Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Difficult Dialogues
The spoken word is kind of critical; it gives us an insight to the kind of person we are dealing with. The way the words are put together. This has been a major criteria for me when and where to put in the dialogue How much of the narrative should be in conversation. How do…
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Doppelganger Week
Originally posted on Parwatisingari's Weblog: Savia Vegas image courtesy Google. #Fun #Fantastic. Last September I was at Mumbai airport, when someone hailed me, I stopped and looked back. A middle aged gentle man walked up to to me and said, ”Hi Savia” this is not the first time. At the Publishing Next conference, a charming…
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A Pilgrims Progress
I am at Kumardhara at Subramanya in Dakhina Kannada district. My early memory of this place was thick forests; one would see snakes in abundance. Local families extended hospitality to the pilgrims. The temple in itself had been so rooted in the jungle it was dedicated to a live snake hill. It was considered auspicious…
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Who is the character
Until the Himalayan writing retreat I never thought about creating a character. It was about a narrative and characters just emerged, their interactions happened and me and my readers reacted to them to an extent judged them too. At the retreat for the first time I tried to analyse my characters, or rather build a…
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Three Litfest and Blogfest
“Mom this is my last year in Hyderabad,” She said, Jay has this effect on me she can get me to do anything. “Mom HLF is amazing and fun” Second input from her. Anyway as I could catch up with her I decided to attend the Hyderabad Literary festival believe me it was fun. There…
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Learning and Unlearning of 2017
Learning – unlearning #2017 With my 2018 schedule falling in place, I look back on 2016, and 2017 maybe the actual journey began with 2015. Looking back on 2017 it has been an amazing year. Balancing the fundementals of life, that power, love, freedom and fun. Somehow the balance never seemed to happen. But between…
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