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June 7, 2024 43 mins

Hosts Rich and Mainak meet Riya Biswas, founder of mental health NGO Mantavya, who shares how her own struggles with mental health have inspired her to use self-reflection, active listening, and arts-based methods in her community-focused on-ground practice 

 

Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/mantavya_foundation

Linked: In https://www.linkedin.com/company/mantavya-for-mental-health-foundation/

 

Credits:

 

This podcast is produced and co-hosted by Rich Thornton, an anthropologist based at SOAS, University of London (https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/rich-thornton); and Mainak Roy, CEO and co-founder of Simple Education Foundation, an organisation that builds high-quality teacher development programs for state and local governments (https://www.simpleeducationfoundation.org/).

 

It is made in association with कलाTalks Foundation, an organisation that empowers underserved communities through artistic expression. - LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/kalaatalks

- Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kalaatalks

Sound Production: Nisha Baniwal (कलाTalks Foundation)

Artwork: Rich Thornton and Artika Aggarwal

 

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