There is more kindness than we think there is in the world and we can all find ways to be more kind. This is a gentle book that sets out to help us understand what kindness is, how we define it in different contexts, what it does for us and how to help make ourContinue reading “The Keys to Kindness”
Category Archives: sociology
The Four-Dimensional Human
“When W. H. Auden said, ‘My face looks like a wedding cake left out in the rain,’ we see something new and true about both Auden’s face and wedding cakes. That sort of good metaphoric language makes our experiences more spacious, expanding our sensibility. In this way, a metaphor is a door that appears andContinue reading “The Four-Dimensional Human”
My Age of Anxiety
“Fear sharpens the senses. Anxiety paralyses them” – Kurt Goldstein. Is anxiety a medical illness or a cognitive mis-wiring, a philosophical or a spiritual problem or a cultural condition explored by poets? Scott Stossel explores how anxiety is a function of all of these. It can be measured physiologically, it can be measured as aContinue reading “My Age of Anxiety”
Friends
In the last few years, most of us have taken stock of our relationships and have either strengthened or mourned changing dynamics. Yet, we don’t necessarily understand what creates these changes – whether it’s ultra personal to us or simply the nature of our social fabric. Friends are good for us – they make usContinue reading “Friends”
Ayesha Anna Ninan 