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12 2020 | Spectrum | Volume 14 Number 2

Mental health can be compromised in a lot of ways. Please get help from a professional if you need.

Mental Health: Another Prey for the Pandemic

SRISHTI CHAKRABORTY
Covid19 Awareness through info-graphic mediums This new lifestyle can not only
Our society isn’t the most demotivate people, it can also generate
Lockdown through ages accepting of what cannot be a sense of guilt, which gnaws at one’s
gauged or quantified, which is
where the stigma towards mental
health arises. With more than mental health. In such a scenario,
NISHANT SAGAR This is definitely not the first 150 million Indians affected
pandemic in human history. Be by some or the other mental social media plays the devil’s advocate
Ventures, dreams and all our it the Spanish flu or cholera, the disorder, the unending pandemic
expectations from the future came world has encountered these grave doesn’t seem to help the ones – masking unattainable perfectionism
to a halt with the unexpected situations from time to time. suffering silently. Pandemics as productivity, and convincing
outbreak of the novel coronavirus. This pandemic, in particular, has aren’t the most ideal, bringing the
Dr. Abdul Kalam, in his book been a learning curve for all of fear of losing your loved ones, everyone that improvisation is the only
India-2020, had estimated that us. Stories and experiences of your job, and an overall bleak
India would be at the zenith of surviving this pandemic stand future. During dilemmas that scope for growth...
its economic growth by the end unique to each individual. On affect the entirety of humanity,
of this decade. However, all our feeling isolated and scared is numbers have dropped drastically the devil’s advocate – masking
presuppositions and visions one hand, people have lost their commonplace, and disparages since the pandemic, are under unattainable perfectionism as
of life were shattered with the loved ones, grieved, suffered in the scope to visit a therapist. pressure to perform at work. productivity, and convincing
subsequent events that unfolded. pain while on the other hand, We observe an astonishing Albeit work from home seems everyone that improvisation is
people have been pushing their effective in the current scenario, the only scope for growth. Sure,
The lockdown witnessed a limits to utilize the time and hike in the number of suicides, it erases the division between we’ve got a month dedicated to
situation well exemplified by minimal resources to achieve addiction abusers, and domestic work and home-life. As Satya mental health, but trending it and
the poem “Keeping Quiet” phenomenal things. The disease violence cases. And these numbers Nadella pointed out, “It feels capitalising on it diminishes the
written by Pablo Neruda. only reflect the sexual and
might still have a hold on our physical ones; the emotional like sleeping at work.” This new seriousness of the dilemma. We
“It would be an exotic moment livelihoods but either way, we, and mental acts of violence lifestyle can not only demotivate need to help people by referring
without rush, without engines, as a human race, continue to are not even included, which people, it can also generate a them to a therapist, not by being
we would all be together, prove our mettle and our greatest increases the data exponentially. sense of guilt, which gnaws at one. Therapy can be scary, and
one’s mental health. In such a staying by their side is essential
in a sudden strangeness.” instincts to not only survive but Employed individuals, whose scenario, social media plays to making them feel accepted!
(An excerpt from the poem) thrive despite all odds.

SRM SAID International Talk Series 2020

ABINAYA by the Vice Chancellor, Prof.
RAVICHANDRAN Sandeep Sancheti. The first
speaker was Ar. Deepa Vedavyas,
The International Talk Series a sustainability manager in the
2020 was an online event hosted Mayor’s office of sustainability
by the School of Architecture and from Cleveland, USA, who spoke
Interior Design, SRM Institute about Cleveland’s journey towards
of Science and Technology. becoming a sustainable city. The
The five-day event featured second day was inaugurated
several eminent personalities by Dr. C Muthamizhchelvan,
from architecture and related Director, Faculty of E&T,
fields. The event began with a SRMIST, following which Mr.
welcome speech by Dr. P Satheesh Christopher Kost from Stanford Snippets from the International Talk Series
Kumar, Dean, SAID, SRMIST, gave an insightful lecture about
followed by an inaugural speech achieving sustainability in cities through transport. Mr. Kartar SRMIST welcomed Mr. John address by Guest of honour Prof.
Singh, Director, International Meyer who leads the healthcare TV Gopal, Director, Alumni

The highly-informative event was attended Relations, SRMIST, addressed the design and behavioural science Affairs, SRMIST.
third day of the event where Ar. practice at Fractal Analytics. He
The highly-informative event
by numerous participants from all over Victor Sardenberg from Leibniz put forward the five tenets of was attended by numerous
India and abroad, and was successfully Universität Hannover shared design thinking to the audience. participants from all over India
concluded by a valedictory speech by his take on ground conditions The final day of this highly and abroad, and was successfully
in Capitalocene. The guest of informative talk series was about concluded by a valedictory
Dr.N.Sethuraman, Registrar, SRMIST. honour for the next day, Dr. Smart Cities by Mr. Danny speech by Dr. N. Sethuraman,
Latha Pillal, Director (QAR), Tandela from Taiwan, with an Registrar, SRMIST.