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Being Diplomatic

     In my neighbourhood there is a couple. There are always loud quarrels between them. One day out of frustration I decided to ask the husband. "Whats wrong with you and your wife?" Poor husband quickly began telling me as if I was his best friend. He told that they were a newly wed couple and that his wife is a bad cook. Early on in their marriage when she started to cook even though the food was bland or outright bad, he would eat it with delight and praise her. As days passed she became annoyed as his lunch box would never be empty and one day in a pique of anger he insulted her. I wasn't able to give him any advice but I thought rather than taking a jibe at her he could have handled the matter days ago but with 'diplomacy'. He could have suggested her to add some spice or salt or even refer some cookery shows and books.    Diplomacy is an art these days. Its the ability to assert your ideas or opinions, knowing what to say or how to say without damaging ...

The art of communication

   By mere definition 'communication' is the imparting or exchanging of information by various means. Writing is my form of communication, painting, sketching, singing, dancing are also some forms of communication. But the most important form of communication is speaking or may be texting has overtaken it, for sure. The reason why I titled it the 'art' of communication is because it's actually an art, not everyone can master it. It's just like any other art form like singing, dancing, painting - not everybody can master them. You have to definitely take lots of efforts. Communication is just like our handwriting - it reveals a lot about our personalities.     Our first communication began when we communicated with our mothers, which we don't even remember, when we couldn't even speak. Speech isn't the most important thing for communication, it's the eyes. Our mothers understood what we want through our eyes, because of our crying. Hence while co...