
Book Review: Life and Words: Violence and Descent into the Ordinary by Veena Das. Part III
Read Part 1 and Part II here. The later part of the book explores the the 1984 massacres of Sikhs in New Delhi after the

Read Part 1 and Part II here. The later part of the book explores the the 1984 massacres of Sikhs in New Delhi after the

We are usually in our thinking mind and this question pertains to the emotional mind and the limbic mind / physical body. The true answer

The story of women in India’s partition is often that of an event frozen in time, recalled only in mental images of violence and violation;

I went diving once in the deep sea about twelve kilometres off the coast of Pondicherry. When our motorboat reached the spot where we were

Veena Das uses the philosophical and anthropological underpinnings in interpreting violence in societies and cultures, and examines the impact of extreme violence during partition and

Panic attack is an endless noise trapped in a sealed echo chamber! How to stop the echo? Have you gone to the mountains and actually

The ethical framework in counseling and psychotherapy talks about “prohibition” of dual relationships between counselors and their clients. This primarily comes from the acknowledgement of

There are many myths, misconceptions and expectations of how and what happens in therapy. As a profession involving mental health- which has stigma around it-

Our society has traditionally valued the mental over physical, not in terms of mental health but in the meaning of ablism. They called Mind as