EKQirYimDWBaJ_dIYcnCwlwVDPCbpN2FmCwWb_d-FnZCQgnuka5GMxWX94m1tMe4iJeMILkKGJ8tS21CLmRLBhaGhcNOSukSJqjnji1o8yQK_QCvgy3wjVyQK/w640-h516/cat%20eyes%20(Copy).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 15.3333px;">Cat staring is one of m</span>any forms of
communications cats use towards others. Typically a cat might stare at new or
unfamiliar faces as an intimidation tactic, in hopes that the other cats/
humans will blink or shy away. Cats are visual hunters, so naturally,
they tend to stare in order to keep a close eye on potential prey. Cats will
also use a direct stare when they are feeling territorial, showing dominance,
or posing a threat or challenge to other cats.<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span><p></p>Srinivasan Sampathkumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14723907851050009131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026752849891280534.post-67874698826977956492024-02-29T08:30:00.001+05:302024-02-29T15:28:47.947+05:30Youth in Politics !!<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #003366; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">This is a
post on Murmu, the name would strike a bell, our Hon’ble President but this is
on another Murmu !<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Respected Droupadi
Murmu is our current President of India.
She was a teacher and is now the 15th and current
President of India since 2022. She won the 2022 presidential election as a
candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
She is also the youngest person to occupy the post and the first
President born in an independent India. Previously, she served as the 8th
Governor of Jharkhand from 2015 to 2021, being the longest serving Governor for
that state. She was a member of the
Odisha Legislative Assembly from Rairangpur Assembly constituency from 2000 to
2009, and was Minister of State (Independent Charge), Government of Odisha. She
married Shyam Charan Murmu. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheIeMAnBpZK3YajGGv1LgtqYYW-E0FhtrwQ-sqPgvB7jjbzd5EJF3TsfpVHqdolxE5mMtie2t6FfVBFZJJXb1HOBJ2OsuT-s_lVPxlOKjQtTBpCDxumaKKxgvNu8M8VMOIFfgIZPxfKaRG9o7iti-c-XXHWcHMtAyv9EbuL-SAp_RoJtIWIz3_JUvK3LJE/s854/chandrani%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="854" data-original-width="667" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheIeMAnBpZK3YajGGv1LgtqYYW-E0FhtrwQ-sqPgvB7jjbzd5EJF3TsfpVHqdolxE5mMtie2t6FfVBFZJJXb1HOBJ2OsuT-s_lVPxlOKjQtTBpCDxumaKKxgvNu8M8VMOIFfgIZPxfKaRG9o7iti-c-XXHWcHMtAyv9EbuL-SAp_RoJtIWIz3_JUvK3LJE/w500-h640/chandrani%201.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #003366; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">This post
on </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Chandrani Murmu </span><span style="color: #003366; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">! ~ </span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;"> elected
to the Lok Sabha, from Keonjhar, Odisha in the 2019 Indian general election as
a member of the Biju Janata Dal. Chandrani Murmu is currently the youngest
Indian Member of Parliament in the 17<sup>th</sup> Lok Sabha. Murmu won against
BJP's Ananta Nayak, who has previously won twice, by a margin of 66,203 votes.
She succeeded Sakuntala Laguri to win the election from Keonjhar for the BJD
once again. The youngest MP in the 16th Lok Sabha was Dushyant Chautala
representing the Indian National Lok Dal from Hisar in Haryana.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660066; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Away in
the globe, Hanah Lahe is just 24 but she is already a leading voice for change
in the former Soviet Baltic state. </span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8z8iIq2TTrkc-Mp0RZO-ROH5LeoTPyNJ7HGqM1wxzDJJxRyXvNlrV5TcBzYFXhSgFdIX28Rc74u6g8BF1OyWtmvjPfENEPdJs26MgwFnXKCgq30_SdcJQ_aMO99AKSwN7GbJpk-45khlFDkUHS4hWJ0v4dYAoSFkwF0vX2unwtmIW5l89U16kIlJ3uoSg/s720/hanah%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="560" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8z8iIq2TTrkc-Mp0RZO-ROH5LeoTPyNJ7HGqM1wxzDJJxRyXvNlrV5TcBzYFXhSgFdIX28Rc74u6g8BF1OyWtmvjPfENEPdJs26MgwFnXKCgq30_SdcJQ_aMO99AKSwN7GbJpk-45khlFDkUHS4hWJ0v4dYAoSFkwF0vX2unwtmIW5l89U16kIlJ3uoSg/w498-h640/hanah%201.jpg" width="498" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #660066; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Hanah
Lahe can’t remember the fall of the iron curtain. Estonia’s youngest MP grew up
surfing the web and consuming American television. Just nine years before her
birth, it was all so different. When borders reopened after the end of Soviet
rule in 1991, </span><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Estonians rushed to stare at
bananas, </span><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">enthralled by the arrival of this new,
exotic fruit. “People were standing in line sometimes not even to buy, but just
to have a look at them. Those who would buy them would not even eat them
because it was such a big thing,” says Lahe, 24, recounting a story her
grandmother told her. “When a plastic bag from another country that had a big
brand name arrived, people would use it all the time.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Freedom,
after half a century of Soviet occupation, held no immediate assurances.
Criminal gangs were known to wander around Tallinn in the turbulent years of
the early 1990s. Foreign visitors were relatively few and far between. Finnish
tourists, allowed to cross the Soviet Union’s sea border, recall seeing
ramshackle houses and children in rags roaming the streets of Tallinn. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">It has
been nearly a year since Lahe, representing the liberal Reform party of the
prime minister, Kaja Kallas, was elected an MP, and in that time she has
emerged as one of the Baltic country’s most outspoken, energetic and
interesting politicians. She landed her
first big victory within months of her election, at just 23, when she led the
fight to legislate marriage equality. Estonia went on to become the first
ex-Soviet country to legalise same-sex marriage, a groundbreaking piece of
legislation that came into effect in January 2024. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Lahe is
now challenging other status-quos. The climate crisis remains a muted topic in
Estonia, largely thanks to a deep-rooted car-loving culture at odds with
Tallinn’s much-lauded free public transportation for residents. Cars remain
something of a status symbol for new wealth and Estonia has the EU’s
second-highest share of cars older than 20 years. Lahe, a former youth delegate
at Cop27 in Egypt and a founder of a circular economy support group in
Estonia’s parliament, still sees herself as an activist taking on mainstream
attitudes and “big egos”. She refuses to own a car, instead using public transport
or walking. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Lahe and
like-minded Estonians have their work cut out if the Baltic state is to make
real progress on the climate. The country remains an outlier in the EU, with no
climate-based laws, though the government – a coalition led by Reform with
Estonia 200, a new liberal party, and the Social Democrats as junior partners –
is drafting a climate bill that could be pushed through this year. A new car
tax is to come into force in 2025, despite public opposition. The reforms could
raise an extra €120m a year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Despite
her relative inexperience, Lahe understands the importance of communication.
Like Kallas she understands social media, but while the prime minister posts
behind-the-scenes footage of her day-to-day duties on Instagram, Lahe goes a
step further, using social media as a tool to gain traction on protests. In June, she set up a temporary garden space
outside Estonia’s parliament in protest over the large number of empty “asphalt
heat island” spaces devoted to parked cars. Her pop-up went viral and caught
the wider public’s attention. The prime minister even dropped by. Fierce
climate opponents couldn’t resist having a look. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">The other
crisis on Lahe’s mind – like all politicians in the Baltics – is Russia’s war
on Ukraine. “My generation’s heart aches for Ukraine, not because we lived
through a war, but because we have the negative imprint of Russian invasion
from our heritage. It matters to everyone who is Estonian how things are going
in Ukraine,” says Lahe. She is clear: Ukrainian victory is the only path to
securing Europe: “There really isn’t any other option.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Domestically,
battles lie ahead for Lahe, who as a young person in politics feels she has to
prove herself “more than a regular politician”, particular since she chooses to
go against many of her country’s cultural norms
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Back home in India, Chandrani
Murmu was born on 16 June 1993 to Sanjiv Murmu, a government employee and
Urbashi Soren, daughter of former MP Hariharan Soren (who won from Keonjhar on
behalf of the Congress in 1980 and 1984). Murmu completed her degree in
Mechanical Engineering from Siksha 'O' Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar, in
2017. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">As the functioning of
Parliament shifted to the new building, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modiji mentioned the oldest member of Lok Sabha - 93
years old Samajwadi Party MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq - and the youngest - 30 years
old Chandrani Murmu of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) - who became an MP at the age of
25. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Young minds do bring
in lot of fresh ideas !<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 107%;">With regards – S Sampathkumar<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; text-align: justify;">29.2.2024</span> </div>
Srinivasan Sampathkumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14723907851050009131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026752849891280534.post-14166703951098459182024-02-29T08:26:00.005+05:302024-02-29T08:26:55.704+05:30Ilamai Kalangal - ஈரமான ரோஜாவே !!<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">கண்ணீரில் மூழ்காது காற்றுள்ள
பந்து என்ற ஒரு அரும்பெரும் தத்துவத்தை ஒரு கவிஞர் தந்தார் - நான் சொல்வது தொட்டியில்
பூக்காது அழகான ரோஜா !! </span><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">– </span><span style="color: #660066; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">this rose is pictured inside a flower pot !!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000066; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">நீங்கள் நிறைய சினிமா பார்ப்பவரா ? - </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">சசிகலா</span><span style="color: #000066; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">
என்ற கதாநாயகியை நினைவு உள்ளதா ? </span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">Madhyamavati
(madhyamāvati) is a rāga in Carnatic music, audava rāga ( meaning pentatonic scale), as it
does not have all the seven musical notes (swaras). The
equivalent of Madhyamavati in Hindustani music is Madhumad Sarang. It is
considered a very auspicious rāgam and every Carnatic music concert ends with either
a song in Madhyamavati or the ending of the last song is sung in this rāgam</span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660066; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">ஈரமான
ரோஜாவே என்னை பார்த்து மூடாதே<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660066; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">கண்ணில்
என்ன சோகம் போதும் ஏங்காதே<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660066; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">தண்ணீரில்
மூழ்காது காற்றுள்ள பந்து<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660066; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">என்னோடு
நீ பாடிவா, சிந்து!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">This melody "Eeramana Rojave" is set in
the Carnatic raga Madhyamavati! (says wikipeida)</span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">இந்த
அற்புதமான பாடல் இசைஞானி இளையராஜா இசையில் யேசுதாசின் குரலில் பற்பல தடவை விரும்பி
கேட்கப்பட்ட, கேட்கப்படும் பாடல். படம் </span><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">1983</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">ல் வெளிவந்த
இளமை காலங்கள் - இத்திரைப்படத்தில் மோகன்,
சசிகலா மற்றும் சுகுமாரி ஆகியோர் முக்கிய கதாபாத்திரங்களில் நடித்திருந்தனர்.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">சசிகலா
என்று தமிழில் அறியப்பட்ட சாசி கவுர் மல்கோத்ரா</span><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">(Shashi Kaur Malhotra)</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> இந்த படத்தில்
அறிமுகமாகி சுமார் </span><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">33</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> தமிழ் திரைப்படங்களில்
நடித்தார். இரச்சணி என்ற பெயரில் தெலுங்கு திரைப்பட உலகில் அறியப்பட்டார்.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Certainly
not useful info – but may be interesting !<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"> <br /></span><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">With
regards – S Sampathkumar<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">29.2.2024</span> </div>
Srinivasan Sampathkumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14723907851050009131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026752849891280534.post-16990246532377506562024-02-28T20:41:00.001+05:302024-02-28T20:41:04.995+05:30Speed - Cutting Onions !!<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Onions make
people cry !!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you cut onions –
tears would come .. .. one good tip is : Cut them underwater<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A person
asked immediately ! :<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>then how would we
breathe !!:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>https://youtu.be/0lXfRd5octk</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="433" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0lXfRd5octk" width="556" youtube-src-id="0lXfRd5octk"></iframe></div><br /><span style="color: red; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p>Srinivasan Sampathkumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14723907851050009131noreply@blogger.com0