SLAKE AND SATIATE

The copious labels that we put onto ourselves, limit our growth. We don't see ourselves beyond boxes that we or the people around us confine us to. Career, money, looks, and religion are the only parameters we use to judge ourselves and get judged. That is how much we comprehend. We undermine our potential and subconsciously absorb what others think of us. If someone labels us as hideous, our mind gives us more than a hundred reasons instantly to believe it. Likewise, when we are deemed smart, we absorb it. We get so lazy that we don't even look within or analyze what we are. Most of us have fixed patterns. Some think too highly of themselves and overlook their shortcomings. Others undermine themselves so much that they forget all their gifts. Here are five things that determine us the best among all the chaos. 1. We are what we hide The parts of us that we rarely share.The chunks that we treasure and not display. Our secrets, our talents that we are too shy to enhance, our pas

We can’t just wake up and suspend people in our lives, but we surely can recognize the toxic ones and keep our distance. It’s crucial to be cognizant of the people around us.  1. Dishonest Honesty may not be the best policy always, but it is ideal in most times. There’s no-one worse than a dishonest person who lies frequently. I would place back biters in this category. Back biters are the sophisticated version of dishonest people and are a step ahead. They would lie to your face and talk behind your back.  2. Rigid These are the people who don’t fathom beyond their point of view. This is a person who would neither agree to your opinion nor will they let you have that opinion. They are aggressive and lack acceptance. These are people with a fixed mindset of right and wrong, anything which doesn’t fit their idea is already offensive. Rigid people fancy trolling because anytime they see something that they don’t approve of, they become nasty and mean. 3. Dramatic All of us want our lives

This is not to compare the Indian education system with other countries or to disregard it for its merits.There's always a scope of improvement and right now a lot needs to be reformed. Here are few things that need immediate attention. 1.Labeling A student is either excellent, average, or poor. That is how we classify and label children from the very beginning. To make the distinction more clear we further separate them with the notion that like minds should study together. This is sick. We are all changing. The fixed idea of intelligence is damaging. A person grows up with a notion of what they're and sets his/her goal accordingly. It is so easy to call someone talented and the other dull even when it's about basic learning in primary school. Besides academics, there is labeling even in co-curricular. An extrovert is considered good at co-curricular and an introvert bad at it. Even though there are great singers, dancers, writers, speakers who are introverts. The problem

The debate on nepotism has taken a spur. Suddenly everyone's talking about it. Weird how the audience talks more about someone after their death than when they were alive. Nepotism does exist and no matter how star kids would like to address it or deny its existence altogether, it prevails.  We talk about nepotism in Bollywood very often because it is one of the most sought after professions and it is there for everyone to see. Truth is nepotism does exist everywhere, from small shops to big corporations. We can't deny it living in a country where most businesses are family-owned. People in power tend to recruit employees who are relatives even though there are contenders who are more qualified or capable. There is no level playing field. Nepotism extends beyond just the recruitment process to promotions and all kinds of favor. We may have laws like  the Companies Act, 2013 , to keep a check on nepotism but to change the ground reality would require a lot more effort. Imagine w

Trolling is a disgrace to a growing and a rather liberal world.   There is a fine line between constructive criticism and trolling.  And is the line so blurred that educated, privileged individuals cross it so often? Is it so hard to understand? Aren't we enlighten enough to realize where we cross the line? Is trolling about what's trolled or just a projection of someone's melancholy or  insecurity? Is it just about anonymous people using obscurity to speak ill or also about individuals speaking up on behalf of the majority? Is trolling limited to what's said or posted online? Isn't it also what rigid minds do on an everyday basis? Firstly, what we commonly speak about. Trolling because of feeling unfortunate, insecure, and sad. Reactions of a bitter individual who feel unsatisfied looking upon rather content people. A behavior triggered by internet-gifted-anonymity where one is confident to utter lengths of nonsense without any fear of the consequence because their

Why are we so obsessed with our appearances. Does this dimension of our life deserve all that botheration? The race to look the best is doing more harm to women than body hair. This is not to praise the twinkle in our eyes or the glory in our smile, but to make a point that our obsession with beauty is mad-crazy. The way I look at it someone's attractive looks do no good to you. The present beauty standards are undermining, distracting, and destructive. It affects women more, on average women own 40 cosmetics. As long as you are not aspiring to be eye candy or to join show-biz, there is no need to freak so much about your looks. Can we just stop talking about who wore what at the party? Can we breathe and let people be. It is high time that we admire each other for confidence, sass, talent. Let us complement each other on what we do rather than how we look. We have had enough of airport looks, the gym looks, the event looks, behind scene looks, and many more, paparazzi never seems