Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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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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When Journaling looses charm
I am sitting at Mango meadows sipping my coffee between patients. Sometimes it is quite an insight. this morning I had a patient who has messed up his life for the past 40yrs and wants a cure in 40mnts. I realize we are so comfortable in the default habits that we have created for ourselves…
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Are We or Are We not a Democracy.
September 15th is an interesting day, with Free Money day, and the International day of democracy. Despite it being a Sunday, I am parked at 91 springboard of course with my friends, mulling over brewed coffee. What on earth is actually democracy. Of course my friends Merriam-Webster do refer to it as the govt. Of…
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An Acid test to Survive.
Lucknow May 2019 It was like rebirthing for me. Mornings were busy with session. But evenings travel bloggers The Misfit Wanderers curated things for me to see. I was really amazed by the trouble the kids had taken they went through my blog and figured out things that interested me and put the walks together. Of…
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In Memory of Emma Nutt.
I am looking at the eating area of 91 springboards. Where everyone is a mobile phone glued to their ear. I still have an issue with it and I think telephones are a instrusion, they ring just when you think you are safe. On second thoughts imagine if we were still in the messenger boy…
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Bouncing back
BACK FROM A BREAK My cousin calls me Lady Bounce back. My professional life spanning from 1988 to 2019 I have had 4 breaks. And bouncing back each time meant different things. 1988 was when I qualified. Those days I did what most of my peers did, joined the nearest dental college as staff. Then…
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