India, June 23 -- A mother returning home from a nearby market found her favourite vase broken into fragments and lying scattered about, and her two teenage boys hiding behind the room curtain. The entire scene infuriated her, and she howled at the mischief-makers. "Who broke the vase?" She asked in an intimidating voice. "Ravi," came the answer from Nagu. "How did he break it?" she asked, and Ravi replied, "I threw it at Nagu, and he didn't catch it."

Ravi did the mischief but was not ready to take responsibility for it. That is because people love to blame others. It comes in handy, too. All of us are prone to blaming society for our shortcomings and failures rather than our own precious selves. We blame our food when we have no appeti...