Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • call of the valley

    Lush green fields of Goa, sunshine and beaches. Ram shackled houses Chinar Bibi, was transplanted from Kashmir, to Goa. She had lost her daughter in a bomb blast . Her son-in-law was responsible for the blast. When Javed Miya a jaipuri vendor suggested that they start a Kashmir emporium in Goa chinar and her husband relocated…

  • Bar camp

    <p class=”intro”>BarCamp Goa will be held on October 30<sup>th</sup>, 2011 at BITS Pilani Goa Campus. BarCamp Goa(or BCG (#bcgoa)) is the biggest and coolest techy event in Goa.</p> <p>For those of you who don’t know what a BarCamp is…</p> <blockquote><p>BarCamp is an international network of user generated conferences – open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is…

  • New brag-rat on the block

    Once upon a time, in mythology, there were beautiful damsels, enchantress who diverted the heroes from their chosen path. The Indian mythology called them Apsara’s they were delegated by the Lord of the immortals, to deal with spiritual quest of people or if anything threatened the throne of Indra the Lord of the immortals. Instead…

  • Appraisal Forms

    A friend of mine who was in the corporate HR section said, a common problem with appraisal forms was that the employees felt that doing a thing well was the criteria. But from the point of view of the structure Completing the 10 schedule tasks – would mean okay he does his job. Meets expectations.…

  • song of the siren

    the song of the siren Homer talks of these siren who sing such soulful songs, that enraptured the travelling sailors Maybe maybe not. Sometimes I wonder if the song of the siren was ethereal and enraptured because it would bring the song that was within, the secret visions and the unacknowledged fear. After all a…

  • Luxury

    Sometimes I wonder if a little luxury could help us over come our artists block. A little pampering what exactly it is would of course vary for each of us.  For me it was my toastmasters. Lack of time, funds, other “more important” priorities tend to pop up. but these are never really authentic blocks.…

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