Vol. 1, Issue 3, Part C (2015)

Abstract
Stress is inevitable in today’s complex life. Right from the time of birth till death, an individual is regularly exposed to various stressful situations. The threat of political and economic imbalances and uncertainties, unemployment, poverty, urbanization and increased socio- economic complexities and innumerable other factors contribute to stress. In fact modern times have been called the “age of anxiety and stress” (Coleman, 1976).Stress has been experienced since time immemorial, but its toll is higher than ever before. Stress is growing problem because of increase in working hours, deadlines, conflicting demands and increase accountability. The present paper makes an attempt to discuss stress and its solution with reference to pertinent literature.