Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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World Gypsy day
One of the dance forms we learnt in our Bharatnatyam curriculum was the gypsy dance, the costume would vivid, with gold spangles, and colourful hair tassels’, a tambourine in the hand and quick beats. Most of us loved it for the sheer energy it created. Gypsies seemed exotic. Gypsies the Nomads.. Travelling in caravans, in…
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No HouseWork Day
There are something’s akinned to Chinese torture.. Endless… repetitive and monotonous one of them is house work. The clean becomes soiled, the soiled is cleaned over and over again, dust-bunnies seem to invade the minute you take a shut eye. It is kind of like growing up never finished. April 7th is that utopia day…
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Manusmriti and Forbidden Food.
Goa University runs what is called Visiting faculty public lectures, these are usually a one credit course, for those who want accreditation else it is just a learning process. Most of us are there many taking time off from work the classroom is a pleasant mix. Initially I had the time I attended a lot…
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Waste Water and Water Waste
Waste Water… and Water Waste This is blog is inspired by www.BlogAdda.com But I have not written it over weekend, simply because I was researching and I needed to get my information right. So lets start at the very beginning.. No we are not going to a place where water was common resource but to…
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Smart Auto
The Telangana government has definitely been proactive, At the Hyderabad Litfest there was the electric auto’s on display. With two owners giving passengers a tour round the literary festival zone. The auto’s felt good, amazing colours that it came in and some how it did not look like the harassed communters rescue operation, but it…
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The Magical Painters
Story telling has taken on many platforms and the scrolls are a great place. From the middle east with the Arabs, came the “Kari” or the art of the “qalam” that is the pen, so qalamkari or “Kalamkari” found a new home in the Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh. Silk or cotton fabric is treated…
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