Month: October 2025

I learned a new word today – Chiaroscuro. It is a art technique, often used to emphasize and illuminate important figures in a painting or drawing. This technique uses colors and shades, to contrast between light and dark. The concept was picked up from renascence era paintings, and is commonly used in photography, and cinema… Continue reading ‘Chiaroscuro’ to depict conflict or state of mind

What is bullying ? Today bullying itself is not considered to be a disorder. On the other hand a victim of bullying could develop a post-bullying disorder. Strange it may sound, bullying itself is classified as a behavioral trait. Anti-bullying alliance defines it as “The repetitive, intentional hurting of one person or group by another… Continue reading Bullying: A behavior on its way to become a disorder ?

The word Autism comes from Greek, for “self-directed”. In-fact this new word was coined only in the year 1908 by a Psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler, to describe some patients who were extremely withdrawn. Later in 1920s, a Russian psychologist Grunya Sukhareva described some children with amazing abilities, who would shy away from expected social contact. In… Continue reading Autism Jigsaw Symbol: Time for a change ?