Here comes the sun…
Amit Sengupta This is the time when we used to wait for the nip in the air. It would come, touching the inside of our skin with a soft shiver, like a tangible touch, and we knew that it has arrived. We loved it when it came for the first time, this slightly chilly nip […]
An encounter with myself
Mahima Singh My accident was a brief encounter with myself. One is never prepared to handle the surprises that await us in the journey called life. Losing a body part was never even a part of my most horrific nightmares. For a while my thoughts made it feel as if I were a ship amidst […]
“I still feel my stomach twisting up into a knot”
How do you cope with a freak accident that hurts your mother? A 16-year-old young boy shares his story of healing. Dhruv Singh I had gone down to the park to play football with my friends when I heard the household help shout at the top of her lungs from the balcony saying words that […]
Compassion fatigue in dog behaviourists
With little or no awareness on the subject of the mental health of a dog behaviourist, any discussion around it is likely to find little credence among laypersons Namratha Rao In 2014, Sophia Yin, a world-renowned dog behaviourist and veterinarian, a pioneer of positive dog training methods and an inspiration in the dog training world, […]
My yoga journey
Prachi Raturi Misra I was surprised but I actually understood some parts when Helsinki described his injuries. Yes, I was watching ‘Money Heist’ unabashedly transfixed to the series. For the ‘Money Heist’ untouched, a thrilling series on Netflix, this one is an edge of the seat watch. That I had come back from a three-week […]
Dance your way to better health – physically and mentally
Sucheta Das Mohapatra Very few people were left unaffected by the second wave of COVID-19. Dance and other arts forms came as a saviour for those who went through terrible lows during that time. Dancing lets me feel free! Years of being a doctor had made me stoic and well-versed with hiding emotions. Odissi brought […]
Accepting the world as it is, makes things easier’
Prachi Raturi Misra He wasn’t a difficult sight to come by. A gentle hello and exchange of pleasantries later, he would continue doing what he visibly enjoyed doing. Walking slowly, enjoying the wild flowers and butterflies, soaking the sounds of the lives on the trees. Growing up in Mussoorie, Ruskin Bond, we locals knew, liked […]
Finance and mental health
Veena Singh Krishnan Human beings are the only species with rational thinking and decision-making powers. We can also be self-centred to only benefit our self more than others, more so, when we are insecure or going through negative life events or threats. Since we are humans, emotions are a part of our existence. These emotions […]
Dealing with COVID induced grief and loss
Samindara Sawant Growing up, we had only heard stories of apocalypse. The COVID-19 pandemic gave us an actual taste of it. None of us ever thought we would, in our lifetime, experience a pandemic of this proportion. A disaster that would bring the world to a standstill, and make humanity fall on its knees. Yet, […]
Mental health’s struggle to finally gain visibility and acceptance
The pandemic brought with it enough anguish and suffering that was hard to dismiss. People had no choice but to finally accept and acknowledge that mental health is an important issue that needs immediate attention. Namrata Gupta The last two and a half years have been unsettling, disturbing and nerve-wracking for us all. Globally, the […]