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How lack of trauma-informed filmmaking hurts living survivors of state violence
A teaser of Ajay Devgn’s new film, Chauhaan, refers to pellet gun wounds as “limited damage” retraumatising its victims in Kashmir, Manipur, and Delhi. Kashmiris say they are living with the dire consequences of pellet gun use long after everyone else has moved on.
Assam’s flood waters reached areas never flooded before, leaving its people high and dry
The impacts of experiencing flooding for the first time can last generations. Residents of some districts of Upper Assam speak about the shock and the trauma that followed the floods in July.
For forced Manipuri migrants in Delhi, trauma has become invisible and privatised
Working in Delhi alongside people from the “other” community meant learning to separate their everyday working relationships from the conflict they had left behind. Many said they were carrying memories of violence, displacement, and loss.
Gujjar-Bakarwal gave up their nomadic lifestyle; evicting them from their homes causes fresh intergenerational trauma
We spent a day with the residents of Sidra Bandhi, a Gujjar and Bakerwal settlement outside Jammu, which was allegedly demolished without prior notice. Repeated evictions keep the younger generation on edge and cause long term trauma.
Odisha’s police force is plagued by mental health issues, harming themselves and the public
The image of a police officer as fearless and emotionally strong is deeply ingrained. That leaves very little space to acknowledge vulnerability, even when someone is struggling. Mental health support should become a part of the policing system itself, just like training, welfare, and discipline.
Madhya Pradesh experienced the highest number of extreme weather events. Its children are the most affected.
Climate change is no longer only shaping the world children will inherit. It is reshaping the childhood they are living today. For them, the clearest signs of climate change are not the floods or the wildfires they watch on television. They are far more routine: a football practice cut short by sudden rain, a sleepless night after relentless heat, a classroom entered in exhaustion, and a school calendar that quietly bends to the weather.
Student protests were cathartic to a generation that is buried under the weight of anxiety, stress, and uncertainty
The protests were a collective psychological response to prolonged uncertainty, repeated disruptions, betrayal, loss of trust, and chronic stress among young people.
Mental health is the victim in the long battle to prove Indian citizenship
A majority of people in Assam who were excluded from National Register of Citizens suffer mental torture, trauma, and humiliation. At least 60 people died due to the stress caused by the process in Assam. Many among them took their own lives.
Guwahati’s old-age homes offer hope to destitute seniors with psychosocial disorders
Assam has one of the highest numbers of destitute women in all of the northeastern region. Some of them are on the streets because of their mental health issues. Others have developed psychological issues because of their homelessness. But there’s hope.