Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • The Discarded.

    The Discarded.

    She returned not to answers or escape, but to breath, warmth, and the quiet insistence of remaining.

  • To Pant is Human, To Purr is Essential.

    To Pant is Human, To Purr is Essential.

    A cat empress asks questions humans forget to ask, while sweatpants, uniforms, and quiet wisdom remind us that essence, not excess, is where dignity curls up and purrs.

  • Of Idlis, Inner Space and Squirrels with Title Deeds

    Of Idlis, Inner Space and Squirrels with Title Deeds

    We buy houses to escape loneliness, forgetting the body is already home, the soul its resident, and squirrels manage belonging without paperwork or approval.

  • Fear As Identity

    Fear As Identity

    This piece reflects on how repeated narratives of fear and grievance shape the collective emotional climate in India. Drawing from social psychology and yogic perspectives, it explores how survival-based thinking can weaken mature agency, narrow empathy, and lead to reactive patterns in everyday life. Rather than focusing on politics or personalities, the essay looks at…

  • Self-Care With Crime

    Self-Care With Crime

    On difficult days, soup and crime fiction regulate the nervous system, externalize danger, restore order, and remind us why resolution feels deeply, psychologically necessary.

  • Internation Choreographers Day

    Internation Choreographers Day

    On International Choreographers’ Day, choreography emerges as embodied knowledge—where text, terrain, ritual, and lived experience converge to shape meaning through movement in theatre.

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