I joined an engineering college last month. I am not a very bright student, but I try to study hard. However, one of my teachers keeps yelling at me in class all the time. He picks on me for no reason. I study harder for his subject but he keeps asking me questions until I don’t have answers and then sometimes he yells at me and sometimes makes fun of me in front of the entire class. Should I complain to my HoD? I cannot give up this subject as it’s important for my course. I don’t know what to do.

Research shows that growing up with more siblings provides you with a chance to have a happier marriage.

I met a girl recently at a party. She was visiting Bengaluru from Delhi for a project. After being introduced to each other by a common friend, we started chatting. We exchanged numbers too. Since I liked her a lot, I messaged her after a few days and was surprised to get a polite and nice reply from her. We started having long conversations and it didn’t take much time for me to develop feelings for her. Since both of us are well settled in life, I proposed marriage to her. It was quite shocking for me when she hung up without a response. It’s been a few days that we have spoken. I was ready for both positive and negative response but this was really perplexing. I still want to know what went wrong. What should I do?
Vishal

A healthy home should be a healing space, a nurturing ‘positive’ mind field. It can be a place where all wounds are healed, all dissonance melt into harmony. Alvin Toffler wrote: “The family is the giant shock absorber of the society to which the bruised and battered individual returns after doing battle with the world!” If your home is not a sanctuary but a battlefield, do something about it.

It is not surprising that Ananda Shankar Ray’s Laboratory did the initial research to escape mosquitoes.

I am a 20-year-old man. I am doing my graduation in engineering. The problem is that I try to be honest most of the time but I lose my patience when people question me. Even my parents don’t believe me at times. Please guide me and give me advice on how to control myself.
Aniket

Friends in need & deed

A guru is a key figure in Indian self-development. In Sanskrit, “Gu” means darkness or ignorance. “Ru” is the remover of this darkness. Most Indians believe a guru is necessary for learning. What you can learn from books is limited. Where as, a guru, with the depth of his knowledge and affection for the student, ensures real learning.

In this world, everything revolves around physical beauty and money. How do we save ourselves from getting entangled in this web and remain happy, whether we are rich, poor, ugly or beautiful?
Sujatha Pranesh

How can one be happy even in difficult times? I have been stuck in life since the last one year. I have been trying to move on from a broken relationship but it is proving difficult to do so. Besides, there’s no growth in my career too. Even after trying hard to experiment in life, I feel stuck at the same place, in the same mental frame. Can you suggest a way to come out of this phase?
Divita Gupta