India, March 4 -- Most of us dread a conflict situation in our life, because it makes us uncomfortable and stressful. As a result, we learn to avoid, suppress or withdraw from conflict or even act as though it doesn't exist.

The conflict in human life begins from the time the infant is yet in its mother's womb. Whether it would be a male or a female baby, a prodigy or a dunce, a veritable beauty or ugliness personified? -these are some of the questions that raise ripples in the minds of the parents and later, determine their attitudes towards the newly-born, especially if it is a female child. These attitudes, in turn, leave an imprint or a scar on their psyche which, in its own turn, influences their behaviour that becomes the cause of ...