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!
MY BLOGS
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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 ( 797 )
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Fantasy
You sit in office, laboring for 16 hours a day for the third straight day, and finish the Annual Budget in less time than it has ever been done before. Read more
Posted on 26 October 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Perils of a Modern Writer
You possibly think that these classical writers of the past were real geniuses. They had it easy, I tell you. All they had to do was to concentrate on their... Read more
Posted on 19 October 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Mirror! Mirror! On the Wall!
I had a endless fascination for mirrors in my teens. I knew I had a heartbreaking handsome face but, of course, it helps if you can see it for yourself and... Read more
Posted on 12 October 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Importance of Bollywood Songs
It is such a pity that I learn most of the important lessons of life too late. Story of my life, in general. There is no real point in me, at age fifty or so,... Read more
Posted on 05 October 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
My Humor Book - A Dog Eat Dog-food World
Once upon a time, I was content writing blog posts and waiting forlornly for readers to come around and read them. Then comes a short story competition and I,... Read more
Posted on 28 September 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Manage-Men-T
"Manage-Men-T" It was my first day at IIM-Bangalore and the first thing that the Prof, who was giving the orientation lecture, wrote on the Board was this. To... Read more
Posted on 21 September 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Standing on Tiptoe
I had an amused smile on my face as I entered my home, after waving my school-friend off. It had been a long while since we had met and meeting him had revived... Read more
Posted on 14 September 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Humorous Still? Top 10 Humor Blogs in BlogAdda's #WIN15 AWARDS
Ever told a joke and went "Hahaha' about it with sepulchral silence in the audience? You must have felt that creeping red on the face and the uncomfortable... Read more
Posted on 07 September 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Trek to Valley of Flowers with GIO - To Badrinath, Mana and Back
First Part : To Auli; Second Part: To Ghangaria; Third Part: To Valley of Flowers; Fourth Part: To Hemkund Sahib; Fifth Part: To Badrinath, Mana and Back It... Read more
Posted on 05 September 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Trek to Valley of Flowers with GIO - To Hemkund Sahib
First Part : To Auli; Second Part: To Ghangaria; Third Part: To Valley of Flowers; Fourth Part: To Hemkund Sahib; Fifth Part: To Badrinath, Mana and... Read more
Posted on 04 September 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Trek to Valley of Flowers with GIO - To Valley of Flowers
First Part : To Auli Second Part: To Ghangaria The cavalry regiment suffered a major setback today. No mules were permitted on the route to Valley of Flowers. Read more
Posted on 03 September 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Trek to Valley of Flowers with GIO - To Ghangaria
The First Part here: To Auli There may be those intrepid trekkers, who disdain to travel by vehicles when they could walk; beings who could walk all day,... Read more
Posted on 02 September 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Trek to Valley of Flowers with GIO - To Auli
Deja vu! There we were, Chandru and I, hair in a braid (Of course, only metaphorically. What did you think? That I had started using obscure herbs culled from... Read more
Posted on 31 August 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Homo Motoris
I must have been living in some other world all this while. A world in which I merely looked on the roads and thought that, when you put the brakes on a vehicle... Read more
Posted on 16 August 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Agree to Disagree
Life would have been far easier for me but for that fact that, from childhood, I had developed a quaint notion that I should not say a thing unless I really... Read more
Posted on 10 August 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Dangerous Charity
I still remember that day in Haridwar when my friend made the mistake of giving alms to one beggar. Within seconds, so many beggars had materialized from thin... Read more
Posted on 03 August 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Mere 'achche Din'
When I landed in Delhi, armed with some bookish knowledge of Hindi, I little realized that over the next few years my conversational lingo would be reduced to... Read more
Posted on 27 July 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Dependence?
Paradhinam prana sankatam Loose translation: Dependence on others is distressing to the soul This is one thing that put paid to my budding career as a... Read more
Posted on 20 July 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
This is Intelligence?
EpporuL yAr yAr vAy kEtpinum apporuL mey poruL kAnbadaRivu - Tirukkural Loosely translation : True intelligence discerns facts based on what is said and not... Read more
Posted on 13 July 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Learning Teaches Humility
Vidhya dadati vinayam - Hitopadesa Loose translation: Learning bestows humility Huh! This is truly one for the books. What would be the point in putting in all... Read more
Posted on 06 July 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION