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The Fringe is Mainstream but what about those of us always on the outskirts?

Understanding the fringes from the outside in.

3 min readJan 22, 2024

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The Fringe is Mainstream but what about those of us always on the outskirts?

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God and Victimization: the shields people don’t want you to take from them

If you’ve seen Oh My God (the first one) — there’s a scene where Mithun’s character says that “agar tum logon se unka bhagwan cheenoge…

5 min readDec 24, 2023

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Red/green flags and the colonization of relationships

Most relationship conversations on the internet tend to have two major themes — boundaries and red/green flags. Whether this idea of…

4 min readAug 13, 2023

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Red/green flags and the colonization of relationships

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An open letter to Psychology/Psychiatry Associations and Bodies in India

On June 18th, I wrote a hopeful blog here on medium, about people choosing love and solidarity over hate. And while I still believe that…

3 min readAug 2, 2023

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An open letter to Psychology/Psychiatry Associations and Bodies in India

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The Return of Love and Warmth

Monsoons are late this time around. The climate facts of El Nino aside, it seems like they are also a metaphor for the late yet timely…

4 min readJun 18, 2023

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A rose soaked with rain

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Finding myself and freedom in unlikely places: The Romantics, A CHONKY CAT group and Atul Dodiya’s…

I have had a very long journey of trying to be limitless. But what if freedom is actually about glorious limits?

5 min readMar 15, 2023

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Finding myself and freedom in unlikely places: The Romantics, A CHONKY CAT group and Atul Dodiya’s…

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Fantasy is important PRECISELY because it is not reality

“What’s the point? That can never be true!” — this is the refrain people use when advising people not to engage in fantasy, or as the…

6 min readNov 25, 2022

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Fantasy is important PRECISELY because it is not reality

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Overwatering People

Where did I go wrong when wanting compassion and equality around me?

3 min readJul 17, 2022

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Overwatering People

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What if “being in the moment” is also an escape?

I seem to have missed the memo on why being in the present moment is better than being in any other moment. I use Buddhist psychology a…

5 min readDec 16, 2020

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What if “being in the moment” is also an escape?

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The dirty underbelly of India’s mental health Industry

Badly burnt out counselors are an inside joke and a well-kept secret of the mental health services industry in India. Of course, because…

4 min readNov 30, 2020

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Sadaf

Sadaf

Love psychology, economics, art, music, books, poetry, blogs, cooking and select sports.A jack of all trades, perhaps master of none. Psychologist.

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