Contents: 1. Human Behaviour: Psychological and Social Significance. 2. Dimensions of Subjective Adjustment. 3. Maintenance Needs. 4. General Adjustive Behaviour and Frame of Reference. 5. Emotions and Adjustment. 6. The Art of Adjustment: Defending the Self. 7. Adjusting to Violence. 8. Our Time . 9. Be the Change . References. This book is about processes that undergo in the mind, individually or collectively, and are instrumental in creating adjustment. The purpose is to understand adjustment not as an alien subject but as an organic process of human life. It is in fact, the dynamic continuum of compromise and adjustment, a universal gift given to mankind. The structure is on a framework of psychological understanding but the flow is more narrative. The book is rooted in Indian cultural context and the examples are drawn heavily from an Indian life and psyche. Each chapter begins with a mythological/historical reference and ends with a section ‘Time to Reflect’.