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T 20 World Champs - Gift To the Nation- 832

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                  T 20 WORLD CUP WINNER          PROUD MOMENT FOR THE NATION  India's journey in the Current ICC WORLD CUP  T 20  Champion has been nothing short of Phenomenal . To end up losing only one Match from the League Stage till the Final spoke volumes of their intent . Batting was excellent , someone or the other took up the Gauntlet when it mattered the most . Sanju Samson joining the team after being picked up only during  the business end of the Championship made a huge difference  which ended up in he being chosen as the Player of the Tournament and the chief architect of our fortunes . Contributions by Ishan Kishan , Hardik Pandya , Shivam Dubey , Tilak Verma and to a smaller but useful contributions by SKY , Axar Patel and Abhishek Sharma in the final all went on to make the Final almost a one sided contest. The performance of the bowlers was equally astounding. Jasprit Burmah b...

DAY LIGHT SAVING AND FOG - 831

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            DAYLIGHT SAVING AND FOG  IT IS 2 PM ON SATURDAY THE 7TH OF MARCH 2026 AT AJAX IN CANADA . THE SAME TIME TOMORROW IT WILL BE 3 PM . AS A DAY LIGHT  SAVING MEASURE CLOCKS WILL BE PUT AHEAD BY AN HOUR . IT IS A PRACTICE IN THESE PARTS TO DO SO AT 2 AM ON THE SECOND SUNDAY EARLY MORNING IN MARCH EVERY YEAR . IT SUGGESTS AN END TO WINTER AND THE START OF THE SUMMER . ( The opposite is on the First Sunday at 2 AM each November )             Visibility Restricted to 20 Mts or so  WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO MARKHAM AT 2 IN THE AFTERNOON. THOUGH THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE IS VERY MUCH PLUS 14 DEGREES , AS CAN BE SEEN IN THE VIDEO THE MIST OR FOG IS SO HEAVY THAT VISIBILITY ON THE ROAD AHEAD IS VERY POOR . SURPRISING INDEED !!!!

Karya Siddhi Hanuman Temple - 830

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     KARYA SIDDHI HANUMAR TEMPLE  As has become an almost a regular feature of our stay here Canada .  our Temple visit last Saturday was to the KARYA SIDDHI HANUMAR TEMPLE at Erin in Canada . This is some 120 KMS from our place of stay at Ajax . There was also that important T20 ICC WORLD CUP MATCH between Sri Lanka and Pakistan . We left home at 10.30 am for Erin . Pakistan had scored a very good 217 for 8 by then . Although I am a great fan of Cricket I must confess that I was looking forward to  Sri Lanka to at least first score the  147 Runs if not win the game as  this would have been curtains for  Pakistan' s place in their pursuit of  ICC T20 - 2026 WORLD CUP . The cricket was followed on the mobile . The good news was that though Pakistan had won the match by a small margin , they were out of the WORLD CUP . We reached the Temple around 12.30 and were surprised to see the large assembly of people majority of whom were Telugu Spe...

GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP SUSTAINABILITY AWARD - 829

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                    GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP              AND SUSTAINABILITY AWARD  SCHOOLS IN CANADA SEEM TO HAVE THEIR OWN UNIQUE WAYS TO MOTIVATE THEIR STUDENTS . MY GRANDSON ADHVAY STUDIES AT ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL SCHOOL AT AJAX.  THIS BEING A SCHOOL WHICH INCLUDE STUDENTS FROM BOTH THE REGULAR AND GIFTED STREAMS , THEY ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN GROUP ACTIVITIES . ADHVAY S PARENTS WHICH IN TURN INCLUDED US , HIS GRANDPARENTS WERE INVITED FOR THEIR SCHOOL MORNING ASSEMBLY WHERE HE WAS AWARDED A  CERTIFICATE FOR "GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP AND SUSTAINABILITY "  THIS WAS PRECEDED BY A SMALL SKIT ENACTED BY THE STUDENTS  WHICH HIGHLIGHTED EFFECTIVE WAYS TO DISPOSE OFF THE ONE TIME USE PLASTIC BOTTLES AND ITS  LIKES WHICH ARE HARMING THE ENVIRONMENT ALL AROUND US .             A PROUD MOMENT INDEED 

You Scratch my back , I scratch yours - 828

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         GETTING THE PRIORITIES RIGHT  A SOCIAL MEDIA POST OF SIX BANGLADESHIS ARRESTED IN TIRUPPUR IN TAMILNADU WITH TERRORIST LINKS TO ISI OF PAKISTAN TO TARGET PLACES OF WORSHIP  IN TAMILNADU CAME AS A SHOCKING NEWS . Here I am in TORONTO , Canada where I have access to many Online Indian Newspapers both in English and Tamil .  The Tamilnadu based Bangladeshi terror module caught my interest and I started scrolling through the Newspapers . It did not find even a mention in most Vernacular Newspapers . I had expected them to be as a  Frontline News in all the English Newspapers of National Repute in its various city Editions . DECCAN CHRONICLE CHENNAI EDITION , NEW INDIAN EXPRESS TIRUNELVELI EDITION, the not so Hindu , THE HINDU MADURAI EDITION  had ,  the  all too familiar face of Political Leaders showcasing their achievements!!!!! for the election around the corner . The news about the Terror Module required a lot of searc...

ON WAY TO MY VILLAGE -827

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              ON WAY TO MY VILLAGE    நம்ம கிராமத்துக்கு போகும்  நேரம்                         हम चले अपने गांव  Calcutta / Kharagpur to Chennai and then to  Ravanasamudram as a School going kid was always special and a  most welcome annual  event .           22 Platform Howrah Train Station  Each year , during the Summer Holidays the  near 75 Hour Train Journey which included 15 hours of transit  at the then Madras and now Chennai Stations    (Central and Egmore ) and finally the long wait  at the Tirunelveli Junction station  to catch the connecting Shencottah Passenger train was always a much looked forward to Event . Single platform RAVANASAMUDRAM   Each year had its own share of new thrills and experiences . Travelling as we did in the super comfort of the British Era...

It is the Cheapest Here - 826

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        IT IS BY FAR THE CHEAPEST HERE  AS ALL YOU FRIENDS MAY BE AWARE , BY A GOOD FORTUNE OF THE GRACE OF THE  GOOD LORD ABOVE  , I HAVE TRAVELLED FAR AND WIDE ACROSS THE GLOBE AND HAVE ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL BY TRAIN IN MANY OF THESE COUNTRIES . SITTING HERE IN CANADA I CAME ACROSS A BOARD WHICH WAS POSTED IN ANOTHER GROUP WHICH SHOWED THE PASSENGER TRAIN FARE DETAILS EX AMBAS TO VARIOUS PLACES . WE , WHICH INCLUDES ME , YOURS TRULY FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON LIKE TO CRITICIZE THE SERVICE PROVIDERS BE IT FROM THE STATE OR CENTRAL AUSPICES FOR NO LOGICAL REASON AND DO A GREAT DISSERVICE TO OUR NATION BY PAINTING IT IN ALL THE WRONG COLOURS. TAKE FOR EXAMPLE THE PASSENGER TRAIN FARE FROM AMBASAMUDRAM TO KOVILPATTY . FOR THE 100 KM DISTANCE THE FARE ON THE INDIAN RAILWAYS IT  IS  Rs 25 OR 40 PAISE PER KILOMETER .              FORTY PAISE PER KILOMETER  WHEN YOU COMPARE THE SAME WITH THE TRAIN F...