Hindustan Times
Power politics. In school, it was about who became the class monitor, who had the authority to tell the class to shut up, or who distributed the most expensive sweets on their birthday.
In college it was about who was the professor’s pet, who could get out of assignments by batting their eyelids, who dressed the best, or who was more popular with the opposite sex. Read more
(14 votes, average: 4.14 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Tasneem Nashrulla on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at 7:55 pm
Filed under Mumbai, Teen-trouble · Tagged adults, class monitor, peer/age group, people-pleaser, power chain, power deserve, Power politics, professor’s pet, young adults
Procrastination – The raging epidemic afflicting many young adults in the prime of their lives. This deadly disease ranks just below poor wages, negative body image and cheap wine – in that order.
(Ok, when I said “many young adults” I meant my friends and I and when I said “poor wages”, HR kindly make a note because I have been looking sickly for over a year now.) Read more
(20 votes, average: 4.3 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Tasneem Nashrulla on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at 10:57 pm
Filed under Teen-trouble · Tagged adult, adults, friends, girl, kid, lives, relationships, school, Sub Saharan Africa, young girl, youth
