It's not just on paper

Fear, in psychology, is nothing more than learned behaviour. It is a result of Classical Conditioning. Simply put, the mind develops a fear of certain things when it is cautioned against an object or event or is a result of a previous unpleasant personal experience. A little girl named Suzy has recently started attending school. She is escorted daily to her designated Bus Stop by her father John. Suzy knows a mom n pop store nearby and insists that John buys her a Lolly. John complies once or twice but soon realizes that Suzy is making a habit of the Lollies. He observes a watchdog at the entrance of the store. To discourage Suzy's incessant requests for the Lollies, John relates a fictitious story to her about the watchdog who likes Lollies so much that he bites every little child who walks out of the store with one. Suzy makes feeble attempts to convince John to take her to the store. But each time she insists, the story of the watchdog is repeated. And voila! Suzy s

Source: http://someguyindc.blogspot.in/ So how does one define maturity? Is maturity the state of realising that life isn't a bed of roses? Or is it about growing old enough to acknowledge that life is as much about seeking little pleasures as it is about chasing our lofty dreams? I believe maturity is nothing more than a mere mirage construed by humanity to appease egos. A man's abilities are applauded for his successes whereas his lack of maturity is blamed for his failures. We run after maturity as if it is 'that' pot of gold which sits at the end of the rainbow. How pitiful it is then, that we ignore the beauty of the rainbow and expedite our journey across it, only to reach its Finish Line and possess the Pot of Gold. If we look at it metaphorically, the rainbow signifies life which we fail to enjoy while it lasts and the pot of gold- which is maturity- is attained only when life or living truly ends! While we are our own culprits, we are also respon

It's such a task to be a woman in the 21st Century! >.< Women always have woes.. not just the melodramatic ones, but the very genuine ones too. She's gotta: Grow her hair and wax her hair, Cook for four then clean the floor, Carry bags and social tags, Raise a child then rest a while. She's singular in plural roles, In your pocket not burning holes, Runs the house, traps the mouse, She does it all.. her job's not small. And only if it ended there! Women, on top of everything, need to maintain a pretty face and a captivating body at any and every point of time. So what if she recently delivered a baby? She has to start watching her diet in order to watch her weight. The pressure to meet a certain standard of plastic beauty is subtle yet continuous and often stifling! Photo credit: www.aliexpress.com Luckily, unconventional beauty- as it is paradoxically termed- is gaining momentum in the entertainment industry. Bespectacled and/or plump f