Society and Lifestyle

"Surroundings can help a person grow or stoop" I believe that the environment of an individual plays an important role in his/her growing process. Just as a tiger’s behavior depends on whether it is born in a forest or a zoo, humans’ behavior is also directly proportional to the environment they lived in. For instance, a tiger is supposed to be a vicious apex predator. This criterion is fulfilled by many tigers living in a forest but not the tigers born and brought in a zoo. In a zoo, it hardly knows how to hunt. Remember the incident from the Delhi Zoo, when a man fell into tiger enclosure. It did not hurt him until the onlookers throwing stones at him to shoo him away. Only after the attack by the audience, it grabbed the neck of the man and went towards its den. Many articles claim that ‘grabbing the neck’ was an attack but I think it was not. The tiger never knew how to hunt. Moreover, this is how they carry their cubs as well. The basic instinct was to save the man fro...

"I might have misunderstood the signs and it is completely my fault." Did you ever just assume and picked up the wrong signs? How many times have you predicted someone else’s thoughts? Recently, I happen to come across a little funny and stupid habit. I tend to assume a lot. I assume that I will get that job by just praying. I assume that the other person likes me even when he did not say so. I can assume anything. It hit me yesterday, how easily we can assume other’s thoughts and move on. I made a friend who was nice to me but I assumed and I moved on. Do we ever think about how the other person might feel? It was not at all difficult to think whatever was convenient to me. But what about the empathy that we used to speak of? "I understand" but do I? Everybody is saying do not think about others, do whatever you want to. But just like every fundamental right, some requirements should be fulfilled. Yes, we have the freedom of speech until or unless the words are...

  We all had that one conversation that was the need of the hour. Do you remember why exactly you chose that one individual? Is it for a piece of good advice, good words, or you just needed a good listener? I had that talk with my cousin a lot of times, mostly when my head is in a bad place. She never made it seem difficult for others to talk. After few talks, I realized it was never about the advice, it is always about listening. She had the patience to listen to the rant and never made me look foolish about it.                                               Few problems might seem futile to you but that one person who confides in you may take them very seriously. Once, a younger sister came to that cousin to talk about her recent heartbreak. There could have been two reactions, either she would have chuckled, and said, “You cannot be serious about this, you are too sm...

  “There are few books which I want to read again, just to regain the experience.” I am always looking forward to talking about books and take other's perspectives on them. One of my friends and I were discussing our new reads and he came up with this comment. This made me think that you can never have the first experience ever again, no matter how hard you try. The first time you went to a beach or hiking, cannot be repeated. The first experience might have left an impact that is bliss for that moment but the next time will be a whole different trip.  I have been in many situations where I wanted to have the same experience as the first one but was never able to relive it. And to relive the same moment we almost lose other opportunities. For instance, whenever I visit Wenger's I was always looking forward to hotdogs but I recently got to know that their patties are extremely tasty and I have not tried them yet. Sometimes, we are stuck in a time where we cannot move on fro...