Queries, people seeking advice and members seeking entry to our Peer Support Group have surged in the past week. Honestly, I have been overwhelmed by the response post the 1st World Bipolar Day Event in India! Goes to show that we made fresh inroads…
My Path Of Possibilities
Lacking was I the universal power For lacking was I, the universe inside me. With nothing to hold on, no reason to feel loved I went on moving away from the world, Since I moved away from me But, something…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
About To Draw The Curtain On Life
With her shoulders drooping, she walked, each step laboured as she drifted aimlessly. Head bent forward, eyes on the ground and lost in her own world. And her world was not a pleasant place right now. “What is there for…
Was it Really the Lost Decade?
The decade of the blues, the lost decade..labels, merely labels. May 2003 to now. The cut off date, the life before and after, until now, cut clean by a sharp knife. As easy as that? A very simplistic view of…
Integrating Art & Science ~ Lessons From My Childhood
‘The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places’ ~ Ernest Hemingway I am a reconciliation of spirits. My father was a surgeon and my mother a painter and musician who played 12…