Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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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…
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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…
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Daylight Saving Time
Early to bed Early to rise Daylight Saving Time Makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. Alternately eat worms it depends on your point of view. Of course daylight saving is essential. I really did not have to deliberate as I am naturally up about an hour before dawn, so when I turn functional it…
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A Happy meal.
A meal when you are hungry is a gift no matter where you eat it. sukhadia’s open vada pav This actually reminds me of a tale, when the Mogul emperor Akbar he went on a hunt. He was hungry and tired, when he and his minister Birbal came across a woodcutters hut. The woodcutter shared…
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Animus Liger
Born in a tiger territory with Leonine instincts I must be the animus of a Liger. Liger We are told that we carry forward Karmic memory, and I have an astrological period called the Gaja-Kesari yoga, or the period of the elephant and and lion. considering that i am elephantine in my structure, I guess…
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