By Adwaita Das Old patterns can cling to chaos. Social conditioning can pull towards pain. But this is a new age. This is the time of the new you. Let there be a fresh love story. Fall in…
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YouthBol: What’s the Health Wishlist for 1 Lakh Young Indians?
YouthBol, a campaign launched last September by the Centre for Catalysing Change and its partner USAID’s Maternal Child Survival Plan Project, released findings from a poll that reached more than 1 lakh young Indians. The idea was to find out…
Book Alert: Real Stories of Dealing with Depression
View this post on Instagram Here you go folks, our title for June! Book 1 of The Mindscape Series: Real stories of dealing with depression by Amrita Tripathi and Arpita Anand Depression in urban India is something we…
Mental Health in India: A Call to Bridge the Care Gap
By Team Health Collective As an ambitious campaign kicks off, looking for concerned stakeholders to advocate for access to mental healthcare and support in India using a rights based approach, we shared three quick questions with Dr Soumitra Pathare (@netshrink), Coordinator, Centre…
Thanks 2018, Ahoy 2019!
Best Wishes for 2019 Ups and downs this year but we rode it out — as did you. Here’s hoping for a great 2019 for all of us! Hoping to make the most of it while it’s shiny and new,…
Understanding Dementia
A common complaint from the elderly is forgetfulness — whether it’s something they’ve misplaced, or a thing they’ve forgotten. Usually no one bothers to take it seriously, putting the ‘condition’ if we can call it that, down to old age.…
Heart Mothers: Adoption and Maternal Mental Health
By Swarnima Bhattacharya There are as many motherhoods as there are mothers. Their subjectivity, journeys and experiences all mould and galvanise, defining the experience of motherhood in a multiplicity of ways. Despite being an intensely personal, fluid experience, motherhood is…
Emotional Abuse: Move Past Commentary to Compassion
By Scherezade Siobhan My client H is a bright-eyed software engineer with an envious fountain of noodle curls for hair. In her first session, we actually bond over the implicit politicisation of women’s hair as she declares she would do…
Exit Signs: Understanding Abusive Relationships
By Dr Samir Parikh While every relationship inevitably has its ups and downs, the experience of being a victim of abuse by one’s partner is very traumatic and painful. The consequences of being in such a relationship are equally devastating, if…
Suicide Prevention Day: Creating the Space to Seek Help
By Kamna Chhibber Speaking, talking and sharing are not always given space in society. Often we shy away from discussing difficult issues. We find it a challenge to share our true thoughts and feelings. Many feel that what goes on…