Don’t Give Explanation When There’s No Obligation An Insight of Life through my Experience… By Dr. Sunil S Rana Life is strange, and people are stranger. I have often noticed that friends, acquaintances, and even close relatives sometimes doubt your words as if you are standing in a courtroom. They want evidence, explanation, witnesses, and above all; they want you to swear! And the irony is; we start defending ourselves like guilty convicts, as if we have committed some grave crime like robbing the Reserve Bank of India! The question is simple: Why give an explanation when there’s no obligation? The “Kasam” Syndrome When I was a student, I often heard phrases like: “Vidya Rani ki Kasam!” “Maa Kasam!” “Bhagwan Kasam!” It became a regular chorus, as if every statement needed an oath to pass the “truth verification test.” One friend of mine could not even complete a normal sentence without a swear: “Arrey kal main cricket ground gaya tha… Bhagwan kasam! Bal...