Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
-
R.I.P. Barbera
Joseph Barbera, of the Hanna-Barbera fame, passed away day before. He was in part responsible for few of the most memorable moments of my childhood life with all the cartoons he had helped produce. He was the co-creator for Tom & Jerry, The Flintstones, Yogi Bear and Scooby-Doo amongst others. So long, and thanks for…
-
Reclaim the Web!!
-
Orhan Pamuk – Nobel Lecture
Read Orhan Pamuk’s Nobel Lecture here. Below are few lines that I really loved from it. ‘What is happiness?’ Was happiness thinking that I lived a deep life in that lonely room? Or was happiness leading a comfortable life in society, believing in the same things as everyone else, or acting as if you did?…
-
Movie List
Due to the late relase of movies in this half of the world, below is the list of movies I am waiting to watch on the big screen. Babel Flags of Our Fathers Letters from Iwo Jima Blood Diamond Apocalypto The Pursuit of Happyness It has been ages since the pipeline has been so healthy.…
-
Its a dog’s life!!
Soumyadip, of “Cutting The Chai“, writes here about his job switch and pastes something he had written when he had last changed jobs. Pretty interesting stuff. “Some days you are the dog, on others the lamppost. Today I was the lamppost…” Tomorrow too wouldn’t be much different. The lamppost remains, the dogs change.
Got any book recommendations?