Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Three tree

    The number three always fascinated Akshar, the primordial triangle emerging from the union of oneness and duality.  The magic of three seem to emerge everywhere. The Hindu thought talks of Kaya, vaacha, manasa, the body mind and soul, the Vedic Gods, Agni vayu varuna, the fire air and water, the later hindu icons Brahma Vishnu…

  • Jayadeva and my grandmother.

    SriVee was busy with his discourse. The ethos of bhakti, how the devotee saw his Lord everywhere. That the Lord resided in everyone, so all creatures were equal. Akshara was listening to the stock stories of shabari, shankaracharya all twisted to fit into the listening that SriVee was creating. Then came the story of the…

  • work the plan

    Yash chopra is no more. May he rest in peace. What reminded me of him, is what people have to say about him is the infalliable way he worked. Apparently he had a story that he wanted to tell. He decided that he would tell it on a date, that would be the day of…

  • Mentoring,

    A great concept at toastmasters. I was all fired by it, until I thought let me see what actually is the onus of mentoring. The dictionary calls Mentor (capitalized) as a friend of Odysseus, entrusted with the education of Odysseus son Telemachus, it has come to mean a trusted counsellor or guide, a tutor, coach…

  • 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…

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