C. Suresh

LATEST ARTICLES ( 828 )

• Love Only Supports Virtue?

  Aratthukke Anbu Sarbenba Ariyaar; Maratthukkum akdhe thunai - Tirukkural The ignorant think love is only a support for virtue; it is also a support for ridding... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2018 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Mirages

  I have discovered that the thing that is screwing up our happiness is mirages. You know, like that thing which appears like water from a distance, and, when... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2018 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Problem with Democracy?

  It is not always that I go seeking my friends for advice. There are times they come seeking me as well though, yes, it is very seldom for advice. Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2018 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Numbers Don't Lie?

  The chappie who said, "Numbers don't lie" probably meant it as a statement of fact. You know, like "The Sun rises in the East" or some such thing that people... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2018 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Art of Generalizing-III

  I really expected the chap to snap at me to go boil my head when I asked him for a simpler way to start on this Art. For a moment, it did look like he wanted... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2018 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Art of Generalizing-II

  This learning business has always been difficult for me. I had heaved a sigh of relief, once I got a job, at the thought that it was all behind me. Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2018 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Art of Generalizing-I

  This time I headed towards the most sympathetic of my friends. It had been a horrid day at office and I was feeling too sensitive to handle what my other friend... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2018 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Dog Eat Dog-food World

  Books are like food - as they age, they spoil. Ah, no, that was not really what I thought or think now, but, as in many things, I seem to run counter to the res... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2018 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Buy the Ferrari First

  You know how it is. If you habitually wear rags, the reactions depend on who you are. If you ARE poor, it is the poor-fellow-he-cannot-afford-anything-better... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2018 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Bitter Truth

  "People prefer to believe the worst of others", announced my friend. "You have spent a lot of time on Social media recently", I deduced with the aplomb of a... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2018 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Ideals and Idols

  Ideals are pesky things sent down to the world merely to trouble us. All you want to do is to simply do what you please. And then these things pop up and get... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2018 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• From Rockets to Drones

  Every now and then, I hark back to my long forgotten childhood. You know, the usual 'Those were the days' trip the old are expected to go on. Not that I have... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2018 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Trek to Hampta Pass - III

  

  Nightmares? They were nothing compared to what that river crossing was really like. There you were, early in the morning, muscles still cold removing your... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2018 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Trek to Hampta Pass - I

  

  When you go on treks quite often, you tend to take the mountains, the fresh air, the greenery and the views for granted. No, it is not that you ignore them WHIL... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2018 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Trek to Hampta Pass - II

  

  I have always been a strange character. (I know, I know, you think 'crazy idiot' suits better than 'strange character'. You can keep your opinions to yourself,... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2018 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Old Fables New Morals - The Goatherd and the Wild Goats

  You know, there are these times from Aesop got quite the wrong moral from his own fables. Yeah, I know that I did say once earlier that adults makes a mess of... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2018 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Old Fables New Morals - Hercules and the Wagoner

  So, there was this wagoner driving his cart on a rainy day when his wheels sank down in the slush and the cart would not move. Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2018 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Old Fables New Morals - The Wind and the Sun

  This comparison thing that I was talking of some time back seems to have infected everything. Like, there is this fable by a laddie called Aesop (who seemed to... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2018 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Comparison Game

  Like all of us, my first introduction to this comparison game was as a child. Of course, I had no idea that this is the game I was expected to play, and excel... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2018 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Moral of the Story

  As a kid, the words I used to dread were, 'So, tell me, what is the moral of the story?' Invariably, whatever I understood from the story turned out to be... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2018 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION