C. Suresh

LATEST ARTICLES ( 924 )

• The Best Safeguard

  There you are again. The 'best' has made its appearance. I think hyperbole is the term in poetry when exggeration is used to make a point. You are not allowed t... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2026 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• No Better Virtue

  I have had reason to say this about philosophers, especially philosopher-poets. They have this tendency to exaggerate the specific virtue or vice that they are... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2026 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Destructive Words

  If there is a thing that almost all philosophers agree upon, it is the importance of controlling your tongue. Not surprising, really, since philosophers deal... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2026 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Discardable Friendships

  You can never take anything for granted, especially with philosophers. I mean, there are these things that are almost holy cows. Things like love; like... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2026 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Priceless Gem?

  I have always been handicapped by the absence of an ability that people seem to take for granted. Like, if I am told 'Drop in any time', I take that as an... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2026 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Read the Room?

  There ARE these times when you really find that Eureka moment where you feel convinced that you can say, 'We did this way back in history'! Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2026 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Laugh in the Face of Trouble?

  Yeah, yeah, you are right. I AM going to start off by saying how philosophers talk of things that, on the face of it, seem insane. Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2026 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Easy Way to Virtue?

  Sometimes, very rarely, philosophers do manage to make things easy. Or, at least, things sound easy. Surprisingly easy, because in the normal course, the... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2026 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Subtract Your Faults First?

  And there is this story about how the King asked for a way to achieve something impossible and the Philosopher gave him a magic potion to do it... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2026 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Wasted by Saving?

  Sometimes, the advice of philosophers seems to be counter-intuitive. Like, your common sense says one thing and the philosopher says the diametric opposite of... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2026 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Pat Not Thine Own Back?

  Philosophers just cannot bear to see you happy. Or so it appears, going by the fact that anything that makes you happy is prominent on their list of things... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2026 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Not Just for 'Likes'?

  Sometimes, it seems like philosophers define things way different from the way we know and understand them. I do not mean that they say the same things in a... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2026 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Friendships -Waxing and Waning

  Like motherhood and apple pie (use the culture-appropriate food item. I'm not getting into the 'Idli vs Aloo Poha vs Poori-bhaji' debate), friendship is... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2026 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Greatest Person?

  I had recently read a piece about how we have become a society hunting greatness. That greatness had somehow translated to being the 'best', which makes all... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2026 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Fear Leads to Virtue?

  I had reason to mention before that Indian philosophers place more importance on motives than on action. The thing is you can hardly ever understand someone... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2026 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Ain't It Just Telling the Truth?

  AND there are these times that these philosophers take up a concept that you thought you understood very well and turn it on its head. Or spin it in a... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2026 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Austerities - Easy?

  Have you noticed how philosophers seem to find it so simple and easy to do what is needed for whatever problem you want them to address? You want success? Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2026 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Light of Life

  There are times that one thinks of philosophers as being dry as dust. You know, most times they are talking about hard work and dedication and so on and so... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2026 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Pillars of Goodness

  There is a problem with some philosophical concepts. Goodness, for one? I mean, do people still seek to be good? Or is it all sunk in the cynical attitude that... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2026 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Burden Seeks the Strong?

  You often hear that God does does not burden you more than you can bear; when life keeps throwing curveballs at someone it is because he has the ability to hit... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2026 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION