Please stop the earthI want to step off it nowAnd float away, far awayInto the wide blue spaceAnd hide among … 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
We Are All Ostriches
We all knowOnly too wellHow things can go wrongA fetus being stillbornA 25-year-oldDying of a rare cancerA 60-year-oldDiagnosed with Alzheimer’sAn … More
Who Pulls Our Strings?
Try as hard as you may Figure out you cannot Why things happen The way they do Who’ll carry the … More
My Quote on Silence
“You will learn more by being silent for an hour than by reading all the books in the world.”—D. Samarender … More
The Mistakes
Ah, the mistakes I’ve committedTo ask for forgivenessWould itself seemLike another mistakePerhaps it suffices to knowThey were mistakes.
The Longing
Love ain’t enough No, it ain’t enough Neither is reason Nor words of any kind Nor memories fresh Nothing calms … More
“Greed” for Knowledge
There seems to be such a thing as “greed” (some may prefer to call it “hunger”) for knowledge. One seeks … More
Ramana Maharshi on Sex
My Quote
“The inability to love is the root of all evil.”—D. Samarender Reddy
Ramakrishna Paramahansa on Compassion and Attachment
“Remember that daya (compassion), and maya (attachment), are two different things. Attachment means the feeling of ‘my-ness’ toward one’s relatives. … More
Know Thyself 