Sampath-Musings

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:           PLAYING WITH ‘A’ TO ‘Z’!     A - It's AN APT APPROBATION and APPROVAL. ALREADY AWARE of the ADVERSITIES, he remained ALERT,  AGILE, and ATTENTIVE. Starting with an ABSTRACT concept, he gave ACTIVE support and ADVANCED well thought out ARGUMENTS through his ADVOCACY presenting them AFFABLY and AESTHETICALLY with ALL success.  He was  ALWAYS AWAKE, AWAITING ACADEMICS AFTER APARTMENT AMENDMENTS AND ADJUSTMENTS. AN ANSWERPHONE ASSEMBLED AT the AGENCY -  ANGEL, ALABAMA, U.S. - is AN ALARM APPEARING AS AN ALTERNATING APPARITION AWAIING ATTENTION.  B - BUDS BURSTING and BURGEONING plants BLOOMING are nothing but BEAMNG of Nature. After a hiatus, he came BACK to Cricket with a BIG BANG, facing the situation BOLDLY, BRAVELY, and BUOYANTLY. The BRIGHT and BRILLIANT chap BUBBLING with volcanic zeal could make things BEAUTIFUL. Ever since then, it has BECOME a colourful garden. It is now ...

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:   SELL YOURSELF SHORT and HIT THE GROUND RUNNING   SELL YOURSELF SHORT: SELL (SOMEONE, SOMETHING, OR ONESELF) SHORT   Meaning:   If you SELL YOURSELF SHORT, you are modest about your achievements and good qualities, so that other people don’t realize just how good you are!   If you SELL YOURSELF SHORT, you describe yourself as less intelligent, talented, and clever than you really are.   Does he never feel that he is SELLING HIMSELF SHORT? (Note: Here, the reference is to someone being cheated by being given less of something than they are entitled to be paid otherwise).   To SELL SOMEBODY/SOMETHING SHORT - To not give someone or something the praise, attention, or reward they deserve.     Example sentences:   Don’t SELL YOURSELF SHORT - you have got the skills and the experience for taking up still more onerous tasks and responsibilities.   He had not risen to ...

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:         CALENDAR/DIARY   Come December/January, there will be beeline to give and get Calendars and Diaries. Some passionate persons will be on the hunt. In simple parlance, calendar is a tabular register of days according to a system usually covering one year and referring the days of each month to the days of the week. It’s also a system to organize days. Further, it’s a physical record (most often paper) system.   For advocates, the Court Diary/Calendar is an orderly list of cases coming up for hearing in court by referring to which they can attend and follow them up, as they have to shuttle from one court to another to attend the hearing and note the outcome of the day’s proceedings - whether the case has been adjourned or any orders or directions passed by the court. If a case stands adjourned, the details should be noted so that they can start the spadework and groundwork to face and conduct the respective cas...