Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • The Treasure cove at Faridabad

    Nov.8th to 18th I was off on the Himalayan Retreat, beginning with the Himalayan Retreat at Binsar to the Valley Of Words the Litfest at Dehradun, between the Jaunts came, Delhi and Kurukshetra. This trip to Delhi I discovered the National Institute of Financial Management at Faridabad. Nestled in Faridabad, is the National Institute of…

  • 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…

  • The Road To Dehradun

    The Road To Dehradun

    The entire trip planning with the mode of transport I used makemytrip. Makemytrip had told me it was an 2hrs journey costing me 1500/ by cab. The journey was 5hrs, and costed me 2700/- Reliable taxi agencies at Kurukshetra. 8295066477 Mohan agency 8816044001 Amrit Singh. The road to Dehradun is absolutely fascinating, The landscape is…

  • Grade sheet 2016

    Grade sheet 2016

    Originally posted on Parwatisingari's Weblog: #life lessons The year begins with the deafening sounds of crackers over Mandovi and we realize life is drudge when a normal 10-mnts zip down the drive turns into a 100-mnts stake out. Every channel goes berserk with proposals and projections and choose to call it hopeful prediction. Then comes…

  • Blogabonds in Ruskin Bond’s Doon

    Blogabonds in Ruskin Bond’s Doon

    Dr.Lokesh Ohri the anthropologist and team member of VOW2017 took us on the Ruskin Bond walk. Dr.Ohri made it so interesting and personal, with extensive knowledge and storytelling skills, what was interesting to me, was he was not performing the story he was sharing Dehradun and Ruskin Bond with us. Ruskin Bond is the icon…

  • Wish list ter santa.

    Originally posted on Parwatisingari's Weblog: Hello santa, I am pondering over my wish list for Christmas. This letter is to  Santa Claus who sings and lives in the North Pole  and  not Santa Singh friend of Banta Singh. I knew of your existences when I was a little girl at Manipal. You were there at…

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