C. Suresh

LATEST ARTICLES ( 827 )

• Romance on a Diet

  It was not surprising that Vivek fell in love with Latha. She was such a lovely girl that anyone would have fallen in love with her and almost everyone did. Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Eyes That Do Not Read

  “Hello!”“What the heck yaar! Why are you answering me so impersonally? Don’t you have my number stored?” said my friend in a wounded tone.“Sorry! I can just... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Woman Who Loved Her Dog

  “Rachna isn’t here, yet?”“Seema! The later the better! If I hear about her missing dog Rocky one more time I will puke! Who is this interesting friend you... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• An Ennobling Tale : A Tale of Two Cities

  Literature and the arts, in my opinion, ought to show us the possibility of nobility in us. If, indeed, they are to rise above entertainment then they should... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• A 9 Year Old’s Unfair Life

  Life is not fair! Why should my sis be allowed to do things that I cannot? When I am in a hurry and run out in my vest, Mom yells at me. My sis can happily go... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Zen and the Art of Mountain Motor-biking

  This happened during the fortnight before Leh was totally cut off due to heavy rains in 2010. We had gone on a trek to Shingola Pass and were returning by jeep... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Cleanly Bachelors: Another Oxymoron?

  “He is going to live like a pig”, said my mother. One would have thought that I actually liked to wallow in filth. I like living in neat surroundings just as... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Some Clarifications-II: Of Karma and Predestination

  An interesting question was asked on one of my posts on Karma. Do plants and animals also fall within the purview of Karma? I answered that Hindu philosophy doe... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Some Clarifications-I: Of Karma and Predestination

  Every time I think I have expressed myself clearly I find that I have only successfully muddied the waters. In my posts about Karma and Predestination, I have... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Change the Way You Value Yourself

  It is tempting to say that the thing most requiring a change is Society’s resistance to change. That, unfortunately, is not quite the right change to seek. Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Part-III: Of Karma and Predestination

  The Vedantic philosophies – Advaita, Visishtadvaita, Dvaita and others – range from believing that all souls are actually one SOUL – BRAHMAN – to believing... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Part-II: Of Karma and Predestination

  The Karma philosophy, in its essence, says that what you do, why you do things and how you deal with what happens to you combine to determine the sort of life... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Part-I: Of Karma and Predestination

  Does a belief in predestination negate free will? Does predestination make efforts unnecessary? The normal arguments against a belief in predestination are all... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Of Sour Grapes

  There is this fable (Aesop’s) about a fox that found a grape vine with luscious grapes hanging from it. It tried every means at its disposal and found that it... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Black is Also Good

  How much of our attitudes owe themselves to language and how much of language owes itself to our attitudes? For example, we extend people a warm welcome. Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Ad Agonies, Again

  I seem to be developing a lot of irrational fears thanks to ads. For example, when I am out on the streets, I am always looking warily around for people who... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Road Trip to Kanchi

  ‘What??’ I said, horrified. I was in Bangalore for a vacation and alone in the house for a couple of days when my friend proposed that I accompany him on a... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Change the Way You Value People

  Hmmm! Should I be honest in expressing what changes I really want in Society? That I would want the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation to confer $1 billion on... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Touch of the Divine

  Ever looked up at the sky to see a sky like black velvet with a glorious multitude of diamond-bright stars strewn all over it? Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Of Nature and Human Nature

  It was a whole different world in the sixties and seventies in Neyveli and the memories of those days are still green for me. Vignettes of those days still pop... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION