“Often I feel I am so misunderstood (maybe my communication skills suck) that I like to echo these lines of … More
Author: D. Samarender Reddy
Truth and Love
Truth and Love are so elusive Search for them the world over You’ll find but only Their faint traces Scattered … More
Life – tsk tsk
“All of life is just hullabaloo and much ado about nothing. If no life existed anywhere in the universe, nay, … More
Myth of Brahmin Merit: Refutation of Superiority
“In a hierarchical society, the cultural capital is concentrated at the top. Brahmins are at the summit of the social … More
Khoon Karaba (a poem in Hindi)
Jis desh mey khoon behtee hai Pehle Godhra mey Phir badla mey Mai uss desh ka vaasi hoon Lekin jab … More
A Blueprint for Curing Society’s Ailments
Ramana Maharshi said, “The only language able to express the whole truth is silence.” So, treat my breaking of the … More
Isaiah Berlin, “TWO CONCEPTS OF LIBERTY”
“Political words and notions and acts are not intelligible save in the context of the issues that divide the men … More
The Man Who Wouldn’t Lie
“After decades of this, I’d had enough awkward conversations, been laughed out of enough job interviews, rejected by enough friends, … More
Classifying Mankind
“Mankind has always been classified variously into categories like caste, race, gender, religion, nationality, “left-wing vs right-wing”, etc. All such … More
Imprisoning God
We seem to love bricks and mortar More than bones, muscles, and sinews And jail our gods in mosques and … More