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On Relationships


To be is to be related To family, friends and even strangers We need each other, or at least seem…

Poem, Poetry, Relationships

Happiness and Mind


“The mind misleads one as to where happiness lies.”–D. Samarender Reddy

Happiness, Quotations, Quotes

What Drives Mankind?!


To withdraw into myself Is an ever-present impulse; I can barely feel these days Only the embers are left; Emotions…

Drive, Poem, Poetry

On Losing a Close Companion


A Counsellor at Sparsh Hospice asked me yet again to write a poem addressing those who might have lost their…

Loss of a loved one, Poem, Poetry

Damn Those Med School Days


I should have quit med school After the first year Coming close to it as I did Dreaming of the…

Med School, Poem, Poetry

Western Philosophy Not Diverse and Global


Today, the view from, and out of, nowhere is common fare among philosophers when they seek to develop knockout, universal…

Western Philosophy

Vacation


“Real vacation is a vacation from the mind.”–D. Samarender Reddy

Quotations, Quotes, Vacation

The Chemistry of the Best Friendships


While we may run across potential friends through proximity, shared life stage, or shared interests, there remains a bit of…

Friendship

Tum Maano Ya Na Maano (Whether You Accept It or Not)


I know most will not buy into this line of thinking and reasoning because most of us are too tied…

Consciousness (Awareness)

Neither Smiling Nor Crying


So far I seem to have traveled That when I survey life on earth I can take neither my head…

Poem, Poetry, Silence

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