Power motivation
My husband Vishal Sanghvi is an MBA with one of the leading petroleum company of India. He has achieved a lot for his age of 31 years. HE is praised everywhere for his dedication and hard work. However, I stay…
Aggression
I am Shivali Patel, a 27-year-old housewife. Due to the riots, our family has been in the house most of the times. I am unable to understand why these aggressive acts are going on for more than a month. It…
Parent counseling
This is a continuation of the previous two articles about the guidelines for parent counseling. Often it happens that parents find themselves ambivalent about how to interact with the child. They end up either scolding the child for their own…
Parent counseling 2
Last week we looked at Valmik’s parents who need advice regarding parent couselling. We looked at some of the fundamentals of parent-child interactions. Some more basics are narrated here. The love that a parent has for a child is…
Parent counseling
My son Valmik, 7 years old, studies in the 2nd standard in an English medium school. In the school, they had arranged for a parent-counseling seminar. In the seminar, I found that most parents were like me, very unclear about how…
Crisis management 2
Last week, we looked at the problems and effects of disasters and crisis situations. This week we look at how one can deal with these situations as a rescuer and helper. There are a few goals, which are directed at…
Crisis management
I am Mihir Soni, a 27-year-old architect living in Vastrapur area. In my area, there are a lot of young couples and single people who work in the multinational companies here. I have noticed that in the past 1 year,…
Rumors and mobs
I am Altaf Hussain, a 24-year-old student of chartered accountancy. I read your article about mob psychology. I think an important part in all these mob activities is played by the rumors, which are so rampant these days. A situation,…
Group psychology
In the wake of the recent horrors of the riots and looting in Gujarat, this article is written to give an insight into the mob psychology. It is a very surprising fact that under the mob condition, an individual…