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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

On Friendship


“YOU ARE like a lone island in the middle of the blue deep sea. The dawn breaks; the dusk falls. … More

Friendship, Loneliness, Love

What is Political Philosophy? From Plato to Strauss


“All political action aims at either preservation or change. When desiring to preserve we wish to prevent a change to … More

Political Action, Political Philosophy, Strauss, The Good, The Good Life

Living the Dream Life


I realize this life, this world is a dream. I realize I am not the doer but God is the … More

Dream Life, Maslow, Meaning of life, Purpose of life, Self-actualization, Svadharma, World

Truth


“The tongue is too dumb to tell the truth one understands. Words are not it. One’s silence too cannot convey … More

Absolute truth, Quotations, Quotes, Truth

Religiosity


“Until you knock the Hindu out of the Hindu, the Muslim out of the Muslim, the Christian out of the … More

Bhagavad Gita, Bible, Christianity, Christians, Hinduism, Hindus, Islam, Jesus, Jews, Muslims, Parsis, Quotations, Quotes, Quran, Religion, Talmud, Truth, Zorastrians

The Uncertainty of Life


Yes, you can fall in love. Yes, you can earn tons of money. Yes, you can buy all the luxuries … More

Desire, Goal of life, Happiness, Life, Meaning of life, Philosophy, Purpose of life, Satsifaction

Four Poems


Half-Hearted LivingTime rolls on, unmindfully,While I engage with my dilemmasOn what I should doOr not do, in this world,A world … More

Advaita, Philosophy, Poem, Poetry, Ten Commandments

28 Sayings of Mine


Paraphrasing Socrates, “Is it right because the Vedas approve it, or the Vedas approve it because it is right.” “Sartre’s … More

Bible, faith, God, Jesus, Life, Love, Meditation, Name-and-form, Quotable quotes, Quotations, Quote, Quotes, Truth

Damn the Dusshera


We are too mechanical, too unthinking, doing things because that is how things are supposed to be done, because that … More

Dasara, Durga Puja, Dussehra, Festivals of India, Life, Truth

My Beloved, My Friend! (मिरे हमदम मिरे दोस्त) by Faiz Ahmed Faiz (Original with English translation)


Original below the English Translation:My Beloved, My Friend!Faiz Ahmed FaizIf only I could be certain, my beloved, my friend,If only … More

मिरे हमदम मिरे दोस्त!, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Friendship, Poem, Poetry

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