Voices in the Waiting Room is a book by psychiatrist Mayank Gupta. As the publisher Rupa shares, the book emerges from a quiet reckoning with the ways human suffering is quintessentially shared yet silently endured. Set in a hospital, the…
Tag: Mental health and books
Your Worry Makes Sense: Empathy in Book Form
By Asma G My first introduction to Dr Martin Brunet’s work was through a reel he posted on burnout. The reel was quite popular, amassing 4 million views since 2023. The UK-based NHS General Practitioner (GP) and GP trainer goes by the handle…
How to Notice the Good: Cailin Hargreaves on Glimmers, and Sharing the Light
By Amrita Tripathi Ahead of World Mental Health Day, I had a chance to chat with poet and author Cailin Hargreaves, whose book Glimmers: Your Daily Journal for Positive Reflection is such a beautiful testament to her own journey and…
Bandaged Moments: A New Book
Bandaged Moments is a collection of short stories of (and around) Mental Health by women writers across India. Edited by academics Nabanita Sengupta and Nishi Pulugurtha, this book features 26 stories translated into English from 17 languages. It is a…
Book Review: The Crucial Years
The premise of Dr. Ziegler’s book is that middle childhood (i.e. ages 6-12) is a crucial time in children’s lives that often goes unnoticed because parents tend to focus on the pre-school and high school years without realising that middle childhood is a formative period for children.
How to Fail by Elizabeth Day: A Raw, Relatable Look at Fertility, Feminism, and Failing Forward
By Asma G Content warning: The book contains mentions of fertility struggles including miscarriages. When I first considered reviewing How to Fail by Elizabeth Day, I was a bit wary. It sounded exactly like the garden-variety of self-help books I…
Out of Her Mind: How Society Fails Women’s Mental Health – A Review
By Asma G Content warning: The book reviewed here contains mentions of self-harm, suicide, sexual abuse, trauma and mental illness. “‘We’re different. We’re treated differently by our own because we’re women. We’re treated differently outside because we’re Asian.’ The words…
Book Excerpt: The Other Sister by Amrita Tripathi
Read an excerpt from The Other Sister / watch a short video of the excerpt and behind the scenes below 1. IT’S NOT YOU, IT’S ME | [Present day: DECEMBER 2023] ‘Life is short, before you know it, time’s up…’…
Book Review: Matt Haig’s The Life Impossible
By Asma G “Eating watermelon in the sun was such a wonderful feeling I wondered why I hadn’t spent more of my life doing it. I wondered why it wasn’t everyone’s aspiration. I wondered why every successful businessperson on the…
Unpacking Love and Life: A Review of Red, Green, and Sometimes Beige
By Asma G “It feels like whiplash; for 20 years, my parents forbade me from dating and pushed me to focus on achievements, but suddenly this year, the only topic they’re interested in talking about is whether I’ve met someone…