Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Cafe Light.

    Two men  were sitting at the diner and having dinner. A woman seated in a parked car watched them through the window for a while.  She was furious with one of the diners, how dare he sit here leaving his mother alone? She waited a while before she got off the car and walked up…

  • anchoring the wanderer.

    If Newton never told anybody about the law of gravity, if Edison would have only lit his own house, the world would have remained untouched by their brilliant ideas and minds. If Mittal Patel had not brought the plight of the nomads the 8 -10% of our population we they would exist as another exploited…

  • international drug abuse and illicit trafficking day.

    June 26th, the international day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking. Just in case you think this is another holiday, sorry it is not, today is a day that documents two of human shames, UNODC has decided to work strengthen their legal and technical capacities to prevent and stop the trafficking of people, drugs natural…

  • Warnin’ bells.

    Ring the bell, Ringing the bell, have you ever thought of it? It heralds, some one coming in. The person may not be welcome, yet we are good hosts. Because of who we are. Yet ringing the bell means, be alert. Watch out, danger ahead. The past two days I have been at the media…

  • Domestic violence,– violation of habitat

    This article is part of the ring the bell, campaign www.bellbajao.org Of course the site specifies domestic violence or violence against women. To me the flowing river and mother earth are also women. Floods at uttarkashi Delhi is flooded Mumbai stranded in rains These are direct fall out us violating the water and land. We…

  • Seasoning life with seasons.

    Rtu samhara, the cycles of season, or rtushringara the romance of season.  That is what it all about cycles, decay and rebirth.  In Sanskrit poetry seasons are entwined with love, both erotic and divine. They are parallel and interwoven. Vasanta spring, the eternal companion of the Kamadev, the lord of love, adorned with flowers and…

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