Tag: Happiness

Recipe for a perfect day

Go easy on the mind and turn a simple routine day into a sunshine day.

October 28, 2017

Conquering your emotions

An interactive session called Game of Emotions was held at the The Bengal Rowing Club, Kolkata, recently. It was about the positive and negative impacts of our intuitions in our daily lives, focusing on the question “do we use emotions, or are we being used by them?” The speakers were Rajiv N Jerajani, an eminent...

September 19, 2017

Don’t stop the music!

'I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity'.

September 15, 2017

Money can actually ‘buy’ happiness

Buying free time – such as by paying to get household chores done – boosts life satisfaction, according to a research which challenges the age-old adage that money can not buy happiness. “People who hire a housecleaner or pay the kid next door to mow the lawn might feel like they're being lazy,” said Ashley...

July 25, 2017

Many kinds of happiness promote better health

People who experience a range of positive emotions in their daily lives – from enthusiasm to cheerfulness and calm – may have a lower risk of chronic diseases and premature death, a study has claimed. Researchers from Cornell University in the US found that people who experience many kinds of happiness have lower levels of...

July 24, 2017

Old things sweet and beautiful

The happy memories that old things hold can be therapeutic and healing to your body mind and soul.

July 18, 2017

Generous people live happier lives

Generosity makes people happier, say scientists who have found that even promising to be more generous is enough to trigger a change in our brains that gives us a pleasant feeling. Researchers said that those who are concerned about the well-being of their fellow human beings are happier than those who focus only on their...

July 12, 2017

Eating fruits can actually make you happy

Daily intake of plenty of fruits can boost your happiness.

May 30, 2017

Facebook likes may not cheer you up

Getting those thumbs up or heart icons — 'likes' — on your social media posts may not help you feel better or improve mood if you are feeling low, researchers say. According to a study, receiving likes did not actually make much of a difference when it came to "happiness". On the other hand, people...

May 3, 2017

Land of bright nights and glass igloos

Finland is the most stable country as per 'The Fragile States Index 2015, Fund for Peace' and amongst the five happiest in the world according to the 'UN World Happiness Report 2016'. Besides, it ranks number one in criminal justice (worldjusticeproject.org) and is, as per the 'Environmental Performance Index', the greenest country in the world....

April 23, 2017

Self-knowledge is liberating

Vedas are considered the most revered scriptures of ancient India. There are four Vedas ~ Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharvana Vedas. Each of these can be divided into two parts: the Veda Poorva and Veda Anta. The Poorva or the first part of Vedas consists of various prayers and rituals for getting material things like...

February 1, 2017

Search for happiness in life: President tells students

President Pranab Mukherjee, in his New Year's message to students on Tuesday, called happiness fundamental to human experience of life happy and presented them with a 'toolbox' to use to achive this. In his message, titled "Building a happy society", to students of higher learning and faculty members, which was conveyed via livecast, hee called...

January 10, 2017

Search for happiness in life: President tells students

President Pranab Mukherjee, in his New Year's message to students on Tuesday, called happiness fundamental to human experience of life happy and presented them with a 'toolbox' to use to achive this. In his message, titled "Building a happy society", to students of higher learning and faculty members, which was conveyed via livecast, hee called...

January 10, 2017