Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Bus-stops to Bus-bays

    <Country roads take me home… The wonderful lyrics that we had, like Wendell Berry says in the Agrarian Essays, “ the difference between path and a road is not only the oblivious one. the path is a little more than a habit that comes with knowledge of a place. It is a sort of ritual…

  • Discovering Date Berries

    Discovering Date Berries

    I am back to my transit home the Indian Railways. This time it is to Ahmadabad. It is the first time we travelled to Ahmadabad, as we entered the city; it gave an impression of opening the skies and allowing us to fly, instead of the usual claustrophobic urban appearance. Wide roads, no doubt messy,…

  • Do you suffer from chronic illness?

    Do you suffer from chronic illness?

    Originally posted on Norwich Hypnotherapy Services: Do you feel let down by modern medicine? ? Unfortunately medicine has its limits and many of you may have been told that there is nothing more that can be done. Diseases like fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis fall into the class of ‘chronic illness’s’ where modern medicine…

  • The Ladies Lounge

    The Ladies Lounge

    Welcome to Ladies Lounge, If you wondered what this is, well, let me walk you through the history, Once upon a time there was the anthapura, the zanana the women’s quarters where women discussed things that were important to them. this was the place from where the women wielded their power. In the Mughal Zanana…

  • International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

    International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

    Given the current situation, suddenly there is seems to an increase in public lynching, police versus the commoner situation. So maybe today is the right day to see where we are on this one. In 1997 UN launched the international day in support of torture victims this is a result of the UN convention against…

  • With The Refugees

    With The Refugees

    World Refugee Day commemorates the obstacles that Refugees face each year. It also honours their courage and strength, on June 20th the United Nations observes the World Refugee Day. The United Nations High Commission has set up #WithRefugees petition to create an action plan to bring about solidarity and global responsibility on behalf of refugee.…

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