00:00When I was a small child, I was like a little flower.
00:03The mother flower, she held me completely, embraced me wholly.
00:08Now I've studied. I stand before you in a pitiful state.
00:12The weight has been lifted from my heart, yet nothing has changed.
00:17Still, my heart hurts.
00:20This isn't just poetry, it's memory.
00:30Ibrahim was born in Ajmer.
00:38Growing up, he was called Pagli Ka Ladka.
00:41His mother, once a maid, wandered the streets,
00:45searching for the man who had left them.
00:48Ibrahim begged, stole, smoked biddies, and worked at a juice shop.
00:53The day he got into Shrishti Institute of Art, Design, and Technology,
00:58he wept.
00:59Because he had survived.
01:02Sri Vidya from Kalpakam lived beside her mother's dead body for a day.
01:07She did not know she was gone.
01:09Sri Vidya has schizophrenia.
01:12It was the neighbors who called the banyan.
01:15Today, Sri Vidya supports clients in recovery as part of the Home Again project.
01:20She listens.
01:22She holds space.
01:24This Independence Day, Outlook in collaboration with the banyan,
01:28invites you to do the same.
01:31They say grief when shared becomes half.
01:34We invite you to share your own experience of living with mental illness
01:39or caring for someone who does.
01:42Send us a one-minute video or write to us about your journey.
01:47You can email it to freedomfromstigma at outlookindia.com.
01:53We are dedicating this special issue to freedom from the stigma of mental illness.
01:59Let's break the silence.
02:00Let's let go of shame.
02:02Let's begin again.
02:03Let's go of shame.
02:04Let's go of shame.
02:04Let's go of shame.
02:05Let's go of shame.
02:05Let's go of shame.
02:06Let's go of shame.
02:06Let's go of shame.
02:07Let's go of shame.
02:08Let's go of shame.
02:08Let's go of shame.
02:09Let's go of shame.
02:09Let's go of shame.
02:10Let's go of shame.
02:10Let's go of shame.
02:11Let's go of shame.
02:12Let's go of shame.
02:13Let's go of shame.
02:14Let's go of shame.
02:15Let's go of shame.
02:16Let's go of shame.
02:17Let's go of shame.
02:18Let's go of shame.
02:19Let's go of shame.
02:20Let's go of shame.
02:21Let's go of shame.
02:22Let's go of shame.
02:23Let's go of shame.
Comments