Psychology
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Why You Remember Old Habits Being Harder to Break Than They Were
When seventeen-year-old Arjun from Mumbai successfully lost 15 kilograms over six months through diet changes and regular exercise, his friends…
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Why You Think Your Past Decisions Were Smarter Than They Actually Were
When seventeen-year-old Kavya from Delhi saved up money to buy her first smartphone, she spent weeks agonizing over the decision.…
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Why You Remember Weird Things Better Than Normal Ones
When Mrs. Sharma taught Indian history to her Class 10 students at Mumbai’s St. Xavier’s School, she noticed a troubling…
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Why You Think You’re Bad At Difficult Things Even When You’re Not
When seventeen-year-old Rohan from Delhi’s Modern School participated in the National Mathematics Olympiad, he walked out of the examination hall…
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Why We Blame Entire Groups for Individual Members’ Mistakes
When a student from Delhi’s Government Model School was caught cheating during an inter-school mathematics competition, seventeen-year-old Arjun from the…
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Why You Think You’re Complex But Others Are Predictable
When seventeen-year-old Meera from Delhi moved into a hostel for her pre-university program, she was assigned to share a room…
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Why We Defend Systems That Actually Hurt Us
At Mumbai’s Cathedral School, there was a rule that seventeen-year-old Kavya and her classmates universally disliked: students were required to…
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Why We Have More Words for Being Social Than Being Smart
When seventeen-year-old Priya from Mumbai was assigned a school project to describe ten classmates using adjectives, she started listing words…
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Why You Take Credit for Success But Blame Others for Failure
When Delhi’s Modern School cricket team lost to their rivals by just three runs in a thrilling inter-school match, seventeen-year-old…
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Why You Think “They’re All The Same” But “We’re All Different”
When Delhi’s prestigious St. Stephen’s School and the nearby Government Model School were paired for an inter-school cultural exchange program,…
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Why You Think Your View of Reality Is The Only Correct One
In February 2015, a simple photograph of a dress posted online created one of the most revealing moments in the…
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Why You Think Others Are More Selfish Than You Actually Are
When Mrs. Kapoor assigned a major science project to Class 10 students at Delhi’s St. Xavier’s School, she divided them…
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Why We Judge Actions by Results Instead of Intentions
On a rainy evening in Mumbai, two friends—Arjun and Rohan—were driving home from school separately, each in their family’s car.…
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Why We Blame Victims and Believe Bad Things Only Happen to Bad People
When news spread through Delhi’s Rajendra Nagar that Mr. Sharma, the beloved chemistry teacher, had been seriously injured in a…
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Why You Think You Understand Others Better Than They Understand You
Seventeen-year-old Meera and Priya had been best friends since childhood at Delhi’s Bal Bharati School. They shared everything—secrets, dreams, fears,…
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