I had met Mr. KPS Gill twice as a co panelist on TV channel shows. Both times it was over a discussion on terrorism. He was surrounded by a group of armed commandos and did not speak very much as we …
A grand father keeps alive the memory of his people
Not many people know that during the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits, many Sikh families who had lived in Kashmir for centuries, also had run away along with the Pandits and lived in the camps with …
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Is Babri Masjid / Ram Janma bhoomi issue a historical wound of our nation?
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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5 reasons why a reputed publisher declined my novel
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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Kashmir jeep strapping – a psychologist answers
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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A Trauma that lives on in many present day Indians
“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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