Gratitude This is Volume - 4 of series Madness in Civilizations and I am humbled by the outpouring of good wishes and support to the difficult odyssey I have embarked upon. Some have told me to convert the series in a book form while others have asked me to intersperse the series with real life … Continue reading Madness in Civilization: Edition 1, Volume-4 Abridged Biography of Madness Part B: Short Biography of Indian Mathematical Genius who Died Unsung a Madman
Madness and Civilization- Edition 1, Volume 3- “An Abridged Biography of the Madness-Part A”
Time to begin with Camus Before I come to the subject matter of this piece "An Abridged Bioggraphy of Madness let me make a bold even if controversial statement, most mad persons in the extremity of madness (whether dudgeon of depression, madness of mania or complexity of complex Schizophrenia) find life and living meaningless and … Continue reading Madness and Civilization- Edition 1, Volume 3- “An Abridged Biography of the Madness-Part A”
Madness and Civilzation: Edition 1, Volume 2
It All Began Here Those who have watched the progression of my life over last five decades, will automatically assume that my most recent foray of trying to decode the nuances of the Madness and Civilization has the existential causal connection to my own life. But it is far from the truth. The truth beckons, I … Continue reading Madness and Civilzation: Edition 1, Volume 2
Madness and Civilzation: Edition 1, Volume 1
I write this piece at my desk in Pune home office, in the winter month of December, on the last day of the year 2023. Normally, the winter yanks me down but here am I, maddeningly and furiously churning my mind and undertaking the pursuit of writing the memoir and biography of the Madness in all nuances across … Continue reading Madness and Civilzation: Edition 1, Volume 1
AKHILVAANI DAILY BULLETIN-COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WORK AND MENTAL ILLNESS
Disclosure: This article was first published in the March, 2020 Edition of New Letter of Movement for Global Mental Health (MGMH) The complex relationship between Work and Mental Illness Let me begin with the role “work” has played in keeping me sane in the conundrum of roller coaster life laced with the severity of the … Continue reading AKHILVAANI DAILY BULLETIN-COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WORK AND MENTAL ILLNESS
AKHILVAANI DAILY BULLETIN: LOVE IN THE TIME OF MADNESS
This piece has nothing to do with a book which i read once, "Love in the Time of Cholera" written by Nobel Prize wining Colombian Author Garbriel Garcia Marquez. This poignant novel had nothing to do with cholera though in the words of novelist himself the lovesickness of key protagonists that was so pronounced in … Continue reading AKHILVAANI DAILY BULLETIN: LOVE IN THE TIME OF MADNESS
akhilvaani returns: Daily Bulletin
Akhilvaani returns after a long hiatus. It has been silent for a long time. And this silence has been deafening and crippling for me. Both in the extremity of "Madness and Sadness" writing was farthest from my mind. Truth beckons it was not even an option. Life and times were harrowing to say the least … Continue reading akhilvaani returns: Daily Bulletin
History of Lithium Therapy- Gold Standard Treatment for Bipolar Disorder and My Tryst with Lithium
Author's Note" This blog is the the largest piece of a single article in any format written by the Author. It has a reason and a purpose. Its proximate reason is a recent debate triggered on social media platform Twitter in India (including in the psychiatric community) that due its serious side effects Lithium has … Continue reading History of Lithium Therapy- Gold Standard Treatment for Bipolar Disorder and My Tryst with Lithium
Mental Illness and Marriage Laws in India- It is time to Reboot
For long marriages in India were considered sacrosanct, fixed in heavens and were to last at least full life if not next. Sanctity of marriage in Indian society is reflected in the low divorce rate in the country. India with 1% divorce rate is considered to have lowest divorce rate in the world while the … Continue reading Mental Illness and Marriage Laws in India- It is time to Reboot
THE Brief History of Manic Depressive Insanity (Bipolar Disorder)- from Hippocrates to DSM-5
Author's Note: Author does not claim to be either a researcher or a historian of Bipolar Disorder or any other form of Mental Illness. The quest for history of Bipolar Disorder, earlier known as Manic Depressive Insanity came from the desire to understand the rubrics and nuances of this type of madness which the author … Continue reading THE Brief History of Manic Depressive Insanity (Bipolar Disorder)- from Hippocrates to DSM-5
AKHILVAANI LIVING IT UP 