The year was 1993. Babri masjid (mosque) had just been brought down in Ayodhya a few months ago and was being discussed threadbare everywhere. I had joined Tihar jail as a psychologist for an NGO to …

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The conversation took place two years ago after I got a call from a publishing house. “Can you tell me what is trans-generational trauma?” The editor asked me. As I explained he listened with …

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A few questions that a journalist asked me over the jeep strapping of a youth in Kashmir “Would this young man be psychologically traumatized in your opinion? Will he have PTSD?” “It is difficult to …

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“What cannot be talked about can also not be put to rest. And if it’s not, the wounds continue to fester from generation to generation,” said Bruno Bettelheim, world renowned psychologist. Is there a …

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“The stones in my hand speak a language that the world will understand one day.” These words of a young stone pelter in jail still ring in my ears. The story goes back twenty three years ago when I …

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“Are we losing Kashmir?” An international headline asks. “Is the alienation of the Kashmiri youth total? We still have Kashmir territorially but not emotionally and psychologically anymore.” An expert …

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