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திரு பிரகாஷ் நாதஸ்வரம் திரு சாய் சண்முகநாதன் தவில் 

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Respects to Hindu High School Master

 

During my recent trip to Kanchipuram for Sri Varadharajar Brahmothsavam – met Sri TC Rangaswamy – teacher for 6^th 7^th standards in Hindu High School, Triplicane  in mid 1970s.

 

He was not my class teacher (I studied under MR Varadharajan) – paid my respects to him and took photos of him.

 

Regards – S Sampathkumar

2.6.2026

Manav Suthar's day out ! an impressive debut !

 

India’s latest Cricketer – debutant – Cap no. 319 – moments of glory at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium at Chandigarh. 

Test match no. 2621 – India has thrashed  Afghanisthan by  an Innings & 300 runs defeat.   

In recent decade,  Spin was all Ravichandran Ashwin & Ravindra Jadeja – spinning out opponents, especially on home wickets.  When Ashwin suddenly retired,  Tanush Karunakar  Kotian, the Mumbai offspin-bowling allrounder, was  picked as R Ashwin's replacement in India's squad for the fourth and fifth Border-Gavaskar Trophy Tests.  

 

The man of this post is MJ Suthar.  Even without Ashwin, there was no place for a fourth spinner   behind Jadeja, Kuldeep and Washington, if India continue to leave out Axar Patel.   With Ashwin now retired, Jadeja rested, and Axar Patel dropped for the one-off Test against Afghanistan in New Chandigarh, there was a rare opportunity for an India spinner to earn a Test cap. Remarkably, the last spinner to make his red-ball debut for India was Axar himself, back in 2021. 

At the time when I started watching Test  matches it was magic of Bishan Singh Bedi – read that there were Vinoo Mankad, Babu Nadkarni earlier.  Bedi was magical - Padmakar Shivalkar, Rajender Goel, Rajinder Singh Hans, B Vijayakrishna, S Vasudevan were unable to break into the National Team.   After him, so many left arm spinners have played for India - Dhiraj Parsanna,  Dilip Doshi, Raghuram Bhat, Maninder Singh, Ravi Shastri, WV Raman, Venkatapathi Raju, Sunil Joshi, Nilesh Kulkarni, Rahul Sanghvi, Murali Karthik, Pragyan Ojha, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadhav, Shabhaz Nadeem, Axar Patel   .. … 

So it was a toss between Vidarbha's Harsh Dubey &  Rajasthan's Manav Suthar  !  At this stage of their careers, they are as alike as two cricketers can probably be. Both  are 23-year-old left-arm spin-bowling allrounders, born within 11 days of each other. Dubey has played 27 first-class matches; Suthar 29. Dubey has 133 wickets, Suthar 129. Dubey has scored 1026 runs at 25.65; Suthar 945 at 25.54.   and both bat left-handed. 

Manav Suthar got his chance this time and grabbed it with both bands.  For Afghan, there was a debutant too - left-arm orthodox spinner, Nangeyalia Kharote.    

Manav Jagdusakumar Suthar bowling looked all different  in New Chandigarh. Showing lot of promise last afternoon, he plucked up three wickets, turned into a dream extended spell on day three. He finished with 6 for 33 as India bundled out Afghanistan for 152 and enforced the follow-on.   

Manav Suthar has etched his name in the history books by becoming the 10th Indian to take a five-wicket haul on his Test debut. After performing consistently in domestic cricket and adding wickets to his tally, the spin all-rounder had  outstanding figures of 6/33 from his 22 overs, which included 10 maidens.  In the second innings, he took one wicket only

 
Well done Manav Suthar
 
Regards – S Sampathkumar
8.6.2026

சித்திர செவ்வானம் சிரிக்க கண்டேன். ~~ Pigeon dive

 

எதிர் ஜன்னலில் உட்கார்ந்து இருந்த அந்த அழகியை சில நிமிடங்கள் நின்று உற்று பார்த்தேன்.  அவள் அழகினில் மயங்கினேன்.  திடீரென அவள் என்னை நோக்கி பாய்ந்து வந்தாள்

 

இசைஞானி இளையராஜாவின் நூறு வயலின்கள் ரீங்கரிக்க பின்னணியில் இந்த பாடல் என் காதில் ஒலித்தது.

 

தைய்யார தைய்யா..... தைய்யார தைய்யா.....

தைய்யார தைய்யா..... தைய்யார தைய்யா.....

 

சித்திர செவ்வானம் சிரிக்க கண்டேன்..  தைய்யார தைய்யா.....(பின்னணி)

என் முத்தான முத்தம்மா.. என் கண்ணானக் கண்ணம்மா..

 

காற்றினிலே வரும் கீதம் படம்

பாடல் வரிகள் : பஞ்சு அருணாசலம்

பாடகர் : ஜெயச்சந்திரன்

இசை : இளையராஜா

 

இறக்கை பரபரக்க அவள் என்னை தாண்டி சென்ற போதும் அந்த நினைவாகவே மேலும் நின்றேன்.

 

வாழ்க்கையில் மற்றுமொரு இனிய நாள் !!!  கொஞ்சும் புறாவே !!

Pigeon in flight clicked by me

7.6.2026