C. Suresh

LATEST ARTICLES ( 832 )

• 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

• 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