

Mental Health - Comprehending the incomprehensible
Tanushree Ghosh The pandemic has brought mental health and its severe manifestations (suicide, domestic violence) to the forefront. It's about time. However, several points are persistently misunderstood or remain lesser-known no matter how much dialogue happens around even the relatively better-understood conditions like depression and anxiety. 1. I have lost the closest person I have ever had quite a few others to suicide. 2. I have been suicidal myself as a result of both


Netflix, The Big Day, and Marriage vs. Wedding
Tanushree Ghosh @thoughtsnrights The recent weeks have been so heavy that it will probably seem surprising that I choose to write on The Big Day - a Netflix four-part documentary following the fascination that is the great Indian Wedding – with so much else going on. But I find it to be pertinent to be doing so, for in the reflections around the show and what it showcases lies the basic tenets that form the fabric of India today and need to be pondered upon. This is not a cri