โKashmir is a good market for therapy,โ she remarked. โPeople here need mental help due to their situation and experiences.โ Anita Das, 33, carried an impressive resume and spoke effortless English when she arrived in the valley to get her gig as a therapist this past summer. She was assured of her shot given her…
While recurring dreams may reflect an unresolved conflict in an individualโs life, a Kashmiri woman is grappling with conflict nightmaresโin the land of encounters, cordons and lockdownsโtaking a toll on her mental health. In the dead of the night, the traumatic scene unfolds like thisโฆ Silence shatters with a sudden scream, followed by sweat drips,…
Kashmirโs uncertain landscape is endlessly making women its soft target. As she heard the sound of her squeaky doorknob, she rushed to find out who it was. On seeing her husband back from work, a wide smile spread across her face. But that twilight, some years ago, Neelofar (not her real name), 28, had no…
When pills donโt help, people seek platonic ways to deal with their health problems. Haggard and pale, Uzair Khan, 24, is bedridden at a drab corner of his room. At his right side, a stack of tablet strips and syrups are making his morbidity blatant. As he sighs in agony, his woeful parents watch his…