From childhood I witnessed, with mixed feelings, Dad’s relentless struggle managing the expenses in a middle class family of eight. But I grew up in a very safe and happy environment emulating the ethical life style of my parents. My schooling started in an affordable primary school, where...

When I walked into Doon Youth Center (DYC) 10 years back, I was intensely conditioned to think that I had the experience, wisdom, awareness and ability to answer questions of school students. After all, a person nearing 60 has enough experience to answer questions from kids as well guiding them...

UNETHICAL CHOICES & CONSEQUENCES BBC News reports dated 12 & 13 March have profiled modus-operandi of two renowned swindlers Bernard Madoff (1990 – 2009), US Financier and Ivar Kreuger (1880-1932), Swedish Businessman. Both have been clubbed together because of striking similarities in...

Attraction , Infatuation or Love’? Is Boy-Girl Relationship an Issue? 1.  According to students’ feedback from single gender as well as co-ed Schools, most of them are affected by it from as early as junior classes and that the bar is getting lower.  Intensity of it...

BEYOND BOARD EXAMS:SUCCESS IN LIFE DOESN’T HINGE ON YOUR MARKSHEETThat is how essence of the special report on page 8 of TOI of 1 March 09 appears on the front page. How can such an insensitive blurb appear on front page  just before the start of the Class X & XII Board exams? Such...