Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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What is Bhopal Gas Tragedy?
Bhopal Gas Tragedy was the worst industrial catastrophe in the Indian History. It occurred in 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh. At the time of accident, UCIL was the Indian subsidiary of the U.S. company Union Carbide Corporation (UCC). UCC is now a subsidiary…
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Top players to watch out in World Cup Football 2010
From my point of view, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, KAKA, Steven Gerrard, Miroslav Klose and Wayne Rooney are the top players to watch out in Fifa World Cup Football 2010. I also know that this is not the right list of top players in the world of Football but still there is a high probability…
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Engineering Colleges which accept AIEEE scores
The result of AIEEE 2010 has been announced and it is now available on cbseresults.nic.in. Around 1 million engineering aspirants appeared in this test. Due to large number of students take AIEEE, it has become more competitive than IIT-JEE. AIEEE is organized by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in India. It was first…
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Roger Federer Vs Rafael Nadal :: A treat to watch
When we think of Roger Federer playing on clay we just can’t stop ourselves from thinking about his match with Rafeal Nadal. There had been quite a few arch rivalries like Pete Sampras vs Andre Aggasi, Bjorn Borg vs John Mcenroe but the one between Federer and Nadal has been the utmost interesting one in…
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Ten Worst Airplane Accidents in History
In an interview years ago, the novelist Kurt Vonnegut was asked how he’d like to die. And most of us, I suppose, occasionally play out our own deaths in line with some exciting script. “In a plane crash on Mount Kilimanjaro,” was Vonnegut’s answer. And if you think about it, there’s something evocative about that…
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Ray Ban Aviator Sunglasses
Last week, I bought an Aviator sunglass. It is one of the most famous sunglasses developed by Ray-Ban. This sunglass was introduced in 1936, but at that time it was only available to fighter pilots. Two years later, it was released for public. The Ray-Ban Aviator became a well-known style of sunglasses when General Douglas…
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Interstate Vehicle Registration and Road-tax in Bangalore
Bangalore, the Silicon Valley of India, is India’s largest IT exporter. Almost all the top IT companies have their offices in Bangalore so it has become the first choice for IT professionals in India. No doubt, it is the fastest growing metropolis in India. Every month thousands of computer geeks come to Bangalore for better…
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World Cup Football Winners
So after four years of long wait, the FIFA World Cup tournament is back in action. This year, it is going to be held in South Africa, between 11 June and 11 July 2010. World Cup Football fever has already gripped the whole world. In this tournament, world’s strongest football teams will compete against each…
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Vaishnav ki Fislan by Harishankar Parsai
A celebrated satirist and humour writer of modern Hindi literature Harishankar Parsai wrote some amazing stories, novels and memoirs. His satire was so humorous and yet so deep that even today when I read his work I feel nostalgic about the times he wrote and I live. Even today, there is ample scope of relating…
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What is the secret of Bermuda Triangle?
The Bermuda Triangle has always been a strange and mysterious place in modern World History. This is located in the southern Atlantic Ocean. It is roughly the shape of a triangle. Many people claim that Bermuda Triangle sucks planes and boats into its dark and murky waters. But no one knows exactly what happened to…
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