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Special arrangement : Rahiyanath, , a 45-year-old woman from Kottappuram, Malappuram, in Kerala.

Meet Rahiyanath: The Woman Who Changed How An Entire Village Sees Mental Illness

BY N.K. Bhoopesh

| Photo: Tribhuvan Tiwari : Lighter Moments: Inmates playing a game of Ludo at the Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry and Allied Sciences in Kanke

Inside A Mental Health Facility Near Ranchi: Forgotten Women Cry For Home

BY Md Asghar Khan

File photo : If the review uncovers potential security concerns, applicants are subjected to a security advisory opinion (SAO)—an interagency check to assess national security risks.

US Halts Visitor Visas For Gaza Residents Amid Review Of Humanitarian Approvals

BY Outlook News Desk

Saahil : Nirmala Srinivasan

Interview With FAllianCE: We Don’t Use The Word ‘Caregiver

BY N.K. Bhoopesh

| Photo: Soumya Sankar Bose : One among the case studies in the diary is Srimoyee—a woman who died in a hotel room in Puri, India.

Is The Global Mental Health Crisis Also An Existential One?

BY Soumya Sankar Bose

Artwork: Emma Haddow : ‘Tiger, Shark and Me Sit Down for Tea’

How Mental Health Disorders Are Used To Silence And Browbeat Women

BY Vineetha Mokkil

| Artwork: Amrita Sengupta : War and Peace

When The Frontline Is Your Doorstep: The Mental Health Crisis Facing Conflict Journalists

BY Toufiq Rashid

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Apeksha Priyadarshini : In Sickness and in Health: My parents—Capt Vibhas Bhushan Thakur and Meera Thakur

Life, Together | A Chronicle Of My Mother's Caregiving Journey

BY Apeksha Priyadarshini

Artwork by Vikas Thakur

There Is a Suicide Crisis Amongst India's Youth And Elderly

BY Soumitra Pathare

Illustration: Vikas Thakur

Are Indian Cities Facing A Mental Health Crisis From Rapid Urbanisation And Digitisation?

BY Divya Tiwari

- : TV actor Mona Vasu, front center, and activists of various animal rights organisations protest against the recent order by the Supreme Court to authorities in Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) to start picking up stray dogs from all localities "at the earliest"

Mumbai Dog Lovers Brave Pouring Rain, Rally Against Supreme Court Strays Order

BY Pritha Vashisth

| Photo: Manpreet Romana : Sonal was born in Maharashtra and has been living in the Home Again project of The Banyan, which provides housing to people with mental health issues.

Sonal Finds Solace And Hope In Mental Health Recovery

BY Chinki Sinha

| Photo: Manpreet Romana : Kamalini sometimes says she doesn’t want to go on living. But something stops her.

How Two Women Lost Their Identities To Mental Illness, And Fought To Recover

BY Chinki Sinha

Photo: Manpreet Romana : Shared Responsibilities: Food being cooked at The Banyan’s Facility in Chennai

Girls Finding Second Chances: Life Beyond Mental Illness and Homelessness

BY Chinki Sinha

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| Photo: Manpreet Romana : Sameer was a carpenter and lived in Kuwait before coming to The Banyan’s Home Again Project a few months ago.

The Healing Power of Music: Sameer's Journey Through Ghazals and Shayari

BY Chinki Sinha

File Photo : Outlook’s August 2023 issue, titled 'Gandhiji, I Have No Homeland'

Independence Deferred: Caste And The Struggle For True Freedom In India

BY Saher Hiba Khan

File photo : Outlook Magazine’s August 21, 2024, special Independence Day issue

79 Years Of Freedom: Who Truly Breathes Free In India?

BY Abhijay Vaish

| Photo: Manpreet Romana : Caregiving: Sonal and Mamta at the The Banyan’s Home Again facility
in Ratnagiri

Ratnagiri's Place To Heal, Where Minds Can Wander And Mercy Awaits

BY Chinki Sinha

| Photo: Manpreet Romana : Premavathi, the ‘cycle lady' of Chennai.

How 'Cycle Lady' Rode From Survival To Hope In Chennai

BY Chinki Sinha

Credit: Manpreet Romana | : Sunil lives in The Banyan’s Chennai facility.

Sunil's Journey Through OCD, Depression, Grief And Homelessness

BY Chinki Sinha

| Photo: Manpreet Romana : Saraswathi Premkumar came to The Banyan in 2015.

'My 74-Year-Old Father Is My Everything': Saraswathi’s Journey Through Pain, Poetry and Healing

BY Chinki Sinha

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Artwork by Miriam Koshy

A Stitch In Time: Mental Health Tapestry

BY Miriam Koshy

| Photo: Yasir Iqbal

'I Would Get Nervous And Suffocate': How Saira Grappled With Isolation, Anxiety And Grief

"Every Day I Pray for Love": Finding Freedom From Mental Illness Stigma | Chinki Sinha, Vandana Gopikumar

BY Outlook News Desk

SURESH K PANDEY : A woman standing beside a mental health centre advertisement

Journey Of Advancing Mental Health Initiatives— Insights From A Retired Officer

BY S. M. Vijayanand

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Why India Is Shutting Down Mental Health Hospitals Instead Of Reforming Psychiatric Care

| Photo: Suresh K. Pandey : Final Destination: The Manikarnika Ghat in Varanasi

Denial Of Dignity: The Psychological Toll Of India's Caste System

BY Avantika Mehta

| Photo: Tribhuvan Tiwari : What are the Goals of Mental Healthcare?: A few patients at the Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry and Allied Sciences

Rethinking Mental Health Policy: You Can't Heal People Without Healing The World

BY Pragya Singh

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Anirudh Laxmipathy : Arrowhead struggling to haul herself out of the waterbody (Shot in Oct 2023 by my friend Murtaza Johar)

The Queen of Ranthambore!

BY Anirudh Laxmipathy

The ‘Infinite Elephant’ is by Usha, who lives with a mental illness. She found her freedom in love. The elephant, she says, represents hope and freedom. : Outlook in collaboration with The Banyan hope to spark conversations in drawing rooms across India that reflect on mental health experiences in all their diversity.

Breaking The Silence Around Mental Health Disorders In India — Outlook Magazine Independence Day Issue

BY Outlook News Desk

Courtesy: Mohammad Ibrahim Family Album : The Ajmer Days: A young Ibrahim with his nani

My Mother’s Keeper: My Life As Pagli’s Son

BY Mohammad Ibrahim

| Photo: Manpreet Romana : Mariam Swamy with her tailoring table in The Banyan Chennai

Need To Reimagine Workplace For People With Psychosocial Disabilities

BY Lakshmi Narasimhan

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