Intimacy

"People think mental health issues can be cured by yoga, meditation, or holidays. While these can help, they are not cures for serious conditions that require medical treatment. The main challenge is overcoming stigma: if physical pain demands medical attention, so should mental pain. Mental health requires acceptance, understanding that the brain, like any organ, can...

‘Word by Word’ is a column by Garima Behal on learning to ride the highs and lows of everyday life I’m 10 years old and reading a book by Sidney Sheldon. The story has a scene that describes oral sex. It’s the first time I read anything so explicit, or anything sexual for that matter....

‘Word by Word’ is a fortnightly column by Garima Behal on learning to ride the highs and lows of everyday life Episode 3 – Hiraeth (noun, Welsh; homesickness tinged with grief and sadness over the lost or departed) Once upon a time, I fell in love. It was about three years ago, give or take....

It was 2018. I had been in a steady relationship for two years. A school friendship that had grown into a relationship. In a casual conversation, I told him, "I don't think monogamy is the only way to be. If we can love two friends and parents can love two kids, why can't we love...