C. Suresh

LATEST ARTICLES ( 832 )

• Irresolute Resolutions?

  Every time, around the end of a year, I suddenly get the feeling that I should do something in my life. A strange feeling since, normally, I feel that living... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Year That Was

  I have seldom been the sort to feel any great expectations from the end of one year and the start of another. A cow placidly chewing cud is unlikely to be... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• School Reunion Again

  

  Reunion time again! P.Suresh, Subroto and Anand had organized the reunion at Alankrita Resorts in Hyderabad, with the backing of Suchitra Ella (Naidu, that was). Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sabha Rage

  I have always had a regret. Being a non-driver, I have sorely missed experiencing that adrenaline rush of road-rage. I have always had to sit in gape-mouthed... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Do I Like Writing?

  The more I deal with the world of writing, the less confident I feel about whether I really like writing. Somehow, I had always had this feeling that a love... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Artist's Creativity Vs Audience Expectation - T.M. Krishna

  Art forms flourish based on the creativity of the artistes. If the creative endeavors of artistes are too closely trammeled, it could end up stultifying the... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Admetus and Alcestis - Guest Post for The Fool

  One of the lesser known facts about me is that I mainlined on myths of various origins throughout my youth. In addition to Indian myth, Graeco-Roman myth, Celti... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tales from the Mahabharat - GP for Alka Narula

  As people who know me know, every now and I then I dust off my saffron robes, sit in the Padmasan and start pontificating on the wisdom of the sages of yore. Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• I Am Determined

  There is a whole world of knowledge out there of which I am blissfully ignorant but I thought I knew my words at least. Even that consolation has suffered a... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• What Have They Done to You, Bond?

  I vaguely remember a snippet from PG Wodehouse' "Our man in America" pieces. It goes something like this (NOT verbatim quoting since my memory is pretty poor.... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Games People Play

  I think I am suffering from Multiple Personality Disorder. How can one person be the Macbeth of Shakespeare, Arjun of the Mahabharata and Ron Weasley of the... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Need to Lie

  I would probably have been a great Indian tycoon OR a top bureaucrat or a famous...somebody...but for one small problem. ("Oh! Really!" you say? What business d... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Barbaric Bibliophile

  There are some things that you cannot do without people making certain assumptions about you. The problem arises when you do certain things, but are unable to... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Honestly Rude?

  Someone said, "A true friend is he who does not shy away from pointing out your faults" or some such thing. If I could only get my hands on that @#?$ .... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Upper Mustang Trek - Finale

  

  Click to read Part 1, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII or Part VIII A few snippets from the trek that may be of interest. The one... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Upper Mustang Trek - VIII

  

  Click to read Part 1, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI or Part VII The group was split in three the next day. Ramesh went ahead (so what else is... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Upper Mustang Trek - VII (The Legend of Tulsi)

  

  Click to read Part 1, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V or Part VI All through the trek, we have been traveling in the vicinity of the Kali Gandhaki river... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Upper Mustang Trek - VI

  

  Click to read Part 1, Part II, Part III, Part IV or Part V The climb to Samar on the way up was now the descent. We were headed to Chusang and we started off... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Upper Mustang Trek - V

  

  Click to read Part 1, Part II, Part III or Part IV If there be some such person who has been religiously reading through - and remembering - the posts on... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Upper Mustang Trek - IV

  

  Click to read Part 1, Part II or Part III Programs did change and the group split in two. Geeta, Vinita, Sampat, Chandru and I were quite content to lazily... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION