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…

  • Communication Shifts

    Communication Shifts

    In war, words don’t disappear—they disguise themselves; silence grows louder, rumours grow wiser, and people master the fine art of saying everything without meaning anything.

  • Logistics of Living.

    Logistics of Living.

    Mobility shrinks, tempers rise, humour darkens. As a doctor, I watch society adjust—quietly anxious, strangely adaptive—learning to live smaller, think narrower, and move less.

  • Knowledge Control

    Knowledge Control

    Patients no longer bring just symptoms—they bring certainty. And in a world where truth is contested, certainty becomes the most dangerous, and most comforting, diagnosis.

  • Jobs Rewired.

    Jobs Rewired.

    War doesn’t erase jobs—it rearranges them. The real danger isn’t unemployment, but being trained for yesterday’s roles in a world rapidly shifting under pressure.

  • Inflation’s Bite.

    Inflation’s Bite.

    Gold falls, yet life gets costlier. Inflation creeps in through war and supply chains, quietly reshaping choices, shrinking comfort, and rewriting the economics of everyday survival.

  • Displacement Diaries.

    Displacement Diaries.

    Displacement isn’t just movement—it is identity unraveling, routine collapsing, and certainty dissolving. The body relocates quickly; the mind lingers, carrying fragments of a life interrupted.

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