Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • The touch

    When BlogAdda gave us the prompt on the touch being different I did a story that was with me for a while. But I did ponder over touch.  Touch is one of the five senses the sparsha. That is it is primal communication pathway, a non-verbal communication. Sometimes it can be very reassuring sometimes it…

  • Women Journalists of Kashmir.

    Women Journalists of Kashmir.

    Women Journalists of Kashmir. Sameer Yasir is a favourite writer of mine, and I like the way he thinks, this time round he shared the emerging women journalists of Kashmir. Here were some things that struck a chord. Emerging young women of Kashmir, something has changed in the valley, women are opting to be journalist…

  • Breathe Deep It is a Gift.

    Sukumar saxena, was brought to me by his mother, he was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. He was 8yrs old. While Shivakumar Iyer is 30yrs and is already under treatment for cystic fibrosis. Since Suk… Source: Breathe Deep It is a Gift.

  • Sunset at Dona Paula

    Sunset at Dona Paula

    Dona Paula, The iconic destination at Goa.  I prefer going there in the morning when there is no influx of tourists, touts or tiresome stall owners. But my daughter had her college friends over from outside state and of course Dona Paula for the tourist is in the evening. The romantic folklore goes on from…

  • Ethical Will-passing on values

    Long ago I had written a blog on Ethical will, an ethical will. An Ethical will (Hebrew: “Zava’ah”) is a document designed to pass ethical values from one generation to the next. Rabbis and Jewish laypeople have continued to write ethical wills during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. I had found the entire concept very intriguing. I cannot find the blog…

  • Night Flight To Arpora

    “Where are you from” “Goa” “Oh! Lucky you, its so much of fun, I have been to the Night Market.” I give my sheepish smile; well I can’t let people know that I have never been there. For the past 5yrs we have been planning to go this absolutely to do place on every tourist…

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