Rashi S

Narrative Therapist. Facilitator. Old Songs. Bahujan. Patna. She/her. 💙

[Rashi S @_injor]

One tough feminist task is reconfiguring what care can look like in a relationship.

[suhas motwani @MotwaniSuhas]

Our friend @anuragmaloo has been missing for more than 48 hours.

‼️ URGENT REQUEST to Honorable Indian government, PMO Office, PM Sir please do intervene and support 🙏

Next 6 hours is highly crucial.

#BringAnuragBack

@PMOIndia @narendramodi @DrSJaishankar

[Ramachandra Guha @Ram_Guha]

In my book INDIA AFTER GANDHI, I wrote about the Ayodhya movement and the demolition of the Babri Masjid from the perspective of a historian. In this personal essay for @FiftyTwoDotIn , I write about living in North India through those harrowing times:
https://t.co/NJjBGV3P2i

[Rashi S @_injor]

@froodcake Hello,
Sure, you can write to me at [email protected]

[Rashi S @_injor]

As someone who grew up so much water-logging in Patna, I simply cannot romanticise Mumbai rain.

Bracing for the next four months.

[Dr. Amy, Psy.D. @DrAmyPsyD]

He stopped struggling when he realized his friends were there to help him 🥺

Who are your turtle buddies?

[quote tweet]

[Rashi S @_injor]

@zyadaahorahahai This was a beautiful read, thanks for weaving it all together.

[Rashi S @_injor]

By not wholly accepting or simply rejecting such praises, we can perhaps find better sources of worth than validation from conservatives.

[Rashi S @_injor]

Any praise related to our 'family values' should be acknowledged for the sake of our poor self-esteem, but not wholly accepted. It is the same channel through which opposition to secularism, feminism and being queer is expressed.

[Rashi S @_injor]

@toymango I got it in my inbox! It was a pleasant surprise to a great reading :)

Chalo I’m making end-lines, if not headlines. Life’s good.

[Rashi S @_injor]

Shabani from @thirdeyesocial suggested how “haal-chaal” is a term that doesn’t make this mind/body distinction. It’s definitely more experience near.

More on that in this conversation hosted by @KhabarLahariya here:

[Khabar Lahariya @KhabarLahariya]

Unravelling Women's #Mentalhealth in rural India.
Join the conversation! https://t.co/Kz87MKk9ZZ

[Rashi S @_injor]

Decolonising the mental health language does not mean translating the concepts into Hindi. Even those translations need to be de-brahmanised first. “Mansik Swasthya” doesn’t fit at all.

[Rashi S @_injor]

@PrabhjyotKaurr @udhan_khatola The only times I have heard the term is when professionals or academicians are using them. It has never emerged from the people seeking support. :/

I wonder what gets associated with this term as well - medicines, coping mechanisms or ideas about collective support.

[Rashi S @_injor]

@toymango Sure, if the main course can be made palatable! Having that cultural familiarity would make such a difference. :)

[Rashi S @_injor]

@toymango CBT can be appetiser at best. Those who stay for the main course shall be served some Freud.

Sorry the food metaphor, I’ll go eat something.

[Rashi S @_injor]

No need to guess about which example is of a Bahujan family!

[Rashi S @_injor]

So much in a name! What a read!

I’ve been also thinking how first names across generations can also tell you about when these liberalised aspirations were adopted.

2nd Gen:
Deena Nath - Anuj - Divya
Ramprasad - Akshay - Ishaan

3rd Gen:
Siddheshwar - Shivendra - Amiya

[sanjubobbygeorge @ramachandranesk]

28 Years and 6 months. 47 other Sanjanas. One 1993 Pepsi advertisement.

The ad that launched Aishwarya Rai says much about Indian aspiration—and how parents name their kids in this country. My story for @FiftyTwoDotIn: https://t.co/VxBrZhY94k

[Rashi S @_injor]

@shrutir05 Would you say that being conscious about our caste identity and having the means, the consciousness to reclaim that identity are two separate events?

[Rashi S @_injor]

Sohna hove pyaar tabhi
Ubhrengey rang sabhi
Grey walaa shade

[Rashi S @_injor]

These grey/growth moments in relationships, where one person felt their feelings too intensely and now has shown yet another part that is not simple to be with.

[Rashi S @_injor]

Found a song for my thoughts retold in a more acceptable and upbeat way https://t.co/kyNoc7c170