Weaving, painting, sculpture, pottery, photography, embroidery, macrame, etc. is it art or craft? These are two forms of creativity that are commonly juxtaposed by the people, as they don't see any difference in them. But the fact is that art is different from the craft in a sense that art is a creative merit that comes from within. On the contrary, the craft is skilled work, wherein there is an application of technique, that people learn through much practice. Next, art emerges from the … [Read more...]

There are a number of philosophical issues, relating to the questions of objectivity and subjectivity of a statement, judgement, information, point of view or anything else. A statement is said to be objective when it is based on facts, and it can be proved easily and is impossible to deny. Although in the absence of facts on a matter, then the statement becomes subjective, as the speaker presents his/her opinion, which is always biased. Subjective perspective is based on personal feelings, … [Read more...]

Society is nothing but an organised group of people who live together and are connected with one another. It is not exactly same as culture, which can be understood as the way of living of people living in a particular place or region. Every society has its culture, but they are not the same thing. Although, they cannot exist without each other. Culture has certain values, custom, beliefs and social behaviour, whereas society encompasses people who share mutual beliefs, values and way of … [Read more...]

Based on the density of population, development, amenities, employment opportunities, education, etc. human settlement is majorly divided into two categories i.e. Urban and Rural. Urban refers to a human settlement where the rate of urbanisation and industrialisation is high. On the other hand, in a rural settlement, is one where the rate of urbanisation is quite slow. Another important difference between the two human settlements is that while urban areas are highly populated, rural areas … [Read more...]

An autobiography differs from a memoir in a sense that an autobiography covers all the events of the narrator's life in chronological order, whereas a memoir is a real-life experience of the author, that has a lesson or message to share with the readers. Due to many similarities between these two, many people get a bit confused and don't understand, which form of literature is an autobiography and which one is a memoir. While an autobiography covers the entire life of the writer, the memoir … [Read more...]

While personality shows what you are outside or what you are to the world, character reveals what you are inside. As these are directly related to a person's attitude and behaviour, most people get confused between these two easily. We all are same in many ways like we all have got the same human body, nature, feelings, mind and so on. But if you observe deeply you will find that every human being has certain different traits and habits that make him/her unique. It is a fact that two persons … [Read more...]