C. Suresh

LATEST ARTICLES ( 903 )

• 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

• Of Bucket Lists and Such

  When first I heard of Bucket lists, I had no clue what they were, of course. ('Of course, you didn't. When have you ever known anything,' you say? Moronic of... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Of Self-belief and Over-confidence

  The biggest problem with these 'virtues' and 'vices' is that not all of them are conveniently opposites of each other. You know, like 'love' and 'hate'. You... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Living up to Images

  We seem to think that it is only actors and celebrities who have to live up to the images we have of them. That the rest of us hoi polloi are, at least, free... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Limits of Success

  Vellatthanaiya malar neeettam; maandartham uLLatthanaiya uyarvu - ThirukkuralThe height of the lotus stalk is determined by the depth of the waters; the... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• True Wealth?

  ULLam Udamai Udamai; PoruLudamai nilladhu neengi vidum - ThirukkuralStrength of Character is the only true wealth; Material wealth does not abide and vanishes... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• True Joy?

  Araththaal Varuvadhe Inbam; Matrellaam Puraththa Pugazhum Ila - ThirukkuralVirtue alone gives true joy; everything else is neither joy nor fame - Loose... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Spots in the Mind?

  Azhukkaru Avaa Vekuli Innachchol Izhukkaa Iyandrathu Aram - ThirukkuralVirtue lies in being free from Envy, Greed, Wrath and hurtful speech - Loose TranslationI... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Virtue is All in the Mind?

  Manaththukkan Maasilan Aadhal Anaiththu Aran; Aaakula Neera Pira - Thirukkural A spotless mind is the only virtue; all else is valueless - Loose TranslationI... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Conforming World

  You know the biggest problem with the world is the fact that people do not always agree with each other. It's such an irritating thing to be find someone... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Quotation Bias

  Way back in school, I was taught to pepper any speech with quotes to lend weight to whatever I was speaking about, especially when it came to public speaking.... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 2021

  This new year 2021 comes around in strange circumstances. Up to now, by and large, wishing for a happy new year came tripping off the tongue. Optimism never... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Show Time at the Office

  It's rather funny how things that you tend to think of things learned for some purpose to be exclusively of use for that purpose. Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hate the Sin First?

  It never pays to assume that you have mastered something in the practice of philosophy. Never. It, perhaps, is fine as long as you are hugging the thought to... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Golden Silence

  "Silence is golden", they used to tell me in my youth. I used to be duly impressed and think very highly of silence even at that age when I had no clue why... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• What People Say

  "But what will people say," used to be one of the bugbears of my youth. And, of course, I used to be pretty much contemptuous of the 'oldies' for bothering abou... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Keep It Simple

  You know the sort of advice that has everyone nodding in acceptance when it is handed out? That, generally, is precisely the sort of advice that people find... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Maturity

  I never really managed to understand what the heck this 'maturity' really means. I go around checking out what various people think about it and, from the... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Of Discontent and Progress

  Say anything and there is always someone who will find something wrong in it. Even if he has to analyse it nano-meter by nano-meter. And, so, when I say... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Change All, Change Nought

  "I did not quite get what you meant by working within the other person's bview of the world. You know, when you were talking about convincing people," I... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2020 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION