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...
No! Stop! Don’t shudder. Diagnosis of diabetes is no longer as overwhelming as it once had been. It does not mean that you can’t live with it. Yes, you will have to alter your lifestyle for the better but then, good health does ask for certain sacrifices. It has been found that most of...
Having a dog is one of life’s great delights. It’s almost like taking care of a child-one that never grows up! It comes with great responsibility, but with equally great benefits, and a burst of love and affection in one’s life. For all the dog-owners out there, pampering their special furry...
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...
