C. Suresh

LATEST ARTICLES ( 903 )

• I Never Had a Valentine

  I have been particularly remiss in not posting anything on the subject of Valentine's day and am in serious risk of being banned by Social media. Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hard to Get

  I find that I was in error when I thought of the respect accorded to being hard to please as some sort of isolated reaction. ("So, what else is new? Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Easy to Please

  The main problem with me is that I am a slow learner. (You know of more such problems with me? You can keep the list, I do not want it). Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Labels

  In the very early days of schooling, I also had the illusion that I was a budding Raphael. As a mere start to higher achievements in Art, I showed my drawing... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Being on the Move

  There, apparently, are those people who are never happy unless they are on the move. Literally, as in hopping buses, trains and flights and going to exotic... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Self Portrayal

  (A year that starts with repeated travel. Off-contact again for the next five days) The number of things I am mistaken in, if laid side by side, would probably... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Birders Again - Chilika Lake

  I know you people have lost hope of being free of the bird-brain but you must have thought that you had, at least, finished with the Birders. Not really! There... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Bird-brain Among Birders

  A trip to Sunderbans only evoked a pleasant feeling of going out into wilderness and, maybe, manage to see a few wild animals while I was at it. Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Monkey See Monkey Do

  (I am off on a wilderness trip from tomorrow and shall be back only on 18th. Please read this piece before you start your joyous dancing! Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Influential People

  I have always been fascinated by the things that people do not do because they are worried about "What people will say". Anything that I do not understand... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Me - An Author?

  I know - the moment you people read the title you are probably expecting me to be telling you all about how my every attempt at making conversation was treated... Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Reunions

  For all those who considered me an ass - and an exemplary one at that - I need to say that you were all wrong. I have reason to know that donkeys the world... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• An Arrogant AAP?

  I hardly ever talk of politics - primarily because I prefer not talking about what I do not know. (Eh! What do you mean that, if that were true, I should not... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Chakra by Ritu Lalit - A Book Review

  Urban fantasy has myriad forms. At one level, it can be akin to horror tales - with vampires, werewolves and other such paranormal creatures - and, to my mind,... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Other Side by Faraaz Kazi - A Book Review

  Tales of the paranormal are, almost invariably, associated with the horror genre. In other words, the reader expects to feel the delicious shuddery feeling of... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Handwriting

  It is about time I enshrined the excellence of my handwriting. The time seems to be fast approaching when people will be saying,"People actually used to write... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Success Again

  It is almost a truism that it is the 'unsuccessful' who have a multiplicity of reasons for their lack of success. The successful, almost invariably, have only... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• An Envious 'Humorist'

  If it is truly possible for someone who is normally colored brown - shading off to black in the sun-burnt parts - to really turn green, then I would disappear... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Pity

  "What a pity that he was taking a leak when they were distributing brains", said a friend of me in the sort of sotto voce comment that is meant to be audible... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Praise Me

  I was probably born with a placard hanging around my neck saying, "Praise Me". Unfortunately, it was probably written in some language that no-one could read -... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION