Sampath-Musings

FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:   IN THE MELTING POT and BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE:     IN THE MELTING POT:   Meaning:   If something is in the melting pot, it is constantly changing, so that you do not know what will finally happen to it – not yet certain or finally conclusive or decided – still changing or likely to change – it is a place or situation in which people or ideas of different kinds gradually get changed or mixed together – in a process of change and with an uncertain outcome - some countries are made of people who are almost all the same in terms of race, religion, and culture. Then there are also places like the United States, where there are many different types of people co-exist despite differences – manage to peacefully live together as one nation   Example sentences:   Our plans are still IN THE MELTING POT.   He was disappointed. The whole business has been put INTO THE MELTING POT again.   T...

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:         LEARNING TO LEARN     At the outset, let us not confine learning to the four walls of a classroom with a teacher teaching, a lecturer/professor lecturing, and the students/participants listening, understanding, and grasping the discourse. Actually, it goes further beyond. Everything or everyone around us leaves one lesson or another to be learnt - by looking, observing, touching, interacting, etc. even without mincing words.  Life is a continuous process of learning from womb to tomb. Needless to say, after birth, a child starts learning - little by little and step by step. The journey continues unceasingly. Knowledge and wisdom lie in understanding, retaining, remembering, recalling, implementing, and practicing what all you learned as meaningfully and gainfully as you could and benefit therefrom - to move from perception to preparation with prudence and persistence, proceeding in the direction of pertinent ...

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:   POSTMAN தபால்காரர் डाकिया     Once, Postman was the most-sought-after person in the field of communication. He was not only a bridge between the sender and receiver of communication, but also a friend and link in the society, as he was very well in the know of the topography of the area he served but would also develop friendship with the people in the area of his operation. With the contours of modern communication becoming mind-blowingly revotionalized and with the advent of online communication, internet/email, and a plethora of other speedy and instant modes and mediums of digital transactions, his importance has diminished to a large extent. And, with the whole world heading towards a paperless work environment, the relevance of his role has further shrunk and truncated.   A postman always supposed to be on his toes is normally expected to have a higher and more robust life longevity.   Even though one syste...

    FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:     ROLE OF ADVERTISEMENTS IN THE COMMERCIAL WORLD       There is a saying that any fool can paint a beautiful picture but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it. Here, the idea is not to undermine the beauty of the picture painted by the artiste, his ability, or the article’s value, but only to underscore the art and significance of marketing, advertisement, and campaigning capacity of an intelligent person to sell it. I have always strongly believed that however meritorious, skilled, talented, knowledgeable, intelligent, and industrious one may be, still he/she needs a ‘God Father’ to introduce him in a field, give him or make him get an opportunity, or recommend him/her for placement/assignment(s) - in short, a ‘stepping stone’ or a launch pad to showcase his talents in whatever field he/she is in. Human beings being social animals as well as political beings none can grow on their own or in isolation in the soc...