Growing up in small towns in India, it was tough for us to converse in english. And on top of that to speak in public on stage was horrifying. All my public speaking skills were honed by leading a group of students towards trouble making, both at med school & later in the US as […]
š§āāļøš§āāļø Meetings start with meditation š§āāļøš§āāļø Everyone I have worked with knows I hate two things – meetings and whatsapp! The second one I have vehemently opposed, first one I will do when needed. š How does a good meeting look like? Every friday, our team at Manah Wellness gets together for all hands. Prayag Naidu sets up […]
A 500-year old dargah (Islamic shrine) in Unava, Gujarat, is today the site of a quirky merger of faith healing and modern psychiatry. For centuries, local legend has credited the Hazrat Saiyed Ali Mira Datar dargah with the power to cure various mental illnesses. But since 2008, the dargahāsĀ mujavarsĀ (traditional healers) have been trained by experts […]
Created on 2020-10-09 16:22 Published on 2020-10-09 16:24 A 500-year old dargah (Islamic shrine) in Unava, Gujarat, is today the site of a quirky merger of faith healing and modern psychiatry. For centuries, local legend has credited the Hazrat Saiyed Ali Mira Datar dargah with the power to cure various mental illnesses. But since 2008, […]
Created on 2020-09-04 18:22 Published on 2020-09-04 18:25 Last year, I had called up my 10th grade maths teacher, tracking her down after two decades. I wanted to thank her for allowing me and others in our class to not just enjoy maths, but also explore other opportunities whether it was quizzing, debates or writing. This was […]
Originally published on TOI Blogs One of the biggest challenges when it comes to male mental health is the false notion that men who talk about their emotional struggles are somehow āless manlyā, or āweaklingsā. That is why so many men just donāt open upāfor e.g. about how a bad relationship has left them hurting […]
More Attention, No Institutional Mechanism For every million people in India, there are just three psychiatrists, and even fewer psychologists, according to a 2015 WHO report. Mental health professionals discontinuing appointments during the lockdown compounded the problem for patients. Add to that the stress and anxiety from job losses, loan defaults, and the general uncertainty. […]
Nine out of ten employees are apprehensive and anxious about their return to workplace and are worried about their health and safety. This was recently revealed by a survey conducted by health-tech community product FYI and MindMap Advance Research. As we enter the last phase of lockdown and enter the unlock phase 1, the most […]
Cases of mental illness have risen by 20% in India since the country went into lockdown. Only through local, community-based responses will India find the capacity to cope with this unfolding crisis. Here are three evidence-based approaches that can unlock the power of communities in this fight. India witnessed the largest containment experiment in history, […]
Created on 2020-05-04 16:15 Published on 2020-05-04 16:20 Itās been 40 days since 1.3 Billion people went into lockdown, possibly the biggest containment experiment in history. We officially completed the āQuarantineā yesterday. As parts of the country wake up from lockdown 2.0, and transitioned to lockdown 3.0, there is a silent epidemic that is emerging, […]