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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

Carrying the Cross


I carry the cross Without so much as a murmur But unlike Jesus Who carried it for humanity’s sins I … More

Cross, Jesus, Poem, Poetry, Sins

Amma


In times like this I miss my mother Who can love one truly Except one’s mother.

Mother, Poem, Poetry, True love

No Place for Silence in Human Life


I keep talking Talking, talking None understands Understand not me Nor understand the talk Why do I still keep talking? … More

Poem, Poetry, Silence, Talking

What My Mind Tells Me


Nothing in this world in one sense Mere geography if you ask my eyes Until my mind comes along and … More

Companionship, Poem, Poetry, World

Intelligence


“To not want anything from life other than the bare maintenance of the body, or sometimes not even that, is … More

Intelligence, Quotations, Quotes, Wants, Wisdom

Never Been Kissed


Hard to believe that movie title When the heroine is Drew Barrymore But believing as she did in true love … More

Kiss, Love, Poem, Poetry, True love

Do We Have Free Will? by Swami Medhananda


1-hr 8-min Video This lecture is based primarily on Swami Medhananda’s academic article, “Hard Theological Determinism and the Illusion of … More

Compatibilism, Destiny, Determinism, Do we have free will?, Free Will, No Free Will, Predeterminism, Theological Determinism

Wise or Otherwise


“He who has his eye on wealth, wine and women has not understood what wisdom is.”

Quotations, Quotes, Wisdom

The Universe Is Not Locally Real, and the Physics Nobel Prize Winners Proved It


“One of the more unsettling discoveries in the past half a century is that the universe is not locally real. … More

Locality, Locally Real, Quantum mechanics, Quantum Physics, Reality, Reality of the World

Beyond Duality: How Quantum Physics and Vedanta Reveal a Unified Reality


This talk explores the fascinating intersection of Quantum Physics and Vedanta. Discover how scientific discoveries about the subatomic world mirror … More

Quantum mechanics, Quantum Physics, Reality of the World, Vedanta

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