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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

Final Word on Love


“In the final analysis, Love is a noun and not a verb.”—D. Samarender Reddy

Love, Quotable quotes, Quotations, Quote, Quotes

Loving Another Human Being


“When one human being says to another ‘I love you’, what they mean is “I love the reflection of myself … More

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

The Only Remedy


“One can love only oneself. One cannot love the “other”. The only way out of this terrible situation is to … More

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

Human Love


“Human love is comic at best and pathetic at worst.”—D. Samarender Reddy

Love, Quotable quotes, Quotations, Quote, Quotes

Loose Ends


“Life is a series of loose ends that leave one dissatisfied – words unsaid; tasks half-finished; imperfect deeds; ineluctable feelings; … More

Life, Quotable quotes, Quotations, Quote, Quotes

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

Injustice, Justice, Oppression, Systems of oppression

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

Critical Race Theory

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

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