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Diwali is not one evening. In 2026 it runs from Dhanteras on Friday 6 November through Lakshmi Puja on Sunday 8 November to Bhai Dooj on Wednesday 11 November and the social calendar around it starts filling up weeks earlier. For someone in recovery, that is not one difficult night to get through. It is a fortnight of invitations and the plan you make in O...

Every year the effigy goes up, the arrow is loosed and the crowd watches Ravana burn. What most people standing in that field do not think about is that the figure has ten heads. Not one. The story is not about defeating a single enemy. It is about ten things at once, which is a far better description of what anyone actually leaves behind in recovery.

“I’m so OCD about my desk.”

Most people have said something like this or heard it said, without meaning any harm. It is also the reason a lot of people with obsessive-compulsive disorder wait years before telling anyone what is happening in their head. The stereotype says OCD is about neatness. What the person is actually experiencing is an intrusive...

Mental Illness Awareness Week runs from 5 to 11 October 2026. The US Congress set aside the first full week of October for it in 1990, and it is now a fixture on mental health calendars worldwide, including India. World Mental Health Day sits inside it, on 10 October.

Most awareness campaigns end at the same place. Speak up. Reach out. Get help. Fair...