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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

My Path to the Truth


I try to live my life with the following understanding forming the backdrop from which I do whatever I do:

Advaita Vedanta, Consciousness, Consciousness (Awareness), Ego, Ignorance, Sense of Doership, Truth

Who Listens? Who Understands?


Writers and artists come and goTalking of love, peace and justiceThe world carries on unmindfullyLost in its own obsessive concernsHardly … More

Art, Artists, Poem, Poetry, Writers, Writing

The Question of the ‘Brahmin’ and the ‘Dalit’


“As Fanon put it half a century ago: ‘I am not a potentiality of something; I am fully what I … More

Anshul Kumar, Brahmins, Caste System in India, Casteism, Dalits, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, JNU, Love, Poem, Poetry, Quotations, Quotes, WEB Dubois

Saying ‘No’ to Meditation


Truth is not hidden awayIn the meditative silence;It shines forth in the sunlightAs it does in the moonlit night;No difference … More

Meditation, Poem, Poetry, Truth

Retreating Into Solitude & Silence


I’ve had enough of this worldSeeking what shall I be busyNothing seems of much interestNeither friendships nor romanceNeither conversations in … More

Poem, Poetry, Solitude

10 Reasons Why We’re Unhappy


by Arthur Brooks of Harvardas posted by Codie Sanchez on X (nee Twitter) – @Codie_Sanchez The macronutrients of happiness are … More

Happiness, How to be happy, Unhappiness, Why we are unhappy

4 Sayings of Mine


“Love is a universal language.” “Listen to what silence is saying and not to what the mind is saying.” “That … More

Destiny, Fate, Love, Quotations, Quotes, World

A Prayer


Where the mind is without desire Into that heaven of salvation O my Lord Let me awake.

Desire, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Salvation

A Long-Standing Subscription


The world keeps you hooked; When are you going to cancel Your subscription to this OTT; You’re allowed to be … More

Poem, Poetry, Subscription to the world, World, World as OTT

16 Sayings of Mine


“For the well-being of all humans on earth, what is more important is love and compassion rather than more and … More

Quotable quotes, Quotations, Quotes

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