Suresh Chandrasekaran's Blog

I have seen a lot of 'either-or' types of arguments especially in the recent past. The sort of things that existed exclusively in debating competitions has seeped out into Society at large. The subject of today is also likely to be a subject of such 'either-or' debates. What is important - benevolence or productive efforts?Tiru, as you probably know, has in a Kural already said that the 'sanyasis

To be honest, it is easy for people to say 'Do what you love and you will never work a day of your life'. You think that you love music and if you become a musician, life will be a bed of roses from then on? Like, a Taylor Swift or Rihanna or whomsoever never faced a day when they thought of abandoning what they were doing and running away? Composing music in your attic (Well, you know,

In the days when I was avidly looking for and reading those self-improvement books (Till I decided that I cannot improve myself? Yes. So?), I was looking for that magic pill that would make me into a whole new me without much effort on my part. What I now think is that this whole business of self-improvement hinges on the idea that people are always looking for a magic wand type of solution to

There are such a lot of things that will bring about your downfall if you forget them. The way things are, there seems to be no joy in achieving success. I mean, it is all very well to succeed but all these guys cluster around you screaming about how difficult it is to retain the success you have achieved with such difficulty. What's the point in huffing and puffing up the mountain only to be

A man is known by the company he keeps. This seems to be a common belief in almost every society. After all, it is easier to identify a person as belonging to a community than to assess his individual character. AND if you assess a community as having a certain type of character, then you just merrily judge the individual based on his community. Voila, it obviates any need to judge the individual

So what else is new? You are known by the company you keep. If you surround yourself with a bunch of thieves, you'll be known for a thief. If you merge with a bunch of happy-go-lucky wastrels, you'll be known for a useless layabout. If you like to be around intellectuals, you'll be known for one. AND so on.Tiru, though, goes one step further. In this one...Nilaththiyalbaal neerthirin dhatraagum

The problem with elitism is that, if you do not have the proper degrees, being intelligent does not beget you respect. It is your pedigree that matters - if not by birth, by way of the schools/colleges you studied in - when it comes to getting respect from Society. THAT, perhaps, is understandable. Most people cannot understand what you say and, so, they peg their judgment to what they can

There are times when you really realise the gulf between the society that was and the society we live in. Ah, no, no, no! I am not about to wax eloquent on what AI is going to do to us. (I couldn't even if I wanted to, considering how little I know about AI? So?) THAT's for another day and for other generations (Z, AA, AB, whatever). Me, I'm still stuck on what social media has done to

Did I mention earlier about forgetting people? One of the greatest wonders of the world is how everyone, but everyone, will go gaga about how the most important thing in the world is relationships. AND relationships automatically means people. (Yeah, yeah, I know, but not everyone can create a Microsoft or Twitter OR rename the latter as X, you know. OUR jobs do take second place to relationships

There are times when I really do not want to write on a topic. I mean, like, if you loved sweets what would you feel about writing about the 'devil sugar'? Or, when you have always boasted about how you are the world's greatest procrastinator, how would it suit for you to be waxing eloquent about a stitch in time saving nine? It is times like that when you feel you missed out on the greatest of