Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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How tall are Bollywood Stars?
Yesterday I got one mail from one of my readers. He asked me a simple question. He wrote that he is a struggling Bollywood actor and his height is only 5 feet 8 inches. However these days film industry is looking for new actors having heights around 6 feets. So he is worried whether this…
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How to play Online Chess?
Playing chess is one of the ways in which I relax in front of a computer. A decade back, I used to play against the computer. Back then, it didn’t take me long to master my opponent’s playing style and I got bored after a while. These days, however, there’s a plethora of very strong…
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Meira Kumar :: First woman Speaker of Lok Sabha
This week, Meira Kumar became the first woman speaker of Lok Sabha, the directly elected lower house of the Parliament of India. It was really a historical day for Indian democracy. She is a five time Lok Sabha member. However she was Cabinet Minister in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment in the last…
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20th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square Massacre
Today is 20th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square Massacre. Twenty years before, the Chinese students in Tiananmen Square demanded for democracy, but the movement ended in bloodshed. The Tiananmen Square protests were led by Chinese students and intellectuals. Actually the protests were sparked by the death of pro-market, pro-democracy and anti-corruption official, Hu Yaobang, whom protesters…
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Why General Motors became Bankrupt?
One more US giant has become Bankrupt. I am talking about United States number 1 car company, General Motors. General Motors was founded in 1908 with headquarters in Detroit, Michigan. It is the world’s second-largest automaker after Toyota. However, from 1931 to 2007, it was world’s lartest automaker. This company has around 250k employees around…
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Improve your General Awareness with BBC Hindi
BBC Hindi did its first broadcast on 11th May, 1940 in India. Since then, BBC Hindi has become the household name for latest news and current affairs. If you want to know the truth then listen to BBC Hindi has become a phrase in India. At present around 2.5 million people in India regularly listen…
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See Katrina Kaif as Sonia Gandhi in Rajneeti
Prakash Jha, the producer-director who is famous for his films on Indian politics is once again back with a big multi-starrer called Rajneeti. It has a huge star cast of Manoj Bajpai, Nana Patekar, Ranbir Kapoor, Ajay Devgan and Arjun Rampal. Katrina Kaif plays the female lead in the film. This films revolves around the…
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How to fix ‘This site may harm your computer’?
22nd May was the worst day for abhisays.com. As usual I started my day with Google news, then I don’t know what came into my mind, I searched for ‘abhisays’ in Google news, obviously I got zero search result. Then I clicked on Web Search link on the top and search results for abhisays appeared…
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Prabhakaran is dead, See the Proof
“Prabhakaran’s body was found near Nandikadal lagoon (in the No Fire Zone),” military spokesman Brig Udaya Nanayakkara told Press Trust of India(PTI). He also told the reporters that LTTE chief Prabhakaran was in uniform and there were a bullet in his head. The other two top commanders, Pottu Amman and sea Tiger chief Soosai are…
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How to reduce weight through Yoga?
Are you Obese or over-weight? If yes, then you have landed at right place. Today I will tell you one of the easiest ways to reduce your extra weight. But let’s first check the definition of Obesity. What exactly is Obesity? Obesity is the condition of human body when excess body fat has accumulated. Body…
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