Point to Ponder

There would be no point in pointing your efforts to make a point if there was no point at all in the first place. That is how important point is in our dealings and correctly pointing to the point.  But then we can’t get our point across if we are unable to make our point clearly. Then in case we fail to put forth our point pointedly, there is absolutely no point in pointing the finger at somebody else for the failure. It is imperative we know our point and present our point of view so as to bring it into sharp focus for acceptance.

We get exasperated when somebody does not see our point even when we present it clearly. In such an event we have to present our point from a different perspective. The point is that it  is not the other person’s fault that he does not see your point. Your pointing has to be focused on the point.

Then people like Karan Thapar often ask pointed questions – like the one he did not ask JJ “When will you be visiting Bangalore next (for the next hearing of your case in regard to disproportionate assets)? Pointed questions are best a form of cowardice where the asker is timid enough and does not have the spunk (or whatever depending on who you are) to ask a direct question. Here is one case when the pointed query is not directly pointed at where you want it to point, yet is known as a pointed question. Ha! A bit confusing is it? Nay, I am sure you are smart enough to get the point.

Sometimes people get into pointless arguments. Like what happened in the Loksabha yesterday in regard to the cartoon. The point was about the cartoon and all present being cartoons in real life, they probably thought it was about them. That was a pointless thought anyway as the elite gathering was largely behaving like pointy jokers. Anyway, anything that has happened in the Loksabha in the last decade is pointless banter. But yesterday the bickering on the cartoon issue took the pointless debate beyond the pointless.

Some people come to the point directly while others dither and lose their way and are unable to get to the point. Some of you may wonder “what is the point in all this pointed writing”. That is the catch as at times you can make a point even without a point.