C. Suresh
I am an Engineer and a Management graduate from IIM-Bangalore. Accepting the definition that "Even if you win a rat-race, you still remain a rat" I have opted out of it in favor of trekking, travel and, now, blogging!
MY BLOGS
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Life is Like This
http://www.jambudweepam.blogspot.in/
A bit of trekking, a lot of travel, a dose of humor and a dollop of philosophy
LATEST ARTICLES ( 832 )
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The Demonetization Derby
It is tough on us bloggers. If you ignore current happenings, especially when they are on top of everyone's mind, you are being not being socially conscious.... Read more
Posted on 14 November 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
No Means NO
When I found my Facebook page awash in Pink and found that there was this entire movie made only to teach that 'No' means 'NO', I was aghast. Whatever are... Read more
Posted on 07 November 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Phobias
There is this anecdote by Jerome K Jerome right at the beginning of "Three men in a boat" about the protagonist reading a medical encyclopedia for light reading... Read more
Posted on 31 October 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Romancing Bollywood Style
It may surprise you to know that, in my youth (long gone, I know, you do not need to tell me), I was also inclined to these rosy dreams of romance. Read more
Posted on 24 October 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Ability to Quote
God must have been having an off day (AND the mother of all off days) when He made me. The number of things that He seems to have left out in the process is... Read more
Posted on 17 October 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Impressing People
I know you must think that I am a glutton for punishment because I keep going to friends for advice when it has never really worked well for me but what would... Read more
Posted on 10 October 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
A Writerly Rant
If only I had known that they had totally changed the job description of an author, I may never have set foot into this area. From childhood onward, I had alway... Read more
Posted on 03 October 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
I Love Tech
I know I am of the age where I am supposed to go, "In the good old days..." and progress from thereon to how the world is going to hell in a hand-basket now. Read more
Posted on 26 September 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Fishing for Compliments
I have never been any good at fishing, except when I fish for compliments. THEN I am all enthusiasm, baiting my hook and dangling it into the stream of Society... Read more
Posted on 19 September 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
I, the Orator
As an orator, I make an excellent gymnast. Better by far than any of the gymnasts winning Olympic medals, since they only seem to do one feat at a time. Read more
Posted on 12 September 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Master of Big Issues
I have figured out why I have not set the world on fire, getting people to run around after me waving selfie sticks. The problem, as usual, is luck - the luck... Read more
Posted on 05 September 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
What's in a Name?
I never really did bother about names and, if I ever had stopped to think about it, I would probably have shrugged my shoulders and said,"What's in a name?"... Read more
Posted on 29 August 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Do It Well?
Seivana thirunda sei - Tamil Proverb Translation(sort of) : What is worth doing is worth doing well I would love it if, just once, there is one of these proverb... Read more
Posted on 22 August 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Olympian Regrets
Goal of Team India at the Olympics: Rio jao. Selfies lo. Khaali haat wapas aao. What a waste of money and opportunity. I know that there is this almost insane... Read more
Posted on 15 August 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
This Day and That Day
It IS getting a bit monotonous, yes, but here I am, again, not being able to understand something that the whole world takes for granted. Read more
Posted on 10 August 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Great Kashmir Lakes Trek - III
This was the first time I was dropping out of a trek halfway. But, then, this was the first time I was about to do a High Altitude (OR any altitude) horse ride... Read more
Posted on 01 August 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Great Kashmir Lakes Trek - II
There is nothing that frightens me more than to go on a trek and have people exclaim, 'Oh! You are a veteran trekker!" Somehow, human beings seem wired to try t... Read more
Posted on 31 July 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Great Kashmir Lakes Trek - I
Just as I was thinking that this Nemesis that was stalking me on every trek had turned its attention to someone else, up it pops again and says that it was... Read more
Posted on 30 July 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Familiarity Breeds Contempt
Now! Now! Is that polite of you? I start off with 'Familiarity breeds contempt' and is it nice of you to say, "With some, the first sight counts as familiarity... Read more
Posted on 18 July 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
A Bad Workman Blames His Tools
It is so nice to come across one of these wise phrases that cannot injure me in the ego. Everyone in the past seems to have spent his time in coining phrases... Read more
Posted on 05 July 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION