Growing up is not easy, and school can be a nightmare for reasons other than tons of homework and strict teachers. Bullies form a big part of those other reasons. A ‘bully’ is defined as “a person who uses strength or influence to harm or intimidate those who are weaker.” All of us have...
Talk to me of mood swings and maybe I’d break your head. Oh yes, I am completely capable of it even if you thought I was in a good mood like 30 seconds back. Yeah, those mood swings which you believe are a woman’s territory during “that time of her month.” Alright, I might...
I have heard school kids cribbing about studying that extra subject all the time. (I’ve done that too – till I scored a perfect hundred in my board examination in the subject.) Environmental Education as a subject for school going kids has often been subject to debate over its...
So did you feel the tremor? No? I did, and believe me it was more horrid than you think. In that moment you feel just a hair strand away from death. My heart goes out to those in Nepal, the misery, the loss of dear ones and loss of property. SO have you heard that it always better safe than sorry...
Have you associated depression with the setback midlife crisis causes? Depression is not confined within barriers of age and sex. Infact most common instances of depression often come across in adolescents. Adolescents? Yes them. Teenage is a time of development and if not dealt well with, it can...
“We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.”- Franklin D. Roosevelt, Great speeches In the dawning of an era where parenting is merely an extension of submission to a kid’s demands, you might believe that makes the little one happy, but that...
Christmas does perhaps mean so much more, if only you don’t wish to buy happiness from the store! The town is painted in red, white and green. So much for jingling bells and holly leaves, but well, this time, maybe it time for you to be Santa than wait for Santa. “Then the Grinch thought...
All religions in the world have overwhelming fringe elements of radicalism and fundamentalism which distort their mirage of peace. For some religions, such as Islam, this radicalism becomes the global perception of the religion, and therefore, of its adherents. However, what gets systematically...
So you’ve been sitting all day and envying that old school ‘butterfly’ with half a thousand likes on her picture? And that sweet blue eyed guy who’s got people gushing of how wonderful he is all over his instagram? Well, do you know what did the trick? It’s the...
If one were to think about the education system that is present all over the world today, one would immediately come up with numerous reasons as to how and why is it deteriorating and what all problems engulf it. That just says a lot about the importance of education that people realise, despite...
