Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Healing the Mother on Mother’s day

    Healing the Mother on Mother’s day

    Its mother’s day. What can I gift my mother for mother’s day. We have been fed with amazing stories of mothers, Kunti, Jijabhai’s and Kaikeyi’s. From our tradition. Coming to independent India we have the all we have that lady I forget her name, the abused sacrificing doormat mother. I think her name was Sulochana…

  • Five things that matter when you choose a career

    Early this morning a friend’s wife called up. She has never called up ever, but as of now, she has taken the trouble of calling my mother, taking my number and calling me up on it. Half way down the conversation she cut it off, then did not bother to call back. A colleagues wife,…

  • world art day

    world art day

    April 15th is the world art day. The International association of Arts set up UNESCO in 1954 chose this day as it is the birthday of Leonardo da Vinci.   I am a little confused about this, what do they mean by art? Maybe anything that is not science. Or is focused on drawing, paintings…

  • world sibling day

    world sibling day

    Today is the world sibling day. So I am back to contemplating on the relationship. Once upon a prompt we were asked to mull over being without siblings. So I wondered how life would be if I had grown without sibling. Then I had a blog post where I grappled with siblings and the intricacies…

  • Unblocking the Writers Block

    Unblocking the Writers Block

    Was the last bit we dealt with in the Himalayan writing retreat. For me it was the weakest of the session. The resource person could have respected our time and intellect a little… this is my personal opinion and need not be generic. A writers block is a condition were where one is unable to…

  • Brahmaputra Baits

    Brahmaputra Baits

    Assam or Prajyotishapura… the land on the banks of Brahmaputra to me has been romantic space. When I want to think exotic I used to try to visualize Guwahati. The transit zone from the mainstream to the mystic mysterious east. Guwahati on the Brahmaputra takes its name from Guwa or areca nut and Haat or…

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