PARMJIT SINGH, PhD

If there is one social lubricant we all need aplenty in our life it would be well-nigh empathy. It allows us to form and sustain relationships and when something goes wrong, recover from them. It helps us to feel the felt—that is, metaphorically putting our self into other’s shoes. However, could there be another sideRead more

Research studies so far indicate that practice of mindfulness-based techniques is very helpful in healing symptoms of depression. Mindfulness training allows us to observe and hold troublesome feelings and emotions in a non-reactive and non-judgmental space thereby helping us relate to ups and downs of life in a balanced manner. In one of the studiesRead more

Remember the famous line, “I think, therefore I’m” by Rene Descartes, the French philosopher who fired the modern course of reductionistic science through giving precedence to rational way of working with information. Knowledge derived from thinking, and that too the rational kind, became the reigning mantra over the ensuing centuries. We have troves of self-booksRead more