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      On world mental health day (10 th October) there are many episodes and stories which need to be remembered and retold. These are in fact stories of phenomenal success and also of the quiet transformation of society which may go unrecorded. I am writing about how from stigmatized false notions about mental health, acceptance was won for counseling and psychiatry in non-cosmopolitan small towns and cities. The acceptance was from the largely illiterate or semi-literate people from the rural society who began to visit psychiatrists without hiding the fact from the others. One such story is about Dr. K. A Ashok Pai, a renowned psychiatrist, a B.C Roy awardee and the first chairman of the Karnataka State Mental Health Task Force before he passed away in September 2016. I do not want to write about the later phase of his career when he was known nationally, much awarded and already a legend but about how it all began.      He gave up his job as a Governm...

    Image Credit : Google.com ಮಕ್ಕಳತಾತಾ ಹರಿಗಿರಿಜನ ಪಿತಾ ಧರೆಯೊಳು ಸಾರಿದ ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತಾ ಉತ್ತಮ ಭಾರತ ಕುಲ ಸಂಭೂತಾ ಸುಜನ ಪೂಜಿತಾ ಗಾಂಧೀ ತಾತಾ ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ್ಯ ಸಾರಿದ ಸ್ಪೂರ್ತಿಯ ತಾತಾ ಎಲ್ಲರ ಮನದಲ್ಲೂ ನೆಲೆಸಿದ ತಾತಾ ಸೆರೆಮನೆ ಹೊಕ್ಕರು ಸಂತೋಷದಾತಾ ಕಳೆದನು ದಿನಗಳ ಗಾಂಧೀ ತಾತಾ ಉಪವಾಸವನು ಆಚರಿಸಿದಾತಾ... ಜಗ್ಗದ ಬ್ರಿಟೀಷರ ಬಗ್ಗಿಸಿದಾತಾ.. ಎಲ್ಲ ಜನಾಂಗವ ಜಯಿಸಿದ ತಾತಾ ತಂದ ಸ್ವತಂತ್ರವ ಗಾಂಧೀ ತಾತಾ ಸತ್ಯ ಅಹಿಂಸೆ ಗಾಂಧೀಯ ತತ್ವಾ ವಿಶ್ವದೆಲ್ಲೆಡೆ ಪ್ರಖ್ಯಾತಿ ಪಡೆದಾತಾ ತಾರಕ ಮಂತ್ರವ ಜಪಿಸುತ ತಾತ ಎಡಗೈಯಲಿ ಚರಕ ಹಿಡಿದು ಕುಂತವ ಬಲಗೈಯಲಿ ಕೋಲು ಹಿಡಿದು ನಿಂತವ ಭರತಖಂಡ ರಾಮರಾಜ್ಯ ಕನಸು ಕಂಡವ ಗಾಂಧಿ ತಾತ ಅಕ್ಟೋಬರ್ 2ರಂದು ಜನಿಸಿದ ಕಂದ ಇಂದು ಆಚರಿಸುವುದು ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಹಬ್ಬ ಎಂದು ಸತ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ಹಿಂಸೆಯ ತತ್ವ ಇವರದು ಕಾಲಕಾಲಕ್ಕೆ ಉಪವಾಸ ಸತ್ಯಾಗ್ರಹ ಕೈಗೊಂಡವರು ಕೋಲು ಹಿಡಿದು ಮುಂದೆ ಸಾಗಿದರೆ ಹಿಂಡು ಹಿಂದೆ  ಸಾಗರದಂತೆ ಜನರು ಸರ್ವರಿಗೂ ಸಿಗಲಿ ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ್ಯೆಂದು ಧ್ವನಿ ಎತ್ತಿದ ನಾಯಕ ಗಾಂಧಿ ತಾತ ಭಾರತಾಂಬೆಯ ಕೀರ್ತಿ ಬೆಳಗಿಸಿದ ಶಾಂತಿ ದೂತ ಗೋಡ್ಸೆ ಗುಂಡಿಗೆ ತಾತ ಅಮರನಾದ ಮಹಾತ್ಮ ಅಂದು ಇಂದು ಮುಂದೆಂದಿಗೂ ಆರದೆ ಇರುವ ಜ್ಯೋತಿ ‌ ಸಂಗೀತ ಪಾಟೀಲ್ ✍️ ಪ್ರಥಮ ಬಿ ಎ ಕಟೀಲ್ ಅಶೋಕ್ ಪೈ ಸ್ಮಾರಕ ಕಾಲೇಜು, ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗ

  Image Credit: Google.com  ....few months back, a girl whom I've known since my childhood talked to me about her life. She was so silent and reserved back then, but now-a-days she started being so naughty, feeling happy for small things and playing little pranks like all the innocent kids do in their childhood. When I asked her about this change, she said me, "I've lost all my childhood, and I miss it". I got curious and asked her the meaning of her statement. As they say that "only the people who lost something will know its value" , she lost all her childhood innocence and all those beautiful immature things that we do in our childhood. She misses that, so she tries to be like a child and finds happiness in little things now. Later she said that due to the experience of physical and sexual abuse twice in her childhood, she was damaged. She never spoke about it to anyone until last month, because she felt scared that no one believes her and felt that e...

  Image Credit: telanganatoday.com The word EXAMS somehow makes all of us anxious. Be it a student or teacher or parent whoever is associated with it becomes anxious due to the emotion FEAR accompanying it. Hence e xams can create a lot of stress and as a consequence it can hinder your studies. Exam stress affects most students in varying ways. It is important to manage this stress and find little ways of helping to eliminate the risk of burnout.  Therefore here are a few handy tips on -how to manage your exam stress 1. Take regular breaks and schedule in fun things to look forward to Even the most intense exam timetables will allow a little time for a study break. This can include 20-minute breaks during your revision day, and longer activities that you can look forward to. Do anything that you like doing in your spare time that will take your mind off the thought of the exams. Spending a little time away from the books will leave you feeling more refreshed and rel...