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Author: D. Samarender Reddy

Philosopher & Poet. Holds degrees in Medicine (MBBS) and Economics (MA, The Johns Hopkins University). Certified programmer. An avid reader. Worked in various capacities as a medical writer, copywriter, copyeditor, software programmer, newspaper columnist, and content writer. Amazon Author Page - https://www.amazon.in/stores/D.-Samarender-Reddy/author/B0CB7PMW36

Socratic Humility


And yet for all this influence, many of our ways are becoming far from Socratic. More and more our politics … More

Ignorance, Political discourse, Socrates' Irony, Socrates' Method, Wisdom

Happiness and Its Spin-offs


Aristotle points out in Nicomachean Ethics that while we desire every other thing for being instrumental and serving some other … More

Happiness, Living in the Now, Living in the Present

One’s Love for a Woman


“One’s love for a woman (and even for one’s near and dear) is most often never pure because you stand … More

Love, Pure love, Quotable quotes, Quotations, Quote, Quotes, True love

To Love or To Be Loved


“No, not when you are not loved, but when you do not love, life becomes difficult.”–D. Samarender Reddy

Love, Quotable quotes, Quotations, Quote, Quotes

Psychedelics and Prayer


What I am suggesting is that the appearance of small mystical societies in ancient times that ultimately evolved into more … More

Prayer, psychedelics

Kya Such Hai? (Hindi Poem)


Jub pyaar ki churcha nikli Ye bhee qubool karna hai Ki taqdeeer ne mujhe Jis maqam pe le aya hai … More

Absolute truth, Aham brahmasmi, Ana al-Haqq, I Am the Truth, Poem, Poetry, Truth

Mischievous God


Ah, I see it all too clearly nowGod’s done his usual mischiefKnowing full well what’ll happenHe’s given me a mind … More

God, Love, Poem, Poetry, Renunciation

Does Happiness Suffice?


I am not quite happy With just being happy Lot of things make me happy Like talking to a friend … More

Absolute truth, Being true to oneself, Happiness, Happiness and Truth, Poem, Poetry, Truth

The Mental Health Struggles of Single and Divorced Men


Interestingly, a large corpus of research indicates that single men have higher rates of mental health issues compared to married … More

Divorced Men, Marriage, Single Men

Five Reasons Why Morality is Distracting and Harmful


[My comment: That’s why Dharma is a better concept than morality since it takes into account the context in which … More

Categorical imperative, Ethics, Kantian ethics, Moral philosophy, Morality

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