Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Priyanka Vadra — Partum Papyrus

    Partum Papyrus…  born of the paper “bhude bharat mein aaye hai phir se nayi jawani hai”—the ode of Rani of Jhansi by Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, she heralds Rani of Jhansi as the hope of a dying movement. That is what Priyanka …( lets not debate  over the name) heralds for the press.. bhude congress ke nayi Jawani…

  • In defence of the Bangalore IT-ians.

    In defence of the Bangalore IT-ians. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdwk_pW-cMc Well the interviewer sounded like he talked of Delhi elections, anyway not my concern. Anyway, first and foremost most of these young some things are not Indians, they are American who, happen to be born to parents of Indian genes.  The parents are aware that they are but…

  • Human Trafficking.

    Last evening  at the university circle there were about 6 two wheelers all of them rented with young boys and girls, the girls bordering obese, wearing shorts and singlets and an alliteration with the cop was going on, they were harassing the cop. With them were two Goan boys  they were sex workers hired by…

  • The Un-Indian of Wall Street.

    Hello Un-Indians I mean the “intellectual‘s” who were born in India, had their basic education on Indian soil through Indian tax payer’s money and have adopted a new country. I don’t even like to call you NRI’s. Thanks for your interest in our piddly politics, we appreciate you writing “Indian saga’s” in you Wall Street…

  • My middle class Apathy withstands ….

    It was my Middle class Apathy vs. Harsh Mander’s reclaiming governance for the poor, As a part of International centre’s series on good governance Harsh Mander ex-bureaucrat, novelist and a social—what shall call him activist came to deliver a talk, he was to talk on reclaiming the governance  for the poor, looked like he got…

  • Its not cricket…

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH8yxfsTzDg Its not cricket…. Yes, I belong to the school of thought that thinks Cricket is a luxury, a waste or resources, like time and money. Spending 2500/ticket for a match to me is criminal. Yet what is visible is that cricket is like a wine house, pundit ho ya maulvi sab ko mel karti…

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