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 ( 798 )
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Learning Teaches Humility
Vidhya dadati vinayam - Hitopadesa Loose translation: Learning bestows humility Huh! This is truly one for the books. What would be the point in putting in all... Read more
Posted on 06 July 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Work Hard, Play Hard
Ever since I heard that, if I did not 'Work Hard, Play hard', I was not really living, I have been having nightmares from which I wake up in cold sweat and... Read more
Posted on 29 June 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Old Words; New Meanings
The problem with language is that the damn thing just does not remain still. Just as you finish mucking around with the dictionary and the thesaurus, and feelin... Read more
Posted on 22 June 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Beliefs
The number of things normal human beings are expected to do, which I do not do, simply amazes me. For example, I believe that the process of maturing involves... Read more
Posted on 15 June 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Self Image
You know, this thing of self-image is a lot more than just the face you see in the mirror. (You know? Surprising!) Even when it comes to the face alone, you can... Read more
Posted on 08 June 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Numbers Game
I must be humorous. Really! At least, officially! This blog of mine has been listed as one of the "Top 13 Humor blogs in India". Well, last year Blogadda had... Read more
Posted on 01 June 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Open Letters
As in most things in life, I had a very mistaken impression about these 'Open Letters'. (Yeah! I know - You think I am the world's leading exponent of... Read more
Posted on 25 May 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Words of Importance - Learning Curve
I am sure you must have experienced this. There are those times when a word keeps jumping up at you. You hear it from one friend and, then, it pops up in an... Read more
Posted on 18 May 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Trek to Chandrashila Peak
There is an old joke from my youth about a Russian, an American and an Indian. Russian: We have submarines that go down to the sea-floor. Indian : All the way t... Read more
Posted on 11 May 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Panchatantra with a Twist: The Bird and the Monkeys
When winter came to the mountain, the gang of monkeys were unable to bear the cold. They collected the wild red berries, thinking they were embers, and blew... Read more
Posted on 04 May 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Words of Importance - Team-Player
This word (Phrase?) 'Team-player' is actually one of the well-meaning words in the management lexicon. It was originally intended to denote a person like a... Read more
Posted on 24 April 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Panchatantra with a Twist : The Turtle and the Swans
It was a drought year and the water in the pond was disappearing. Two swans, Sankat and Vikat, were worried about their friend - the turtle, Kambugriva - who... Read more
Posted on 20 April 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Words of Importance - Downsizing
The importance of jargon, in any science or social science, is normally to serve as a shorthand for concepts that would consume too many words to put across. Read more
Posted on 13 April 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Panchatantra with a Twist - The Blue Jackal
A jackal, Chandaraka, driven to seek food in a town by hunger is chased by a group of mongrels and hides in a vat of blue dye and ends up getting dyed blue. Read more
Posted on 06 April 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Have Opinion, Will Speak
You know what? There are really surprising people in this world. People who really think that, even if you have an opinion, it is not always necessary to spout... Read more
Posted on 30 March 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Words of Importance - Synergy
I have been lax in just assuming that the meaning I know for words IS the correct meaning for those words ('HOW could you? When was the last time you were... Read more
Posted on 23 March 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Panchatantra with a Twist : The Bug and the Flea
A bed-bug, named Mandavisarpini, had made a home in the bed of a king. One day it saw a flea, named Agnimukha, coming in and tried to shoo it out. Read more
Posted on 16 March 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Words of Importance - Strategy
I really do not know what we management types would do if we did not have this word 'strategy'. Without it, we would feel much less important, unenthusiastic... Read more
Posted on 09 March 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
All About Arnab
I have been suffering from an overdose of Arnab Goswami thanks to a news-addicted friend's visit. The experience has come close to being life-changing, insofar... Read more
Posted on 02 March 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Culture - Fragile, Handle with Care
It is shocking to realize that I have all along been totally oblivious of what is happening around me. Worse still, I have been living in a fool's paradise... Read more
Posted on 23 February 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION