A safe space for conversations on mental health and mental illness in India
Author Daman Singh set out on an ambitious quest to research and understand India’s journey in the mental healthcare space — from the ‘lunatic asylums’ of the 18th century, to the emergence of a more scientific and humane approach in the early 20th century.
With Indians daily battling stigma and many misconceptions when it comes to Mental Health, Gayatri Jayaraman shares some of what she believes to be key to a mind-spirit-body practice, what meditation has to do with it, and why understanding and accepting impermanence and change may be critical to making peace with our day to day life.
By Gayatri Jayaraman The practice of embracing change happens in the face of those who make a virtue of its opposite – constancy. It’s what will keep you standing when change hurtles down the lane at you and the skittles…
Are we living through an Age of Anxiety? And what are some coping techniques? We put that quesiton to a panel of mental health stakeholders and contributors of our new book, Age of Anxiety
Dr Nandini Murali writes, Suicide grief is a profoundly isolating experience. The truth is that unless you have had a similar experience, you can never really know how a person bereaved by suicide loss feels. Also, no two suicide losses are alike. They may be similar, but not identical.
Tanmoy Goswami reviews No Straight Thing Was Ever Made for The Health Collective and finds it a work of considerable quality.
By Amrita Tripathi A couple of months ago, I had the good fortune of being sent an advance copy of a manuscript titled It’s All in Your Head, M by Manjiri Indurkar. I couldn’t put it down, once I started…
Featuring an excerpt from the powerful and poignant ‘It’s All in Your Head, M’ by Manjiri Indurkar, with the kind permission of Westland Books. ALSO READ: Our interview with Manjiri Indurkar right here, including her thoughts on this excerpt below.…
By Meera Haran Alva There many books that have influenced me and some that I have recently discovered, which have added value to my life. ALSO READ: Mental Health Book Reccos by Author and Editor Himanjali Sankar I…