Grief

Explained: Zoom fatigue, languishing, doomscrolling and other mental health issues stemming from COVID-19

In addition to the immediate grief of losing loved ones to the disease, mental health issues have stemmed from the myriad ways in which our everyday lifestyles have transformed

How Healer and other Korean dramas quietly deal with abandonment, possible self-care strategies

What Korean dramas can offer in these times is the realisation that it is important to acknowledge the various forms of abandonment that pass one by.

From waves of illness and grief to an aggressive vaccine drive and relief, the story of a city's battle against COVID-19

Central Falls is a deeply working-class city, a place of janitors, warehouse workers, cashiers and others who can’t work from home.

Ram Prasad Ki Tehrvi movie review: Seema Pahwa's directorial debut fails to rise above theatrics

Ram Prasad Ki Tehrvi had its world premiere at the Jio MAMI 21st Mumbai Film Festival in 2019 and has released in theatres on 1 Jan, 2021.

The Inheritance of Loss: Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi probes the contours of grief through a collection of essays

In Loss (HarperCollins), Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi examines how the deaths of his father, mother and his beloved Dachshund have re-shaped his life.

When is a woman's grief 'good' enough? Reactions to a celebrity death highlight gendered social expectations

Social media platforms act as sites wherein death, loss, and mourning are increasingly encountered and negotiated. With the online omnipresence of grieving, it becomes a constant challenge for women, especially those bereaved, to perform ‘good grief’.

Coronavirus Lost and Found founder on archiving the pandemic: 'When we grieve a loss, we realise how much something meant before it was gone'

Coronavirus Lost and Found is an online public archive where anyone can log any losses they’re mourning or solaces they’ve found in recent months.

Bereavement, grief and mourning are complicated experiences. The pandemic has made them tougher to navigate

Though death has assumed a sort of omnipresence during the pandemic, we operate on the hope and belief that we will not be touched by it. The passing of a loved one undoes this hope.

How to deal with the grief of losing a loved one during a lockdown

Your health — and the health of those around you — should take priority right now and needs to be kept in mind even while grieving.

Rebuilding a home: A prolonged lockdown allowed my family to grieve what is lost, find solace in what remains

A solemn coming-together for a few days to mark the death of a parent with whom I shared a troubled relationship metamorphosed into a month-long family visit, courtesy the nationwide lockdown. I realised that my mother, brother and I needed to be together and process our anger, pain, regret and grief collectively, as we held each other close. Previously, home was the last place I wanted to be; now, it is safe and we are carefully carving it so