Sampath-Musings

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:   SEA       What a visual feast that you're - the SEA!   A huge and lengthy blue blanket enclosing the world's land TERRITORY;   It's a picturesque scenario to SEE;   The tumultuous waves are boisterously moving back and forth like a fluttering busy BEE!         Occupying two-thirds of the world's space, it's home to more lives than in LAND;   One can't remain BLIND -   To the waves' ripple effects and their effervescent nature of a rare KIND;   And the nature's gift it is to human MIND!         You epitomize assiduousness and TENACITY,   Known for your DYNAMICITY and perennial CAPACITY,   Besides vitality and VIVACITY;   To top it all, you're an inputs-rich research UNIVERSITY!       R.SAMPATH 22.6.2026

FROM SAMPATH’S DESK: SCHOOL   For all, the school must have once been the second HOME;   And experiences there AWESOME;   At a tender age, life should've been WHOLESOME;   We lived without earning any INCOME;   Everything was JOYSOME!       It was the stepping stone for LEARNING;   We were always playing except for the time of basic activities and STUDYING;   As carefree people, we always opted for activities that were ENTERTAINING;   With supporting parents around, there was no WORRYING, and everything was HEARTENING;   The proceedings were all ENLIVENING;   There was, however, no lack of interest or sincerity for SHINING and OUTSHINING!       The school gave us EDUCATION;   Besides MOTIVATION and INSPIRATION;   For robust TRANSFORMATION and TRANSITION;   From the stage of unknown to known, with knowledge upgrades besides r...

FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:   MAGIC MOBILE     A hand without a CELL;   Is like a Church without a BELL;   Many claim otherwise it will be a HELL;   What else to TELL;   With it, a day ends WELL!       No doubt, it's a technological WONDER;   A facts-FINDER;   And, an all-in-all COMMANDER;   A hand-held companion of GRANDEUR!       Like today's world having shrunken into a global VILLAGE;   A Mobile has constructive multifold LINKAGE;   Rightly use it for full LEVERAGE;   So, engage it for full ADVANTAGE;   If misused, it can do all the DAMAGE!       R.SAMPATH 18.6.2026

FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:   HELP     Help others for your own SATISFACTION;   Not for seeking ATTENTION;   Nor for publicity to become a centre of ATTRACTION;   After all, man is a social animal with instinct love and AFFECTION!       It's not any DEAL;   But an IDEAL;   Be glad to be of service for the wound(s) of the sufferer to HEAL;   Thereby, there will be many hearts to STEAL;   And a lot of good factors to FEEL!       Your gracious deeds speak louder than your WORDS;   And get you accolades and AWARDS;   Let's be more eager to be a Good Samaritan HEREAFTERWARDS;   For better life SCORE-CARDS!         R.SAMPATH 15.6.2026

FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:   SELF PAT ON OUR BACK     Thanks to the Telecom Department first and the BSNL next for uniting us in a bonding FRIENDSHIP;   And ushering us into non-biologocal KINSHIP; We have natural MEMBERSHIP; And not MASTERSHIP or LEADERSHIP; We only have common PARTNERSHIP and collective and emotional OWNERSHIP!   But for this group portal, every one of us would have been in a separate ISLAND, Without joining the MAINLAND; We have avoided straying into WASTELAND; For that, each one of us deserves a GARLAND!       While in service, we formed the secretarial FRATERNITY; Maintained to the core the SOLEMNITY; By forging UNITY; And working with utmost DIGNITY!   What was an IMPOSSIBILITY during service days has been converted into POSSIBILITY; Yes, now we have more COMPATIBILITY as close friends free from official RESPONSIBILITY; We are now able to show NATURALITY than SUPERFICIALITY; By ...

FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:   MUNDANE LIFE REALITIES     Expect even the unexpected; But challenge the challenges!   Explore the unexplored; But don't unduly exploit!   Charter the unchartered; For there may be pleasant surprises to find!   None of the stars can match the brightness of Moon; For distances make the difference!   Ups and downs are common on the Earth and in life; Discern and distinguish the difference between them!   Roller-coaster stands upright; But its wings move round and round - bottom to top and vice-versa!   Mundane life is nothing but an endless spiral of such realities.     R.SAMPATH

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:   TEMPLES Temples represent our CULTURE;   Mostly built by rulers at a huge EXPENDITURE,   They have withstood test of times - retaining their GRANDEUR, STRUCTURE, and STATURE;   With countless embellishing works of SCULPTURE;   Providing rendezvous to people for Divine purposes even at this distant JUNCTURE!       Multi-tiered entrance tower (GOPURAM) is a visual SCRIPTURE;   The decorative finials (KALASAMS) epitomize a unique ARCHITECTURE;   It enjoins upon devotees all kinds of discipline to NURTURE;   Paving way for each devotee's journey to the mundane FUTURE!   Many arts developed and promoted here for eons - devotional music, dance, discourses, lectures, and the like - have documented LITERATURE;       A temple is not just a place for peace of MIND,   Of a rare KIND;   But a holy hub and WONDERLAND; ...