Episodes

Dr. Kersi Chavda on Suicide Prevention, Mental Health, AI, and Media Ethics Dr. Kersi Chavda is a senior Mumbai psychiatrist with more than 35 years of clinical, academic, and advocacy experience. He serves as a consultant psychiatrist at P. D. Hinduja National Hospital, Hinduja Healthcare, and Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital. A past president of the Bombay Psychiatric Society, he has led Indian Psychiatric Society task forces on school psychiatry and LGBTQ+ mental health and contributed...

Vibhu Kashyap: From Asur to Dial 1975 — Cinema, Mental Health & the Power of Storytelling What happens when cinema meets psychology—and a story becomes more than entertainment? In this episode of The Listening Commons, filmmaker, writer, creative strategist and entertainment executive Vibhu Kashyap joins psychiatrist Dr. Aninda Sidhana and journalist Scott Douglas Jacobsen for a conversation about the extraordinary power—and responsibility—of storytelling. With a career spanning film, televis...

How do you rewrite the rules of a society with pride and empathy? We often think of mental health as a private journey, but true recovery requires a foundation of public policy. Today on The Listening Commons, we are looking at the legal architecture of care. ​We are joined by veteran psychiatrist Dr. Kersi Chavda, who has spent the last forty years at the forefront of India's mental health revolution—from structuring the first government accommodations for learning disabilities to providing th...