“Patience is not really my forte,” said a participant on one of the contests that we are running on this Web site after he missed being one of the prize winners by a whisker, only because he gave up the … Continue reading →

In this world where we are constantly bombarded with information from several sources – newspapers, television, radio, the Internet, and so on – and where we are constantly surrounded by sound and noise, and where we constantly need to communicate … Continue reading →

We all know the old adage about how only working without any recreation makes for a dull individual. Parents and teachers alike harp on this, and tell students, especially those taking the board exams for Classes X and XII, to … Continue reading →

Often, although a question paper has been solved very well, the score is much less than the student deserved. In such cases, usually, the first few answers earn good marks, but subsequent answers go on getting less and less marks. … Continue reading →

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man. We were reminded of these immortal lines by George Bernard Shaw after a … Continue reading →

ONE DILEMMA that students often face when writing a paper at the exams is the sequence in which to answer the questions – should they just take up the questions one by one in the order that they appear, or … Continue reading →

SO HERE YOU ARE at the exams, with paper in hand, and wondering how to go about solving it. You studied hard all the year round, made sacrifices, and burned a lot of midnight oil for this precise moment – … Continue reading →

The exam fever is here. Various exams for Classes X and XII are starting over the next few weeks. In this space, we have already discussed how to deal with exam stress, especially as the actual exams approach, and what … Continue reading →

Put your heart, mind, intellect and soul to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success. – Sivananda Swami As the real countdown to CBSE exams starting on March1, begins, the anxiety levels are rising high. All students, am … Continue reading →

The countdown to board exams has already begun. Practical exams are going on for CBSE students and for ISC, the clock is already ticking as they face D-day on February 13. The stress levels are at an all-time high not … Continue reading →