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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

No Need for This Universe


Many protest when I say This universe need not exist I wonder why they do so Why they are so … More

Cosmos, Poem, Poetry, Universe, World

Change of Residence


I am moving, yes I am moving From the heart to the intellect Heart is too irksome a place If … More

Heart, Poem, Poetry, Soul

What Was God Thinking?


As if thoughts were not enough God has given us emotions I can’t help but wonder If it was a … More

Emotions, Poem, Poetry

The Dyapas of Previous Generation


Weren’t they all a tad weirdThe Dyapas generation before meWho were peculiar in their own wayThe men more soAnd not … More

Dyapa, Family, Generation Gap, Poem, Poetry

Sicklical


Nothing lasts, not even love We keep seeing how quickly Green turns to yellow and white Earth never stops in … More

Change, Ephemerality, Poem, Poetry, Transience

The Charade Called Life


As a 16-year-old, long backI thought the world was terribleA place where one shouldn’t be bornAnd so I set out … More

Life, Poem, Poetry

Is Knowledge Enough for Liberation?


The only thing I would like to amend is that Karma Yoga is not only unselfish action and done as … More

Bhakti Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Karma Yoga, Meditation, Path of knowledge, Raja Yoga

Is Universal Basic Income (UBI) about to transform society?


The concept of a guaranteed basic income might seem novel or neoteric, but it dates back to 1795, when the … More

AI, AI & UBI, Artificial Intelligence, technology, UBI, Universal Basic Income (UBI), universal-basic-income, Work

What we need and what we may not need


“The fulfilment of bodily needs in the form of food, clothing and shelter is unavoidable. But we err in thinking … More

Mental Needs, Needs, Physical Needs, Quotable quotes, Quotations, Quote, Quotes

‘Why I am not a Hindu Woman’ – Writer Dr. Wandana Sonalkar on her Book


About the Writer Dr. Wandana Sonalkar is an Mumbai based Economist , and an author and translator. She retired as … More

Book on Hinduism, Brahminism, Caste, Casteism, Feminism, Hindu Women, Hinduism, Patriarchy, Wandana Sonalkar

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