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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

Secularism and Multiculturalism by Charles Taylor


In other words, a modern democratic state demands a people with a strong collective identity. Democracy obliges us to show … More

Multiculturalism, Secularism

The Concept of Race by a Harvard Professor


Biology of Race, Race, Racism

The Religions of Man (Hindi poem)


Ya, Allah, ye tune kya kiya Humay Gita dee, Bible dee Quran dee aur Guru Granth Sahib bee Kya tumko … More

Allah, God, Poem, Poetry, Religions, Religious intolerance

The Scriptures


“What is a problem is not the Gita or the Quran. What is a problem is the human heart.”–a guy … More

Quotable quotes, Quotations, Quote, Quotes, Religion, Scriptures

Free Will and Freedom


“Freedom consists in understanding why the body-mind complex does not have free will and understanding all the implications of that.”–a … More

Free Will, Freedom, Quotable quotes, Quotations, Quote, Quotes

My Next Thought


“My next thought depends on the sum total of the Universe’s past.”–a guy called D. Samarender Reddy

Next thought, Quotable quotes, Quotations, Quote, Quotes, Thoughts

Who Is the Doer?


“If you ask me, it’s all God’s doing.”–a guy called D. Samarender Reddy

Doership, Quotable quotes, Quotations, Quote, Quotes, Sense of Doership

Pleasures


“For one who renounces physical pleasures, intellectual pleasures await. For one who renounces intellectual pleasures, spiritual illumination awaits.”–a guy called … More

Pleasure, Quotable quotes, Quotations, Quote, Quotes

What Scares You Most?


“There are very few things that scare me more than some people’s tongues.”–a guy called D. Samarender Reddy

backbiting, Condescension, Fear, Insults, Mockery, Quotable quotes, Quotations, Quote, Quotes, Ridicule, Slander

The World and Its Problems


“The world can go to dogs for all I care. I did not create this world. Let him/her who has … More

Problems of the world, Quotable quotes, Quotations, Quote, Quotes, World

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