C. Suresh

LATEST ARTICLES ( 828 )

• Identical Opposites?

  People have been telling me that the way to a better world is in trying to find commonalities among various people rather than in concentrating on the... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Fuel of Social Progress

  "Can you guys tell me which is the most important fuel of social progress?"That was thrown into a gathering of friends, thank god! With me alone, I KNEW that an... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Time and Tide

  "Time and Tide wait for none", they scream. By and large, they mean only that 'Time is Money' and any time which is not spent in the pursuit of earning money, o... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Relativities

  Relatives? Nah! Read the title properly, willya? Relativities, it says. Einstein and all that? You must be new to this blog if you really think that I have the... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• This Celebrity Thing

  I have never understood this thing about celebrity. ("It would only be a wonder if you understood anything", you say? If you spent less time making snide remark... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Random Ranting

  I believe that it is customary to look back on life on some special dates. Birthdays, anniversaries of other sorts, on your death bed...dates like that. Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Of Bucket Lists and Such

  When first I heard of Bucket lists, I had no clue what they were, of course. ('Of course, you didn't. When have you ever known anything,' you say? Moronic of... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Of Self-belief and Over-confidence

  The biggest problem with these 'virtues' and 'vices' is that not all of them are conveniently opposites of each other. You know, like 'love' and 'hate'. You... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Living up to Images

  We seem to think that it is only actors and celebrities who have to live up to the images we have of them. That the rest of us hoi polloi are, at least, free... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Limits of Success

  Vellatthanaiya malar neeettam; maandartham uLLatthanaiya uyarvu - ThirukkuralThe height of the lotus stalk is determined by the depth of the waters; the... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• True Wealth?

  ULLam Udamai Udamai; PoruLudamai nilladhu neengi vidum - ThirukkuralStrength of Character is the only true wealth; Material wealth does not abide and vanishes... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• True Joy?

  Araththaal Varuvadhe Inbam; Matrellaam Puraththa Pugazhum Ila - ThirukkuralVirtue alone gives true joy; everything else is neither joy nor fame - Loose... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Spots in the Mind?

  Azhukkaru Avaa Vekuli Innachchol Izhukkaa Iyandrathu Aram - ThirukkuralVirtue lies in being free from Envy, Greed, Wrath and hurtful speech - Loose TranslationI... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Virtue is All in the Mind?

  Manaththukkan Maasilan Aadhal Anaiththu Aran; Aaakula Neera Pira - Thirukkural A spotless mind is the only virtue; all else is valueless - Loose TranslationI... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Conforming World

  You know the biggest problem with the world is the fact that people do not always agree with each other. It's such an irritating thing to be find someone... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Quotation Bias

  Way back in school, I was taught to pepper any speech with quotes to lend weight to whatever I was speaking about, especially when it came to public speaking.... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 2021

  This new year 2021 comes around in strange circumstances. Up to now, by and large, wishing for a happy new year came tripping off the tongue. Optimism never... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Show Time at the Office

  It's rather funny how things that you tend to think of things learned for some purpose to be exclusively of use for that purpose. Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hate the Sin First?

  It never pays to assume that you have mastered something in the practice of philosophy. Never. It, perhaps, is fine as long as you are hugging the thought to... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Golden Silence

  "Silence is golden", they used to tell me in my youth. I used to be duly impressed and think very highly of silence even at that age when I had no clue why... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION