“One can love only oneself. One cannot love the “other”. The only way out of this terrible situation is to … More
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
Human Love
“Human love is comic at best and pathetic at worst.”—D. Samarender Reddy
Loose Ends
“Life is a series of loose ends that leave one dissatisfied – words unsaid; tasks half-finished; imperfect deeds; ineluctable feelings; … More
The Burden of Struggle for Justice
Not only are today’s activists enraged, they bemoan a state of constant fatigue (and in some instances, post-traumatic stress disorder) … More
The Unfolding and Undoing of Critical Race Theory
In the midst of this protracted conflict, students led by Crenshaw and another future scholar and professor of law, Mari … More
Socratic Humility
And yet for all this influence, many of our ways are becoming far from Socratic. More and more our politics … More
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
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
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
Psychedelics and Prayer
What I am suggesting is that the appearance of small mystical societies in ancient times that ultimately evolved into more … More
Know Thyself 