Vidya Heble has been a journalist for more than 30 years, and now writes and edits from her home near Mumbai which she shares with several cats. She shares her daily battle with depression and suicidal thoughts for over a decade and the…
Mr Pranab Kumar Basu shares his experience of being the sole caregiver of his wife, who had metastastic colon cancer, and how he succeeded in keeping her mentally strong and cheerful till the end.
I have been the sole caregiver for my wife who was…
Kajal* had been active and careful about her lifestyle. When she experienced weight loss and started having knee pain she went through a series of tests and specialist doctors. Not satisfied with the solutions presented, she pro-actively looked at…
Aditi’s Corner in Navi Mumbai is run by Aditi Verma, who has Down’s Syndrome. This is the story of how Aditi started a cafe and how she wants to expand it. The picture above is Aditi with chef Vikas Khanna.
Parent Talk: ( Aditi’s father, Amit Verma…
Pankaj Sethi, 31, a thalassemia major patient and founder member of a support group, Youth Thalassemic Alliance (YTA), shares some of the psychosocial issues that surface during puberty for a young teen with thalassemia.
That people with thalassemia…
Sunil Dutta, a writer and a poet has found that accepting death, being curious rather than fearful helps in dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer. He finds solace in Ghalib and Zauk.
Sunil Dutta stared at a scan of his lungs.…
