“Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn't mean we all have,” said Hermione Granger to Ronald Weasley in ‘Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix’.. Does this apply to the folks in your life.. Or is your frame of reference simply limited.. Over all, is your emotional compass healthy and conducive to optimum living.. Personally, I have experienced at least a half of the entire Emotions spectrum by far.. And, it made my navigation through life more easier and interesting.. What is your take on the range of emotions we humans are capable of experiencing.. Do share.. A happy and fun-filled day ahead to you..
On World Consumer Rights Day..
Today, being World Consumer Rights Day, and I having worked on the beat of Consumer Forum, during my stint as a Reporter, I wish to highlight a few observations regarding Consumer-rights.. 1. Caveat Emptor (Let The Buyer Beware) always applies, no matter what the product or service.. 2. In countries where Consumer is (treated like the) King, for example, in the U.S.A., the customer is rightly empowered and given his/her due.. Even in case of a service-deficiency or a bad/damaging product, people have sued the said company, and got compensations ranging from few thousand bucks to lakhs of them.. No organization gets away with malpractices W.R.T. utility, pricing or after-effects of stuff that it sells.. 3. Capitalism, Consumerism, or Material-wealth, they have been adopted to serve a specific purpose by developed nations, and that is, to raise the standard of living of its people, and to allow optimum utilization of its populace's faculties.. While socialist/welfare-state kind of po...