Train of thought

Ripped  jeans ? No, it's ripped mentality  Recently Uttarakhand CM made a bizzare statement where he stated women in ripped jeans set a ‘bad example’. Attributing to an attire of women who had sat next to his flight, he said  “You run an NGO, wear jeans ripped at the knees, move about in society, children are with you, what values you will teach?” He didn't stop there at all, he further termed it as " kainchi wala sanskaar" (scissors culture).  Showing bare knees, wearing ripped denim and looking like rich kids - these are the values being given now. Where is this coming from, if not at home?  After facing backlash from all sections, he apologized for his remark but at the same time he still repeated his objection to 'ripped jeans'.  Frankly speaking, the real problem lies in sick and ripped mentality of male chauvinist. It reflects nothing but misogynistic and patriarchal attitude of men towards women.     According to sociologist Allan G. J...

HAPPINESS LIES IN LITTLE THINGS It is rightly said by Ralph Marston that Happiness is a choice, not a result. Nothing will make you happy until you choose to be happy. No person will make you happy unless you decide to be happy. Your happiness will not come to you. It can be only come from you. Happines can be defined as a state of mind and the positive feeling when things are going great. But every person defines happiness as per their own convenience. For some, happiness is perfect bliss, but for other happiness is all about  great health and money. For some, happiness is that moment when you achieved your goal,  reunions with friends or family, watching good movies, or buying a first car or anything. Keeping all this in consideration and clubbed all different versions into one, we can say that definition of happiness varies from person to person and it depends on the person to person. If we look it at bigger picture, happiness can be equated with 'pleasure' and 'contentm...