In a scene of the movie ‘Sherlock Holmes’, the famed super sleuth makes sharp observations and astute deductions on the character of Dr. Watson’s fiancée. He gets most of them right, but a key one wrong, His wrong conclusion hurt her feelings as she stomps off in rage. It made me think… as sure as [...]

Being confident tricksters used to outsmarting others, ‘Julia’ and ‘Clive’ in the movie ‘Duplicity’ thought they had the upperhand this time as well, in their elaborate collaborated scheme. So much so, that we the audience are led to think they do have the upperhand. Despite being partners in crime, they even trick each other and [...]

Question: A friend’s son lately found it difficult to focus and could not study at all. He had applied leave of absence from school. But, currently he is preparing for a special exam required for studying the subject of choice later.  At times, he is quite frustrated, tense and irritable.  He sleeps in the wee [...]

While watching the final instalment of ‘Red Cliff (Part 2)’, I was hoping for the story to impart some major lessons to the general audience… other than the cunning ‘art’ of strategising in war. Thankfully, towards the end, there were two obvious lessons. Here’s the first one… Xiao Qiao warns Cao Cao of his over-confidence [...]

Her family dentist always paints the worst case scenario of what could happen during surgery. But her family members realised over the years that none of the terrible situations ever occurred when they sat in the dentist’s chair. In fact, they continually experienced swift and effective dental treatment from him. Every visit to the dentist [...]