Of Pebbles, Politics, Mind, and Matter
A thought about thought
..... Thoughts are fascinating things to ponder over. Our individual realities are nothing more than a collection of our respective thoughts that are created, stored away, recalled, and processed constantly by thoughts - to generate still more thoughts. We are, as long as we have thoughts and cease to be when we don't. The story that follows is an elaboration of this concept, which is woven into the life of a reclusive and scholarly young man. His thoughts and his analysis of this intriguin...

Of Pebbles, Politics, Mind, and Matter: Chapter 8
The story so far:
..... Keeping with the slightly subdued pace of life during middle-age after the frenzied tempo of youth, Charuchandra ambles through a reasonably tranquil period, its beginning marked by an addition to his family. In the sixth year of his tenure as a minister in the government, an official decision casts its dark shadow on his personal life. Read on to know what it is, how Charuchandra engages with it, and the terrible consequence that confronts him. If you wish to revisit the first chapter...

Of Pebbles, Politics, Mind, and Matter: Chapter 6
The story so far:
..... Young Charuchandra under the tutelage of his formidable assistant Jerry Ranga learns that politics isn't associated with the pursuit of power and wealth alone but is indelibly imprinted and inextricably woven into the activities of everyday living. Read on to find out how Charuchandra unexpectedly neutralizes the threat to his reputation and perhaps life too, from the disparate combine of god-man I and drug-peddler Rajvanshi. If you wish to revisit the first chapter at this point, plea...

Of Pebbles, Politics, Mind, and Matter: Chapter 7
The story so far:
..... A string of apparently-nasty but eventually-benevolent upheavals elevates a reclusive Charuchandra Chimalgi to the chair of a cabinet minister in the state government. Read the seventh chapter of "Of Pebbles, Politics, Mind, and Matter" to find out how an approaching milestone in his career creates unease in his mind which he considers to be a premonition of another upheaval that is soon to come. If you wish to revisit the first chapter at this point, please click on the following link...