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!
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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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The Krishna Key by Ashwin Sanghi - A Review
Indian fantasy-writing has puzzled me. Most fantasy writers seem intent on providing a scientific or pseudo-scientific rationale for the mythology as though the... Read more
Posted on 30 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Trek That Wasn't
There I was in Rishikesh feeling that all nature was conspiring to make me feel at home by ensuring that it rained all night. This idea that everything was... Read more
Posted on 24 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
A Double Century
What with the heat in Delhi keeping me for walking and a trek that will demand a lot from my lungs and legs, I feel woefully ill-prepared. Read more
Posted on 15 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Indolent Pleasures
I really do not know where human beings get these crazy notions. The one that has irked me all my life is this idea that somehow a person has to justify... Read more
Posted on 13 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Melting Moments
There are cities that are termed 'melting pots of culture'. There is this city which seems to have taken that phrase too literally with a special emphasis on th... Read more
Posted on 12 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
A Sense of Humor?
After a long stint of hunting for jobs, Ajay bags one with a call center operation and rings up his close friend to share his joy. "Dude! I got a job with .... Read more
Posted on 08 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
A Brief Interval
Every now and then I make my readers extremely happy - by allowing them some peace with silence on my blog. This, then, is yet another such happy occasion. Read more
Posted on 04 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Humor in Fiction
What does a humorist do when he runs out of ideas? He can bemoan his lack of ideas and shed copious tears all over a blog post. Been there, done that in the... Read more
Posted on 30 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Metamorphosis of the Indian Heroine
About the first thing that you probably think is going to be there in this piece is the enormous reduction in consumption of textiles on account of the Indian... Read more
Posted on 28 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Metamorphosis of the Indian Hero
Change is always traumatic. And we live in a world that is changing every moment. Though all of us suffer through the stress of change I think the bulk of the... Read more
Posted on 23 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Once Upon the Tracks of Mumbai – A Book Review
‘Once upon the tracks of Mumbai’, written by Rishi Vohra and published by Jaico, is the tale of an autistic Babloo Srivastav who is unable to connect with the... Read more
Posted on 20 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Shopping Woes
I hate shopping. Almost everyone who knows me knows that I do. Very few, however, know why I do. Considering that I have burdened my readers with all the secret... Read more
Posted on 16 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Heaven in Hell
“Take care of these nitpicking administrative details without bothering me, He says”, muttered the Gatekeeper with an apprehensive look upwards. Read more
Posted on 13 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Words and Meanings Again
There are words that did not exist before and have been created since. Then there are words that meant something else in the past whose meanings have morphed... Read more
Posted on 09 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Crazy Algorithm of Love - A Book Review
'The Crazy Algorithm of Love', published by Frog Books, is a debut novel by Rajrupa Gupta, who is a good blogger friend of mine. I am normally wary of debut... Read more
Posted on 07 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Break
This post has been published by me as a part of the Blog-a-Ton 39; the thirty-ninth edition of the online marathon of Bloggers; where we decide and we write. Read more
Posted on 04 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Lament of a Jester
P.G.Wodehouse took grave objection to being called a 'burbling pixie', ‘believing that as such he became a hissing and a by-word among the eggheads. You can't g... Read more
Posted on 03 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
The ‘Ring the Bell’ Meet Again
Previous part here In the previous post, I had tried to discuss why a woman does not stop her husband from physical abuse when he first attempts it. The... Read more
Posted on 28 April 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
The ‘Ring the Bell’ Meet
I must, at the outset, admit that I normally do not expect to find meets on serious topics interesting. The focus\, normally, turns on one particular viewpoint... Read more
Posted on 28 April 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Importance of Hypocrisy
It is customary, I know, to pick a dictionary and define the word before you go ahead giving out your unique ‘wisdom’ about it. Read more
Posted on 25 April 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION