Sampath-Musings

    From Sampath’s Desk:     THE DIVINE MOTHER (MIRRA ALFASSA) (21 February 1878 - 17 November 1973)   This is a small flower placed at Her Lotus Feet!   Manifold are Divine Mother’s manifestations and forms; And the Divine love is in Her the Divine Mother’s arms; When those arms are spread, every Soul falls into them and reforms; Just like the calm after mundane life storms!   You were not ordained to be just an earthly or temporal construction; You brought Yourself up to become acme of spiritual perfection; The Divine sanction presented You as a Divine connection and collection; And none could touch or beat us when we are in Your laps of protection!   When falling off a cliff at a very young age You had a soft-landing; As an angel-like being coming to Your rescue for a safe descending; The Divine Dreams You had confirmed Your holy powers spreading; With countless sorrowing beings saved by You!   You...

  Do you know this word :: REMONSTRATE   Pronunciation: just like ‘demonstrate’ ( ரெமான்ஸ்ட்ரேட் )   Meaning:   to take an issue up, argue against, dispute with, protest to, complain, oppose, stand against   Example sentences:   Whenever that boy is refused anything by his parents, he would REMONSTRATE by stomping his feet on the floor.   (stomp – pronounciation – ஸ்டாம்ப் – trample your feet heavily on the floor while walking raising a loud noise in protest.   The snow walkers would stomp through the snow in their heavy boots.   தண்ணீரும் கோபமும் தாழ்ந்த இடத்திலே . Water and anger seek low-persons or places. (R.SAMPATH) 26/9/2020

  STEAL THE SHOW:   If you say that someone or something STOLE THE SHOW, you mean that they got more attention and praise than the other people or things in a show or other event.   Example sentences:   Being a veteran speaker ‘X’ is likely to STEAL THE SHOW in that meeting.   When it came to grabbing headlines, ‘sensationalized news’ items STEAL THE SHOW.   WHISTLE IN THE WIND:   If you say that someone is WHISTLING IN THE WIND, you mean that what they are saying is empty and pointless – to engage in a fruitless or hopeless task – trying to influence something with no real hope of succeeding.   Example sentences:   What he says is meaningless and worthless. He is just WHISTLING IN THE WIND.   We know that leader is guilty of corruption; but if we don’t gather proof and clinching evidences sufficient to successfully prosecute him in court of law, we will then end up in only WHISTLING IN THE WIND. ...

Today’s word ::  ‘locus standi’ (italics) Origin:  Latin (literally means ‘place of standing’). Pronunciation: loa-kas standai (or) loa-kas standi  லோகஸ்-ஸ்(t)டான்(d)டை (or) லோகஸ்-ஸ்(t)டான்(d)டி Meaning: A capacity to claim rights in a court of law - a legal right to deal with a matter - a right to bring an action or to appear in a court of law or before any authority on a given question - a right to represent someone, raise an issue or to be heard தலையீட்டு உரிமை – வழக்குரிமை – குறிக்கீட்டு உரிமை – நீதிமன்றத்தில்  வழக்கிடும் வாதிடும் உரிமை Example sentences: A foreign government which has not been recognized by the UK government has no ‘locus standi’ in the English courts. They don’t have the ‘locus standi’ to question or challenge us? For our pipeline is not crossing or will not cross their property as we have clearly stated in our sworn affidavit filed in the court. The court dismissed his applicaton for impleading (including) him as party to that case for lack of...