Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Kabir and His Thoughts on Death
After many days, I am here, writing about Kabir and what he has written about death. Death is probably the only certain thing in our lives, which we have not yet managed to escape from. Death is the ultimate fear we have in our minds. I thought, it would be enlightening to compile different things…
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What Will Change Your Life: Access or Desire to Get Changed?
Does access assure that there will be an impact? I was thinking on this question for quite some time. Many times we feel that we do not have access to many valuable resources. The other part of the story is, what are we doing with the resources to which we already have an access? Take…
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This is why You Should not Look for a Purpose in Your Life
Everyone should find the purpose of his life- this is what we have always been told. Books, elders, teachers, mentors and anyone else we happen to meet, always tell us about importance of having a purpose in your life. I remember this incidence which took place some four years ago. I happened to interact with…
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This Is Why We Should Stop Searching For A God
You create your own gods! For the ancient man, who lived in the forests, nature was the god. Nature was probably the only parameter out of control- the only parameter which could behave at its whim and destroy everything. We no more have epidemics coming and turning towns into heaven of dead. As this external…
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Huge Response at Pune International Literature Festival
Dear All, I and Dakshayani were invited to conduct two sessions at Pune International Literature Festival along with many authors including Sudha Murthy, Shashi Tharoor, Shatrughna Sinha etc. Readers loved the excerpts which we read out from our book, Pi- Premachi Kimmat Kay? Here are a few glimpses of the event! Click Here to…
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Is ‘Knowledge’ Enough to Solve Our Problems?
Is knowledge worth all the efforts we put to get it? Is knowledge the most important thing that one needs today? Surely, we are in a knowledge based economy. The more knowledgeable you are, more you get paid and respected. When something goes for a toss or when someone messes up something, ‘lack of knowledge’…
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The ‘Kalam-Death’ Effect
India lost one of its gems a few weeks ago. After that, much has been written about and spoken about this missile man of India. Can you imagine what the effect of his death on his popularity was? Have a look at the graph below. Certainly, in case of Mr. Kalam, his death brought a…
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Kabir Doha on Awareness: नींद निशानी मौत की, उठ कबीरा जाग
नींद निशानी मौत की, उठ कबीरा जाग, और रसायन छाँड़िके, नाम रसायन लाग (Unawareness is a sign of death, wake up, Kabira! Leave aside all the drugs and practice the drug of meditation ) It has been quite a few weeks and I have not written anything on Kabir. Today, a friend of mine asked…
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What Makes Our Dream of Equality unfeasible?
It seems, everyone wants equality. Many voices are being raised against inequalities of different kinds- financial, gender based, racial and what not. If one carefully observes social media, the number of voices who advocate or care for equality is going up. These voices are becoming louder and bolder. Many times, one can see a lot…
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