Why Awareness Of Mental Health Disorders Will Never Be Enough Without Improved Care Services
Another Mental Health Day is coming up. Increasing awareness must be matched with improving access to mental health services
Languishing In Loneliness: How People Cope In A Commodified World
How do people deal with the unbearable emptiness of being when the system commodifies everything, including love, sex and companionship?
Questioning The 'Real' Boundaries Of Care, Memory, And Identity: A Photo Essay
Oscillation is an attempt to weave an intergenerational dialogue about care, memory, and the shaping of identity.
How To Bridge India’s Mental Health Gap: An Interview With NIMHANS's Director Pratima Murthy
Dr Pratima Murthy is the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore. She has about 30 years of extensive experience in the field of mental health. A leader in addiction psychiatry, she has been recognised for her contribution in improving care for persons with mental illness through her work with the National Human Rights Commission on quality assurance in mental healthcare, both in institutions and in the community. Dr Murthy spoke to Avantika Mehta about the infrastructural gaps in mental healthcare in India and NIMHANS’ ongoing efforts to raise awareness about mental illness
An Imprisoned Mind | Mental Health Challenges Among India's Political Prisoners
In Indian prisons, where the incarcerated are robbed of basic human dignity, conversations about mental health are a formidable challenge.
The Invisible and Unseen Tribal Communities in Maharashtra are Struggling to Grapple with Mental Health Issues
India is home to over 700 Scheduled Tribe communities, along with many unrecognised groups that form a vital part of the country’s indigenous populations. It raises a crucial question—does tribal mental health even exist as a recognised concept?
Taloja Jail: Lives Fading in Silence Behind Iron Walls
The author, who spent 10 years in jail, details the painful experiences of the inmates and the cold attitude of the authorities
Did You Dream Last Night? Exploring the Shadows of Genius and Fragility
What is the link between creativity and mental health? A journey through words, silence, and survival.
To Understand And Be Understood: India Has A Dementia Emergency
About one crore Indians over 60 years old have dementia. But the availability of services does not match the demand
Art As Antidote: How Creativity Can Enhance Mental Health Recovery
Lack of freedom of choice and agency—mental health fallouts for the rural youth.
Brushstrokes Of The Mind: Where Poetry Grows From Memory And Loss
Exploring the connection between mental health and creativity. A first-person account.
Silence Of The Lambs: Indian Diaspora’s Cautious Stance On Modi-Trump Rift
Why does the American-Indian community remain indifferent and silent when the US President seems determined to demolish Narendra Modi?
Fury In The Cold Desert: Protests For Ladakh Statehood Turn Deadly
A protest on September 24 in Ladakh was meant to press the Centre for talks on statehood and Sixth Schedule status, but turned violent leaving four people dead and nearly 90 injured
Geography Of Rebels: From Calcutta To Shanghai
One seeks similarities to make different places familiar and to find a common humanity.
Assam Mourns Iconic Singer Zubeen Garg, A Voice That United Generations
Zubeen Garg’s ability to influence people, and to mobilise compassion and empathy is unmatched in recent memory, beyond the global celebrity of Michael Jackson or the magnetism of Princess Diana