Mandar + Dakshayani

Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Fifty Shades of Yaman

    Every student of Indian Classical Music, at the very beginning of his student life, learns Raga Yaman. Similarly, every performing artist, sometime or the other has played or sung this Raga during his career as a musician. In the world of Indian Classical Music, Yaman certainly has a spot which can hardly be taken by…

  • When You Become a ‘Senior’

    Being a senior puts a lot of responsibilities and opportunities on your shoulders. Most of the times, we en-cash the opportunities and forget the responsibilities. I experienced similar behavior from some seniors, few weeks ago and thought of sharing something on being a matured senior. One day or the other, all of us will pass…

  • Five Actionable Insights for a Meaningful Life

    As we often go and perform in public, through our musical discourses or through formal talks, a common reaction that we get from people is- you have such a meaningful life; I feel as if I wasted my complete life. Initially, I thought people are just saying it, out of some momentary feeling of meaninglessness.…

  • Are Our Religious Rituals Just Placebos?

    The way science is evolving, is quite interesting to have a look at. Many things, which we were told were useless, are again being proven to be correct. I am afraid to say, religious rituals are probably one of them. Before we actually dig into this stuff, we should first take out a minute to…

  • The Hope – with Bernie

    The Hope – with Bernie

    Recently following the Presidential campaign in US has been both devastating and alluring. We in India are used to political campaigns which mostly run on emotions (mostly false), attachments and associations (mostly untrue) and a whole gamut of drama in the name of equality, freedom and secularism. Reading articles, watching campaign videos and Democratic debates…

  • The idea of Impact

    To define it is actually difficult to experience it is very easy and I say this from an experience. While speaking about social organizations we come across the tough question of measuring their impact. When faced by this question we discuss quantitative and qualitative parameters which can evaluate the work of the organization.  We also…

  • Center of Decentralization

    We speak about decentralization and empowering multiple stake holders to enhance impact of any kind of work that we plan to do. We may be working in an office or in a village on a project. We keep saying that we need people to own processes, outcomes and impact. We also often find it difficult…

  • Maintaining the Balance Between Preparation and Performance

    What prevents us from starting? Our everyday life can be broken down in two sets of activities. These two sets are preparing and executing. Just for the sake of an example, let us assume that I am a painter. In this case, the first part, preparing, consists of all the hard work, practice, experiments that…

  • Musical Musings on Sant Tikaram @ Pagdandi Book, Chai, Cafe, Baner

  • Saint Kabir and His Wisdom for Corporates : About My Upcoming Book

    Dear Readers, I am pleased to tell you all, that my next book, which applies the wisdom of Kabir to the toughest corporate challenges and redefines the way how companies work today, will be in the stores within couple of months. We are still working on the title of the book, though some options have…

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