Viewership of news channels surges during an impending or ongoing disaster. There was complete media attention when SARS and Swine Flu were terrorizing the world. Similarly, when the news of an anticipated cyclone – Phailin – started taking precedence among various stories, the country was glued to the TV to be updated about nature’s fury that would strike soon. Now ... Read More »
Very recently, I got my first tattoo done – a childhood desire that kept getting put off for one reason or the other! When I eventually decided to dive right in and get it done, it didn’t take me long to figure out what it would be. I wasn’t sure how I’d like the experience – would it be painful? ... Read More »
Lets be honest folks! Most of us have been there. Some of us more often than is healthy to accept – to our little world of ‘somebodies’ as well as ourselves! To be madly, helplessly in love with somebody that’s never going to feel the same kind of desire for you is a slow, painful pill to swallow. We begin ... Read More »
I’m an Indian. It is the 15th of August, 2013. My nation is officially 67 years old today as more than 1.2 billion people in the country celebrate independence and freedom. An odd phenomenon that I’ve noticed in this country (one that I assume must be prevalent in others too) is the way people generally feel overtly patriotic, responsible and experience a ... Read More »
One of the most intriguing theories I came across during the course of my formal education was Sigmund Freud’s Structural Model of the human psyche described beautifully by dividing the human brain into 3 hypothetical parts, namely – the id, the ego and the superego. For the benefit of those who haven’t heard of these terms before, Freud describes the ... Read More »
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