I don’t care about most things in life but someone cared enough to both think that I am capable of writing and also care enough about this problem. Being from India, I am both used to spitting and also the disrespect associated with spitting. I mean I don’t need to be from an Asian country…

I got my undergrad in Computer Engineering and moved on to pursue a graduate degree in management which led to a career at the intersection of technology and business. When people find out that I quit my job at Deloitte to go and get a grad degree in Psychology, I get all sorts of reactions…

Anyone who has watched the tv show Lucifer has definitely seen this. Lucifer (played by Tom Ellis with his lovely Brit accent) looks into people’s eyes and asks them “tell me, what is it that you truly desire?” In a mesmerized state people tell the devil weird stuff that they never even consciously thought they…

Sometimes the simplest solution to your computer problems is to just restart the computer. Well, in essence that is just what I am doing to this blog. The last time I published something on here was over about 5 years ago and of course I looked through the drafts in here, there were several of…

Someone I respect a lot used to always tell me – ” When in doubt, do the right thing!” If only everything were so easy in life…. I recently had a discussion with a friend for a while about two approaches to decision making, judgments and handling doubts. First of the approaches was to trust…

Is love giving or taking?  Is love talking or listening? Is love physical or emotional?  Is love a pain or a gain? Is love explaining or understanding? Is love happiness or sadness? Is love acceptance or denial? Is love finding faults with others or accepting people with their flaws? Sometimes or rather most of the…

After trying to finish this since the mid of the past semester (thanks to my really busy schedule) I have decided to finally finish this post. Affective forecasting is one of the most interesting topics that I studied about in this past semester. This could also be called one form of cognitive dissonance. To explain…

Ever since I became a psych grad student, I think several times before I write anything. I guess this is because I have begun to look at statistical significance of everything I wish to write about. After spending close to a semester reading articles on various topics in psychology, now, when I look through archives…