Note from the editor
Bhor Foundation is a not-for-profit trust set up by Jhilmil Breckenridge and Namarita Kathait in New Delhi. After years of mental health advocacy and working in the fields of domestic violence, women’s rights, and working to eradicate stigma and create more inclusive spaces around disability and mental health, Jhilmil believes the time has come to take this work even higher, to soar.. Bhor means dawn, and all of us involved with Bhor hope that we can usher in a new dawn for mental health, not just in India, but everywhere. Many thanks to Vedika for this wonderful name suggestion! Here’s to a new dawn. Welcome to Bhor. –Jhilmil Breckenridge, Managing Trustee
Editors
Namarita Kathait
book editor, writer because masters degree say so, and believes in the intersectionality between sustainability and mental health
Writers
elizabeth tobey
East coaster with a secret SF love affair. I enjoy juxtaposing things. Also: Cheese and tiny dachshunds.
Dr. Furaha Asani
Migrant. Postdoctoral researcher. Teacher. Mental Health Advocate. Writer. Professional in the streets, loud on the sheets of paper.
Karen Kilbane
My students with special needs have led me to develop a hypothesis for a brain-compatible theory of personality. Reach me at karenkilbane1234@gmail.com
Priyanka R. Oza
Priyanka. Writer. covering the global South Asian music scene. @ChitChatandChai. Coffee & Music obsessed Lover.
Dolonchampa Chakraborty
Linguist at Translators Without Borders and Member of LILA Foundation For Translocal Initiatives
Ramsha Ashraf
Poet, writer, IWP’17, resident of COA’17, political worker, traveller, author of ‘Enmeshed’, photographer
Arushi Ralli
Looking at both personal and and professional life, I am a heartivist. Being a Psychology enthusiast, a counsellor, and teacher.. I strive for catharsis. :)
Shivangi Dixit
An English Major by degree and an Analyst by profession, old-school lover often found hopping and laughing out loud. Chai-lover. Hugger. Scribbler. Star-Gazer.
Swati Bajpai, LCSW
A psychotherapist by profession, a nature lover and also a voracious reader. Swati is an advocate for mental health and writes to help end the stigma.
Jonny Cosmo
My name is Jonny Cosmo I am an aspiring poet from Preston, Lancashire, UK. I have battled with my mental health for many years and now hope to inspire others.
