Sampath-Musings

From Sampath’s Desk:     PRESSING THE RIGHT BUTTONS IN CHILDREN Role of Parents and Teachers   To be a parent is one of the most beautiful gifts that married life offers. It brings lots of joy along with of course an added responsibility called 'parenting'! Maintaining an atmosphere of nurturing and caring is an art in itself and requires a lot of effort from both the parents. Let us look into some of the key issues of parenting.   Three Important questions we need to ask ourselves as parents: 1. “Are our children just staying or happily living at home?” 2. “Do we have the confidence and conviction that our children will share and confide in all that they do in their life?” 3. “Will we be comfortable to know about what our children are doing, from a third party?”   Parents and children today often complain that they don’t understand each other. All parents compare their children with their peers. Please don't' do that. For, it will give scope for...

From Sampath’s Desk:   MODERN  LEADERSHIP    In the present cut-throat global competitive business era, one needs to ponder whether yesteryear’s work culture would any longer fit the bill and cut the ice? Since much water had flown under the bridge and with speedy mind-boggling changes being the current trend, it is necessary we transformed ourselves - our attitude and our approach. Unless you adapt and adopt yourselves accordingly, you will be thrown out of gear and kept at bay away from the zone of reckoning.    A customer approaching the seller for the purchase of goods/services is fast becoming a thing of the past. Delivery of goods/services at customers' doorsteps is the current norm. We must change from a merely transactional approach to a relationship approach if we are to establish an enduring relationship with the clientele. In fact, relationship-building is the fundamental and essential part of the functions of any organizati...

From Sampath’s Desk:   LAST STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMEL’S BACK and BUTTERFLIES IN STOMACH:   LAST STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMEL’S BACK:   Meaning:   One last mistake, problem, or misfortune that, added to previous troubles prove more than a person can bear – it is the latest in a series of unpleasant or undesirable events that make you feel that you cannot tolerate the situation any longer – suggests that it is the last one of a series of burdens which, after all the others, finally makes it impossible for someone or something to tolerate any more – this is the last thing you are willing or capable of accepting after which you will not put up with any more – having faced many negative factors and/or failures, you are just about to lose your patience.   Example sentences:   The recent recession together with the resultant financial crisis is the LAST STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMEL’s BACK. That poor country is now unable to cope with.  ...

From Sampath’s Desk:     A JINXED LOTTERY PRIZE ‘ROAD ENGINE’ or ‘ENGINE TROUBLE’   RK Narayan (Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayanaswami) who had a God-given gift of an unmatched sense of parody in his writings was a natural satirical short story writer. The nonpareil author with a wit of humour had the characteristic simplicity to conform to trends and fashions found in his fictional writings. His genius tended naturally in the direction of burlesque and satire in his works which also had the social context in the background and reflected the everyday life of his characters. ‘ENGINE TROUBLE’ or ‘ROAD ENGINE’ was one such story of his.   This short story is part of the collection of his works ‘An Astrologer’s Day and Other Stories’. The story carried the full quota of the author’s usual humorous and sardonic literary style enriched by high doses of irony. It depicts a series of problems a lucky lottery winner had to face after taking over the prize from the e...