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 ( 828 )
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Passing Time
Ever since I quit working, I have been faced with one question which I have been unable to even understand, leave alone answer. I keep getting asked how I manag... Read more
Posted on 12 July 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Need for Ladders
You know, there is this strange problem with everything that we are told is priceless. Especially those things which you are supposed to aspire for. Read more
Posted on 06 July 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Paired Opposites?
Having trained all my life, since birth (My mom used to say I was too lazy to cry, even as a baby, and did even that as little as possible), to idle and having... Read more
Posted on 29 June 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Journeys and Destinations
Practically all through my life I have been known as the chap who walks. (No, no the man with the mask and a skin-tight body-suit, that's the GHOST who walks. Read more
Posted on 22 June 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Evident Truths
People seem to have so many things which are evident truths, so evident that it is only a moron who would question why they are truths. Read more
Posted on 15 June 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Law of Unreasonableness
The most vexing thing about humanity is that they set up ideals, which they expect only other people to live by, while they themselves feel free to live by any... Read more
Posted on 08 June 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Handling Advice
When it comes to advice on how to handle advice, there is only this one that seems to have been accepted by most of humanity. Even if they had never heard of... Read more
Posted on 01 June 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Ascribing Motives
One of the most favorite pastimes of humanity is probably this one of ascribing motives to the actions of other people. Pastimes? Not really. Read more
Posted on 25 May 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Authors, Ho!
It has been said by many in my hearing that a lot of people seem to have mistaken the MBA for a Creative Writing degree, going by the number of authors who... Read more
Posted on 18 May 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
False Friends?
"So now I know who are my real friends. So many false friends who did not even bother to check if I was OK in this Covid-19 lock down" It's truly amazing how... Read more
Posted on 11 May 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
In the Moment
"I don't understand this 'Carpe Diem' thing", I said. "So, what else is new? If you understood something...anything...THAT would be worth telling. Read more
Posted on 04 May 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Covid Lessons?
The thing about this Covid-19 menace is that, in addition to threatening your health and life, it also is supposedly teaching you lessons. A strand of RNA clad... Read more
Posted on 27 April 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Lockdown Musings
Thanks to avoiding newspapers and cutting off TV, I am invariably late on any news. And what I do get to know comes from Social media, which as you all know is... Read more
Posted on 20 April 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Head and the Heart
"You know what the problem with people is?" "What is it?" I asked tentatively. True, this did not seem like it was heading towards a listing of my flaws but... Read more
Posted on 13 April 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Priorities
I have always wondered about priorities. I mean, you think you know what your priorities are. Like, say, ensuring that THAT slimy so-and-so does not get ahead o... Read more
Posted on 06 April 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Illusion of Control
Yeah, so I am this chap who totally hates getting out of his house (out of his bed, to be totally honest), as almost all my friends will testify. Read more
Posted on 30 March 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Frivolous?
When it is the worst of times, I find that I am invariably considered frivolous. Rightfully so, probably, considering that I have never managed to understand ho... Read more
Posted on 23 March 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Physics of Me
I am sure that this chap, Nityananda, must have been a Sciences student at school and, possibly, particularly tormented by Physics, if not his Physics teacher.... Read more
Posted on 16 March 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Examples
It must have been at school that I heard this thing about the importance of examples to explain concepts. Yeah, I know that all of you know about how I thought... Read more
Posted on 09 March 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Important, at Last
What a boon it must be to be so sure that you are important to the rest of the world. You know, like when someone says what an ideal friend should be like, you... Read more
Posted on 02 March 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION