Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Bhimsen Joshi and Vintage car
Pandit Bhimsen Joshi is well known as a devoted driver and also a great car lover. I had an opportunity to observe Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia coming in a vintage just a few days ago. I think god was not satisfied with whatever he gave me. The reason for saying so is, just next day, I…
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Nature is the key to arts
A few days ago, I was invited in a conference which was organised to think upon today’s youth and how to reach to them through lecture series. In this conference, one session was devoted to tell whatever you feel in connection with today’s youth. Being one of the speakers, I chose a very interesting topic…
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Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia in Vintage Car
Yesterday night, on 8th January 2012, Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia was going to perform at Swarjhankar Festival in Pune. From my sources, I came to know that he will be coming in a Vintage Austin car owned by a person in Nashik. I tried to capture it with which ever camera I had. Here the entire…
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My moments with Mangesh Padgaonkar 1
Some people are very special. We have great ideas about them in our mind. For us, to meet them is just a dream. We just carry some ideas about them which define them according to our information and image built up in our minds. And then, some day, suddenly you come to know that you…
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Osho Zen Gardens ……
Zen means the flow of nature. Zen means being one with the nature. Zen gardens are such opportunities where one can see nature very closely, can feel nature in every breath and can witness things those go on happening in the nature. Zen master Osho had a very special love for such gardens and the…
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मराठी कविता – ही मंद धून कोणाची…
ही स्पंदने कोणाची? थोडी ओळखीची… डूबलो हिच्या नादात, ही मंद धून कोणाची? शोध घेता घेता, तो लागताच हाती, होते शांत जाणीव- ही तर सावलीच त्याची… एका शांत तळ्यात होती त्याचीच मूर्ती…. एक तरंग अशांतीची, साऱ्या मुर्त्या विरती…. या इथे या क्षणी, जाणवतो श्वास त्याचा…. अन् क्षणी पुढच्या, वासना किरकिरती या इथे, या क्षणी, तो दिसतो…
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Khushwant Singh : An honest lecher!
This earth has been a home to different kinds of people. Each of them has something special, something rare. I always read the column of Khushwant Singh which gets regularly published in Deccan Herald. Khushwant Singh is one of the authors I like to read. I am not saying that he writes good or bad…
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Come, sing and dance…
Open those sleepy eyes and just have a glance, Why keeping away, come sing and dance… All world is rejoicing, why are you out of tune? Put hands in hands and just be a commune….. This world is burning up, you are also a spark, Just fall down, without holding a single bark… Bubbles come…
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Sawai Gandharva Festival- A note for Critics
Each and every year, one feast is reserved for the lovers and admirers of Indian Classical Music. Sawai Gandharva Festival, this giant musical feast is available every year and I am there to attend it without any failure. Sawai Gandharva Festival brings almost all of the famous artists on the same stage. It lasts for…
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A temple in the river and mystical mystic
Currently I am on my visit to Gondiya, which is the youngest District in the state of Maharashtra. Gondiya has been blessed with huge forests and a very rich wild life. Along with all this, there are many temples each having its own story, each having its own legend. I go on wandering without fault…
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