Rajat Mitra
Rajat Mitra is a psychologist, an author and a speaker
One of my friends in northern Europe, a white psychologist who was watching the news of the landing of the Chandrayan in a restaurant overheard a couple of people at the next table saying, “Oh! But …
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“I feel so ashamed of what has happened in Manipur. I feel devalued as a human being thinking over what the men did to the girls.” One of my students said to me. “In fact my father said we all should …
It was a phone call from National Human Rights Commission one afternoon in March 2002. “Would your organization be interested in providing trauma counselling and therapy to children and adolescents in …
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The British saw little difference between dogs and Indians except on one count. It was the degree of loyalty that they exhibited towards them. Loyalty was the supreme value that the white man relished …
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As a child, like many children, I too was fascinated with Generals. Their gallant uniforms, their medals, the authority, transports us to another world. They are the heroes who fight our enemies and …
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“Why did you, a psychologist, wanted to meet me at this temple for this interview?” “Have you been to this place before?” I asked. “Yes, have passed by it many times,” he said. “It is one of the …
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