Dealing with Post-COVID mental health issues

08/04/21 • 34 min

In this episode, host Padma Priya spoke to Dr Kaustubh Joag about increasing incidence of mental health issues like depression and anxiety in post-covid phase and how to deal with them? He also spoke about when one should reach out for professional help.

Dr Kaustubh Joag is a psychiatrist by training and a practicing psychiatrist in Pune since last 15 years. He has special interest in common mental health issues like depression and anxiety. He has interest in community mental health research, ethics in research and rights oriented clinical practice. He also works as a Senior Research Fellow at Centre for Mental Health Law and Policy, Indian Law Society, Pune. He co-leads large scale community based mental health intervention called- ‘Atmiyata’. He has completed the ‘International Diploma in Mental Health, Human Rights, and Law’ at Indian Law Society, Pune.

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Pegasus: Understanding the super spy that controls your phone

Recently, media organisations across the world published a series of reports exposing Pegasus, a spyware developed by NSO Group in Israel. They found that governments have been using Pegasus to spy on their own journalists, activists and opposition leaders. Amnesty International’s forensic team has confirmed these findings. After mounting global and national pressure, the NSO has temporarily blocked several of its government clients from using its spyware.

Earlier in 2019, researchers from the University of Toronto had contacted lawyers and activists from the Bhima Koregaon case, alerting them to the presence of Pegasus on their phones. Among the 300 phones suspected to be infiltrated in India, forty belong to journalists. The Supreme Court will be hearing a plea from senior journalists against the hack.

On this episode of The Suno India Show, reporter Suryatapa Mukherjee spoke to Anushka Jain, associate counsel of Surveillance and Transparency at the Internet Freedom Foundation. This is a deep dive on what makes Pegasus special, whether it is accommodated by our laws on surveillance, and how it is affecting Indian citizens.

Additional reading:

NSO Group: What we know about the secretive company behind the Pegasus spy software.
Indian Activists, Lawyers Were ‘Targeted’ Using Israeli Spyware Pegasus

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Pride & Prejudice: From being a homeless teen to changing politics, a trans woman’s journey

In 1998, India had its first intersex MLA, Shabnam Bano. In 1999, we had our first transgender mayor, Kamla Jaan but she was ousted from her post by the courts as it was reserved for women. In 2020, India’s first LGBT cell was started by the Nationalist Congress Party. It is headed by Priya Patil, a trans woman.

In this episode of Pride & Prejudice, host Suryatapa Mukherjee explores the growth of Queer politics in India, in conversation with Priya Patil. Priya joined the NCP in 2019. She had earlier contested civic body elections in Mumbai.

Pride & Prejudice is our series on all things LGBTQIA. LGBTQIA stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual. We use ‘Queer’ as an umbrella term for all these identities.

Additional reading:

India’s Had More Transgender Mayors Than We Originally Thought

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