Sampath-Musings

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:             CHILDREN, WHERE HAVE YOU LOST YOUR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY?     Children, where have you lost your physical activity? How come you shun the natural proclivity? Which is dampening your spirit to maintain agility? What made you shrink this daily festivity? When did you fall into the cavity of inactivity? Why do you subscribe to negativity?   The sorts of Kabaddi -  Kho-kho - Kancha/Lakhoti/Goli; Nondi (Hopscotch) - Gilli Danda/Lippa – Latoo – Tug of war; The Hide and seek/Kannamoochchi/Chhupam Chhupai; Dog and the Bone - Aankh Micholi – Vish Amrit – Posham Pa, et al. How can one forget these?   Traditional physical games instill and strengthen problem-solving attitude; The hands-legs-eyes-brain coordination reaches a high altitude; Making the kids more disciplined; Keeping them more planned, refined, and fine-tuned!   They give us connectivity...

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK :       BUTTERFLY (Order Lepidoptera - Suborder Rhopalocera)     Oh, my dear butterfly; We are amazed and amused at your beauty and fly; What else is there for us to apply - In our minds other than your lifestyle!   They say, the butterfly is a cherubic incarnation; But it is not without any reason or explanation; Flowering plants are linked to its evolution (3 weeks); From an egg to a caterpillar, chrysalis, and then the ultimate transformation!   Feeding on vegetation with an almost liquid diet; You taste your food with your feet! With your wings that are transparent; You live a life that is positive and absolute!     Butterflies teach us lessons - nothing comes of nothing; If its stages of gestation to full-fledged form are anything; One needs to work hard to gain something; Industriousness and perseverance mean everything!   You're gifted with wings ...