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The Harsh Beauty of Pain
Many people have asked me why I decided to curate an issue on mental health. I think the answer lies in the memory. An old, painful one, but I wanted to be free to confront it on the page and to write a letter to my dead grandfather, who once was a caregiver to his youngest son, who suffered with schizophrenia. My Uncle was a brilliant doctor and a gentle person. He wasn't perfect, but he was family.
6 min |
August 21, 2025
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Yes. We Can
Snippets from a civil servant's experience—pre- and post-retirement
7 min |
August 21, 2025
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Work for Diverse Minds
We need to shift the needle towards inclusion in employment for people with psychosocial disabilities
4 min |
August 21, 2025
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Dawa and Dua
In Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, genuine efforts are being made under the District Mental Health Programme to help people with mental illnesses. However, a large section of disadvantaged society is still slipping through the cracks
10 min |
August 21, 2025
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Annihilation of Dignity
From Varanasi's funeral pyres to Delhi's sewers, India's caste system creates hazardous working conditions for the country's most marginalised communities, leaving them with psychological and physical scars
9 min |
August 21, 2025
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At Sorrow's Summit
The suicide crisis among the young and older adult populations needs specific targeted interventions
5 min |
August 21, 2025
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“I Would get Nervous and Suffocate”
How Saira navigates her mental health with caution and care
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August 21, 2025
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Asylum
Although the how, where and when to treat mental illness are now better understood in India, the 'why' continues to be obscure
8 min |
August 21, 2025
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Prescription: Empathy
Mental health policy in India must move beyond treatment to include prevention at every level
7 min |
August 21, 2025
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The Dark House
It's been seven years since the CBI's psychological autopsy ruled that the Burari deaths were motivated by shared psychosis. Yet the case continues to be viewed through the lens of ‘bizarre’
8 min |
August 21, 2025
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What Were We Before We Were We
Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
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August 21, 2025
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“Growing Up, I Was Called Pagli Ka Ladka”
Do you believe in miracles? Because I do. Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought that I'd make it this far. But somehow, I have. Yet, somewhere deep down, I'm still just a boy from the streets of Ajmer who only wants to live a simple life—because I know that nothing truly matters, except how you treat people and what you leave behind.
1 min |
August 21, 2025
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Safeguarding Rights
The courts, including the Supreme Court of India, have stepped in on multiple occasions, flagging violations of the Mental Health Act
4 min |
August 21, 2025
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The White Lies Mughals
The new NCERT history textbook is undermining multiplicity and criticality, dispelling any possibility of dialogue, debate, or discussion
4 min |
August 11, 2025
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The Politics of ‘Push Back’
More than 300 Bengali-speaking Muslims from Assam were forced to go to Bangladesh in the past couple of weeks. The state calls them illegal immigrants. But are they?
5 min |
August 11, 2025
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Behind the Façade: Mental Health and the Cost of Academic Pressure
The rising toll - India's most prestigious universities are home to excellence, aspiration-and increasingly, emotional turmoil. Student suicides, once considered isolated tragedies, are becoming distressingly common.
3 min |
August 11, 2025
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Stolen Lives, Buried Truths
What happens when the police chase the illusion of justice, not the truth?
5 min |
August 11, 2025
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The Ghosts are not Silent
The Indian cemetery in Gaza and the Indian government's silence on the genocide
6 min |
August 11, 2025
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Those Suspected Citizens
A year after the Citizenship Amendment Act, citizenship screening still scares Bengali Hindus, as evident from the panic over the 'anti-migrant drive' and voter list revision
5 min |
August 11, 2025
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Rethinking Decolonisation
In defiance of the Western gaze and the dominance of Euro-American institutions, the Bihar Museum Biennale creates space for museums of the Global South to lead the cultural conversation
5 min |
August 11, 2025
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The Waiting Room
India's bloated system of justice has a silent, devastated majority: the undertrials
7 min |
August 11, 2025
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Divided They Speak
The Valley is wary of Hindi and non-Kashmiri indigenous languages such as Dogri of Jammu, even as the Bharatiya Janata Party pushes for both, against the official dominance of Urdu
6 min |
August 11, 2025
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Carpet Sahib & the Ghosts
Strange moving lights, the churail’s scream from a deserted village, unseen terror ... Jim Corbett did not encounter man-eaters alone; he also had a faceoff with ghosts and supernatural powers
5 min |
August 11, 2025
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Diary: Family Matters
On a train from Rabat to Marrakesh.
3 min |
August 11, 2025
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Price of a Life
The acquittal in the Mumbai blasts case shows that no amount of compensation can make up for the losses incurred. But courts must award compensation for wrongful prosecution
6 min |
August 11, 2025
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Legal Lethargy
A detailed study of the Bombay High Court's judgement draws attention to many anomalies plaguing the judicial system
4 min |
August 11, 2025
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“Manipuri Theatre is Facing a lot of Problems”
Ratan Thiyam, who died on July 23, made invaluable contributions to the world of theatre.
6 min |
August 11, 2025
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Unmourned Death of Political Journalism
The Dhankhar earthquake shows why the institution of political journalism stands diminished
6 min |
August 11, 2025
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The Long Road to Justice
The Supreme Court of India on July 24, 2025, stayed the recent Mumbai High Court order acquitting all 12 persons sentenced in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts case. The blasts, which were coordinated to happen over 11 minutes in the busy metropolis during rush hour, killed 189 people and injured over 800.
2 min |
August 11, 2025
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The Unconsoled
Denied the fixing of accountability for what befell them, survivors and kin of the slain in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts find their old wounds reopened after the recent acquittals
6 min |