“Human love is comic at best and pathetic at worst.”—D. Samarender Reddy
Loose Ends
“Life is a series of loose ends that leave one dissatisfied – words unsaid; tasks half-finished; imperfect deeds; ineluctable feelings;…
The Burden of Struggle for Justice
Not only are today’s activists enraged, they bemoan a state of constant fatigue (and in some instances, post-traumatic stress disorder)…
The Unfolding and Undoing of Critical Race Theory
In the midst of this protracted conflict, students led by Crenshaw and another future scholar and professor of law, Mari…
Socratic Humility
And yet for all this influence, many of our ways are becoming far from Socratic. More and more our politics…
Happiness and Its Spin-offs
Aristotle points out in Nicomachean Ethics that while we desire every other thing for being instrumental and serving some other…
One’s Love for a Woman
“One’s love for a woman (and even for one’s near and dear) is most often never pure because you stand…
To Love or To Be Loved
“No, not when you are not loved, but when you do not love, life becomes difficult.”–D. Samarender Reddy
Psychedelics and Prayer
What I am suggesting is that the appearance of small mystical societies in ancient times that ultimately evolved into more…
Kya Such Hai? (Hindi Poem)
Jub pyaar ki churcha nikli Ye bhee qubool karna hai Ki taqdeeer ne mujhe Jis maqam pe le aya hai…