Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Money Is Happiness
Love of money is the root of all evil Lack of money is the root of all evil I keep hearing things like money can’t buy happiness, can’t buy love, and paise se kuch nahi hota (from tablighees). I would like to settle this issue once and for all. First and foremost, I would not…
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Movie Review: The Devil’s Double
Based on Iraqi soldier Latif Yahia’s autobiographical novel, the movie shows the traumatic events in his life. How he was pulled from the front and forced to be a body double, or pay with the life of his family. Dominic Cooper plays both Saddam Hussein’s son Uday, and Latif Yahia. He stars in a double…
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The Husband Store
A store opens which sells husbands. When women go to choose a husband, they have to follow the following instructions: You may visit this store ONLY ONCE! There are 6 floors and the value of the products increases as you go up. You may choose any item from a particular floor, or may choose to…
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Why do people finish their prayer before the Imam?
I have noticed that while finishing salah, when the imam is in the process of saying ‘assalam alaikum wa rahmatullah’ while turning his head towards the right, the people praying behind him have already finished saying ‘assalam alaikum wa rahmatullah’, and the same thing happens when the imam says ‘assalam alaikum wa rahmatullah’ while turning…
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Bangladesh rickshaw puller starts clinic for the poor
Joynal Abedin still remembers the rainy and windy night when he saw his father die because there was no medical treatment. His village in the northern Mymensingh district of Bangladesh did not have any medical facility at that time, and the nearest hospital was about 20km (12 miles) away. The death of his father, about…
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Pakistan’s Exploding Population
With the world’s population finally touching 7 billion, the time has come to take into consideration the fact that resources are being depleted too quickly and that the sustainability of the world’s population has become even tougher. Pakistan, the 6th most populated country in the world today is one of the most densely populated areas…
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The curious case of Dairy Omung by Engro Foods
Engro Foods has emerged as the biggest and fastest growing company of Pakistan in past few years. Olper’s milk, O’more Ice cream and Tarang tea whitener are the best selling brands of the company with recent addition of Dairy Omung. Price Comparison: Generally tetra pack milk is expensive as compared to fresh milk prices. The…
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What Happened To The Sunnah Way Of Marriage?
It seems as though to go along with society’s customs, people are willing to compromise with Islamic teachings, specifically the sunnah way of marriage. Even religious people spend enormous amounts of money on their son’s and daughter’s marriages. In this day and age, the sunnah way of marriage seems non-existent. What happened to the sunnah…
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NATO and its plans in Afghanistan
A two day NATO summit begins in Chicago, USA with a last minute invitation extended to President Zardari. The main aim of the summit is to formalize a stretagy for the eventual withdrawal from Afghanistan by 2014 as agreed in the last summit. “There will be no rush for the exits,†NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh…
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India as MFN: Possible gains for Pakistan in Information Technology Sector
The Globalization of world economy has opened up immense possibilities for the development and progress of international community. The national and geographical boundaries are no more a barrier to free flow of money, technology and commodities. E-Commerce and IT Revolution has acted as a catalyst to the on going process. In international economic relations and…
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