Sampath-Musings

From Sampath’s Desk : CAUVERY RIVER WATER   After protracted legal proceedings for years, on 16/2/2018 (Friday), the Supreme Court finally gave the following award (not to be changed for 15 years) in the Cauvery River Water Sharing dispute:   S.No. State Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal (CWDT) award - February 5, 2007 Supreme Court’s final award - 16.2.2018 Remarks   1.   Tamil Nadu   419 tmcft   404.25 TMC   -14.75 TMC     2.   Karnataka         270 TMC   284.75 TMC   +14.75 TMC     3.     Kerala         30 TMC     30 TMC   No change     4.  ...

From Sampath’s Desk:   SERENDIPITY and SOTTO VOCE :     SERENDIPITY:   Pronunciation:   Sa-ren-di-pity –  ஸரன் (d) டிபி (t) ட்டி     Meaning:   Occurrence and development of events taking place by chance and proceeding on a happy note and in a beneficial way – the fact of finding interesting and valuable things by chance – an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by chance or accident – good fortune and luck in making unexpected and useful discoveries.     Example sentences:   The lottery is something one wins by SERENDIPITY and not by design.   When it comes to capturing a perfect picture on the camera it is all about SERENDIPITY.   When I was in trouble, SERENDIPITY came to my rescue in retrieving me from it.   My plans rarely worked unless they are very simple, but SERENDIPITY has been good to me, so over time I have tried to make the most of that.   A mixture of SERENDIPITY, hard work and pe...

From Sampath’s Desk:   MISOGYNY and SOPHISM:   Pronunciation:   Misaa- j ini – மிஸாஜினி   Meaning:   Hatred, aversion to, or prejudice against women – a culture that promotes the inferiority of women   Example sentences:   Without women participation in all fields, no real progress of the human society and race is possible; we condemn and shun all types of MISOGYNY.   In my opinion, our evaluator allows his MISOGYNY to give women lower grades than men despite the work quality.   The women basketball team refused to work with that male coach because of his known MISOGYNY and bias against women.   We are opposed to all forms of MISOGYNIST behaviour; we respect all women.   SOPHISM:   Pronunciation:   Saw-fism – ஸா (f) ஃபிஸம்   Meaning:   A plausible but fallacious argument especially one intended to deceive – a clever but untrue argument that is used to de...

From Sampath’s Desk:   INDIAN WOMEN POWER AND 33%RESERVATION    33% reservation for women in all areas/fields is fully justified as they hold half the sky and have the right to be part of the country’s law-making legislative bodies and in our political spectrum and discourse besides an important role in decision making.     On 18.12.2018, the World Economic Forum (WEF) released the Global Gender Gap Report 2018, reviewing 149 countries on the basis of their progress towards gender parity and then listed them accordingly in its Global Gender Gap Index. These 149 countries were ranked on the basis of four thematic dimensions - Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment. This year (2020), the Gender Gap Index was topped by Iceland with a score of 0.858, retaining the first rank in the index for the  10 th  consecutive year.   According to the report, ...