“That Woman Is Crazy!”
In the 19th century, hysteria was considered a diagnosable physical illness among women. The symptoms ranged from seizures, mood swings, anxiety, shortness of breath, pain, bizarre movements, hallucinations and inability to speak. The word hysteria, in itself, originates from a…
Physical Disability, Accessibility to Social Situations and Mental Health
This new restaurant in town has been all the rage. You and your friends have planned and booked a reservation a week ago to eat dinner there. You reach the place, it’s on the second floor and the elevator is…
It’s complicated
Fleabag: Loss, Grief & Mental Health
(No major spoilers here, I promise!) We have only recently grasped the concept of a wavy bar graph representing mental health recovery instead of a straight one. Packed with grief, lust, loss, humour and pain, this show portrays mental health…
To Queer or Not to Queer?
Is a conversation about alternate sexuality only warranted if your child is gay, or when they express curiosity about it?
Indian Matchmaking: A 22 year old, Indian woman’s perspective
I’m a 22 year Indian woman, who recently watched Indian Matchmaking, I am sad and frustrated (to say the least). The first lesson we knowingly or unknowingly learnt in our childhood was that marriage is one major goal we have…
At the Intersection of Brownness, Queerness, and Womanhood
“If you also put in a little effort, you’d look beautiful too!”, was a common platitude I was used to receiving from well-wishers throughout my adolescent years. They would say this looking at my comfortably loose clothes, hair cut short…
Is Fair Really Lovely?
We’ve been brought up in an era that encouraged having light skin, that told us to stay out of the sun and scrub our faces every day so that we can avoid blemishes. When ‘Fair and Lovely’ decided to rename…
Opinion: Mental Health Care Bill
A psychologist's perspective on the Mental Health Care Bill
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