London, May 16 (ANI): One in five men hates doing DIY, according to a new study.
Despite traditionally being seen as a man”s job, the fear of failure puts off two out of five men, while a similar number claimed they don’t have enough time.
In the poll of 1,000 adults, a third said DIY was too time-consuming and one in five said they didn”t do it because they had no idea what they were doing. Another 21 per cent admitted they were simply too lazy.
“There was a time when almost every man would love nothing more than heading down to his shed to make something, or indulge in a spot of DIY around the home. But it seems this is no longer the case as a large number of men now see it as a chore rather than a hobby,” the Daily Mail quoted Chris Tidy, DIY expert for Bosch, as saying.
Of those who like to indulge in DIY, 45 per cent said it filled them with pride. A further 26 per cent used it to express their creativity.
More than a quarter liked the feeling they got after creating something unique.
On the other hand, it was found that one in four women actually enjoy a spot of handiwork around the home. (ANI)
‘I have not read Jaswant Singh’s book,’ says Bhagwat
New Delhi, Aug.28 (ANI): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Mohan Bhagwat said on Friday that he was yet to read expelled BJP leader Jaswant Singh’s latest book – Jinnah -India, Partition, Independence.
Bhagwat’s comment came hours after Singh filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the Gujarat Government’s decision to ban his book.
Deploring the ban of the book, Singh has already said that books are a medium of expression in the country, and professed the right to freedom of speech and expression.
He claimed that a ban on books actually means a ban on thinking.
“I am greatly saddened by it because the other example takes you to Salman Rusdie and Satanic Verses. The day we start banning books in India, we are banning thinking,” Jaswant had said while returning back from Shimla after his expulsion from the BJP last week.
The Narendra Modi-led Gujarat Government had banned the sale of Singh”"”s book in the State last week.
The Gujarat Government blamed Jaswant”"”s book for denigrating the image of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, who was a Gujarati and held in high esteem by people across Gujarat and rest of the India for his role during India”"”s freedom struggle against the British rulers.
Jaswant observes in his book that Nehru and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel together conceded Pakistan to Jinnah with help from the British.
Patel occupies a pride of place in BJP”"”s historiography with the party eulogising his tough action for the integration of rebellious Hyderabad and Junagarh with the Union, and contrasting it with the Nehru”"”s “blunder” in taking the Kashmir issue to the UN. (ANI)