Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Toy Fads From My Childhood Days

    Toys It is really interesting there were no must have toys. Of course the blond walkie-talkie doll that my father sent from England was treasure. But we played with available stuff. When our mothers went to buy steel utensils, the shop owner at times gave us miniature ones. broken crockery, scraps of dress materials all…

  • Books Versus Their Movie Versions

    Jeeves and Wooster for DS Are books better options than movies? To me yes, for the book tells a tale, but the visuals are mine. I can add minor additions of mine like the Jeeves finishing his chore for the day and curling up with an Agatha Christie novel or a mass murder winding up…

  • Dotage

    retire is a verb that says, to go away to seclusion, does one really want to retire unless to bed? Retired in France When is the perfect age to retire and how I know that I am ready.  Well Plinky makes it very clear which retirement she is talking about. I hope it is…

  • cow day

    The bay area behenji’s are here with their kids for a holiday. Their husband has finished up the three weeks leave and is working from Bangalore/Pune/home/or returned to Uncle Sam’s land. The behenji’s are sharing India with their kids, the n relatives to be met at Bangalore, Chennai or udupi or urban India. Then it…

  • open vessel

    Open vessels Open vessels have the power of not knowing. “I do not know” does not necessarily be defiance or sulkiness but could be just the wisest thing to do. Experts in fields are not know all. Its only when the vessel is not full does it have the space to accommodate more. Accepting the…

  • voice within

    we all have an inner voice that is beautiful, but when it relates to an outer voice it is divinity Great voice is of course mother nature, she has gifted some with the ability to sound great to others too, and all with the ability of great inner voice. 🙂 The external voices that I…

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