Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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10 things you should know about Nokia
Nokia is the world’s largest manufacturer of mobile telephones. Its total market share is around 38% . It is a Finland based company with its branches in more than 100 countries. Nokia produces GSM, CDMA, and W-CDMA (UMTS) mobile devices. It also offers Internet services for its mobile users, which include music, maps, media, messaging…
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2 States : The Story of My Marriage by Chetan Bhagat
This Diwali Chetan Bhagat is coming up with his fourth novel “2 States : The Story of My Marriage”. It is expected to be released by end of October 2009. Its story is inspired from a real story of Chetan Bhagat and his wife Anusha who are from Delhi and Tamil nadu respectively. It is…
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Popular Indian comics characters
Reading comics is one of the most popular activites amongst small children and teenegers in India. I also spent my childhood, reading comics of Chacha Chaudhary, Nagraj, Super Commando Dhurv, Biloo, Pinki etc. I liked them very much. Now a days, I am feeling that these comics are slowly disappearing from book shops and railway book…
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Indian woman confesses extramarital sex in Sach Ka Samna
This week, an Indian woman Anita Kelkar, confessed extramarital affairs in Sach Ka Samna. Sach Ka Samna is the Indian version of the popular American reality show The Moment of Truth. Television and film actor Rajeev Khandelwal is the host of the show. In the show, she faced some bitter truths of her life. She…
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Internet is now 40 years Old
Today Internet has turned 40. Forty years ago, a computer engineer called Len Kleinrock and his team gave birth to internet. On September 2, 1969, two computers send out some test data at Kleinrock’s lab at the University of California, Los Angeles. This is how internet came into picture. The Internet is actually the system…
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How CBSE Grading System Works?
Now the CBSE Board exams for 10th students have been made optional from the academic year 2010-11. Also, a new system of evaluation is introduced which is known as Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE). In CCE we will have two parts. 1. Formative Assessment, 2. Summative Assessment. Formative assessment will evaluate and grade the class…
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How to book LPG Cylinder through mobile SMS?
Now you can book your household LPG cylinder by sending a SMS, thanks to the new service launched by Petroleum Minister Murli Deora. At present this service is available in Delhi but is likely to be extended to other metropolitan cities, state capitals and second-tier cities and towns. All cities having population of more than…
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The Execution of Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette was the queen of France. Her husband was Louis XVI, who was the ruler of France during the French Revolution of 1789. During the Reign of Terror, at the height of the French Revolution, Marie Antoinette’s husband was deposed and the royal family was imprisoned. Marie Antoinette was tried, convicted of treason and…
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Big List of Lata Mangeshkar songs
Lata Mangeshkar has sung almost all types of songs which include popular and light classical music, ghazals, bhajans, hindustani or karnatic music and pop. She is the supreme voice of popular Indian music, an Indian institution. She is a living legend. Many of her songs are considered timeless and undatable. It is very difficult to…
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10 things you should know about APJ Abdul Kalam
Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam was the 11th President of India, from 2002 to 2007. Before holding this position he was an aeronautical engineer with DRDO and ISRO. Due to his great contributions in the field of missile and aerospace technologies, he is popularly known as the Missile Man of India. He played major…
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