C. Suresh

LATEST ARTICLES ( 828 )

• The Power of Headlines

  You know, one of the things I realized very late in life is the power of headlines in news of all sorts. If you, like me, are the sort to just generally browse... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2019 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Judgmental

  I don't know exactly when I started getting judgmental about people. It probably started way back in school. You know how it is - every class has this irritatin... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2019 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lost and Floundering

  You know, this brave new world of ours confuses me too much. Too often, I find myself totally lost and floundering when I try to make sense of it. (Yeah, yeah, ... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2019 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Too Content?

  "You know what's the problem with you?" Again! And it had been a long while since I thought that 'the problem' meant that there was only one problem with me... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2019 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• I Do? I Understand?

  Whenever there was this Workshop class at school, I used to get all tensed up. Ah, no, it was not only because I could not just sit in the back benches and... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2019 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Education?

  kaRka kasadaRak kaRpavai katrapin niRka adhaRkuth thaga - Thirukkural Whatever you learn, learn flawlessly and thoroughly; and live in accordance to those tenet... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2019 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Dealing in Absolutes

  "I am afraid that Kunal is no good to do unplanned trips with. He is too used to comforts and keeps complaining if things are a bit rough." I was saying when... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2019 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• I Told You So

  There are few pleasures in the world that can compare with the sheer joy of saying "I told you so". Very rare is the person who gets the opportunity to do it an... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2019 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Advice

  You know, this advice thing, it seems neither blessed to give nor to receive as far as I am concerned. ('For you, nothing ever can be blessed', you say? And... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2019 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Fruity Friends?

  "I think friends are like fruits", said my friend, musingly. I looked up in alarm. He did say 'fruits', didn't he, and not 'fruitcakes'? Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2019 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Self-satisfying Philosophy

  You know, the problem with most philosophy is that it wants you to do things that you do not want to do; and not do the things that you do want to do.... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2019 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Better to Have Loved and Lost?

  "It's better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all", says this friend and smirks at me. Why smirk at me? It's obvious that I have not 'loved an... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2019 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Confusing Proverbs

  It may only be me (which, as we all know, means 'Of course, it is not only me') but I really do think that there are these proverbs put in primarily to confuse... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2019 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Do Thine Duty

  You know what, it is astonishing how we have such a keen eye for what other people's duties are and how they are doing it. As for our own...well, truly, do you... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2019 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Selfish Altruism?

  "People think just because someone is doing something altruistic that person is noble. Nonsense", I burst out. My friend looked up with that expression that I... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2019 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Human Resource

  The sort of things which make people happy leave me stumped. Especially when it comes to the corporate world. No wonder my managers found me impossible to... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2019 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• I Am Illiberal?

  You know how it goes when you are in your teens and tweens. You just love the idea of labeling yourself - atheist, cynic, what have you. Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2019 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Unreasonably Reasonable

  Maybe it is only me (I KNOW this is usually used as a euphemism for 'Of course if you do not agree, YOU must be crazy' but I REALLY mean it at face value,... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2019 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Convincing Insults?

  There was this time, in my long gone childhood, when I had a rooted conviction that 2+2 equaled 5. At that time, between my father and my math teacher, I... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2019 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Thrashed?

  "PM thrashes journalist in TV interview" I had heard that news on television had become very interesting but I had not realized that it had become as good as a... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2019 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION