People think adverts don’t make us buy things; they just inform us about products. When we regret that purchase, all the blame is on us. That is not true. Adverts don’t just tell us about products. They are consciously designed to compel us to buy them. Corporations spend over $1.07 trillion to make this happen.1See […]
Happiness Lessons from Harvard’s Research
Harvard scientists have tracked 724 men throughout their adulthood for a study on happiness The participants were teenagers with varied backgrounds, from the rich Harvard sophomores to the poorest Boston boys who didn’t have proper running water at home. Just like many […]
Why Children Are More Than Life’s Problems
Children are troublesome. If we take spirituality out of the equation, children become sources of unnecessary life problems. The reason is obvious. If we were merely physical beings, then children are just arrangements of organic molecules who cry loudly, poop randomly and — even when behaving well — cost a lot of money. Our desire […]
Five Lessons from Doing a PhD
My PhD life was fraught with challenges: my lab caught fire, I ran out of money because my scholarship was discontinued, and I was rushed to the emergency room in an ambulance. Here are five lessons I have learned from doing a PhD: 1. PhD is a team effort While I believe we are a […]
What Should You Do After Graduation?
From conversations with university students, many of you have not thought much about what comes after graduation. It is understandable. It is hard to focus on the next few years when you are buried in assignments that are due in the next few weeks. By writing this article, I want to inspire you to carve […]
How to be Kind Despite the Lucifer Effect
Imagine being kind to a lifelong friend. And then one day, you pay a gang to beat him up. I once had a conversation with an Indian man in his early 50s. He is larger than me, yet he has a soft, fatherly voice. In fact, he is a father; his youngest child was still […]