I was born on the 24th of June, 1974 in Jamshedpur, INDIA into a Hindu, Brahmin, upper middle-class Bengali family (It’s a different thing that I don’t believe in any of these man-made differences of religion, caste, creed, class, community, linguistic or gender). When I was two years old, a hermit soothsayer predicted that I was a rare species of woman who would win over the cosmos one day. Forget about winning over the cosmos, I don’t have gainful employment for years altogether, thanks largely to the stigma and discrimination I have faced over the years, from (and I’m not ashamed to say this) from some of the biggest names in the corporate world. India has ratified the “Convention on The Rights of Persons With Disabilities” (CRPD) but the situation remains the same for us. And being a woman and being mental health disabled is being twice disabled.
