Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Agriculture And Environment.

    Agriculture And Environment. Courtesy Booklet No.489 Crop production systems – 20 K.T.Chandy, Agriculture and Environment Education.   International center with the family farmers group has farming awareness programs happening. This was an eye opener for me. I thought I shall share it with all. When we think of farming we think of the Mother India…

  • Authority.

    Authority If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.”  ― Tacitus I just came across this line, of course I am yet to figure out who I don’t criticise. But then it did make me think of authority. I mean “Pramaana” is the word used in the ancient texts, to authenticate…

  • Demolishing the firewall.

    Demolishing The Firewall For a longtime I felt I was dealing with anger, one day it occurred that I was in the wrong war. That is anger was not the issue resentment was. Resentment is a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistant ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult or injury. When anger…

  • Memorial, Eulogy and Epiphany

    Memorial, Eulogy and Epiphany “Hasyam Kama dahanam” is the example for hasya rasa or the emotion of humour… it does not really translate to humour. For a long time I never figured how Kama dahanam could be funny, I mean how can the burning of a man be funny? Then I realized the word hasyam…

  • WEEDS—Messengers from the wilderness.

    WEEDS—Messengers from the wilderness. I was busy telling Sundari to weed the garden, it was then that I saw the tiny violet flowers with deep purple centres; these were the weeds of monsoon. It was so beautiful that I asked Sundari to leave it, she told me, that it would eat into the fertilizer of…

  • Creating the ground of our story

    Creating the ground for our story. Each day as I kneaded the dough to make roti’s I realized i played out a scene an alteration with some family member or the other, the inspiration would be the same, the storyline similar the dialogue would just vary, the outcome would be I am angry and I…

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