The best part of being in the community is you don’t have to explain why you are you. You don’t have to be apologetic about being lost on the...
Category - Voices
What to expect when you’re expecting (and happen to live with mental health issues)
I never quite understood what my friends thought about my mental health issues until I got pregnant. While they knew that I was an activist...
Behind Aditi’s Corner is a young woman in control of her own narrative
It is not Down Syndrome that Aditi had to overcome, but the way our society frames, treats and fails to accommodate for people who live with...
Think that sex and disability don’t mix? Think again.
Do you need to be told to think about sex? Well, neither do we. So what if our hands and legs don’t move as yours do, or we can’t see, or we...
‘If you want the full story, you have to start with our love story’
After years of flight, a disabled trans activist and his partner find home in small-town Karnataka
Trying to be an ally to the Autistic community as a mental health professional
I have the responsibility to convey the knowledge that is given to me by the Autistic community and most importantly, credit the community with...
Why I call myself a schizophrenist
I have to remind even my loved ones sometimes that I had skills, talents, knowledge and a range of experiences before schizophrenia showed up...
I’m a Dalit woman, and my mental health matters
The existence of this ever-present mandate to be something one is not, so as to constantly prove one's value, even in the most personal of...
I grew up wanting a Bollywood romance — thankfully, life had other plans
BPD amplifies all my emotions, which is wonderful when it comes to the positive ones, but often worrying when it comes to all the ones that...
Recalibrating life: Coming face-to-face with chronic illness
Chronic illness, unending fatigue and pain, change everything. Not just in the more tangible ways but even more in how you begin to barter with...