“I did not divorce my daughter”
Divorce is not an easy decision to take, especially when there is a child involved. But sometimes it is crucial for everyone’s well-being. So how does one strike a balance and give the child the love she/he deserves despite the parents getting separated? Here is how to do it with grace and respect. Anshu Arora […]
Riding two boats
How does a child deal with a parent’s divorce? Is there a better way of helping the child ease into it? Of course, there is. Seema Kumar My parents’ divorce came through when I had just passed out of school and taken admission in first year of college. I didn’t even know that my mother […]
Coping with (M)otherhood
Involuntary childlessness or childless by circumstance is a concept that is alien and not easily understood by people, save for those who endure it Abhilasha Ojha ‘Our stories aren’t often told, our experience isn’t honoured and our contribution to the lives of others is often under-appreciated.’ – Jody Day, author, and champion of childless by […]
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 […]
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 […]
Are millennial memes the road to mental health conversations?
Neeti Pherwani The perfect fluffiness made me a proud baking mama. I was standing in the kitchen at 4 pm, having just baked a bunch of cinnamon rolls in between several work calls, holding a half-eaten piece in my hand and admiring the perfection of flavour and texture in my first attempt with it. What […]
Letting go of stress consciously can work wonders
Sucheta Das Mohapatra We often expect others to sympathise and empathise with us, ignorant of the fact that they are perhaps undergoing their own struggle and may not be aware of our problem. Although work-induced stress cannot be discounted, it helps to do a reality check and not have unrealistic expectations of ourselves. A cousin […]
How an acting workshop helped me uncover my own ‘truth’
An impulsive decision to join ‘Actor’s Truth’ helped this writer in discovering acting tools that turned into ‘grief-healing tools’ for her Nandini Kumar The past few years have been a roller-coaster ride for me – personally and professionally. Finding the right therapist helped me in identifying what life was throwing at me. Consistent talk therapy […]