Author name: The Neuroaid and Research Foundation (NRF)

Author: Dr Chittranshi Kaushik, Speech-Language Pathologist | 17th January, 2026 Recently, while waiting at a food counter, I noticed a male staff member announcing order numbers in a noticeably high-pitched voice. As he spoke, people around him laughed, whispered, and even mimicked his voice. He continued his work quietly, but his discomfort was evident. What

Author: Jhilmil Rathore (Student Volunteer) | 10th January, 2026 Slow living today has turned into an aesthetic, a trend, something people “schedule” into their lives. But if you strip away all the curated imagery and the performative activities—baking, reading, pottery, journaling—slow living is nothing more than having the space to sit with yourself and your

Author: Jhilmil Rathore (Student Volunteer) | 3rd January, 2026 A terrace is one of the most open spaces in an Indian home, yet it ends up holding the most. It absorbs what the house cannot—truths that don’t fit inside small rooms, emotions that feel too loud for shared walls, and parts of ourselves that have

Author: Dr Monika (HOD Occupational Therapy and Joint Head Administration, NRF) | 27th December, 2025 Today, was special. I taught a student of Occupational Therapy. It was special in many ways because after years I did something that I thought I would always do, every day for the rest of my life. So, why did

Author: Jhilmil Rathore (Student Volunteer) | 20th December 2025 The graduation photos look like a promise. Everyone in a neat line, tassels caught mid-swing, faces lit with that strange, exhausted joy but except I felt the lack of it. There’s a particular kind of terror that arrives after you cross that stage. It’s unlike what

Author: Mihika (Child Guidance Counsellor) | 13th December 2025 Too often we forget that ‘discipline’ really means ‘to teach’ – not ‘to punish’- Dr. Daniel J. Siegel As a child counsellor, I find that the above quote is an eye opener. Whether it is parenting, teaching, or caregiving, generally discipline is viewed as a reaction