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They say grief, when shared, becomes half. This Independence Day, Outlook, in collaboration with The Banyan, invites you to do the same. We invite you to share your own experience of living with mental illness, or caring for someone who does.

Send us a one-minute video or write to us about your journey. You can email it to: freedomfromstigma@outlookindia.com.

We’re dedicating this special issue to 'Freedom from the Stigma of Mental Illness'.

Let’s break the silence.
Let’s let go of shame.
Let’s begin again.

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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.
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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.
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