Nothing remains untouched in pandemic times including the discipline of Psychology. If we look back in time, we find that psychologists in India have played many key roles since the last century. Contributions have been made in different life spheres ranging from sports to defence. Industrial and service organizations have been the hot seat of actions. In these organizations, psychologists …
Life is made up of moments and memories. Some moments and memories are so special that all it takes is a small sensory cue to take one to a different timeline of one’s life. This is often captured by the expression ‘madeleine de Proust one of the key passages in Marcel Proust book ‘In search of lost time when a …
Let me tell the story of the farmer and his donkey. It is an old story which I am sure is known to most.A farmer had an old donkey who fell into a well. Since the farmer thought that the donkey had had outlived its usefulness, he to leave it there and cover the well with sand so that it …
The impact of work on general wellbeing of an individual has always been a subject of occupational psychology but in recent times it has widely been explored by the positive psychology paradigm. It proposes that questions about what goes right, what gives life, what inspires and what is experienced as good, in addition to what is problematic and difficult in …
Work from Home is not a novel term, it has been used by organizations for a very long time. However, the COVID 19 pandemic situation has compelled even the unwilling ones to resort to the same. This has made even the departments ,which rely heavily on face to face interaction to follow a virtual method of operation. One such department …
कभी खुद्द पे कभी हालात पे रोना आया …., मेरा जीवन कोरा कागज कोरा ही रह गया …., दुननया बनाने वाले क्या तेरे मन में समाई … काहे को दुननया बनाई…!!!!! Some of you might have heard these sad songs that depict a state of mind of a person, which we can easily identify as Depressive. As a layperson, we …
Who would have thought that the world would come to this? As covid pandemic is sweeping the world, we as individuals in the extended human world are living through this crisis together. And this global crisis is affecting every person’s daily life. There are plenty of things happening worldwide- series of lockdown, border closures, economic and social disruption, impact on …
Hi, I am going to tell you a story, story of a Ghost, Mr Ekbote…” I was 5, whole class was glued to their place for more than half hour. I was enjoying attention and just knew this is what I want all my life. As I grew up the content shifted from story- telling to simplifying difficult concepts for …
Just like a storybook tales one day a nightmare came and changed the plot of the story and made us depend on an online world, shopping and education was something already been accepted but suddenly, wedding, court proceedings, and your doctor’s appointment was also made online, initially, it was vague, how, when, where, but everything was managed to be smooth …
Since numbers excite us and give us a measurable estimate, let us talk about the current most pressing issue in numbers! Yes, let us talk about mental health in numbers! Do you know the alarming numbers revolving around mental health in India? According to a 2019 study conducted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in India, 1. Around 7.5% of …
