‘Social media has consumed our lives in recent years. In this article, we look at some lessons social media can teach us about real life.’ Social media has taken over our lives. Facebook today has 1.3 billion members, almost one-sixth of the world’s population. Twitter has 300 million users. Websites like Pinterest and Instagram are...Read More
Opinion
‘We look for answers to the deep questions of life in the work of philosophers such as Nietzsche, Epicurus and the Buddha. And we go in search of peace of mind.’ Death and pain are two things that human beings fear the most. Our ideas of happiness are closely linked to our fear of death,...Read More
The answer, if studies are to be believed, is yes. According to a study by University of Birmingham, UK, extreme emotions like grief, pain and sense of loss can cause fatal damage to your immune system, thus endangering your life. So if you feel as though your grief is so strong as to kill you,...Read More
I’m sure we’ve heard many different theories about love. It’s probably the most written-about of all human emotions. But the eternal question has always been: is being likeminded good or is there any truth in the old adage: Opposites attract? Today we’ll look at three advantages of having a partner who is fundamentally ‘wired differently’...Read More
We’ve heard in enough movies that there is no such thing as an innocent massage. Indeed, massages from a significant other or a close friend have the power to strengthen the bond between them and us, and can be a true godsend. But not only do massages feel good, they also seem to have real...Read More
We think that towels are clean, because we use them to clean ourselves only after having a shower. So if they’re only coming in contact with a clean body, how can they become dirty, right? Wrong. Because among all the fabrics that a typical household has, towels always rank at the top for being the...Read More
Home is where the heart is, as they say. For many of us, we don’t feel as secure and calm in our own houses as we do anywhere else. Even then, there are many things about your own house that you probably don’t know – and probably should. These things often come up without warning,...Read More
We have come to think of sugar in our diet as bad, but ultimately, sugar is the only food that gets broken down into blood glucose the fastest. So if you’re looking for that instant bout of energy, look no further beyond sugar. However, having too much sugar is bad because having too much of...Read More
How often have we heard the phrase: do something you love and you will never work a day in your life? While the sentiment behind that sentence is nice and makes us go all warm and fuzzy, it turns out that there is something more to it. As the people at the Happiness Project in...Read More
There are many such ‘book lists’ that are floating around the internet these days. Not one of them is definitive. Neither is this one. That’s the thing about books, isn’t it? No book is truly unique in the sense that it says what no other book before it has said, but it is unique in...Read More