Ornithologists have observed that birds die fighting their own reflection as enemy in the mirror windows. In Greek mythology Narcissus, a handsome youth fell in love with his own image reflected in a pool and became intoxicated with it to an extent of pathological self admiration and subsequently ended as a model in his name as Narcissistic personality disorder.  For the […]

Every morning is beautiful morning.  Every morning comes to us smiling. Every morning breaks the day with a fresh spirit, with a new blessing!! When it comes, the joy of life bursts out from every seam, every crevasse in every corner of hills and vales. Bathed in soft dim light, the entire spectacle of mother […]

              In my biology class as a child I was bewildered to see a headless but still alive frog withdrawing its legs when touched with a hot rod. The teacher told us this is called Reflex Action. That means certain motor actions do not need the involvement of brain at all.  Later    as I […]

Lullabies generally take drowsy children to a wishful land of magic-  a stuff from which they weave their own world and   safe and snug in the arms of mothers go to sweet sleep leaving the real, harsh world behind.  But lullaby by queen Madalsa awakens her sons from slumber and opens the world of […]