Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Writing Right Retreat

    Writing Right Retreat

    Noololyako chenni, noololyako   the base voice of the singer was crooning.  Asking his glamorous lady love, why doesn’t she spin? “ratiyillelo jaana ”she replies, that she needs a spinners wheel…the dialogue goes on in the nasal twang of the folk singers. Once upon a time these singers would never enter Durbar-e-khaas. But the song is…

  • A Crappy Affair

    A Crappy Affair

    World toilet day The UN has declared Nov.19th as the world Toilet day. We have lived and grown up with toilets, of course during our younger days when we travelled we never used public toilets since we were worried about hygiene with the advent of pay toilets those are taken care off too. The impact…

  • The Cosmic Balance Sheet.

    The Cosmic Balance Sheet.

    Tariffs roared, Kubera audited, Chitragupta sharpened his quill—while Akshara discovered writer’s block wasn’t creative drought, just unpaid karmic invoices accruing compound interest.

  • Get Another Name!

    Get Another Name!

    A pseudonym isn’t identity theft; it’s self-theft with artistic intent—stealing courage from your timid self and publishing before fear can trademark your silence.

  • Lavatory Of Requirement

    Lavatory Of Requirement

    At 30,000 feet and zero inspiration, Akshara discovers that writer’s block, like a lavatory door, only opens when desperation politely knocks.

  • Highways to Heaven Potholes on Earth.

    Highways to Heaven Potholes on Earth.

    The debate highlights the conflict between impressive public infrastructure and societal neglect, urging collective responsibility and deeper engagement in civic duties over mere spectacle.

  • Efficient Hauntings

    Efficient Hauntings

    A child swallows an apocalypse, a “game” rewrites innocence, a ghost waits for release, and silence becomes the family’s most efficient inheritance system.

  • Self Possed.

    Self Possed.

    Raveena feared ghosts; Kanika feared herself. Ptah shuffled tarot cards and exposed the real horror—trauma recycling itself while I blamed everything on writer’s block.

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