Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Deepavali-Campus and crackers.
Deepavali— https://www.gharwalidiwali.com/ This is my tribute to Dr.Venugopal who ensured that we had a great time during deepavali. Jyotsna, Aruna, Anand, Arvind, Anupa, Geeta isaac, Krishna,Sundar and Biju who were all part of the baccha brigade. Banditu deepavali,siri sobaganu pasarisi lokava belagatali. The lamps that light the kartika masa, the cool breeze of the oncoming winter there…
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Echo’s of power, the sacred vows,
Ecof power, the sacred vows, Tulasi Ramayan has a line about the illustrious Raghuvansha, Pranjaye par vachan nahi. How much of it was honoured by the Raghnuvanshi’s is another conversation. But actually a promise made , a sacred vow, once spoken becomes part of our existence for ever more. Speech is a vehicle for vows,…
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Sharing grief, opening to receive comfort
From childhood, keeping a stiff upperlip, not crying in public was taught to us. so much so we confused empathy with pity. The time I lost my father, the time I was recovering from my burns, these were moments that caused me feel shock and sadness, the first thing I did was to withdraw from…
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Regret.. the weight of the past.
Kurt Vonnegut says,”of all the words of mice and men the saddest are,’It might have been.” Every Toastmaster has three speeches, one that we prepared, one that was delivered and finally one that we wish we had delivered. This thing applies to many situation in our lives. We all do things that we desperately wish…
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Spirituality at workplace.
There is a story about a great follower of Buddha, who was a prime minister, he wore silks, jewellery and rode on an elephant as befitting a Prime minister and not the humble garb of a spiritual seeker. Yet the Buddha considered him a true Bodha-sadhak. There was a murmur within the others, until someone…
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