Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Treating thunderbirds

  • Treating thunderbirds

    Ananya MahapatraNew Delhi, India The cacophony of the psychiatric ward paused for a moment as a young woman was ushered in by two hospital attendants and her frail, frightened mother. She laughed garishly and cussed in rural vernacular with wild abandon. She spoke in loud unapologetic spurts, like pennies falling out of pockets, and moved like…