Author: Karina Pandya

Atomic Habits is a book in which international author and speaker at major companies and events, James Clear had spent 6 years researching, thinking and writing about habits. This culmination resulted in the book which was released in the year 2018 and has over 7 million copies sold worldwide, has been on the New York Times bestseller list for over 1 year and has been translated into over 50 languages.   The book which is a self-improvement book illustrates that if we improve our daily habits continuously, we will surmount reaching the intended goal result we desired. This,…

 Some of the Indian Startups Paving their Way During Pandemic… This has led to a tidal wave of entrepreneurial activity with many start-ups becoming a source of job growth, innovation and economic resiliency.   1) ChefJunction– This is a website that enables users to order home-cooked food from their own home. The main target audience has been students who are away from their homes and miss home cooked meals.  It was founded in August 2020 by college mates Suryanshu Panda and Epari Pritam in Bhubaneswar.  This startup not only helps a person to order homemade meals but also provides a platform for home chefs to make…

It was in 2019 that the world economy began to face a complete synchronised slowdown (since the Great Recession). This was because global markets began to suffer a sharp deterioration of manufacturing activity. Although the IMF (International Monetary Fund) has blamed heightened trade and geopolitical tensions citing Brexit and the China-United States trade war as reasons for the slowdown in 2019, many economists blame liquidity issues.  This recession, which began in most countries in February 2020, is also known as the shortest global recession on record. Major indices dropped 20 to 30% in late February and March, while recovery began in…

Panchakarma: The Ayurvedic Science of Detoxification and Rejuvenation We all live very busy lives; running from pillar to post that sometimes we often tend to overlook on our inner wellbeing. According to Ayurvedic methods, every single disease begins in the mind and from there it goes to the digestive tract. In order to be healthy, (according to Ayurveda) the body has to be clear of toxins and the organs should be functioning in an optimal condition. Moreover the mind should be at peace and emotions calm and happy. However, this is all true in an idealistic environment, but we are constantly surrounded…

Known as the cultural capital of Karnataka, Mysore has a lot of structures and palaces to boast about. However, what you may not be well aware of is, the fact that Ayurveda flourishes in abundance over here. The Ayurvedic, Indus Valley Treatment Centre (IVAC), which has been founded by Dr. Talavane Krishna, can be found at the foothills of the golden, Chamundi hills.  It is set in 29 acres of lush gardens, which is 6 kms away from the main city; this classy retreat offers some therapies, which have their roots in ancient scriptures and prescriptions.  Talavane who spent over three decades in…

Psychology has always fascinated me for the sheer sense of how it explores the topic of individualism and collectivism and how we interact with one another in society. However, what is important to remember is how we drive our inner world is so very important when we deal with the outer world and in dealing with our emotional interaction with other people, i.e. how emotionally agile should we be vs. how emotional rigid.   However, when we think of our behaviour; we think of our brain – its structure or we think about our emotions. However. There is far more beyond…

 Psychology has a very funny way that it plays on the human mind and that is how it interacts with human emotions. Although we are hard wired for human interaction, it is those images of emptiness that appeal and satiate the human eye the most.  Have you ever imagined or thought of the possibility of a human apocalypse or extinction? Its hard to imagine and we cant help but imagining what would this world be like without us? There would be unfamiliar and unworldly scenes that would make us stop, look and linger – as if we are the alien…

World Mental Health Day 2019: Suffering from a mental illness has always been stigmatized in the society and those people suffering from these problems have always been frowned upon by the society. Even with awareness mental health mental health is complex. Without awareness, the situation can go completely out of hand! India has first adopted its first Mental Health Act in July 2017. The law protects the rights of mental ill people and also their dignity and privacy through the period of their treatment. However, this Mental Health Act did not make any provisions for mental health awareness at the…

An Error in Emotive and Social Behaviour? Reverberating over the years but blinded over when it comes to evil, this question is one of psychology’s deepest and scariest realities that is never payed attention to.  Are we really just humans who are perhaps mistaken to be kind, sensible, compassionate, sensible, imperfect, reasonable or even good-natured?  Or is there another side that we have been missing out in or completely ignoring; where we are all hard-wired to be selfish, cold-hearted, mean, brutal, and ruthless?  When we exhibit outlandish or perhaps bizarre termed behaviour it is very important to understand what has…

Dr. Seuss ( the enduring legacy of Theodor Geisel) was known for being an illustrator and cartoonist for Vanity Fair, Life and other publications where he worked on a number of advertising publications such as FLIT, Standard Oil and a political cartoonist for the New York newspaper. Theodor Seuss Geisel: The Real Dr. Seuss https://youtu.be/Sz4U_fGXH0c via @YouTube  Later on when he published one of his cartoons for the humour magazine, The Judge where he worked as a writer and illustrator, the ad campaign’s catchphrase was “Quick, Henry, the Flit”. This spawned a song and led to more advertising work and…