UK did it in 2018.Now Japan has also appointed a “Minister for Loneliness”.I am sure some people still laugh at this concept or may ignore it, but I have been cautioning for the past twenty years that the greatest epidemic we are facing in the twenty-first century is the Epidemic…
To many of us a very difficult and challenging situation is what to do when a friend, colleague or acquaintance has lost a family member. We start wondering how to interact with him and what to tell him when we talk. Many of us start thinking whether we should reach…
The marital relationship differs from all others in two ways: (1) Sex and procreation, and (2) Expectations. Most people enter into wedlock with full commitment, to acquire a ‘life partner’. Unfortunately many of us receive no training, guidance or exposure on how to deal with this relationship that is expected…
Children of the twenty first century are completely different from earlier ones. If you love children you need to understand in depth their needs, their thinking process, their approach to life and how to ensure their happiness and holistic growth to become productive members of society. Charles Darwin said: “It…
Over the centuries, in a timeless world of his own, Aab has watched man’s fascination with land. He saw nomads moving from one land to another, seeking better pastures, but never claiming the land as their own. Those nomads, like the Red Indians of America, were doomed for extinction, since…
The other day Aab was sitting in a park. The sun was probably setting over the horizon, but the tall and closely built buildings do not allow city people to watch this beautiful daily phenomenon. In fact, Aab often wonders why, long after structures have been built and occupied, they…
Since Aab is a wanderer and a drifter, most people think he has no ambition in life. But surprisingly they are wrong. Aab has an ambition – he wants to become a professor of love. He is willing to work hard for it… but deep down inside he knows that…
Aab has never worked in his life. He has never had a boss, and he has consciously avoided bossing over others. He sees people working hard. At times they get their due awards, but many a time they feel they are not getting justice. From housewives to CEOs, he sees…
Aab looks up at the sky and wonders what lies beyond. Space is finite, but only because man has created his own limitations. Water can be stopped by a dam, but no human can stop it from evaporating or seeping into the ground. Man shuts out the breeze to insulate…
Aab has learnt the hard way that when a person keeps giving freely, not only does he not get back anything, people want more and more out of him. This is true whether the person is giving out material gifts or giving of himself. In fact when a person gives…










