C. Suresh

LATEST ARTICLES ( 828 )

• What People Say

  "But what will people say," used to be one of the bugbears of my youth. And, of course, I used to be pretty much contemptuous of the 'oldies' for bothering abou... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Keep It Simple

  You know the sort of advice that has everyone nodding in acceptance when it is handed out? That, generally, is precisely the sort of advice that people find... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Maturity

  I never really managed to understand what the heck this 'maturity' really means. I go around checking out what various people think about it and, from the... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Of Discontent and Progress

  Say anything and there is always someone who will find something wrong in it. Even if he has to analyse it nano-meter by nano-meter. And, so, when I say... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Change All, Change Nought

  "I did not quite get what you meant by working within the other person's bview of the world. You know, when you were talking about convincing people," I... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Arguing and Convincing

  "You wrote a series on logical fallacies some time back, didn't you?""Hmmm...", I said, apprehensively. This sort of start to a conversation almost always... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Conditional Happiness

  You know, this happiness thing is really strange. Most things in life that you truly want, you are willing to bend over backwards to get them. Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Multi-purpose Tasking?

  "I read your blog about what this chap was saying," said a friend, gesturing to the other chap in the room, "about purposes and all."I actually did not hear muc... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Milestones

  "So, what did you understand from what I said the other day about ambition and purpose?"Huh! So, now I have to pass an exam on what I thought was an idle... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Of Ambition and Purpose

  "You know, people never really understand the difference between ambition and purpose."Why me, Lord? Why do people think I am not only interested in this sort o... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Comparisons

  "You know, you missed the point when you were talking about expectations."The world has two types of people. The ones who just paste a smile on their faces and... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Great Expectations

  I never realized how what actually happened matters comparatively little to how happy we can be. Till the day I walked out, sore in mind and body, after I had... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Judging by the Cover

  When they said, "Don't judge a book by the cover," I nodded enthusiastically. I mean, yeah, it was a wonderful feeling that, for once, there was a piece of... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Then and Now

  Yeah, I know that the moment you see that title "Then and Now" and put it together with my age, you will add it up to a post on how in the 'good old days' we... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Man of Few Words

  Almost any person who has met me in person, and most especially those with whom I have felt comfortable about riding my hobbyhorses, will recoil in indignation... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sitting on the Fence

  "You know what your problem is?"Someone must really do a study about this, really! I mean, what is it about me that any friend who meets me feels the pressing... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Waiting

  I keep hearing of the existence of people who I would have thought belonged only in idealistic dreams. Like, apparently, there are those who can just continue t... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Cooking up Philosophy?

  I never realized how much I really liked or disliked the various foods I ate till I started cooking myself. Alas, that unfortunate necessity did come into my... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lacking SMQ

  Ever since I heard of this mysterious thing called Social Quotient, I knew I never had it. Not that I really understood what the dratted thing meant but I was... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Art of Trivializing

  The first time I came across the use of this great art of trivializing is when I was overawed by someone or the other's achievements and was waxing eloquent... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION