Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • The Road Ruler..

    3,505 road accidents registered in Goa till October 2013, of which 209 people died, out the 209, 127 were on two wheelers. We scream our concerns for road safety, we have the road safety week from 2nd to 7th January candlelight marches, street plays, banners, seminars and god knows what but do people really care?…

  • a sacred sanctuary.

    What would my dream library look like? J you could not ask for a more perfect question. I was brought up in family where the study was a sanctuary where we went to sharpen our mind or lick our wounds. After all the perfect tranquillity in life, is found nowhere else but in a retreat,…

  • women’s cell.

    March 8th  women’s day The women’s forum at goa had a workshop to address women’s cell.   It was quite interesting to explore the aims and objectives of the women’s cell. Since most of us had done our home with the blessing of googlemata we went in with a typical mindset. But Roland Martins, the man…

  • Historiography

    Historiography Is the writing of history, the writings of history based on critical examination of sources, the selection of particulars from authentic materials and synthesis the particulars into a narrative that will stand the test of critical methods. It can also be called the principles theory, a history of historical writing. Two tendencies of history…

  • Oligarchy

    Oligarchy is a term that refers to a govt. Run by a few specially a small faction of persons or families. Dadabhai Naoroji refers to this as one of the causes of the draining of wealth from the subcontinent. In his books Poverty and Un-British Rule in India, he talks of draining of 200-300 Million…

  • Outflow

    One thing I really like about the tradition of Devi Bhagavatam or the Shakti cult is the fundamental belief that  everything in the universe is energy and since energy is dynamic energy is feminine. Many of us do give, old clothes, and unwanted to things. Some of us even donate money or help others, but…

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