In Indian prisons, where the incarcerated are robbed of basic human dignity, conversations about mental health are a formidable challenge.
About The Author
Apeksha is a Senior Assistant Editor and writes on cinema, politics, art, gender and social justice. She has a Ph.D in Cinema Studies from the School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
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At a public meeting organised by the Association for Protection of Civil Rights, lawyers, judges and civil society members discussed the role of the judiciary in safeguarding citizens' rights against State excesses.
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The JNU Students’ Union organised a protest at Jantar Mantar on September 19 against the Delhi High Court’s rejection of bail pleas of anti-CAA activists. Families and civil society members addressed the demonstration, highlighting over five years of incarceration. On September 22, the Supreme Court issued notices in the bail petitions of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Meeran Haider, Gulfisha Fatima, and Shifa Ur Rehman, with the next hearing scheduled for October 7.
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The JNU Students' Union organised a protest at Jantar Mantar on September 19 to protest the rejection of bail pleas of the anti-CAA activists by the Delhi High Court and to mark their prolonged incarceration for five years and more.
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My father suffered from a combine of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder for more than four decades. In all this time, our family battled social ostracisation, structural stigma and the healthcare system’s inability to deal with mental illnesses effectively.
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The prevalence of conversion therapy stems from the ingrained stigma around queerness in the society, leading to the pathologisation of sexual orientation as a mental illness.
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Are Indian universities turning into suffocating spaces where constant censorship and surveillance is leaving no room for protests or dissenting voices?
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The continuing imprisonment of some of the country's brightest minds will persist as an indelible taint on the history of a nation state that prides itself as a democracy.
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The allure of Umrao Jaan is not just in its characters’ recitals; the film embodies poetry in its form. It is no wonder then, that its digitally restored re-release in the theatres has brought so much delight to audiences old and young.
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Bollywood has been capitalising on cricket frenzy for years but with its current crisis of uninspired content, it will do well to reinvent itself like the sport.
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