Category: Shades of Grey

  “Pampered single child” The fact of being a single child has done enough harm already to the child as well as to the parents. Beside being in the spotlight…Continue readingPampered single child 4 August 2019

  “Spotlight syndrome” Last column on the ‘toppers syndrome’ enjoyed good feedback and today we have another syndrome for you to appreciate. Its about the single child syndrome and I…Continue readingSpotlight Syndrome 21 July 2019

I have witnessed many a syndrome with teenagers, one of which I lovingly termed as ‘the topper’s syndrome’. It means when very good students who are always topping or competing…Continue reading“Even the Mighty can fall”- 7 July 2019

‘Why should I do this? Why should I exert? Why should I study hard? What will I do when I have a good life? What will happen if I become…Continue reading“Motive, Motivation and Goals”- 23 June 2019

No, it is not normal for all siblings to suffer from rivalry with each other. Although it may be true that every sibling experiences a pang or too here and…Continue reading“Sibling rivalry”- 9 June 2019

As the results of the Boards of tenth and twelfth standards pour in, some students will be ecstatic whose names will figure in the newspaper with photographs and some who…Continue reading‘Open your mind-Look ahead-make a career’- 12 May 2019.

In the din of the large open style office hall, a man was pouring over a sheet of papers for long hours, silently, quietly doing his work unperturbed by the…Continue reading‘The virtues of Patience”- 28 April 2019.

See the young minds in spinning dreams. ‘I want to become an IAS officer so that I can earn lots of money!’ ‘The best business is U-Tube and there is…Continue reading“The impatient Indian”- 14 April 2019.

Perhaps this is a language all would understand –assets and liabilities! If I say ‘maturity’ I have reason to believe that even 10 year olds today feel they are matured!…Continue reading“Be an asset not a liability”- 31 March 2019

‘When I am sad, I think there is no use of this life and living. When I am happy, I think life is nice and great indeed! When I am…Continue reading“Emotional thinking”- 10 March 2019