<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><feed><author name="Indu Bhargava"><item><title>Crossroads and Turmoil</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/society-and-living/crossroads-and-turmoil/</link><pubDate>June 18, 2023, 11:07 pm</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/crssroads.jpg</image><category>Society and Living</category><excerpt>At times life feels like a series of crossroads and turmoil. One gets caught in the cobweb of emotions, aspirations, dreams and relations. One day you are feeling on the top of the world as a professional and the very next day you make a mistake a...</excerpt></item><item><title>Obedience and Discipline Good or harmful?</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/society-and-living/crossroads-and-turmoil/</link><pubDate>June 18, 2023, 11:07 pm</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/crssroads-300x246.jpg</image><category>Society and Living</category><excerpt>Obedience was considered one of the most sought after virtues few decades back. Indians specially the women were considered to be most obedient of the lot. Whatever you tell, instruct and expect from them, they would obey diligently. Teachers and ...</excerpt></item><item><title>Being Non-Judgemental  How Difficult is it?</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/society-and-living/crossroads-and-turmoil/</link><pubDate>June 18, 2023, 11:07 pm</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/crssroads-300x246.jpg</image><category>Society and Living</category><excerpt>Judging people around us on their looks, status, community, gender, ethnicity, or race comes naturally to most human beings. Being non-judgmental is the biggest challenge in life. During childhood, we revere some people, we fear some people, and w...</excerpt></item><item><title>Conundrum: A dilemma to be righteous or not to be</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/society-and-living/crossroads-and-turmoil/</link><pubDate>June 18, 2023, 11:07 pm</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/crssroads-300x246.jpg</image><category>Society and Living</category><excerpt>The other day I read the story of a sage and a scorpion. A sage was taking a bath on the bank of a holy river when suddenly he saw a scorpion drowning in the water. Sage tried to save the scorpion, but it stung his hand. Sage, due to the shock of ...</excerpt></item><item><title>How to understand and decipher GenZ?</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/society-and-living/crossroads-and-turmoil/</link><pubDate>June 18, 2023, 11:07 pm</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/crssroads-300x246.jpg</image><category>Society and Living</category><excerpt>Generation Gap in terms of viewpoints, thinking and attitude has always been a bone of contention among the generations. Currently we have 4 generations prevailing on the planet Boomers I and Boomers II (Birth years from 1940s to mid 1960s). Then ...</excerpt></item><item><title>Thrill of getting ahead: Passion or madness?</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/society-and-living/crossroads-and-turmoil/</link><pubDate>June 18, 2023, 11:07 pm</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/crssroads-300x246.jpg</image><category>Society and Living</category><excerpt>Why do humans have this compelling need to get ahead in life? At times they do not even realize that they want to get ahead of whom and what. It’s just a rat race without any objectives or targets. And when it is a duel or competition how can we n...</excerpt></item><item><title>Positive attitude is the success mantra</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/society-and-living/crossroads-and-turmoil/</link><pubDate>June 18, 2023, 11:07 pm</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/crssroads-300x246.jpg</image><category>Society and Living</category><excerpt>The series of events that an individual goes through makes life, until we are living those moments and events that is the bustle of life, as soon as it is over it becomes part of the life. How that part of life will impact them will depend on thei...</excerpt></item><item><title>Human Beings Versus   Being Human</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/society-and-living/crossroads-and-turmoil/</link><pubDate>June 18, 2023, 11:07 pm</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/crssroads-300x246.jpg</image><category>Society and Living</category><excerpt>Humans are distinct in nature and character, from other living beings. What differentiates them are certain characteristics like wisdom, courage, empathy, being just and fair, ability to self-control and moderation, and consciousness. Many ancient...</excerpt></item><item><title>Senior Living: Challenge or cakewalk</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/society-and-living/crossroads-and-turmoil/</link><pubDate>June 18, 2023, 11:07 pm</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/crssroads-300x246.jpg</image><category>Society and Living</category><excerpt>Human lifespan undergoes various stages which have specific features and challenges. Late adulthood is an age group where issues are encountered most, where everything else is on decline except for the age in numbers. More than physical concerns l...</excerpt></item><item><title>Pressure of feeling not enough in the world</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/society-and-living/crossroads-and-turmoil/</link><pubDate>June 18, 2023, 11:07 pm</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/crssroads-300x246.jpg</image><category>Society and Living</category><excerpt>During our lifetime we meet so many people and every individual gives us a distinct experience. At times we come across people who make us feel inadequate, that may happen intentionally or unintentionally. The feeling of inadequacy could be in any...</excerpt></item><item><title>Marriages: Karmic Connections or Soulmates&amp;nbsp;</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/society-and-living/crossroads-and-turmoil/</link><pubDate>June 18, 2023, 11:07 pm</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/crssroads-300x246.jpg</image><category>Society and Living</category><excerpt>Institution of marriage is an important aspect of our life and society. When the civilizations were evolving, the basis of this concept was companionship and love. Over the period of time as societies became more civilised and evolved many more as...</excerpt></item><item><title>Single parenting: Big responsibility that requires skills and patience</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/society-and-living/crossroads-and-turmoil/</link><pubDate>June 18, 2023, 11:07 pm</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/crssroads-300x246.jpg</image><category>Society and Living</category><excerpt>The word ‘Parenting’ invokes sweet, tender and scary emotions at the same time in a person. It is a big responsibility that requires skills and patience to be able to walk a tight rope. A single parent has to play multiple roles and take care of d...</excerpt></item><item><title>Exam Time or Stress Time&amp;nbsp;</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/society-and-living/crossroads-and-turmoil/</link><pubDate>June 18, 2023, 11:07 pm</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/crssroads-300x246.jpg</image><category>Society and Living</category><excerpt>Schools, students, parents and examinations share a strange relationship. Although exams happen every year and everyone is preparing, yet this particular time becomes stressful for all the three parties. Schools and parents are stressing about stu...</excerpt></item><item><title>‘Skill India’ mission needs sharper planning, rigorous implementation to be more effective</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/society-and-living/crossroads-and-turmoil/</link><pubDate>June 18, 2023, 11:07 pm</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/crssroads-300x246.jpg</image><category>Society and Living</category><excerpt>Almost a decade back, the term “demographic dividend” was coined and it was predicted that skilling youth was the only answer to one of our major problems that is unemployment. In the last decade, we got exposed to many new things which we had not...</excerpt></item></author></feed>