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Politicians like Angela Merkel and Hillary Clinton use jewellery to project a certain image, many brides in South Asian countries wear, or are made to wear...

It's nice to be heard, and even nicer to be a good listener for a friend, at least for the friend. Many of us think we are good listeners, but in reality we are not. In fact, many of us are absolutely terrible listeners and don't even realise it. This problem can, however, be fixed.

It's the month of love and you want to do something nice for that special someone in your life by making them their very own advent calendar. However, figuring out what meaningful gifts to place behind so many little doors can be stressful.

Why? Because some of them are simply infuriatingly ill-mannered.

How do you measure a student's progress? Grades may not be it.

During the wonderful time of our lives called childhood, we often came across books, movies and other things that made us extremely happy and still continue to make us happy during adulthood.

The disillusioned intellectual raging at the world from the confines of his own room is not an uncommon character in fiction and at times in real life.

You realise that the person you are dating is terrible. Your mom, your friends, and your 6th grade Science teacher told you so.

Morning comes and signals the beginning of a new day every time it arrives. How you spend your morning affects how you will feel the rest of the day.

Have you ever faced the excruciatingly painful and mind-numbingly annoying task of having to be a host to a salty person? Don't worry; we have just the recipe for you. Our pasta recipe is such that it can make this super salty person a more tolerable creature.

Well, my academics might honestly suffer because I don't spend enough time on my studies anyway. If I have to dedicate time to the club, I will actually have less time to study. However that might not be so bad for I will feel like I have a valid excuse for my poor performance in academics.

If constant access to social media hasn't made you feel like a failure yet, knowing about Evaluate Your Life Day celebrated on the 19th of October will. But how do you exactly evaluate something like that? Well, there are ways.

Humans make mistakes, and in the age of social media, humans make mistakes in public. It is a common enough phenomenon so you would think people would learn to apologise publicly in a proper way but that has not really been the case. Therefore, this guide on how to apologise publicly.

Makeup is ubiquitous and comes in many varieties, just like human beings. Unfortunately, what is not common and doesn't exist are makeup tips specifically for horrible people. So I decided to write some.

Students discuss the attributes a perfect teacher should have.

We have been recording history and special events for a long time now. Moreover, in the present age, it is far easier to celebrate new things, trends and days than it was before. However, there are still some things that need to be celebrated but unfortunately we don't have special days to celebrate them. Some of them are:

Parenting is hard and children not always lovable. To make this difficult job a little easier, mothers and fathers sometimes resort to little white lies. I've compiled a list of the lies we all probably heard at one point in our childhood:

Homework can be beneficial. It can teach you to take responsibility for your part in the education process, give you a chance to revise class material and can even help you learn time management.

Instead of just money, rationing devices can be intensity and loudness of screams and how much sass you can show during a discussion that morphed into a debate that morphed into a full blown super-aggressive argument. Whoever screams the loudest is the person who is heard. Logic and reasoning doesn't matter if you aren't loud enough.