Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Benzodiazepines

    Benzodiazepines

    Jyotsna relied on Saturday Valium for comfort; Rahul saw his Ativan strip as an exit plan. Easy OTC access fuels iatrogenic benzo dependence and hidden suffering.

  • Solitary Confinement

    Solitary Confinement

    Loneliness isn’t the absence of people; it’s the absence of genuine connection. Healing begins when we choose empathy, conversation, and authentic relationships over mere proximity.

  • The Swayam Rites.

    The Swayam Rites.

    “She performed her Swayam Shraddha, offered funeral cakes to her own soul, and walked away. She didn’t commit suicide; she committed the perfect, bloodless murder.”

  • The Butterfly Effect.

    The Butterfly Effect.

    Over your afternoon feni, notice the silence: Mandovi’s birds are gone, tree cover has shrunk, and desertification claims over half our paradise. Time to restore.

  • The Great Indian Bore

    The Great Indian Bore

    We are breeding a generation of super-literate barbarians who can code software and quote ancient scriptures, yet struggle with queues, littering, and basic human decency.

  • On you MARK…get set go

    On you MARK…get set go

    Our education system is a majestic circus where we force future global diplomats to learn fluid mechanics just to count cash as an overqualified, depressed banker.

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