Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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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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Are Purifiers a Luxury or Necessity
For all of us who thought indoor air pollution is an urban myth. Well here is an eye opener from WHO. Around 3 billion people use solid fuels like charcoal, dung, and wood, crop waste to cook and to stay warm. These create high levels of indoor air pollution. In the urban set up we…
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Republic…Democracy…Mobocracy what are we?
Somewhere at school we have all learnt to rattle off, “India is sovereign republic democratic country.” I wonder of many of us actually bothered to find out what it was all about. Our responsibilities which we never talk about, our rights which we demand not knowing exactly what we our rights are… mostly told to…
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