Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Much Ado about something.

     The second episode of sathyameva Jayate has been aired, so far so good. The media and blogsworld has gone frenzy with it, Will Aamir Khan’s show be a hit, well it has been an eyeball catcher, and hot coffee table debate. We can commend him for this, or nail him for his astute picking of…

  • Invoking The scribes a book review

    Originally posted on My Bookshelf: Invoking the scribes. Of Ancient Egypt. Authors:  Normadi Ellis and Gloria Taylor Brown. Publishers: Bear and company A very interesting book on spiritual journaling.  It is a cruise of a group of spiritual writers who follow the path of the original keepers of the sacred stories. Each of us have…

  • To perfect Divahood.

    The first time I noted this word DIVA it was in reference to Shobha De and she was a page 3 person, then called Shobha Kilchand, editor of a long forgotten film magazine, I think Stardust. Who read film magazines, we read The Illustrated Weekly (kindly turn a blind eye to the Filmfare between the…

  • Listen Well

    Originally posted on ANAHITA: “You have to be willing sometimes to listen to some remarkable bad opinions. Because if you say to someone, ‘that’s the silliest thing I’ve ever heard; get on out of here!’—then you’ll never get anything out of that person again, and you might as well have a puppet on a string…

  • fear factor

    We have all have great confidence in something; it could even be a lack of our self confidence. Faith is the most powerful word in our vocabulary fear is even greater. We fear so many things, the past, present future, success, failure anything and everything. Best way to build faith and confidence in you is…

  • The Diva-state-us

    DIVA-STATING Dedicating this blog to the dynamite DIVA’s in my life mom Shyla Rao,Aunt Meena Agarwal and my Daughters. Each of us has that right, that possibility, to invent ourselves daily. If a person does not invent herself, she will be invented. So to be bodacious enough to invent ourselves is wise.” Maya Angelou By Countess of…

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