Why is stress becoming a cause for suicide?   Image: Idiogram of a young man under stress.  Stress is increasing rapidly in India .  Take  the recent  case of Ernest Young IT Company. In which a 26 year old woman Anna Sebastian Perayil who was a chartered accountant died due to long working hours  . This incident attracted everyone's attention and people started talking about how big a problem stress is in our growing times. There is a need to think about this  .   If we look at the figures, they are shocking. In 2021, the International Labour Organization ( ILO ) and the World Health Organization ( WHO ) published a study on long working hours. Working 55 hours or more a week is more harmful than working 35–40 hours a week. It increases the risk of premature death.1 According to ILO, India is ranked 13th out of 170 countries in the world. Its average weekly working hours are 46.7 hours . If we look at the cases of suicide due to long worki...

Emotions peeking from the bus window: A love story The story of Rahul and Ankita, who travel in the same bus every day, is full of unspoken emotions and hesitations. Rahul, who has always been unable to express his feelings for Ankita, one day suddenly realises how special he is to Ankita. While sitting on the bus, Rahul's eyes are always fixed on Ankita, but he never gathers the courage to speak out his heart. Ankita also looks at him, but the distance and hesitation between the two hinders them from connecting with each other. When Ankita suddenly starts talking about herself, Rahul realises that their feelings are connected. Will they be able to speak out their hearts? Will they be able to complete their incomplete story? Image: Microsoft designer Ankita and Rahul depicting an incompleteness.  In this story, the emotions with the raindrops falling on the window, the atmosphere of the bus, and the magical relationship between the two characters take the readers to a new love stor...