Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • International Nacho day.

    International Nacho day.

    21st October is the world Nachos day. So I kind of got think of what nachos might be. What I learnt was it was probably borrowed firm the Spanish Nacho, which actually is a hypocoristic form of the first name Ignacio. After Ignacio Anaya Garcia (1895-1975) culinary origin myths credit May 23 1954 as its…

  • And Unconditional love is…

    And Unconditional love is…

    I gave myself 20 mnts and typed everything that popped up in my space on conditional love. Would love to get inputs from all of you. Unconditional love…. “we would advise you ” Patti was saying,”if you understand then fine, if you don’t its your funeral and because we love you its ours too.” From…

  • Toast to the world’s first programmer.

    Toast to the world’s first programmer.

    My workspace seemed to filled with IT personal and people speaking of AI for while I assumed AI was Air-India then I learnt it was artificial intelligence. I am told by these kids who create computer programs that computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is the lawgiver. No playwright, no…

  • Kaapi kathe- Malabar Monsooned Coffee

    Kaapi kathe- Malabar Monsooned Coffee

    The Monsooned Malbar coffee Let’s take the coffee pledge for the coffee workers. Centuries ago when coffee beans were transported to Europe in ships, six months of travel caused an amazing transformation to the seeds. The monsoon caused the beans to swell and change colour, it acquired an intensely mellow flavour. Now this magic is…

  • Baba Budan Saheb the Patron Saint of Cafficionado

    Baba Budan Saheb the Patron Saint of Cafficionado

    Marie Von Tropp finds it easy to say let’s start at the very beginning, a very good place to start with. Obviously she does not know, coffee is the right place to start with. With the wafting fragrance of coffee, the day begins and as the coffee falls into the stomach it triggers a commotions.…

  • Pondering Over yayati.

    Pondering Over yayati.

    Storytellers and psychologists have explored the rivalry of a child with the same sex parent. In the Indian context we have some very interesting examples  Dr.Devdutt Pattnaik likes to call it a reverse Oedipus complex where the father makes a demand of the son. Somehow there are some interesting patterns here. Let us look at…

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