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Lisa Ray the Actor, Author, Cancer Survivor, and Mother of Twins on Courage, Success and Spirituality March 2020 Vol 4 Issue 3 `150 Lisa Ray The actor, author, cancer survivor, and mother of twins on courage, success and spirituality MENTAL HEALTH WOMEN IN FILM MISSING GIRLS Bollywood’s star-family The heroines behind Leena Kejriwal is using kid Shaheen Bhatt on the screens – writing, art and technology to battling depression filming and organising fight sex trafficking 2 | PERSONAL GROWTH F e a t u r i n g Every Friday 8 PM Onwards At The LaLiT New Delhi ForMARCH Book i2020ngs Call +91 96674 00275 contents A Few Good Women 10 The rare breed of female cinematographers Book to Screen 14 Author Parinda Joshi on writing film scripts For the Love of Cinema 16 Smriti Kiran of MAMI Mumbai Film Festival F e a t u r i n g Girl Hunt 20 Artist-photographer Leena Kejriwal’s cause An Instinctive Journey 24 Cover personality, actor-author Lisa Ray Every Friday 8 PM Onwards How I Beat Cancer, Thrice Anita Kumar recounts her inspirational tale At The LaLiT New Delhi 30 Sixty is the New Forty 33 Mala Mansukhani is many things but not old! Making Headlines 36 Meet Italian journalist Francesca Marino 06 A Happier State of Mind Shaheen Bhatt on her battle with Cappadocia Calling depression and her new memoir 56 A magical land of caves and fairy chimneys For Bookings Call MARCH 2020 +91 96674 00275 4 | EDITOR’S NOTE NO ORDINARY ISSUE his issue of eShe is going to not have to face discrimination, production at a time when intimidation and violence because my city Delhi is seeing its of the circumstances of my birth. worst ever case of mob That I can sit here and work violenceT ever since the 1984 anti- while some other mother or wife Sikh riots that killed thousands. As or daughter like me is at a funeral I write this, the US president and or searching for her loved ones in India’s prime minister are showering mortuaries. one another with words of praise I’ve said it before: Majoritarianism in the capital of India against a is unjust and inhumane. An evolved backdrop of people being murdered society is inclusive; it makes space for in cold blood, being denied medical minorities and it thrives in diversity. assistance, ignored by police, their We must correct the mistakes of businesses burnt down and looted, history, not repeat them, if we want all while mobs are incited further to move ahead. by political leaders. This issue is dedicated to the During the day, I shut off social women of Delhi: the ones who media as far as possible so that I can fight, the ones who protest, the ones focus on my work. Then, all night, who lost their loved ones, and the I scourge the news like an addict, ones who will live with the pain of have nightmares, and pray for the February 2020 embalmed in their poor fallen souls and the ones they hearts. May there be justice and left behind. peace. #StopPoliticsofHate It is purely my position of privilege that I can do that. That I Aekta Kapoor belong to a religion, caste or class Editor and Publisher that is not under attack, and I do [email protected] Editor and Publisher: Aekta Kapoor Mentor: Kul Bhushan Kaveri Jain All rights reserved throughout the world. Business Director: Reproduction in any manner is prohibited. Executive Sales Partner: Karishma Published by Aekta Kapoor from Coral Content, Makhija C3/1 GF, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi 110057, India. Contributors: Anita Kumar, Kay Phone: +91 9818166621. Printed at Colourbar Newton, Manu Prasad, Manvi Pant, Communications, 44, Commercial Complex, Naraina Industrial Area, Phase - 1, New Delhi Maya Lalchandani, Neha Kirpal, Parinda 110028. For queries, write to mail@coralcontent. Joshi, Shweta Bhandral com, or visit eShe.in MARCH 2020 BHUTBHUTANAN All Women's Trip April 2020 BHUTAN © © www.easeindiatravel.com www.easeindiatravel.com Contact: +91 937 1234 074 for more details Contact: +91 937 1234 074 for more details 6 | MENTAL HEALTH A HAPPIER STATE OF MIND Being born to one of Bollywood’s most famous families couldn’t shield Shaheen Bhatt from chronic depression; she bares all in a candid memoir By Neha Kirpal ost famous for being Alia What do you think led you to the state Bhatt’s sister or Mahesh when you even tried to attempt suicide? M Bhatt and Soni Razdan’s By then, I had spent almost five daughter, Shaheen Bhatt grew up years dealing with depression on my amidst all the drama of Bollywood. own. I was also going through all But she has also shouldered all its the mental and emotional upheav- sordid secrets through her own als that come with being a teenager. trajectory of pain and personal I was convinced at one point that growth. She talks to us about her the empty, hollow, constant pain I tryst with depression, which led was feeling was never going to end. her to write a book I’ve Never Be I was convinced that the only way (Un)Happier (Penguin India), and out for me was to stop being here. her Instagram campaign to spread The moment I realised this was awareness about mental health. something out of my control, I When and how did you first realise you told my mother and she took were undergoing depression? me to a psychiatrist. Then on, I I was 12 years old when I first ex- started medication and went to perienced depression, but I didn’t see a counsellor once a week. I’ve realise what it was. Even though been on medication on and off for the word depression was a part of the past 15 years, and I find that my vocabulary, I didn’t associate it the combination of that with talk with myself. I just thought that I therapy really helps me. My family was “weird” and different from ev- has been my biggest support – they eryone, because I couldn’t be happy always make sure I have a safe and the way everyone else seemed to be. loving space to come back to. It wasn’t until I was 18 that I finally How did you finally overcome it? went to a psychiatrist and was told I Getting through chronic depres- was dealing with clinical depression. sion has involved a lot of trial and MARCH 2020 MENTAL HEALTH | 7 8 | MENTAL HEALTH Shaheen with her sister Alia Bhatt error for me. It hasn’t gone away that this is something so many of completely – it comes back from us are dealing with. When Penguin time to time at varying degrees. So, approached me to write about my I keep my medication going when experiences, I felt I almost needed I need it and I make sure I talk to to say yes. Writing this book was my therapist when I have things to both difficult and very rewarding. It work through. I’ve figured out my was hard delving back into painful triggers and I’m in a place where past memories. But in the end, it I can manage my symptoms a lot has given me a deep understanding better than I could earlier. of myself. I’ve also made profound Was writing your book, in a sense, a connections with people as a result process of catharsis for you? of writing this. I never set out to write this book. How hard was it to write about your It just sort of happened. When I dad’s addiction with alcohol, your trou- opened up about my depression on bles with food and alcohol as well as social media a few years ago, the re- your insecurities to do with Alia’s fame? sponses I received were very posi- To be honest, I didn’t find any tive, and many people shared their of that hard. A certain emotion- own stories with me. I realised then al transparency is something we’ve MARCH 2020 MENTAL HEALTH | 9 (L-R): Mahesh Bhatt, Soni Razdan, Shaheen Bhatt, Pooja Bhatt and Alia Bhatt at the launch of Shaheen’s book been raised with, and I didn’t see appreciate the good things so much the point of writing about my ex- more, because I know what it’s like periences in half measures. All these to feel your worst. things are a part of who I am, and I Tell us more about your Instagram cam- wanted to be as open about that as paign Here Comes the Sun, and the I could. My mom and sister Alia are impact it has brought about. my best friends and they’re how I Here Comes the Sun is an online get by on a day-to-day basis. awareness campaign that I started in How has this incident in your life October last year on World Men- changed you as a person? tal Health Day. With it, we want to Depression has changed me in so spread awareness and disseminate many ways. It has given me a pro- as much information as we can, found sense of empathy, which I including lists of psychiatrists and think is one of my biggest strengths. counsellors. If I had had access to I understand people a lot more be- information in a way that I under- cause of it. I make deeper connec- stood when I was younger, I would tions with people. It has also given have been a lot further along in my me an immense amount of grati- treatment by now. tude for the good things in my life.
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