Sampath-Musings

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:   GREAT PEOPLE   Great people aren't born grand: Nor do they wield a magic wand; To make things happen just on demand; Nor do they want, unlike self-styled leaders, a garland!   They, of course, grow to be kind; They have sympathy and empathy toward humankind; They are Good Samaritans, rare to find; They have compassion and others' welfare and well-being in mind!   Exemplars, they practice what they preach; Noble persons, they help others as they teach; Pillars of society, they make a benevolent conscience search; Role models, they make selfless service outreach.   Social warriors, they fight for equality; As Crusaders, they earn public admiration and adorability; As Saviours, they have full credibility; A big cheese, they dwell in the minds of common man with respectability!     A real superstar, they extend their helping hand without disparity; Extraordinary exceptions, t...

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:     HAIL WOMANHOOD   Womanhood has multi-dimensions - Mother, sister, wife, daughter, daughter-in-law, and the like!   …………     Don’t you know women hold half the sky? Why then does the male-dominated society make them constantly panicky; With many men behaving tricky and sulky; And some even as a cranky!   Women are the fountainhead to human race, posterity, and prosperity; With they forming half the population, where is the question of disparity? And the much-talked-about issue of inferiority or superiority! Gone are the days you suppressed and oppressed them with insalubrity;   How come society got into oblivion of women’s inevitability and indispensability; Do you expect them only to always follow adaptability and adoptability? Don’t overlook their  intellectuality,  speciality, credibility, and respectability; Women are no less inferior in functionality and pote...

FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:       TRUSTED FRIENDS     A friend in need and deed is a friend indeed! Sow the friendship seed; Water, manure, and nurture it, and clear the weed, As per the need!   When negative emotions stop your positive speed; There is well-intentioned advice from friends to heed; If you keep at bay the mundane greed; And act righteous and do good, you are sure to succeed!   Friendship circle is the fountainhead Of a wonderful and caring world that is widespread; If there are shared ambitions, there can be no evil spread; And, your negative emotions would get freed!   A word of caution is still there to be observed; Don’t believe the leg-pullers; for they are wicked and self-centered; Distinguish them from good ones through a mind read. The double-faced and deceitful ones always misguide and mislead!      (R.SAMPATH) 24/7/2025

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:   WASTE   வீணடிப்பு / வீணடிக்கப்பட்ட व्यर्थ /   बेकार   करना     There are no hard and fast rules to define what makes waste. It depends upon individual and situational factors. You cannot strictly call a time just whiled away by one as ‘waste’. Don’t hurriedly jump to a conclusion. Your haste may make waste.   There are basically two wastages - material things and time.   I only wonder, in India, we serve too many food items on special occasions –Weddings and the like. Most people waste more food than they eat. Whenever I happen to see it, I will get saddened. There are so many people in this world who find it difficult to satiate their hunger. Such being the case, why waste? Both the servers and eaters behave indiscreetly. While the servers serve the items very fast and perfunctorily, giving no time for the eater to say that he/she required it or not (diabetics may reject sweet items). If you d...

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:   PURPOSE   நோக்கம் / குறிக்கோள் / உத்தேசம்   उद्देश्य / प्रयोजन / मकसद     The purpose of life is not a water-tight or air-proof compartment. It’s rather subjective and varies from individual to individual, although overlapping, convergence, and confluence of ideas and similar thought processes cannot be ruled out altogether. That apart, personalized and individualized ideas, objectives, targets, goalposts, etc., are unique and different depending on the mindset of individuals, their life expectations, and upward aspirations. It’s certainly not ‘one size fits all’ and/or ‘the same cap fits all the heads.’ Finally, the purpose of life is what each person chooses to make it. Needless to say, finding meaning and fulfillment is a key aspect of having a purpose.   Variety is the essence and spice of life. To cite a common example - Differences and diversities are like flowers with different colours, differen...

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:   WORD-PLAY WITH 'C' AS THE INITIAL LETTER   I am not CRAZY about COMPETITION. I CAN’T be CALLED so either.   Let people CRY in joy but not in CURSE pain.   I am CURIOUS and CONCERNED about taking CARE of myself and others, too.   None CAME to this world to suffer, but only to live a COMPLETE and COMFORTABLE life in COMPANY with family and friends CIRCLE.   To succeed in life, first CHECK and CROSSCHECK your CAPABILITIES, and CHANGE and CHALLENGE yourself to enhance your CREDIBILITY.   CAMEL CANNOT CRAWL. So, don't CRINGE before anyone; for only a COWARD or CULPRIT will do that, when CAUGHT.   A well-CONSIDERED CRITICISM is a no-COST research. COMPREHEND it in the CORRECT sense.   Help and fight for the right CAUSES, CONSIDERING it as your CUP of COFFEE (or tea).   There is no short-CUT for instant and CONSTANT growth, progress, and development. Only CAREFUL, CONSCIOUS, ...