In this post, we speak about allocations toward mental health care in the Union Budget of India (2023). Owing to the pandemic, mental health has been in the spotlight for a while now -- has this changed now that COVID-19 is endemic in India?
Where You Are is How You Feel
Fear: A weapon of gendered violence
Though extensive research has been undertaken to account for the violence women face in their lives, have we really investigated the depth and impact of the fear of violence with which women deal? Do women feel safe and free to make their own choices when there is no visible form of violence? This article attempts to identify ‘fear of violence’ as a form of symbolic violence and traces its implications for the gendered use of space.