Sampath-Musings

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK: TONGUE TWISTER LITY and RITY Galore INTERNATIONAL TONGUE TWISTER DAY is observed on the second Sunday of November each year     Individuality is normality; But, humility is a speciality; Potentiality nourishes one’s personality; But, assertibility is adorability!     Mediocrity is mostly the regularity: But, celerity is necessarily spectacularity; Dexterity is an adventurist supplementarity; Familiarity begets familiarity!     Amenability doesn’t mean debility; Nor amicability, fragility; A gility is our ability; Efficiency is our capability!   Sincerity and integrity should be one’s priority; All right priorities point to your high maturity;   Kindness and charity speak of your superiority; None can overtake your popularity!     ‘May happen’ is only a probability; ‘Yes, will happen’ is a sure possibility beyond questionability; A bright future is i...

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:     பழமொழிகளுக்குப்   புதுப்புது அர்த்தங்கள் NEW MEANING TO PROVERBS     சுத்தம் சோறு போடும் .   அப்படியென்றால் , ‘ சுத்தம் ’ பெரிய Mess வைத்திருக்கிறதா ?     தம்பி உடையான் படைக்கு அஞ்சான் .   தம்பி நல்லா மாட்டிக்கிட்டான் , ஒரு வழி பண்ணி விடுவாங்க போல .     சத்துருக்களையும் சித்தமாய் நேசி .   சொந்த காசில் சூன்யம் வெச்சுக்கிட்டா   மாதிரி .     சளி பிடித்ததோ , சனியன் பிடித்ததோ ?   டாக்டர் தான் சனியனோ !     சாது மிரண்டால் காடு இடம் கொள்ளாது .   இந்த சாதுக்காக் காடையே பெரிசாக்க வேண்டுமா ? அங்கே ஏற்கனவே நிறைய சாதுக்கள் ( ரிஷிகள் ) இருக்கிறார்கள் .     சிரைத்தால் மொட்டை , வைத்தால் குடுமி .   Modern Saloons / Beauty Parlours தேவையே இல்லை .     சும்மா இருந்த சங்கை ஊதிக் கெடுத்தான் .   இனி மேல் அந்த சங்கை ஊத முடியாது . ...

FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:           WOBBLING VOICE OF A VEXED, NAUGHTY SCHOOLBOY     Laughing after reading this, or laughing it away, is your choice.   .........   Homework (Like home, not work)   Schoolgate (Like gate, not school)   Classroom (Like room, not class)   Schoolbus (like bus, not school)   Game-based lecture (Like game, not lecture)   Peer instruction (Like peers, not instructions)   Role-play learning (Like play, not learning)   Catch ideas (Like Cricket catches, not ideas)   Rainbow - Like rain (because it will be a holiday for school), will not bow   Math-table – Like Table (dining), not Math   The best season of the year is SUMMER, because of the school summer vacation.   Do you know about the stars in the sky?   No. I only know about the SUPERSTAR and other film stars.   What is a calendar? ...

  FROM SAMPATH'S  DESK:     THINK     It is UNTHINKABLE for me to THINK whether anyone can THINK the THINKABLE or UNTHINKABLE, as he/she may THINK it fit, but, at the same time, avoid UNDER-THINKING or OVER-THINKING.     I am neither a great THINKER nor am I part of any THINK-TANK. There is absolutely no scope for DOUBLETHINK. However, I cannot prevent others from THINKING. Therefore, all of you can THINK aloud, but speak softly.     So, I finally decided not to THINK about anything.         R.SAMPATH 18.6.2025

  FROM SAMPATH'S  DESK:     THANKS   Be THANKFUL to God for what you are today and what you will be tomorrow, even for little things. THANKS should come out not just from your mouth, but from the bottom of your heart. THANKING others does not cost you anything. I had THANKED many people throughout my life.  THANKFULLY accept any help from others if you have either sought it or it was offered to you unsolicited, and say a BIG THANK YOU.   Being UNTHANKFUL is a bad trait. THANKFULNESS should be explicitly expressed.   At times, even doing good may be a THANKLESS job. Never mind. Don’t avoid. Do it.   Always end your speech with a humble THANK YOU.   Many times, I had given THANKSGIVING speeches. THANKS-OFFERING has religious connotations.   THANK you for your patient reading!     R.SAMPATH 18.6.2025  

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK: NARENDRA MODI   நரேந்திர மோடி   नरेन्द्र मोदी Date of birth:   17 September 1950     Vadnagar-Gujarat born Narendra Damodardas Modi scaled the greatest height in his life and gained name; His long and tumultuous yet extraordinary journey from his native environs to seats of power was due to outflow of his political flame; First to become state CM (2001-2014) - a challenge - that installed him in that position with fame; And, then becoming PM in 2014, for a record third consecutive time in 2025, was his incredible rise in the high-end national political power game; Today, he is a leader of repute even in the international circuit, with clout and a great political frame!     An average student at school, he was a self-developed person; Still, his teacher found in him a gifted debater with political passion; With a powerful tongue even at his young age, he subsequently developed his political missi...