A safe space for conversations on mental health and mental illness in India
By Sukanya Sharma This is part two of an interview with Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Hozefa A Bhinderwala. Read Part One: Anger and Us What are tips to have an emotionally healthy relationship with ourselves? The most important thing is to accept that…
By Sukanya Sharma It probably is no surprise to any of us, that most adult Indians suffer from stress. Last year, a survey by Cigna TTK Health Insurance, as reported by Economic Times, revealed that about 89% of the population…
By Jayshree M. Tripathi Have you noticed the apparent stealth with which certain words are doing the rounds on Social Media platforms, in a flippant way? How some persons talk about counselling in belittling tones or alternatively, in nonchalant tones,…
By Adwaita Das I see with love. I see myself with love. I choose to see with love. I choose to see myself with love. I See With Love About the artist: Adwaita is an author-filmmaker-artist. Her books…
By Sukanya Sharma “Itni shakti hume dena data man ka vishwas kamzor ho na hum chalen nek raste pe hamse bhoolkar bhi koi bhool ho na…” (Give us so much strength, O Lord, that the faith in our hearts…
By Aqseer Sodhi Dear Kaivalya Plays, Congratulations on a fine, heartful attempt at showing us what improv theatre can do for our mental health. The matinee show of Unravel that I attended was about two hours long, with one hour…
Art by Solo for The Health Collective Solo is a writer and cartoonist from Bangalore. She likes reading, playing video games and binge-watching Netflix. Her life would have been rather unremarkable had it not been for her BPD fuelled imagination. She also has…
UNRAVEL Unravel, directed by Varoon Anand, explores issues related to mental health and wellness, such as anxiety and depression, through improv. Using physical games, improv exercises, vignettes and site-specific performances, the play endeavours to address stigmas around mental illness, as well…
By Sukanya Sharma Adwaita Das, Meghna Prakash, and Shyama VS are young artists who openly talk about mental health through their art, poetry and illustrations. Adwaita Das is an author, film-maker and artist; Shyama is a designer who worked on a…
By Vandita Morarka I learned retrospectively that I have had Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) since right after tenth grade, though it took doctors several years to adequately diagnose it. It’s surprising that for an illness that is increasingly common, there…