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 Great Indian Creche

    The Great Indian Creche

    Shielding youth from natural consequences breeds entitlement over agency. True resilience isn’t built through endless cushions, but by facing friction and mastering real-world risk.

  • The Great Indian Insectary

    The Great Indian Insectary

    **Excerpt:** We aren’t educating children; we’re breeding zombie cockroaches. We push them into Section A stock markets just to secure a cubicle in a multinational.

  • Tailaktapa Tattvam

    Tailaktapa Tattvam

    When the Pradhan Sevak listens like Maya Sarabhai and the Opposition plays Pradhan Chhidranveshi, Tailaktapa-Amma steps in to decode national feedback before the kitchen burns down.

  • Who Appointed Your Guru?

    Who Appointed Your Guru?

    What if gurus aren’t chosen but encountered? A monsoon reflection on coffee, numerology, the I Ching, karmic obsessors, and why life itself is the greatest teacher.

  • The Woman Who Cried For Mysore.

    The Woman Who Cried For Mysore.

    A therapist explores how a client’s visceral anger toward 1947 history reveals forgotten emotional wounds, blending past life regression, Mysore royalty, and deep psychological healing.

  • Dr.Cahn Unfiltered.

    Dr.Cahn Unfiltered.

    Meet Dr. Victoria Cahn: Harley Street’s sharpest psychiatrist, formidable aunt, and absolute badass. Cross her, and she’ll reframe your subconscious before tea. Cahn, not Khan.

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