Historian Benson Bobrick writes about astrology in his book, “ The Fated Sky” and explains the field of it in rather compelling words, “The idea at the heart of astrology is that the pattern of a person’s life—or character, or nature—corresponds to the planetary pattern at the moment of his birth,”. Such…
“A little learning is a dangerous thing.”
- Alexander Pope
In South Asian households, it is a commonly held belief that psychiatrists are nothing but eccentrics , which is why many people do not go for psychiatric medication treatment for mental illnesses. It is a common notion of such communities that psychiatric…
Does charisma matter? What is the one thing that makes people listen to someone? We have all seen a TED talk at some point in our lives, these talks are loved by thousands all over the globe; the reason is not always the subject matter but it is often because of the speaker too. More…
In the sphere of Pakistani folklore, Balochi folk tales are not given much limelight but they are attention-worthy as each is magical and soul-touching. Today, we voyage into the world of the Balochi folktale of Hani and Sheh Mureed . It is a ballad that sheds light on different forms of love that arise…
Stereotype threat has penetrated the society on different levels but its glaring evidence can be seen in social and academic circles where ethnic minorities and women are concerned. What is it? Simply put, the negative stereotypes of a group that is rampant in the society affect a member of that group so much so that…
“So the paradox goes: No man who is really ignorant is ever aware that he is ignorant. That is its finest, most faulty manifestation; there can be no true ignorance without first some claim of intelligence or consciousness, or superiority or enlightenment.”
― Criss Jami, Healology
Dunning–Kruger Effect is a type of cognitive bias but…
Something that you just learned about seems to be cropping up everywhere in your surroundings; it could be information related to anything which now seems to follow you everywhere that you go. Are you overthinking it or is it really happening? Is it your paranoia or is something larger at work here? We present you…
“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen
The scent of pages of an old book, there is nothing else like it. Nothing beats the feeling of opening a thick paperback for the first time. Even if it is a dusty…
COVID-19 is not only testing the human race only medically but also socially and mentally. The amount of burden that is being on every individual’s nerves due to economic instability, fear of falling ill or a loved one catching the virus and fear of separation due to quarantine, death of a loved one and after-effects…
The general perception about the virus known as COVID-19 is that it attacks the body only but we often forget that its effects go much deeper than that. Since the outbreak of the virus, most of the countries of the world have gone down on lockdown which means that there is quarantine everywhere. People are…