At 55, I am qualified to inform about going downhill after the 40th year. You get into life with the presumption that you will never get out. The beauty and handsome you thought were hot during school / college days, have all transformed into wildebeests. In mid-40’s, one begins to experience all aches, pains and […]
Author: Dr. K. Raja Gopal Reddy
MY FRIENDS FOR THIS LIFE
Today morning my father was talking of the importance of relations and friends in life. He says they are the best insurance one can ever have! I disagree with him completely. I have only two friends for life. I realized the existence of these friends much later…when I began thinking in a matured manner. These […]
DEATH OF GOD, BY SUICIDE
Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche said, ‘God is dead’. This quotation is a world famous one. Through this quotation Nietzsche became immortal. The question is how did He die? Was He murdered? Or death by accident? Or executed by the law? Or committed suicide? He couldn’t have been murdered because I never heard of his wife running […]
Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon or the Song of Songs is an Old Testament book. The book, whose author is unknown (Solomon’s name is a later addition), is a collection of love poems spoken alternately by a man and a woman without any coherent story. These poems describe the beauty and excellence of the beloved. The Song of Solomon has […]
Ship of Theseus
Theseus was the mythical Greek founder king of Athens. The Ship of Theseus is a thought experiment of ancient philosophers like Heraclitus, Plato etc., going back to 500 – 400 BC. This experiment is about whether an object that has had all of its components replaced remains fundamentally the same object. “As the planks of […]
We, Macaulay’s Children…
Thomas Babington Macaulay (25 Oct 1800 – 28 Dec 1859) was a British historian and politician and father of Western education system in India. The Penal Code he created became the Indian Penal Code in 1860. Macaulay’s education and Penal Code are the pillars of Modern India. Macaulay created a special class of persons who are Indians in […]
Ayn Rand’s We the Living / Noi Vivi and Addio, Kira
On September 14, 1942, the Italian film of Ayn Rand’s We the Living premiered at the Venice Film Festival winning a major award and a standing ovation from all. September 14, 2022 will be the 80th anniversary of the movie. This is occasion to celebrate this superb film, its “lost years” and rediscovery, and its […]
Theranos – Elizabeth A. Holmes – The Inventor
On 4th January, 2022 the Theranos Founder Elizabeth A. Holmes Found Guilty of Investor Fraud on the grounds of conspiracy and wire fraud in connection with a multi-million-dollar scheme to defraud investors in Theranos, Inc. The verdicts follow a 15-week trial. I have been fascinated with Theranos and its enigmatic founder Elizabeth Holmes. Theranos was […]
Uninstalling WhatsApp – Defeating Mark Zuckerberg
Like millions of Indians and billions of the world, I too have a smart phone. I have been using the smart phone for various purposes – check emails, take calls, Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Telegram, Twitter and Coo and many more! Eery day a new app / a new program is invented and we download it. […]
WHY ARE WE SCARED OF DEATH?
It is a common feature across the globe…everyone is scared of death…. afraid of death. Nobody wants to die…everybody wants to live forever. The medical technology, advancement of sciences has not defeated death. They became successful in prolonging the suffering. Had there not been these…the hospitals the nurses the oxygen cylinders and the countless machines […]
