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Adolescence is the crucial stage of life and the time to explore one’s identity. Teenagers experience rapid changes in body, hormones, emotions and cognitive abilities during adolescence. At the same time, they realize their roles in society including their careers, values and gender role. During this stage adolescents are faced with physical growth, maturity and integrating ideas of themselves and about what other people think of them. There they wish to discover their identity during their teenage years. During teenage years many students face identity crises. An identity crisis is a necessary turning point and a crucial moment in teenage life. Erik Erikson an American psychologist has coined the term ‘Identity Crisis’. According to Erikson, “an identity crisis is a time of intensive analysis and exploration of different ways of looking at oneself.” An identity crisis is the failure to achieve ego and identity during adolescence. An identity crisis occurs at any time in adult ye...

                                                             Growing old is a mandatory and natural part of life. A man is compelled to go through the pain and pleasures of this phase of life before making an exit from this mortal world. Indeed there is no stage of life which has ever smooth sailing and every stage has its attended problems, but the struggles of old age are difficult as the physical strength and mental capacity are immensely reduced. Growing urbanization and fast-moving modern life have changed people's mindsets. With the passage of time family values are degrading and old persons are suffering who are dependent on their families and require love and care. The old age is full of loneliness and the situation becomes more adverse when old people are left at home without anyone who can attend them. This...

The twenty-first century has witnessed phenomenal advancement in technology and has become an integral part of our lives. Technology has developed to a great extent and is playing a vital role in the world. The digital revolution has created remarkable changes in society. Today, people are not confined to one place but can connect and know about the world within a fraction of a second through technology. Technology is widely used today as a source of entertainment, knowledge, communication and global reach. It has had profound effects on the working of the business world, professionals and students. With the digital revolution new gadgets and equipment are emerging and are getting mass appeal by youngsters. They have a high craze of Android mobile phones, tablets; PC and laptops. Today having a smartphone has become a ‘status symbol’ as a result students are losing interest in their studies. We often hear them complain about procrastination and being unable to concentrate on their stud...

Commonsense is very uncommon in common people. Have you ever heard of wet water, black darkness? Indeed, we often look upon common sense as a blind instinct. It is a quality that neither wealth nor learning can confer on a man. So what is common sense actually? It is a sound practical judgement that is independent of specialized knowledge, training and normal native intelligence. It is supposed to come as a gift from above, and that one is inborn. Common sense is only the combination of experience with intelligence. It’s an ability to use experience to meet immediate circumstances. It is practical wisdom applied to common life. It implies swift decision, and a capacity to do the right thing without fumbling. If a man is to have only one sense let him by all means have common sense. For without common sense, he is of no use at all. He may know how to do the job, but to be successful he must apply that knowledge effectively using his commonsense. Tact is the gift of common sense and it...