Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Art the craft of the mind

    my favorite artist, is an active mind Plinky wants to know about my favourite artist. I wonder what actually Plinky means a person who paints or a person who is into arts of any kind. Talking of artists I know I do not like M.F.Hussain. I rather like the stray drawings created by various people,…

  • ಭ್ರಷ್ಟಾಚಾರ?

    ಭ್ರಷ್ಟಾಚಾರ? ಸಧ್ಯವಂಥೂ ದೂರದರ್ಶನದ ಎಲ್ಲ ವಾಹಿನಿಗಳು ಬಾಬಾ ರಾಮದೇವವರ ಉಪವಾಸದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಚರ್ಚೆ ನಡೆಸುತ್ತಿರುವರು, ಯೋಗಿಯ ರಾಜಕೀಯ ಮಹತ್ವಾಕಂಷೆಯನ್ನು ಹೀಯಲಿಸುವವರೂ ಇದ್ದಾರೆ. ಇದು ಅವರ ವೈಯಕ್ತಿಕ ವಿಷಯವಲ್ಲವೇ? ಯತಿಗಳಾಗಿ ಚಾಣಕ್ಯ (ಹೌದು, ಇವರು ಯತಿಗಳೇ ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರದೆವಿಯ ಪೂಜಾರಿ ),ವಿವೇಕಾನಂದರು, ಶ್ರೀ ಆರೋಬಿಂದೋರವರು ಭಾರತಮಾತೆಯ ವೈಭವದ ಕನಸು ಕಾಣಬುಹ್ದಾದರೆ ರಾಮದೇವರು ಯಾಕೆ ಕಾಣಬಾರದು ? ಹಾಂ ನಮಲ್ಲಿ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರ ಪೂಜಮುರ್ತಿ,ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಭಕ್ತಿ ಒಂದು ವಿಧದ ಭಕ್ತಿಪಂಥ, ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಧ್ವಜ ಹಾಗು ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಗೀತೆ ಇದರ ಚಿನ್ನೆಯೆಂಬ ದೃಷ್ಟಿಕೋನವಿನ್ನು ಬಂದಿಲ್ಲ. ಇವರು ಸ್ವತಂತ್ರ ಅಲ್ಲ…

  • The great Indian tamasha

    There is a lot of reporting going on  TV about corruption, Anna Hazare’s fasting, Baba Ramdev’s fast. The ridicule of a Yogi’s political ambition is also there. Well that is his trip though his agenda sounds fine. If we call patriotism a religion, dedicated to the nation with the National anthem and flag being its…

  • rocky road day

    An interesting day today is the day that the radio was patented. It is also an informal holiday in the Uncle Sam land called rocky road holiday. Of course us being ardent highway on my plate fans we thought it this day was dedicated to Rocky who was on the road, paying for every meal…

  • 2011 Goals and Achievements

    Every Decision Made for Us By the Government Is One Less Decision We Can Make for Ourselves 2010 was a year retrospection and I made a few decisions, one was to believe in my potential We had some guests’ end of January and the past almost 14yrs, I used to dread these visits because everyone…

  • tough cookie eh!

    how I like my cookie depends on what I mean by cookie.:) Cookie Monster What’s my favourite cookie asks Plinky and how do I like it? Well cookie was what we called our hostel cook.  Informally speaking a cookie means a dear and a sweetheart, irrespective of our romantic status the cook got the…

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