C. Suresh

LATEST ARTICLES ( 906 )

• 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

• The Upper Mustang Trek - III

  

  Click to read Part 1 and Part II Geeta was in good spirits the next day and we set off on the trek to Syanboche. The trek was expected to be long - some 20+... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Upper Mustang Trek - II

  

  Homo Sapiens is certainly a most peculiar species. I am certain that most of the denizens would, if told to take time to smell the roses, say... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Upper Mustang Trek - I

  

  The problem with being called a veteran at anything is that it automatically creates the pressure to live up to the tag. I mean, just imagine someone calling yo... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Heighho to the Himalayas, Again

  It is that time of the year again. A time when all my long-suffering readers eagerly look forward to, when I vanish into the mountains and give them respite fro... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Empowerment

  "You are simply wasting your time. You should be working for the empowerment of those less fortunate than you." "Ah! So, you really can give to others what you... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tomorrow Never Comes

  A decade and a half, nearly, of working together daily. Of practically living in each other's pockets for days on end. Of finding, thanks to his company, that... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION