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Dinesh Varadharajan in Philosophical musings of a curious soul

Jan 9, 2018

A dot in the universe

When we look into the night sky, we see thousands of stars(we can see only around 2500 stars with the naked eye) in the…

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Dinesh Varadharajan in Philosophical musings of a curious soul

Mar 1, 2018

Craving for identity

Humans are social animals. We always want to be part of a group. We find ways to identify with a group. When we are in…

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Dinesh Varadharajan in Philosophical musings of a curious soul

Aug 27, 2018

Why we Indians are good in Maths?

I always wonder why we are naturally good at maths. These are normal people who we meet in our…

Dinesh Varadharajan in Philosophical musings of a curious soul

Dec 15, 2017

Being a pragmatist

I am not an atheist, and I am not a theist, I am not an agnostic. I choose to be a pragmatist. In everyday life, we are…

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Dinesh Varadharajan in Philosophical musings of a curious soul

Sep 14, 2018

I am lucky

If there is one thing that I was very sceptical about for the past 20 years then it was luck. I never believed in luck and always believed…

Dinesh Varadharajan in Philosophical musings of a curious soul

Aug 18, 2018

How we are fooled by history

There is a saying “Winners write the history”. And that’s the history we know of. All our inferences are from…

Dinesh Varadharajan in Philosophical musings of a curious soul

Jan 12, 2018

Happy without money

We normally associate happiness with money. We continuously search for ways to get money believing more money will bring in…

Dinesh Varadharajan in Philosophical musings of a curious soul

Dec 22, 2017

Insignificant Species

Earth is 4.5 billion years old. Modern humans(Homo sapiens) are 200,000 years old. And the modern civilisations are only…

Dinesh Varadharajan in Philosophical musings of a curious soul

Aug 18, 2018

I bought a prison

I recently bought an apartment in a huge gated community. High on comforts, cosy environment and also well protected. Only…

Dinesh Varadharajan in Philosophical musings of a curious soul

Feb 28, 2018

Yardstick of success

Who is successful? What defines success? People generally have a myopic view of success. Society treats someone with a…

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