C. Suresh

LATEST ARTICLES ( 902 )

• What Remains?

  Philosophers will be philosophers. They may have their practical side but, when it comes to the goals of life, they are unlikely to accept what you and I aim fo... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2026 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Wealth Guardians

  There is always this thing about wealth. People want to safeguard it. AND, yes, there is some element of truth in it. That if you fail to care for your wealth,... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2025 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Useless Wealth

  The moment you see 'useless wealth' and I say it is something told by a philosopher you burst out with, 'So, what else is new? Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2025 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Greatest Strength?

  Way back in history, when the master of all self-help books was one Dale Carnegie, I remember reading in one of his books that a successful industrialist... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2025 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Second Nature?

  You know, there is nothing new that anyone can teach about how to succeed, how to become a great person, yada yada. Between a self-improvement book of half a... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2025 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Only Listeners Are Soft-spoken?

  These are days when the desirability of being soft-spoken is considered highly over-rated. So, the very idea that you need to put in effort in order to become... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2025 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Company Makes for Character?

  There is no end to the trouble that comes with aiming for being a person of good character. It is difficult to shed the bad in you. Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2025 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Importance of Trying

  You have all heard often enough about all journeys start with a single step. Before ever you start, you also need to make up your mind that you can do it. Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2025 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Get What You Want?

  There is this interesting quote that says 'When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it' or some such. Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2025 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• More Inimical Than Enemies?

  There is this thing about poet-philosophers. The poet tends to exaggeration to make his point. The philosopher delves into various facets of human nature. Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2025 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Troubling Trouble?

  It is quite possible that someone achieves success without having to struggle in the process to achieving it. Possible, yes, but probable? Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2025 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Laudable Ability?

  As I have had reason to say, various human abilities are given pole position in different contexts by philosophers, especially if they are also poets. Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2025 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Get Good Consultants?

  There is no dearth of advisers in the world. Get onto social media and ask ANY question and you will find scores of people ready with advice. Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2025 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• HR Cannot Be Always Right?

  Assembly lines may come and mess up the tenets of production; Computers may come and kill the need for arithmetic abilities; AI may come and muck up things for... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2025 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Society's Foundation?

  There is this general opinion that India has been the society of mystics and monks; a place where renunciation has been set at such a pinnacle that there is no... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2025 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Happy Forgetfulness

  One tends to think of joy as an undiluted benefit. And, yes, when you are happily celebrating the last thing you want is someone disturbing the mood with... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2025 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Useless Eyes?

  No, no, this is not a diatribe about how eyes are useless if used only to binge-watch OTT series. Nor, indeed, is it a push for the latest online tutorial... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2025 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Your Money is My Money?

  There are these times when a philosopher's advice seems so attractive to you merely because it allows you to interpret it to suit yourself. Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2025 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• To See Through

  There are these things that are told over and over again, so much so that you dismiss them as cliches. Apparently Goebbels said (AND thereby fathered... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2025 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Knowing Limits

  There are times when you need to be told the most obvious things. Advice is not always the esoteric or the deep things that only the wise may know. Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2025 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION