Tag: Modern Behaviour
The Real History of Gaslighting (And Why Knowing It Changes Everything)
The gaslighting history most people know stops at the definition. You probably know the word. Someone makes you doubt your own memory. Tells you the thing that happened, did not happen. Makes you feel like your reaction is the problem, not their behaviour. But almost nobody knows where it actually came from. And once you…
Shakuni did not want the Kauravas to win. He wanted the Kurus destroyed.
The Shakuni story begins not in a dice hall but in a prison. Shakuni walked with a limp. He had walked that way for as long as anyone in Hastinapura could remember. Nobody asked why. He was the queen’s brother. He was useful. He kept the Kauravas sharp and Duryodhana focused. He smiled at the…
Lebanon is still being governed by a headcount from 1932
Why Lebanon is broken is a reason most people cannot name. Not the bombs. Not the banks. Not Hezbollah, not Israel, not the politicians who have spent forty years stealing in plain sight. The reason is a census. One census. Taken in 1932. Never repeated. Everything else flows from that. The arrangement In 1932, Lebanon…
Bhishma did not die when the arrows hit him. He chose when.
Bhishma fell on the tenth day of the war. He did not die. The arrows had entered him from every direction. He lost consciousness briefly when he struck the shafts. When he came back to himself, held above the ground by the arrows beneath him, he understood what had happened. He had not been taken.…
What is Schadenfreude: why we secretly enjoy other people’s pain
You scrolled past something this week that made you feel a small, quiet satisfaction. A person you find arrogant got publicly corrected. A company you dislike announced disappointing results. A celebrity whose confidence irritates you made an embarrassing mistake. An influencer who always appears perfect posted something that revealed they are not. You did not…
Why Fathers Struggle Most at One Year
Most parenting advice focuses on the adrenaline-fueled “fourth trimester,” but recent data has finally pinpointed why new fathers struggle most at one year. The sleepless nights, the feeds at 3am, the particular madness of not knowing what you are doing while being entirely responsible for a person who cannot tell you. Everyone checks in during…
What the Mahabharatha knew about wealth that nobody told you
What is the meaning of Artha? Often reduced to mere wealth, it was understood by our ancestors as the vital ground that sustains a full human life. Karna’s story in the Mahabharata reveals the fragile, contested nature of this foundation-one that shapes identity, loyalty, and destiny. He was born with armour fused to his skin.…
Why we see faces differently: the mind behind the gaze
Why do we see faces differently is a question hiding inside one of the most ordinary moments in human life. “Who does the baby look like? The father or the mother?” The room divides almost immediately. One person notices that the eyes are just like the mother’s. Another compares the smile with the father’s. A…
Why do i feel guilty for resting? the answer is not what you think
Why do I feel guilty for resting? It is one of those questions most people ask privately, usually on a Sunday afternoon when they are lying on the sofa doing nothing and a familiar unease has started to settle in. Not a crisis. Not even discomfort exactly. Just the low, persistent sense that they should…
The night you reached for it
Does cannabis help anxiety or make it worse? For the millions using medical cannabis for mental health, a landmark 2026 study just delivered an uncomfortable answer. You know the feeling. The day has been too much. Your chest is tight, your thoughts won’t stop, and sleep feels like something that happens to other people. So…
