Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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International Day for Handloom,
Prime Minister Modi has declared 7th August as the international day of Handloom Sounds bombastic we could have begun with a simple national dedication. But of course no harm in thinking big. Coming from Udupi and being an ardent fan of our weaving there is lot of anguish that is there. https://parwatisingari.wordpress.com/2010/12/11/handloom-from-udupi-udupi-kaimagga/e Handloom jeans seem…
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International Beer Day
International Beer Day “I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts, and beer.” ― Abraham Lincoln “You can’t be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline –…
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Being funny is serious
“There was something about clowns that was worse than zombies. (Or maybe something that was the same. When you see a zombie, you want to laugh at first. When you see a clown, most people get a little nervous. There’s the pallor and the cakey mortician-style makeup, the shuffling and the untidy hair. But clowns…
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Dedicated to Anachronism
There was a small pop up that the first week of August is dedicated to society of creative anachronism. (SCA) me being me… kept wondering how could there be a day for anarchism!! It was only when I went to slow paced reading I realized it was anachronism. And anachronism meant a person or a…
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Breaking family cycles
Breaking family cycles is the start of change. Dealing with family patterns I realized is the important work during healing be itself or someone’s it is also the hardest. Though we tend to believe that in leaving our childhood homes and embarking upon the journey of adulthood we have effectively removed ourselves from the harmful…
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