This Kargil Vijay Diwas, I don't just remember a war. I will remember a place that has changed me forever. Some journeys fill your camera roll. Then some journeys quietly rearrange something inside you. My journey through Ladakh did both. Like everyone else, I had dreamed of turquoise lakes, snow-capped mountains, winding roads, and skies so blue they almost looked unreal. Every kilometre through Ladakh felt like driving through a painting. The mountains changed colours with

“Emotional pain is not something that should be hidden away and never spoken about. There is truth in your pain, there is growth in your pain, but only if it’s first brought out into the open.” — Steven Aitchison 10th October is World Mental Health Day As I write this on World Mental Health Day, I can’t help but wonder what would or wouldn’t have been if I hadn’t asked for help. 'Help' is such a subjective term to some people but to me it means that you have the chance to com

Anyone who would hear this would think that I’m mad, well I am. When I was 16, I knew that my world had changed. I did not talk about it with anyone because I thought that no one would believe it. I quietly lived my life begging for a normal day, there was none to come. I told myself that a change might make things better; so, I went to college 2000 km away. This decision did eventually change the game. I was 20 when I finally spoke up and admitted to my family that I needed

Glenn Close once said, “It is an odd paradox that a society, which can now speak openly and unabashedly about topics that were once unspeakable, still remains largely silent when it comes to mental illness.” Life hasn’t been gardens and roses all the way, trust me when I say that. Even as I write this, I have a song playing on a loop so that I can concentrate on writing rather than the voices around me (read: in my head). For those who haven’t read my previous battle cry, her