Varalika Mishra

is a Mental Health activist, author and a freelance journalist

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The Split Verdict on Marital Rape

The Delhi High Court's divisional Bench on May 11, 2022 delivered a split verdict in the marital rape case regarding the validity of Exception 2 to Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The...

Ishrat Akhter: First international wheelchair basketball player from Kashmir

Delhi: Ishrat Akther from Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir is a multi-faceted personality. She is an international wheelchair basketball player, a motivational speaker, Kashmir’s young leader and an achiever’s award-winner. Indeed, six years back, Ishrat's...

Nature enhances mental health

Natural landscapes, such as beaches, water, forests, parks, and mountains, the availability of public open spaces used for public entertainment and sports reduce attention deficit disorders. Green restoration improves preschooler spatial working memory and cognitive...

Understanding the Hijab judgement through different voices

“We must distinguish between the right to wear Hijab and the issue of hijab. My support of girls’ right to wear hijab is NOT an endorsement for the garment. I am personally against all prescriptions for women in...

Two Treasured Children In India’s Capital Bring Hope For Sex Worker Community

Delhi: In the year 2020 and 2021, the Covid wave and lockdown had severely impacted the livelihood of the women of GB Road. Children, women and elderly people had no source of income which left...

Understanding Women’s Day Through Different Voices

“The celebration of Women's Day is indeed important. However, to make it a day only about women, in today’s day & age, defeats the purpose of equity & inclusion that are the cornerstones of empowerment....

Dynamics Of Social Exclusion And Its Impact On Mental Health

“I wear a hijab (headscarf) and I've never felt scared or had a feeling of apprehension while going out thinking I'll lose out on an opportunity because of one piece of cloth. I've given interviews,...

Devastating Impact Of A Pandemic On Indian Females And Their Mental Health

“I lost many patients, babies and mothers due to Covid, mentally, emotionally and physically the pandemic took a toll on me. I was overworked due to a shortage of doctors and had not slept for...

Impact of the pandemic on students and a need for Mental Health intervention

The United Nations estimates that at least 1 billion learners have been affected globally by the closure of schools due to the pandemic. With the pandemic continuing to evolve, the world is likely to face...

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Northeast states take measures to stop racism, help stranded locals, launches App

Shillong: The northeast states are on alert after several incidents of racism against youths from the region in mainland India.The Manipur government launched an...

Explained: What is stopping BJP in taking action against the Hate Mongers within the Party

Ever since the declaration of the Delhi assembly poll results, several senior leaders of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) have said that action should...

Prices of sanitizers and masks rise astronomically since black marketing becomes rampant in Kolkata

Kolkata: On the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic scare and eve of Janta Curfew, a visit to pharmacists, departmental stores and local shops at many places...

Kolkatans march with the message of peace and communal harmony

Kolkata: Seventy-five-year-old Chandramohan Chatterjee, a retired school teacher was among the thousands who assembled at Kolkata’s iconic Lenin Statue in Dharmatalla area, with a...

With the highest crime rate in Madhya Pradesh, Chouhan’s top priority goes awry

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan suffers from chronic verborrhea. He shoots off jumlas with greater rapidity than in even Narendra Modi. If...