Shadows In the Sun

Book Name: Shadows In The Sun
Author Name: Gayathri Ramprasad

Book is about: The book is about healing from depression and finding a ray of light and sunshine from within. Depression in itself kills millions of people mentally rather than giving them a slaying death. As the book had this line in its preface section, " I knew that she ( author )  was a passionate advocate for bringing mental health out of the closet, not least in countries  like India where it has often remained hidden or shrouded in mystery and fear for centuries." This line depicts that even now we still consider depression as a curse or something that can be healed by the usage of the shaman or some Pooja while it is killing the individual who has it. Mental illness is, unlike other health conditions, more than just an impairment of one's health. It is, at its core, an impairment of one's being. Mental illness profoundly influences one's own identity, and one's mooring in the world we live in. Mental illness is not just a statistic. It is a reality that millions, hundreds of millions, of people around the world live with every day. It is equally a reality that a majority of these people do not receive the care, including medical treatment, that we know can help transform their lives.

What I Liked The Most:  Obviously, I liked how the book covered such a shy and timid topic that no one talks about. The book itself has a rhythm that makes you think more and understands what is depression. There are always some moments when we see an individual who owns a company have rich cars and lives in Luxury and we think "Oh!! How Lucky He/ She is.  What a life they are living?  I really hope I had that life." But in reality, there can be a chance that they might be breaking their back just for a rich car's sake. There can be a chance that we as people are still backward in accepting the changes that are happening around us and still want to go with the same flow. We are not challenging our thoughts, our perceptions, or our ideologies. Parents still want their children to go to Holy places even if they don't want to.  Girls still have to become religious around their marriage age 😊 so they might be considered an ideal 'Daughter- in- Law'.