Parwatisingari's Weblog

Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Just what is AIB?

    “Aamir khan producer of Delhi Belly finds AIB knock out objectionable” “Farida Jalal finds AIB roast embarrassing” The number of message bytes was almost sending me to a hypnotic trance. I had to find out what AIB was about. Then I saw hosts  Karan, Arjun, Ranveer have all been hauled up for it. The Amul…

  • Releasing guilt

    Permission to forgive ourselves At the Landmark forum, we come across lot of stuff. But usually what we are dealing with is grudges not let gone, and wrongs we have not forgiven.  Both wrongs done to us, and we have done to others, still worse is our inability to forgive ourselves. So many of us…

  • Prayer and meditation.

    Prayer and Meditation. Many a times I have wondered what is the difference between prayer and meditation. After all both offered a connect with the divine.  I out  started observing myself, the words I used, the way I thought and felt during prayer I realized I used language to express myself, my inner most thoughts…

  • The Social Media The Connect and The Challenge

    The Social Media The Connect and The Challenge

    My association with the social media began when I was in isolation during my treatment, my only contact with the outside world was Facebook, and it kept me constant contact with my family. Even before we look at mobile vs. web, my generation approaching 50 would have more fundamental question that really understands what the…

  • Recognizing happiness

    Recognizing Happiness, My little cousin Rohini, had seen the television coke advertisement and her concept of enjoy became opening the coke bottle and drinking it. Not sipping it through a straw mind you but guzzling the bottle down. Enjoyment Happiness, would this not mean different things to different people? The journey of personal growth particularly…

  • Barkuru –Betaala-Vikramaditya

    The Kondeshwara swamy gardi at Barkuru, finds its link to the legendary throne of Vikramaditya. Once upon time lived a king Vikramaditya., we have all heard this line and the stories featuring him. The Vetala Panchvimshati and the Simhasana Dwatrimshika. These stories have found their way in various versions of  regional and Sanskrit literature. The…

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