Life sapped too early - A challenge
What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candour more unashamed conversation ~ Glenn Close Everytime my eyes fall on any piece of news where a life is nipped or sucked out of energy, I do pause to think for a moment. I feel sad, I feel sorry, yet I go on passing it by and get along with the hustle and bustle of life. I guess you might have felt similar emotion many times. We often engage in sharing opinions, making assumptions and judgements about the person and his possibly flawed mind as we say. Wait for a moment and think how often you might have done this We do it almost everyday as we live in a country where farmer suicides, honour killings are common happenings in our society. As someone who has been a passionate teacher and counsellor, I have the misfortune to encounter young people who are at the cross roads of turbulent emotional upheaval. As I unfurl the pages of my memory, I will cite few examples, where I came across young and bright minds, lovable hearts who were