Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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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…
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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…
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Essence of Andaal
Andaal bicycled through life wearing an intellectual mask, hiding a delightful mad-hatter soul that craved solitude, coffee, complicated love, and permanent escape routes.
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The Sholay Toss
A coin spinning in the air reminds us that life is part choice, part chance. In surrendering outcomes, we discover acceptance, kindness, and unexpected wisdom.
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Multiple Sclerosis Awareness
The 2026 World MS Day theme explores “Invisible Exhaustion.” True healing requires a mind-body approach, bridging clinical care with hypnotherapy and Ayurveda to release hidden trauma.
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The Round and About.
The experts call it the “Hermit Economy,” where people stay home buying gadgets instead of meeting friends. But in Chennai, there is simply no room to be a hermit.
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Cultural PTSD and COVID
How COVID lockdowns and media-driven political memory created lasting cultural PTSD—reshaping rituals, trust, polarization, and the “hermit economy,” deepening collective stress.
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Mama Told Me Not To
Indian families mastered raising successful children, but sometimes forgot one detail: adulthood requires freedom, not lifelong emotional permission slips disguised as love and duty.
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