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TopicPsychology

Topic: Psychology

You have a creative streak in you. Even if you think you’re a conventional thinker

Lily Zhu -
Many people believe that creative thinking is difficult. But human beings interact creatively every day—here are a few ways to boost your skills.

Frickin’ darn it! What swear words and their ‘clean’ substitutes share across languages

+TFP Sandhya Ramesh -
A paper published this week in Psychonomic Bulletin and Review highlights common patterns in profanities across the world, whether they're in Hindi or Hebrew.

Not everyone gets happier as retirement comes. Many just bottom out with age

David Bartram -
The so-called U-shaped curve of happiness is reassuring but, unfortunately, probably not true.

False beliefs are hard to challenge. They come from social networks, not facts

Lara Millman -
In a 'hyperspecialised' world, all reliable information is produced from interconnected fields. But wrong beliefs don't take that into account.

How I learned to stop feeling bad about my failure and accepted my new ‘psychologist’ self

Nikita Vatsa -
Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

Freud to Carl Rogers—psychologists have always focused on the past. But they might be wrong

Jolanta Burke -
An increasing body of research suggests that focusing on the future may protect us from depression and help us cope with stress more effectively.

Don’t worry if you can’t choose. Decisive people don’t make better decisions, UK study says

Wojciech Zajkowski -
Decisive people may be more confident but they are no better at making decisions than the rest of us. The key difference is in 'action' and 'emotion'.

Putin and the psychology behind his destructive leadership

Magnus Linden -
Some say Putin’s thinking is entirely rational, while others say the moves are desperate, wild & overreaching – evidence of deep, psychological flaws.

Gandhi’s encounter with a young Romila Thapar in Pune that inspired her activism

Saket Suman -
In 'The Psychology of a Patriot', journalist Saket Suman delivers an account of modern India, tracing the evolution and contestation of patriotism.

There are two types of narcissists. But both are selfish

Nikhila Mahadevan -
We studied 676 adults to recognise narcissists.
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Opinion

Air purifiers are the new water filters. Delhi has quietly accepted a crisis

Stela Dey -
The affluent in Delhi, armed with airtight windows, multiple purifiers, and humidifiers, have normalised a way of life that once seemed dystopian.

There’s a new M-Y formula at work in Bihar this time

Sitharaman’s eighth Budget faces fiscal headwinds — and a calendar dilemma

Economy

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

Udit Bubna -
MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

Defence

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

Keshav Padmanabhan -
At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

National Interest

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Shekhar Gupta -
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.

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