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The Magic of Mother Tongue


I will keep quietAnd you will understand meFor the first time in your life. Reading these linesYou may wonder“Is he…

Marriage, Poem, Poetry, Relationships, Silence, Speech, Understanding

A Few Sayings


“Buddha misread the origins of suffering. The cause of suffering is God’s desire to appear as this creation.” “This is…

Freedom, God, Heart, Home, Love, Mind, Quotable quotes, Quotations, Quote, Quotes, Revolution, The Motorcycle Diaries, Theist, Truth, World

Uneasy Wisdom


Unlike that Athenian gadflyI know, and I know that I knowAnd I also knowJoys of various huesHave as much a…

Joy, Life, Poem, Poetry, Socrates, Sorrow

The Lover of Che and Marx


Samudrala Avinash Rahul Vamshi KrishnaWhat a long name. Does not sound at allLike the name of someoneWho belongs to the…

Capitalism, Che Guevara, Communism, history, karl-marx, Lenin, Life, Love, Marx, Marxism, Naxalite, Opium of the masses, Philosophy, Poem, Poetry, Rebirth, Religion, Revolutions, Ros Luxemborg, Samudrala Avinash Rahul Vamshi Krishna, Samudrala VK IAS Academy, Sundarayya Vignana Kendram, Truth, Urban naxal, Vamshi Krishna Samudrala, VK samudrala

Mind is the Prison. Walk Out


You are already enlightened but you are thinking you are not — the pot is already is and always was…

Clay and pot, Enlightenment, Happiness, Liberation, Love, Mind, Mind as prison, Mind as the obstacle, Nama rupa, Name and form, Oneness, True love

One More Look at the Caste System


“You are what your deep, driving desire is. As your desire is, so is your will. As your will is,…

Brahmins, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, Caste in India, Caste System, Dalits, Indian society, Kshatriyas, Shudras, Vysyas

Recent Sayings


“The more significant question always is “Do you love?” rather than “Do you love me?”. Why? Because love is a…

God, Happiness, Hatred, Hheart, Love, Love of a woman, Nididhyasana, Quotable quotes, Quotations, Quote, Quotes, Truth

Recent Poems


The Questions Again the moon comes up in the nightAgain the starsThey stir up in me some questionsWithout letting me…

Acceptance, faith, Heart, Life, Lips, Love, Mental health, Poem, Poetry, Resilience, Truth, Utilitarianism, Writing

Sher of Fahmi Badayuni


pūchh lete vo bas mizāj mirākitnā āsān thā ilaaj mirāzarā īmān-dārī se batāohameñ tum se mohabbat ho ga.ī kyāvo jo…

Fahmi Badayuni, Ghazal, India, Life, Love, music, Philosophy of Life, Poems, Poetry, Shayari, Sher of Fahmi Badayuni, Urdu Poetry

Thoughts Close to Midnight


“One has to strike a balance between ‘making a living’ and ‘living’.” “Most people foolishly let the marketplace enter their…

Freedom, GB Shaw, Happiness, Heart, Intellectual pleasures, Making a living, Marriage, Physical pleasures, Quotable quotes, Quotations, Quote, Quotes

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