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Inside the Battle Between Faith and Psychiatry

Discover the Secrets of India's Balaji Temple

They Spent Thousands on Tests; a Temple Fixed It for Rs. 5

Notes from reporting on faith healing sites in India

Not Your Usual Resilience: Tagore, Arts, and Communal Restoration in an Old Age Home in West Bengal

“হাল ভাঙা পাল ছেড়া বৈথা, চলেছি নিরুদ্দেশে। কি আছে শেষে, সজনী।” “With torn sails and broken oars, we set adrift into the unknown...

Migration and Mental Health: An Emerging Epidemic in India

In this article, Abu Umair documents the mental health fallout of migration, domestic violence, and urban precarity. He calls for a shift from individual diagnosis to systemic understanding — and a renewed commitment to human dignity.

Is There Really a Universal Childhood?

In a busy neighbourhood in Delhi, a newborn sleeps peacefully between her mother and grandmother on a shared bed. She is fed whenever she cries and soothed by touch...

Financial Anxiety as a Mental Health Issue: When Economic Systems Shape Psychological Well-being

In a recent session, a client told me, “Every day, I think about the money I have to send home to my village to pay off my father’s debt....

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In this article, Abu Umair documents the mental health fallout of migration, domestic violence, and urban precarity. He calls for a shift from individual diagnosis to systemic understanding — and a renewed commitment to human dignity.

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“হাল ভাঙা পাল ছেড়া বৈথা, চলেছি নিরুদ্দেশে। কি আছে শেষে, সজনী।” “With torn sails and broken oars, we set adrift into the unknown...

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In a busy neighbourhood in Delhi, a newborn sleeps...

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In this article, Abu Umair documents the mental health fallout of migration, domestic violence, and urban precarity. He calls for a shift from individual diagnosis to systemic understanding — and a renewed commitment to human dignity.

Not Your Usual Resilience: Tagore, Arts, and Communal Restoration in an Old Age Home in West Bengal

“হাল ভাঙা পাল ছেড়া বৈথা, চলেছি নিরুদ্দেশে। কি আছে শেষে, সজনী।” “With torn sails...

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