Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Raste Purana-Checklist for Road Trips

    Raste Purana or the tales of the  travel. My husband loves the drive, be it the bike, the car, or the train. I love destinations. All these years our various commitments did not let us do this. this year touché wood we are able to do what both of us like discover little known wonders…

  • wanderlust

    Sunday may 25th 2014 My husband loves driving, and I love destinations. So we decided you to travel down to Kittur, My husband being the meticulous person that he is when it comes to his gizmos and vehicles, had mapped where we wanted to go.  Early morning the with chirping birds we drove down through…

  • A Homage– Potradeo

    Patradevi hey mere vatan ke logon zara aankh mein bharlo pani, jo shaheed huye hai unki zara yaad karo qurbani. The border terrain between Maharashtra and Goa, silent unacknowledged stands the homage to the brave souls of Goa who fought for liberation from the Portuguese. The lovely brick and mosaic memorial nestles between greenery in…

  • The Lake view Restaurant

      There are days, and days, This was one day that we decide to just drive down where without a travel agenda, and we landed onNH17. Somewhere as we reached Insuli  again on an impulse we decided to go to Sawantwadi. For years the road was familiar along the Bombay-Goa road route but with the…

  • Can We Be Mini’s father for a change?

    My niece Saraswati and sister Shyamala are negotiating a sari, it costs 26.000Rs. And here I am standing beside them. I am reminded of Marie Antoinette, here is a debate on blowing up 26000/Rs. on a sari to be draped once in the life time, and on the other hand Saraswati Mandir, would be satisfied…

  • Mam’s Day Gift.

    May 11th the much touted Mother’s day, I even wondered if I should gift my mother Margarita after all I would have driven her to it if we were in another social context. But what intrigued me is May 10th, where uncle Sam’s land actually had dedicated a day to see that every mother gets…

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