Its been a bit of a strange day today … one of those days when a certain sadness arises and passes through earlier in the day, leaving a lingering feeling. It usually has nothing to do with events of the day or preceeding days, and very often nothing to do with...
At the outset, I’d like to be very clear about one thing: Anger in itself is not harmful. Everything has its place. No emotion is “useless” or “bad”. Many people who wish to be “good people” or those who consider themselves to...
I had something of a foul temper as a kid. As mentioned in an earlier article (How Anger Can Be Damaging), several experiences I had made me realise I had to do something about it. The question was what to do, and how to go about it. I knew that when I felt angry, it...
As a kid, I had what could euphemistically be called a “robust” temper. I was generally a nice kid, but when I did lose it, I completely lost it. It was what I’d describe as ‘white hot’ anger … the anger I experienced was so intense...
It was early 2002. At the time, I lived in the UK and usually visited India just once a year, for a month and half from mid-December till about the end of January. By this time, I had been living abroad for a few years, and had got used to a strange thing: every time...
We’ve all heard the maxim that “Laughter is the best medicine”. Most of the time, people say it in a light-hearted way to encourage each other to cheer up, and there have even been some serious studies to find out the effects of laughter and good...
