A quick google search suggests that Panchatantra — popular animal fables children grow up hearing in India — originated to discuss policy amongst the ruling class and nobility and to pass on that knowledge through to their offspring. Similar to its western counterpart, Panchatantra has some problematic themes of sexism…

What I expected from ‘The Myth of Monogamy’ book by David P. Barash and Judith Eve Lipton As a reader, I was eager to learn about the social-psychological aspects of finding mates, along with a justification from evolutionary biology on why we do what we do. There were several interesting…

Urban spaces are the epitome of consumerism — whether it’s consumption of a service, a tangible good or an intangible product. They are also home to the homeless community and street dwellers. It’s an irony that they are the best examples we have so far for holding a zero-waste and…

If you have googled about reducing attention span, chances are that you have stumbled upon the fact that humans now have a lesser attention span than Goldfishes. …

As a self-absorbed generation, we want to evaluate and understand ourselves in-depth. And as a society obsessed with productivity, happiness and development we crave to identify ways to improve ourselves constantly. This could be one of the reasons for the existence of several pop-psychometric and pop-personality tests online. The infamous…

The positive effects of music have been studied for a long time. How we listen to music and what we listen to has been evolving over the years. It is not difficult to observe that music consumption has become more and more individualistic activity. How we listen: Firstly, from community halls and streets…

A degree in home science or home economics equips a person with the knowledge and skills required to develop and maintain a home. Few of the skills one might learn range from cooking, sewing, resource management to nutrition and health. …

Ever saw something in your room and felt you might no longer need it but anyways ended up leaving it in the same place as it was before. If we are all honest, we all could accept have a heavy heart to let go of things we own, even if…

It has been a rejoiceful week for fans of Friends with the grand reunion. Did you know you can learn behaviour science lessons from this hilarious Sitcom? Here are a few examples of cognitive biases from the iconic show. Sunk Cost Fallacy Costs that have already been made and cannot be recovered are…