“Mental health is vital to everyone, even for those who may think it doesn’t matter”

“Mental health is vital to everyone, even for those who may think it doesn’t matter”

Prachi Raturi MisraAn accident doesn’t leave scars only on our bodies but also on our minds. And yet, we need to find the will to go on, fight back, accept and move on.It was a foggy monsoon morning on 3 July 2008 when author Stephen Alter and his artist, sculptor wife Amita Alter were attacked by four intruders, stabbed, beaten and left for dead. What followed was a long healing journey inside and outside. His award winning book, Becoming a Mountain: Himalayan Journeys in Search of the Sacred and the Sublime (Aleph 2014) was born post the attack.Author of more than...

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