Into the Newness: Navigating Mental Health in India | Paras Sharma | TEDxMAHE Bengaluru

[@jiyapandey5504]

Hats off to you for describing everything so nicely. Definitely India needs more programs on mental health

[@conditionednarrator7126]

You could convince the government to create a law that says: "Every movie that has mental health advice in it will pay 10% less taxes". This 10% Tax reduction motivates movie studios to make movies with mental health advice because they want to pay less taxes/ earn more money. How would this help improve mental health in india? Answer: Humans are a very social animal and that means people copy behaviours of the people around them. Especially young people copy what actors are doing because they seem successful. The goal of the 10% tax reduction is to change the culture so that the subject MH becomes more interesting and relevant to the society. In other words the goal is to create an army of people who teach MH info(like you) and another army of people who are more receptive/willing to learn MH info.

[@thoongumoonjisawake]

@conditionednarrator7126 this seems like a great idea to me. Imo, movies and songs are a great and effective medium to educate/influence people. But i do think that things can go down easily if not done in the right way. If the goal of the studios is to "pay less taxes/earn more money", then i feel like they would be doing it for the sake of it which CAN easily lead to the spread of misinformation about MH. Idk, maybe i'm just being cynical. Anyway, loved your comment!!!

[@phishhhh]

@@thoongumoonjisawake Loved the original comment but I also understand your concern whose only solution I can think of rn is: Peer-reviewing movies and entertainment mediums that claim to represent truth without fiction/ dramatization...but again this will kill the cinema as you see it thrives on creativity. So rather than focusing on MH advice part, movies on MH awareness should be promoted like 'Honourable PM encouraging audiences to watch a MH movie relevant today', or 'Teaching kids Mental hygiene in schools along with career counseling'. If you see there is mandatory first-aid kit information provided to students in almost all schools the result of which is though every household may not have a first-aid kit they surely know what is holds...CAN WE CREATE MENTAL HEALTH FIRST-AID KIT where the youth will be aware of what steps to take or whom to go to in case of MH crisis ✨

[@shamakuma1967]

Mutual aid for housing and to meet day to day expenses are extremely important areas that you mentioned otherwise the drugs and counselling sessions won't take effect.

[@shamakuma1967]

In effect all budgetary allocation provided at the National and state level is being spent on alcoholics and drug addicts who are incurable but the govt is making huge money through revenues generated from sales through alcohol through their own beverage outlets and street drugs which is a multibillion dollar industry across the globes and upon which every govt is dependent directly or indirectly.Even tata group capital was formed through opium trade with china as soon as they migrated to india from iran.

[@shamakuma1967]

I am ashamed to be an Indian citizen.I want freedom from India because my Mental Health issues are being ignored by indian health ministry.😢 and indian society.

[@shamakuma1967]

The currently available drugs are useless because the issues we face r social and political in nature.

[@shamakuma1967]

Vandrewalla foundation is also very expensive.Another Parsi like Tata who has returned from england with lots of cash.

[@shamakuma1967]

I have been harassed a great deal in my workplace,in the community,in tamilnadu,in kerala and family.i joined iskcon for social support but they turned out to be abusive godmen. I was made to overwork but they paid very very meager amount during this age of high inflation.

[@shamakuma1967]

I also used to think y startup only means a startup in the IT field ???

[@shamakuma1967]

AI could be dangerous in MH.

[@shamakuma1967]

Some people are trying to take the mental health issue towards feminism.maybe they are speaking on behalf of some women's ngo.many speak for IT guys.many for covid.but they are not the genuine cases of mental health.i have been on prescription medicines for 2 decades for anxiety and depression.i know how these conditions look and who needs support and who doesn't.

[@shamakuma1967]

If an ex sales girl nirmala is funding then mental health will be managed by narayanamurthy and his vision for digitalising our arseholes also.why didn't this guy go to USA.he created another nuisance called adhaar and pan.its all now available for the general public to view.

[@shamakuma1967]

All these budget allocations are finding their way into the accounts of private individuals.nimhans of karnataka both r corrupt.

[@shamakuma1967]

Ram mandir bananey waale party ye bhool gaya ki bhagwan Ram ko depression huva tha.thab vashist muni nay unka counselling kiya.yog vashist yehi granth hai.gita bhi arjun ka counselling hi hai.crisis intervention.lekin Ram aur krsna ko humarey log sirf festivals manaaney aur entertainment kay liye isthemal karthey hai.koi life ka lesson nahi seektha.kya faida aisey andhey Ram bhakt aur andhey krsna bhakt ka??? Issey tho achcha hai nastik bano.

[@shamakuma1967]

The digital arm T MANAS gets 919 crores.what a joke.all the IT guys are getting 1 crore package for doing nothing.nirmala the sales women's men in Bengaluru are making hay on our misery.

[@shamakuma1967]

Bharat humara desh nahi hai kyuki humara mind ka respect nahi karta ye log.