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Is Marriage a Gateway to Lasting Happiness?

Most Bollywood movies end with a happily ever after of the main protagonists getting married, but what after that? Very few movies like Mrs S, starring Sania Malhotra as a Female character who marries with the dream of having a

Positive Self Help

Prosocial Behaviour: What Really Drives Us to Help Strangers?

People stop every day to donate blood, tutor a challenging classmate, replace a stranger’s flat tyre, or give up their bus seat. These little deeds fall into a larger category that psychologists refer to as prosocial behaviour, which is defined

Industrial

Why Promotions Don’t Always Increase Happiness

For years, you’ve been putting in extra hours, meeting deadlines, and foregoing weekends with family. All of it has been for that promised promotion. And today’s the day. You’ve been congratulated, there’s a hike in your paycheck, and a shiny new

Social

Why We Feel the Need to Document Every Moment: The Psychology Behind Constant Sharing

Imagine a woman eating a delicious meal with her best friends, with a beautiful candlelight on the table, laughing with joy. Before eating, she positions her phone for the best position, adjusts the lighting of the mobile, clicks several pictures,

Awareness

Digital Identity vs Real Identity: How Social Media Shapes Who We Are

Imagine you are meeting someone new with whom you have been frequently communicating online. This is the very first time you are meeting in person, and you are feeling like you already know them, their hobbies, favourite colour, achievements and

Awareness Positive

Why India Needed Indigenous Psychology: Culture and Human  Behaviour

Modern psychology had evolved in Western society within a cultural context that values individual freedom, independence and empirical reasoning. As a result, the initial psychological theories often emphasised the individual self rather than the social or spiritual dimensions of human

Positive

Is It Okay to Laugh at That? The Science of Dark Humour

Have you ever encountered that stand-up comedy video in which the comedian says, “We are the only country in which we find garbage in a garden and a baby in a garbage bag”? Well, that is an oops moment where

Positive Self Help

The Fear of Being Average: Why Modern Achievement Pressure Is Hurting Mental Health

A few years ago, success seemed easier to define. For many people, getting a stable job, building meaningful relationships and living a comfortable life were considered enough. Today, however, that definition has changed. It often feels as if being ‘good

Awareness Entertain

Big World (2024): Seeing the Person Beyond the Disability

Before directing Big World (小小的我, 2024), director Yang Lina had a disturbing question to ask herself: “Where does a person with a disability go? The film aimed to break the reality that, despite the 85 million disabled residents in China, they

Education

A Meeting That Changed Psychology: Gordon Allport and Sigmund Freud

The world has witnessed revolutions, discoveries and grand events which have changed the course of history. However, not every change is grand; sometimes a brief conversation can alter the course of an entire discipline. One such conversation had occurred in