Dependent Personality Disorder, Bhimsen Joshi and V Shantaram

A person suffering from dependent personality disorder feels fear and insecurity in terms of being separated from the care-giving figure, who is believed to be the sole supplier of all the necessities in life. People with this disorder believe that they are incapable of taking responsibilities, even for the simplest of matters. They perceive the …

Kim Jong-un, Skeptical, Paranoid

Robert Hogan has designed an inventory to study dark side of personality. One such trait is Skeptical. The Skeptical scale concerns being alert for signs of deceptive behavior in others and taking action when it is detected. It also has subscales like cynical (assume that others have bad intentions), mistrust (they generally mistrust people) and …

Borderline Personality Disorder, Workplace Issues and Edvard Munch

  People suffering from borderline personality disorder experience a pattern of varying moods, self-image and behavior. Initially they may feel good about something, but over a period of time they will start disliking it. During this swing of mood, they will experience anxiety, anger or depression. Psychologist Robert Hogan considers this as a deralier in …

Constitution of India, Nandalal Bose and Prem Behari Narain Raizada

While author of constitution of India was Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, there were others who also contributed to creation of this document. Sir Benegal Narsing Rao was constitutional advisor to constituent assembly in formulating constitution. For research he traveled to US, UK, Canada and Ireland. He prepared initial draft of constitution. “The credit that is given …

Jogendranath Mandal, Namashudras and Marichjhapi Massacre

Dalits or lower castes produced two powerful leaders before partition of India- Dr. B.R. Ambedkar from Bombay and Jogendranath Mandal from Bengal. Jogendranath Mandal belonged to Namashudra caste. Namashudras were lower caste Hindus who were dominant in East Bengal. Namashudras had always challenged authority of higher caste Hindus of Bengal. Jogendranath Mandal was influential enough …

Office Politics, Leadership and Growth

“Condoleezza Rice is right: people will join your side if you have power and are willing to use it, not just because they are afraid of your hurting them but also because they want to be close to your power and success.” ― Jeffrey Pfeffer, Power: Why Some People Have it and Others Don't Gerald …