DOWN THE DRAIN (28-Jan-2022)
Innovation is the panacea for risk-taking individuals to tackle any challenges. The idiom “Down the Drain” is in usage for a long time and implies to waste something or the means to a futile end. A water faucet gone kaput which has made it impossible to arrest its wastage or harvest its flow is a good rationale for usage of this adage. Scientists tread the path of research with gusto, though at times their research results in dead ends or delayed results. Both these situations throw them out-of-balance and make them feel desolate, since they may have to start all-over. Often their research produce detrimental results too for reasons beyond comprehension and they get branded in the society as anti-social. Nevertheless, it’s their resilience to take adversity head-on which is an essential element of their success, sometimes a late-stage gain. They endure and evaluate methods when faced with challenges to prove their hypothesis. Innovati...