C. Suresh

LATEST ARTICLES ( 902 )

• Olympian Discussions

  "Our hockey team has done us proud. Bronze medal at last. Hopefully we will get to win the gold soon. Even the women's hockey team missed the bronze only by a... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Relationships

  Relationships! Hmmm! Come to think of it, that word takes in a lot of territory. Including trolling, hating etc. What's that catch-phrase? Ah, yes, Toxic... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Old Fables New Morals : The Ant and the Grasshopper

  It is normal for tales with morals to make children hate the 'moral' character of the story. Like the guy in your class who is held up as an example for you to... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Goat?

  I once had a credit card sold to me on a 'lifetime free' basis. A year down the line, the bill for annual charges for the card came in. Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• What You Want to Hear

  The one truth about conversing with people is that you very seldom hear what you want to hear. Not only when you are eavesdropping (Eavesdroppers never hear... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Old Fables New Morals - Hercules and the Wagoner (revisited)

  You know, you can hardly say anything these days without a bunch of people eagerly waiting to scream about how you got it all wrong, even before you finish... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Status Quoism

  If you are like me, you would have had that story popping up all over the place on Social media. The one about the fisherman and the business executive. Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Generalisations

  Even the Buddha, today, would probably find his enlightenment in the shadow of social media, I suppose. (Yeah, I mean a prince can leave his palace, wife and al... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Comparison (Again?)

  There is this story, a Birbal or Tenali Raman story depending on which side of the Vindhyas you live in, about the chap being asked to make a line small... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• No Place for Introverts?

  You know, there is such a lot about the world that I never could understand. (A pity, for it keeps me blathering continuously on this blog? Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• What You Do Not Have

  You know, life runs on what you do not have and not on what you do. (Maybe I have said this before but then I am at an age where I am EXPECTED to repeat myself. Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• I Don't Know

  Is it only me or is it everyone who finds that "I don't know" is the toughest thing to say? Oh, I mean, yes, if someone asked you to explain the different Strin... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Good Guys

  It must the books I am reading, of late, I am sure, this obsession with the statement, "We are the good guys here." I cannot blame the authors, I suppose,... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Entertainment

  When the whole world is agonizing about Me-Too, I wax eloquent on my kitchen debacles. Comes the time when Covid wracks the world, and everyone is an instant... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 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