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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 Free Will for Man


“How can the pot act independently? The dance of the pot is the dance of the clay.”–S

Clay and Pot analogy, Free Will, Quotations, Quotes

The Complete Woman


She’s a been-there done-that kind of womanWho lives with gay abandon every momentWith an unflappable spirit and a ready smileFew … More

Poem, Poetry, Woman

15 Sayings of Mine


“The Awareness by which you are knowing the thoughts, feelings, emotions, the physical body and the world, that Awareness is … More

Awareness, Ego, Love, Quotations, Quotes

The Essence of the Bhagavad Gita


You are not the doer. God is the doer. Karma Yoga is action done without the sense of doership.

Bhagavad Gita, Essence of the Bhagavad Gita, Essence of the Gita, Gita

Far right, misogynist, humourless? Why Nietzsche is misunderstood


from The Guardian: Friedrich Nietzsche, Karl Marx and Charles Darwin are the great triumvirate of 19th-century thinkers whose ideas still … More

Misunderstanding Nietzsche, Nietzsche, Philosophy of Nietzsche

What’s Enough to Make Us Happy? by James Heskett


Experts say happiness is often derived by a combination of good health, financial wellbeing, and solid relationships with family and … More

Happiness, How to be happy, Relationships, Wealth

THE GAZA STRIP HAS BEEN DESTROYED. SO HAS HOPE FOR A FAIR FUTURE FOR THE TWO PEOPLES.


by Amira Hass As a Jewish leftist born in Israel, I feel a profound sense of grief and defeat. Wars … More

Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Jews, Palestinians

32 Sayings of Mine


“Love is a sign of wisdom.” “People value work and success over wisdom. But, it is wisdom that is the … More

Birth, Happiness, Life, Love, Quotations, Quotes, Sex, Truth, Wisdom

A Mystery Called Life


People are quite surprised At my long hours of meditation They cannot fathom my interest How can I explain to … More

Life, Meditation, Poem, Poetry

Beyond All Intellection


There was a time not that long ago Reading Plato, Nietzsche and their ilk Would fill my being with unalloyed … More

Intellection, Knowledge, Poem, Poetry, Reading, Silence, Wisdom

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