Tagged Under: Mental Health

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  Insight Apr '22

  Logging out of toxic relationships

  By Jia Mata

  Jia Mata on social norms, toxicity in queer relationships, and what can be done to make things better

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  Insight, People Mar '22

  Disability, representation and pride

  By Eishita

  Karthik, a Bangalore-based software developer, opens up to Eishita on disability, sexuality and queer pride

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  Travel Travel, Vartanama Feb '22

  Movements that move you

  By Pawan Dhall

  Pawan Dhall was on the move in Karnataka (and Andhra Pradesh) taking in the sights and foods, both rustic and urban

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  Thought for Food, Vartanama Jan '22

  Ache – bake – cake

  By Pawan Dhall

  Pawan Dhall shares a sad-happy bake story and plans for a new rising in 2022

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  Vartanama Dec '21

  Hope . . . and doubt . . . spring eternal

  By Pawan Dhall

  A year-end piece on pain and rejuvenation, hope and uncertainty by Pawan Dhall

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  Policy Matters, Vartanama Nov '21

  Trans inclusion in schools: A step forward and several backwards

  By Debjyoti Ghosh

  Debjyoti Ghosh on the politics around withdrawing the draft NCERT manual on transgender children’s inclusion in schools

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  Vartanama Oct '21

  Mistreatment of people living with HIV still happens in government facilities

  By Pawan Dhall

  Universal healthcare access in India – can this dream become a reality without ensuring patient dignity?

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  Insight Aug '21

  In the matter of queer relationships – court approval vs. social disapproval

  By Diksha Sanyal

  What is life like for Indian queer couples who win court approval of their right to cohabit? An analysis by Diksha Sanyal with inputs from Pawan Dhall

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  Happenings Jun '21

  Stress management for caregivers during COVID-19 pandemic

  By Amrita Chanda

  Amrita Chanda reports on a recent online interaction on the mental health needs of the caregivers of persons with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic

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  Insight, Vartanama May '21

  Homecoming during a pandemic

  By Pawan Dhall

  Pawan Dhall shares life-changing moments from the COVID-19 pandemic. Trigger warning // Hospital descriptions, death

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  Coronavirus Diary, Policy Matters May '21

  Pandemic impact on a loop?

  By Pradosh Dash

  What has changed for the transgender women in Odisha since the COVID-19 pandemic led to the crippling lockdowns of 2020? Pradosh Dash spoke to S. Lipsa Rao, a transgender community...

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  Vartanama Apr '21

  Against gratitude

  By Sayan Bhattacharya

  Sayan Bhattacharya questions the normalization of inequity all around us – something we must not give up on if humanity has to continue breathing

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  Coronavirus Diary, Insight, Vartanama Mar '21

  ‘Bengal Trans* & Queer Charter of Demands’ released

  By Chand

  West Bengal’s trans* and queer communities are formulating a policy and political participation advocacy plan. Chand takes us through the first step taken recently

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  Coronavirus Diary, Vartanama Feb '21

  The gender of education, inclusion and exclusion

  By Pawan Dhall, Shivalal Gautam, Sudipa Chakraborty

  Pawan Dhall has some random thoughts on education, gender bias and socio-economic exclusion – with inputs from Shivalal Gautam and Sudipa Chakraborty. Trigger alert: Suicide

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  Coronavirus Diary, Insight, People Oct '20

  Lockdown takeaways: Achieving higher ground

  By Shivalal Gautam

  In this second paired narrative of queer lives during the lockdown in Assam, Shivalal Gautam tells us how two queer women negotiated multiple trials and reached a better place in...

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  Coronavirus Diary, People Oct '20

  A lesser known lockdown reality

  By Sudipa Chakraborty

  Sudipa Chakraborty narrates the story of a gigolo in Kolkata – before and during the coronavirus lockdown