C. Suresh

LATEST ARTICLES ( 828 )

• Of Bootleggers and the Law

  There is probably almost no law which does not interfere with what someone or the other wants to do. Well, if no-one wanted to do a thing, why would you need a... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Morality and Legality

  The strange thing about us humans is that we first put in place systems and procedures to serve a purpose and then promptly forget the purpose. Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Law is an Ass?

  Humanity has a strange relationship with laws. Being a basically chaotic species, it would be impossible to have stable societies unless we have laws that... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Outrage

  There is this problem with writing anything, anywhere. (Or drawing or painting or singing or...) You write the damn thing because you sort of enjoy the... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Say Nothing - Politician

  You can hardly talk about succeeding by saying nothing without bringing in politicians at some stage or the other. Yes, there may be those politicians,... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Say Nothing - Manager

  There is this interesting thing that economists love to say. "You cannot see the wood for the trees." It has a kernel of truth and meaning in it, of course. Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Say Nothing - Student

  By now you know I have been the recipient of a lot of advice that has ruined my life. The one I speak of today, though, was possibly good advice which I... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Here It Comes Again

  There is this peculiar phenomenon about these special dates - birthdays, anniversaries etc. They do not always affect you the same way as time goes on. Ah! Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2019 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• How Not to Preen?

  Ever noticed this strange fact? Whenever people start advising you about how to conduct yourself in Society, it seems like they just love telling you about the... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2019 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• To Preen Or Not to Preen?

  You know this thing about 'reading between the lines'? THAT's the one thing that God forgot to put in when he was making me. Or, maybe, He just did not realize... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2019 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Preemptive Illogic?

  "You will never really be a success, you know that? You believe anything you hear. Like, for example, you believe logic works." By now, you know that there is... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2019 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Loopholes

  This loophole business has always had me flummoxed. Whenever I have heard that someone had found a loophole in a law or a procedure of the government, it has... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2019 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Misused Sayings

  If there is one thing that can be guaranteed it is that anything that can be misused will be misused. That applies to sayings as much as to anything else. Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2019 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Modern Utopia?

  "I want everyone to be able to have food, clothing, shelter, education and medicare", said the Humanitarian. "So be it! Let the brains of the world unite and... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2019 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Trekking Near Dharamshala

  

  There are those who feel that it is not a trek unless they crawl into a tent every night, stuff themselves into a sleeping bag and try to sleep on a sleeping ma... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2019 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Trekking Near Dharamshala - II

  

  When we left for Dharamshala, what we checked on the Net indicated the possibility of some three to four day treks. As it turned out, though, Triund Peak was... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2019 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Winners Don't Lose?

  Being an inveterate reader, I cannot resist reading anything...even unto T-Shirt slogans. This habit of mine, I am sure, is going to lead to immense trouble,... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2019 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Work-Life Balance?

  Every time I hear of this Work-Life balance I get a weird feeling. (No, you @#$$, it is not because I neither have work nor life. Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2019 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Money and Happiness

  "You know, you suffer from the wrong notion that money is enough to be happy." As usual. Here is another friend who knows exactly what is wrong with me. Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2019 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Progress

  "It's difficult to say when a Society is progressing." "What's so difficult about that?" I could have bitten my tongue almost as soon as I said this. Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2019 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION