When was the last time you got drowned in negative emotions? Chances are that it was very recently. Don’t get derailed.

We all have our low moments. When a low tide hits you, don’t wallow in it. Instead, quickly move on. Just tell yourself that it is not the time to be caught in the whirlpool of negativity but an opportunity to figure out new ways of thinking and doing things.

Washington, Mar 4: A new study has found that gifted children shape their personalities according to social stigma.

They know from a young age what they want to be when they grow up, but when asked why they made those choices they cannot explain.

"Society identifies the gifted child with high intelligence and is often hasty to identify this intelligence with specific subjects, especially exact or prestigious sciences,” said Dr. Inbal Shani of the University of Haifa, who carried out this study under the supervision of Prof. Moshe Zeidner.

“The maturing children are quick to adopt this identity, renouncing the process of building self-identity," she added.

Australia has seen a spurt in the birth rate in what appears to be in answer to the former treasurer's Peter Costello's exhortation for Australian couples to have another child "for the country".

From the mid 1990's Australia's birth rate had been stagnant showing between 255,000 and 260,000 babies born every year. In 2004, the then treasurer Peter Costello introduced the $3000 Baby Bonus payment and research has shown the birth rate in NSW for women having their third or subsequent child rising significantly across all sectors of society.

Over 200-odd representatives of housing societies vent their ire against them

Officials of the state co-operative department, particularly those from the stamp duty and registration office, came under a scathing attack from several representatives of the housing societies who blamed them for the ills afflicting the poor functioning of co-operative housing societies in the city.

A majority of the representatives belonging to over 200-odd residential co-operative societies vented their ire against the co-operative department, accusing its officials of complete non co-operation and lethargy, at the co-operative housing society meet.

Some years ago I went on a trip to a southern district of Tamil Nadu with research in mind. At least that was what I told anyone who wanted to know why I was going there.

What I found was a different kind of definition for freedom.

At a little town by the ocean, where the waves could rise as high as the houses when the winds churned the waters, it seemed nothing could hold anyone back. The sea was your backyard and if anyone crowded in on you, the sea would help you flee.

But nothing had prepared me for what that little seaside town also showed me. A glimpse of a community caught in a time warp whose rules of purdah were almost medieval.

“What do you do with your time?” I asked one of the girls I met there.