C. Suresh

LATEST ARTICLES ( 828 )

• To Lead

  "What do you think makes a good leader?"Oh! Shit! Another of those conversations! You know, the meme type of things which seem very illuminating when you first... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Most Hated Speech

  "I'll never understand people," shouted a friend as he walked in.You know, in the sort of company I had been in, had it been I who said it, you could expect a... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Opinionated Excellence

  I must have said this before that I very seldom like having opinions about anything unless I need to have one to decide on a course of action. Like, say, vote... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Young at Heart?

  This thing about being young at heart has always surprised me. I mean, you hardly ever hear the young wanting to be 'old at heart', so why is it the old who... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Problem with Mathematics

  (I had sneaked in a post hosted on a friend's blog in-between. You can check it out here - The magic of retirement)The problem with mathematics is that... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Cry Wolf

  I am sure everyone is familiar with the fact that to 'cry wolf' means that one is raising a false alarm; and that the phrase originates from one of Aesop's... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Olympian Discussions

  "Our hockey team has done us proud. Bronze medal at last. Hopefully we will get to win the gold soon. Even the women's hockey team missed the bronze only by a... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Relationships

  Relationships! Hmmm! Come to think of it, that word takes in a lot of territory. Including trolling, hating etc. What's that catch-phrase? Ah, yes, Toxic... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Old Fables New Morals : The Ant and the Grasshopper

  It is normal for tales with morals to make children hate the 'moral' character of the story. Like the guy in your class who is held up as an example for you to... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Goat?

  I once had a credit card sold to me on a 'lifetime free' basis. A year down the line, the bill for annual charges for the card came in. Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• What You Want to Hear

  The one truth about conversing with people is that you very seldom hear what you want to hear. Not only when you are eavesdropping (Eavesdroppers never hear... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Old Fables New Morals - Hercules and the Wagoner (revisited)

  You know, you can hardly say anything these days without a bunch of people eagerly waiting to scream about how you got it all wrong, even before you finish... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Status Quoism

  If you are like me, you would have had that story popping up all over the place on Social media. The one about the fisherman and the business executive. Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Generalisations

  Even the Buddha, today, would probably find his enlightenment in the shadow of social media, I suppose. (Yeah, I mean a prince can leave his palace, wife and al... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Comparison (Again?)

  There is this story, a Birbal or Tenali Raman story depending on which side of the Vindhyas you live in, about the chap being asked to make a line small... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• No Place for Introverts?

  You know, there is such a lot about the world that I never could understand. (A pity, for it keeps me blathering continuously on this blog? Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• What You Do Not Have

  You know, life runs on what you do not have and not on what you do. (Maybe I have said this before but then I am at an age where I am EXPECTED to repeat myself. Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• I Don't Know

  Is it only me or is it everyone who finds that "I don't know" is the toughest thing to say? Oh, I mean, yes, if someone asked you to explain the different Strin... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Good Guys

  It must the books I am reading, of late, I am sure, this obsession with the statement, "We are the good guys here." I cannot blame the authors, I suppose,... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Entertainment

  When the whole world is agonizing about Me-Too, I wax eloquent on my kitchen debacles. Comes the time when Covid wracks the world, and everyone is an instant... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2021 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION