Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Aurangazeb’s City.

    I heard of Aurangabad, in early 90’s until then it was a nebulous town that we read in history. Finally June 30th I did visit the town. Nothing prepared me for this lovely town. Which was energetic without the hustle and bustle , an old world charm that was had interesting contemporary architecture juxtaposition. Right…

  • Morning dew

    Morning dew Udayaachaladalli Ravi baruva chinne Aruna chavi… The Goddess of night slowly recedes, handing us over to the gentle care of Usha, the day break who prepares us for the arrival Aruna, the legless charioteer of Suryanarayana the Sun God. One of my favourite poems, it is also my favourite time of the day,…

  • When God became Goddess

    shakti creates, shati destroys, this is from Devi Bhagwatam.

  • NaMo Namasmaranam…

    Of the Navavidha Bhakti, naamasmaranam  is one, and Ravana .was declared a Ram Bhakt because he  kept thinking of Ram even though it was to plot his down fall. Each time I read such venomous hatred against BJP or Modi I am reminded of this. Whatever our individual opinion of the party, we need to…

  • The flow of emotions.

    Bhava ganga, The Devi Bhagawatam, talks of Navadurga each aspect of Durga  talking of one quality. On saptami   the mother Goddess is worshiped in her form as Ganga.  Ganga is also the Bhava Ganga, the flow of emotion that is so torrential and difficult to withhold, once she flows out she leaves us calm and…

  • No wrong response

    When I was a little girl, everything in the world fell into either of these two categories: wrong or right. Black or white. Now that I am an adult, I have put childish things aside and now I know that some things fall into wrong and some things fall into right. Some things are categorized…

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