Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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To the Weirdos in My life.
Weirdo’s are unusual people. Though actually the word weird means, supernatural unearthly. Sometimes it is connected with fate, and sometimes it is a person’s destiny in the context of Scottish archaic, or so Merriam-Webster assures me, while in northern America it is an inform word that induces a sense of disbelief or alienation. Guess there…
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confluence
We were standing in the recreation room of International center, as we looked over, there was this shanty built at the dead end with broken bricks and available wood, the other corner was an open washing area where dishes and clothes were washed, the water from this was let out into the open side walk…
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Gokarana
Yesterday being Ganesh Chaturthi, we decided to drive down to Gokarna. I have no pictures of either temple or the surrounding, for I was lost in memories of the two which visited years ago. The legend has it that Ravana the Lord of Lanka, carried the atma lingam of Shiva, fearing the consequences of this,…
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International Day Of Charity
International day of charity, I remember seeing this beautiful posters of Audrey Hepburn in sepia tones one that said, “For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair, let a child run his fingers through…
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The Informal Entrepreneur
When we were in college we enacted a play, called the Kathe-swamy or the Ass-Seer, it was a tale of a dhobi whose only friend his donkey dies, and dhobi buries the donkey puts a head stone on it, one day a drunken unlucky prince falls over it, from the next day onwards his fortune…
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International Day against Nuclear Testing.
29th August is the International day against Nuclear Tests created by UN. This was declared in the 2nd December 2009 session through the resolution that deals with effects of nuclear tests. The entire concept was to galvanize the banning of nuclear tests. This is achieved through symposiums, seminars, exhibition competition etc. Yet an random thought…
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