Parwatisingari's Weblog

Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • are you from goa proper?

    BNLF at Mumbai, “Hi, I am Bloghead from timbuctoo, I blog as bloghead.in” Wonderful…  I mumble and flash an insipid polite apology for a smile. The next question now pops up, “And you are” “Parwati Singari” I mutter desperately trying to find someone I know, or maybe I can pretend the next train to galaxy…

  • Etiquette in Public transport

    Candles are being light this evening in memory ofpeople who died in road accidents, maybe we should look at making our roads, and public transport safter? My scooter has conked off, and I am taking the public transport from the university to Kala Academy and back. It is quite interesting to watch people. I have…

  • Who changed me…

    My story by Kamala Das has a statement, “ask the books that I read why change. Ask the authors dead and alive who communicated with me and gave me the courage to be myself.” … Did they? I do not know, I was brought up by parents and grandparents who were voracious readers, membership to…

  • A Wayside Inn.

    We are back on our road trip this time it is on the Uttara Kannada belt. In our brand new Tata Zest XTA. The trip was essentially from Dharwad to Sirsi to Manipal. From there we were to travel to Kollur and back to Goa. It was around 1 pm when we hit Kumta and…

  • A little light on Deepavali.

    A little light on Deepavali.

    Banditu deepavali siri sobaganu pasarisi lokava belagutali.– this is a popular kannada poem that translates to Deepavali arrives bringing with it abundance and light. We have been celebrating Diwali in the same age old manner for hundreds of years with crackers, oil sweets, heavy unhealthy food gambling and what not… are we really Sunita I…

  • How Cuba is Achieving Food Security Without Destroying its Environment

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