C. Suresh
I am an Engineer and a Management graduate from IIM-Bangalore. Accepting the definition that "Even if you win a rat-race, you still remain a rat" I have opted out of it in favor of trekking, travel and, now, blogging!
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Life is Like This
http://www.jambudweepam.blogspot.in/
A bit of trekking, a lot of travel, a dose of humor and a dollop of philosophy
LATEST ARTICLES ( 799 )
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Know Thy Self?
If only I had a penny for every time some guru of success talks of 'Know Thy Self', I'd probably not need them...other than to tell me 'Know Thy Self' and addin... Read more
Posted on 29 April 2024 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Crime and Punishment?
It's a funny thing about punishing crime and/or mistakes. Invariably, the one on the receiving end of the crime wants revenge. (AND if anyone is mealymouthed... Read more
Posted on 22 April 2024 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Leads on to Good Fortune?
When it comes to destiny, people have all sorts of beliefs. Some believe that there is no such thing and everything that comes to you comes because of your own... Read more
Posted on 15 April 2024 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Worthy Success?
Whatever it is that you want out of life, the philosophers will tie it right back to your character. Irritating though it is to discover that they have no... Read more
Posted on 01 April 2024 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Finance and Leadership?
It is funny how money always insinuates itself into any facet of life. Think of it as sordid, think of it as a useful tool, think of it as the holy grail of... Read more
Posted on 25 March 2024 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
A Good Leader?
The problem with all advisers is that they very seldom tell me what I want to hear. Why is it that, whenever it comes to the sort of person I want to be in... Read more
Posted on 25 March 2024 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Good and Wealthy?
One sort of assumes that philosophers tend to be down on the wealthy. You know 'Easier for the camel to go through the eye of the needle than for the wealthy... Read more
Posted on 18 March 2024 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Win the World?
This thing about timing is something every philosopher goes gaga about. Call it timing, call it luck, it seems all the same. The guy who loses out calls it bad... Read more
Posted on 11 March 2024 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Blemishless?
You know, it's a rather tempting thing for people to think that a leader is someone who can do no wrong. Leaders, too, would love to consider someone - a friend... Read more
Posted on 04 March 2024 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Listen Well, Speak Well?
It's a rather archaic thing to be speaking of listening these days, I know. I mean, we are all engaged in shouting as loud as we can, expecting to go viral, tha... Read more
Posted on 26 February 2024 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
They Exist but Do Not Live?
Life is a strange thing. I mean, in one sense, if you are not dead, then you are living. But a philosopher would make the distinction between your merely... Read more
Posted on 14 February 2024 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Enter to Excel?
You know, there are these times when these great philosophers speak words that actually resonate with me. It happens rarely but it does happen. And, no, I am no... Read more
Posted on 12 February 2024 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Seek Critics?
They keep telling you that good advice is normally bitter. It's like food, you know. Whatever tastes good is bad for health and whatever you truly hate the sigh... Read more
Posted on 05 February 2024 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
An Eye for an Eye?
I'd rather not be talking as though I feel that everything that's being said today was said way back in India by our sainted ancestors. It's sort of become a... Read more
Posted on 29 January 2024 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Greatest Power?
You know, the strange thing about these philosophers is their odd ideas about things like wealth, power and the likes. I mean, when us ordinary mortals think... Read more
Posted on 22 January 2024 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Good Parenting?
Yeah, yeah, I know that you guys are sniggering at my writing anything at all about parenting. Though why you should is a mystery since I am certain to have bee... Read more
Posted on 15 January 2024 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Useless AI?
Technology has always proved to be a huge let-down for me. They first talked up automation and, now, they are all talking up this Artificial Intelligence thingy. Read more
Posted on 08 January 2024 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Worthy Silence
In childhood, I used to always get told 'Children should be seen but not heard.' The problem, though, is parents very seldom stick to their own rules. Read more
Posted on 01 January 2024 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Desiring Suffering
You know, I am not aware that, anywhere else in the world, philosophers were so down on desire. A stray chap, here and there, may have sort of moaned about... Read more
Posted on 25 December 2023 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Limits of Fortune
This question of Fate and Fortune is a never-ending thing with none giving a satisfactory answer. I mean, if you are fated to lead a certain life and achieve a... Read more
Posted on 18 December 2023 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION