Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
-
Dedication to the unknown soldier
The 11th Standard English text had a play I forgotten its name. The play was set between the two world wars. A scientist creates a bomb. He was boasting about it to his sister. The sister has just lost her son. When she sees her brother gloating she gets very upset that someone like him…
-
country mouse
I rather gnaw bran than gnawed by fear What would I prefer the city or the country? Remember the fable we heard as kids? The country mouse and the town mouse. A town mouse or shall we say city mouse here, visits the country mouse. The country mouse treats him to the standard country fare…
-
Mountains Versus Marathons
climbing a hill or running away may the wise Athena help. Patroclus’ arrow-injury bandaged by Achilles. Styled democratically á la Aristogeiton & Harmodius as γενειήτης (ἐραστής) & ὑπηνήτης. Marathon Vs mountain climbing. With Athena’s clear thinking let us look at the pros and cons and make a wise decision. Whether it makes sense to run…
-
Sita-Ahalya-Tadaka
The Ramayana talks of three women. Tadaka she was killed by Rama Ahalya was supposed to have been redeemed by Rama Sita the spouse. Somewhere these women are not given their due. No matter what symbolization or explanation we give it is only a document of power play and oppression. Assuming that Ramayana is a…
-
Holiday Plans
Lets last till holidays, we might have the energy to plan one then. Day 174 – Snoozing Our holiday season has been cleaved thanks to globalization and presumed secularism. There was a time when all the schools in the country had holidays, or vacation in October and April. Now the October one has been trisected…
Got any book recommendations?
Parwatisingari's Weblog 