Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Some views on Indian culture.
Some views on Indian culture. Manmohan Dash I have wanted to talk about 3 snippets of my views on what I think of 3 popular aspects of Indian culture, which any Indian who is a globe trotter is bound to be found in discussion with an international diaspora, because of their sheer popularity. I will…
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Mathew and anti Mathew effect.
I wanted to write this article, separately, as I didn’t want to break the flow of Physics arguments in the article, where this point came up. This point was originally raised by Feynman; as far as I know. If David Mermin comes, he will stick his cotton buds, and wipe this out, and claim he…
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Whats Light. A small primer.
A small primer on optical attributes of Light. Manmohan Dash, ( — largely edited, 18-19 January 2014, originally from; Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 3:58 pm UTC + 05:30 ) Updated Discourse. If you ever seem, to be caught up between: they say light always moves at the same speed-c, they keep on harping, why…
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My idiosyncrasies with symmetry and force.
This is a true observation of my youth. It was maddeningly lengthy, it was there with me for years, or shall I say close to decade or more. Spitting on my right hand if I spit on my left, accidentally. Saturday, March 30, 2013 at 2:02 am UTC + 05:30 “One of my idiosyncrasies…
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When India failed English.
“Pakistan is advanced than India, in how it accepts English, as a non-primary language. ~50% of people in Pakistan ( — total ~ 90 million) are speakers of English, compared to 12% of India (125 million out of > ~ 1.20 billion). In percentage terms, all non-native English speaking countries, like Nigeria, Pakistan or Philippines…
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