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How lack of trauma-informed filmmaking hurts living survivors of state violence

A teaser of Ajay Devgn’s new film, Chauhaan, refers to pellet gun wounds as “limited damage” retraumatising its victims in Kashmir, Manipur, and Delhi.

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“When media representations align with survivors’ experiences and acknowledge the complexity of the trauma, they can foster recognition, empathy, and social understanding,” said Manzoor.

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Assam's flood waters reached areas never flooded before, leaving its people high and dry
- By Sayantani Deb (@sayantanid1 )
The impacts of experiencing flooding for the first time can last generations. Residents of some districts of Upper Assam speak about the shock & trauma.

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“If the flood-affected people do not receive necessary mental health care immediately, they may lose their stability and strength of decision making which may lead to more severe psychiatric disorders,” said Dr Rajib Panging, a senior psychiatrist at Sivasagar Civil Hospital.

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Many migrants said they were carrying memories of violence, displacement, and loss.
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For forced Manipuri migrants in Delhi, trauma has become invisible and privatised
- By Gaurav Kumar @gaurav15_isk

Working in Delhi alongside people from the “other” community meant learning to separate their everyday working relationships from the conflict they had left behind.

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Women are often among the first to migrate because they can more easily find service-sector jobs in cities, said Dr Langthianmung Vualzong, a political science professor at Indira Gandhi National University in New Delhi, who is from Manipur.

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@SajidRaina @wseef_t @Raksha_Kumar @SajidRaina1 Sidra Bandhi, a Gujjar and Bakerwal settlement outside Jammu, was allegedly demolished without prior notice. Repeated evictions keep the younger generation on edge and cause long term trauma.
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Gujjar-Bakarwal gave up their nomadic lifestyle; evicting them from their homes causes fresh intergenerational trauma

- By Sajid Raina, Tauseef Ahmad
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@SajidRaina @wseef_t @Raksha_Kumar @SajidRaina1 “Although I have lived here for 60 years, I have not managed to secure proper documents or ancestral records,” said Ahmed, and therefore, he fears that officials could come and demolish it anytime.