This Online Community, launched on May 23, 2013, is unique in the sense that it is the very first such website for Bipolars and Depression afflicted in India. The response, feedback and interaction has been gratifying~ over One Million visits…
Bipolar Disorder: 10 Steps on the Road to Recovery
Tread carefully, for this is uncharted territory. Indeed, managing Bipolar Disorder, while eminently doable, remains a challenge, as would have been apparent from my article on World Mental Health Day. It is a long, uphill climb which few have the…
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How Did I Regain My Lost Creativity?
How I got back my lost creativity through Meditation I was a very creative person in my childhood and wrote both poetry and prose. At the tender age of 14, my poetry was published in national Hindi newspapers and the…
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Mental Health Awareness: India Scan
If you were told, “Today is World Mental Health Day” What’s That?” You might ask. Yes, that is the kind of indifference this serious issue is treated with in these parts of the world. Whereas we have reams of articles…
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Love, Hope and Bipolar
A friend of mine, Deepak, recently sought my advice. He now wishes to marry and settle down. So what’s the big deal, you’d say. Don’t thousands and thousands of Indians marry every month (maybe every week)? That’s where the catch is. Although…
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And Then We Said, Let’s Walk Together
“As you grow older it is harder to have heroes, but is sort of necessary” -Ernest Hemingway When Jennifer Sertl began coaching me over skype some eighteen months ago, I wasn’t aware of her personal background or why she was so…
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Into The Sun
The dark is so cozy Hides me from prying eyes I am in my own world While the world speeds by No don’t bother about me I’m probably not worth your time Then she says in a whisper Come, come…
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Why Did I Write This Book?
Just as a child gives birth to a mother, this book gave birth to a storyteller. When I first held a copy of the book in my hands, flipped through the pages.. it…
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A Beautiful Mind
This is the story of a beautiful mind Across the oceans you will find. He never shows but his soul is crying Every moment he is slowly dying He tries to hide his emotions Perhaps he is looking for divine…
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Prasad’s Story
I am Prasad from Hyderabad, India. My troubles began with depression and I later came to know that I had the mental illness, Bipolar Disorder. This brought in disruption in my career~ friction with my colleagues at work forced me to…
