[Music] good in life pretty much I’m hoping
good in life pretty much I’m hoping
good in life pretty much I’m hoping everyone and how many of you like to see
everyone and how many of you like to see
everyone and how many of you like to see yourselves when you’re not feeling so
yourselves when you’re not feeling so
yourselves when you’re not feeling so good in life how do you sort of deal
good in life how do you sort of deal
good in life how do you sort of deal with that does that never happen it
with that does that never happen it
with that does that never happen it happens right so the question really is
happens right so the question really is
happens right so the question really is how many of us at some point of the
how many of us at some point of the
how many of us at some point of the other in our lives have dealt with some
other in our lives have dealt with some
other in our lives have dealt with some kind of emotional or mental problem or
kind of emotional or mental problem or
kind of emotional or mental problem or know somebody our neighbor a friend a
know somebody our neighbor a friend a
know somebody our neighbor a friend a relative our child our mother anyone
relative our child our mother anyone
relative our child our mother anyone that goes acknowledged in your life
that goes acknowledged in your life
that goes acknowledged in your life anyone you care about
anyone you care about
anyone you care about I often wonder why people don’t talk
I often wonder why people don’t talk
I often wonder why people don’t talk about this and part of the Young Global
about this and part of the Young Global
about this and part of the Young Global Leaders program at the World Economic
Leaders program at the World Economic
Leaders program at the World Economic Forum and every Leadership Summit I’ve
Forum and every Leadership Summit I’ve
Forum and every Leadership Summit I’ve been to in the last few years I try and
been to in the last few years I try and
been to in the last few years I try and ask this question this question to
ask this question this question to
ask this question this question to people who are business leaders leaders
people who are business leaders leaders
people who are business leaders leaders in society political leaders around the
in society political leaders around the
in society political leaders around the world and maybe there are more people
world and maybe there are more people
world and maybe there are more people talking about it in the US maybe then in
talking about it in the US maybe then in
talking about it in the US maybe then in Japan maybe more people talking about it
Japan maybe more people talking about it
Japan maybe more people talking about it in Chennai than in Delhi but that’s why
in Chennai than in Delhi but that’s why
in Chennai than in Delhi but that’s why this conversation has got to be had
this conversation has got to be had
this conversation has got to be had frankly it was a lot easier for me to
frankly it was a lot easier for me to
frankly it was a lot easier for me to come here and talk about
come here and talk about
come here and talk about entrepreneurship or culture or the
entrepreneurship or culture or the
entrepreneurship or culture or the successes of the art world but it’s a
successes of the art world but it’s a
successes of the art world but it’s a lot harder to talk about your scars so
lot harder to talk about your scars so
lot harder to talk about your scars so here I am today when I was 10 years old
here I am today when I was 10 years old
here I am today when I was 10 years old I woke up one morning and went to the
I woke up one morning and went to the
I woke up one morning and went to the loo to brush my teeth and my mum asked
loo to brush my teeth and my mum asked
loo to brush my teeth and my mum asked me if I thought that her toothpaste was
me if I thought that her toothpaste was
me if I thought that her toothpaste was poisoned and I wasn’t really sure what
poisoned and I wasn’t really sure what
poisoned and I wasn’t really sure what to say I didn’t understand the question
to say I didn’t understand the question
to say I didn’t understand the question I didn’t know what the answer was and I
I didn’t know what the answer was and I
I didn’t know what the answer was and I had several such baffling questions for
had several such baffling questions for
had several such baffling questions for years and months after that that I
years and months after that that I
years and months after that that I didn’t understand only because I was 10
didn’t understand only because I was 10
didn’t understand only because I was 10 several traumatic moments came and went
several traumatic moments came and went
several traumatic moments came and went and I had no idea how to deal with them
and I had no idea how to deal with them
and I had no idea how to deal with them nobody had any idea we didn’t have a
nobody had any idea we didn’t have a
nobody had any idea we didn’t have a name we didn’t have a face we didn’t
name we didn’t have a face we didn’t
name we didn’t have a face we didn’t know what it was and the disease of
know what it was and the disease of
know what it was and the disease of schizophrenia took my mother away from
schizophrenia took my mother away from
schizophrenia took my mother away from me and from herself for no fault of hers
me and from herself for no fault of hers
me and from herself for no fault of hers for 10 years I didn’t see her for 10
for 10 years I didn’t see her for 10
for 10 years I didn’t see her for 10 years
years
years while I didn’t talk about it I went to
while I didn’t talk about it I went to
while I didn’t talk about it I went to school everyday I went to college after
school everyday I went to college after
school everyday I went to college after that I met with my friends I led a
that I met with my friends I led a
that I met with my friends I led a normal life based in sports eights and
normal life based in sports eights and
normal life based in sports eights and studies had went to every party but I
studies had went to every party but I
studies had went to every party but I didn’t talk about the thing that
didn’t talk about the thing that
didn’t talk about the thing that mattered the most to me because how can
mattered the most to me because how can
mattered the most to me because how can a child talk about not knowing where
a child talk about not knowing where
a child talk about not knowing where their mother is how can a child talk
their mother is how can a child talk
their mother is how can a child talk about the traumas and the stigma and the
about the traumas and the stigma and the
about the traumas and the stigma and the denial that society imposes on you how
denial that society imposes on you how
denial that society imposes on you how do you live every day and where do you
do you live every day and where do you
do you live every day and where do you find that courage so for me I had to go
find that courage so for me I had to go
find that courage so for me I had to go through my own journey my journey from
through my own journey my journey from
through my own journey my journey from complete ignorance to some sort of
complete ignorance to some sort of
complete ignorance to some sort of understanding my journey from complete
understanding my journey from complete
understanding my journey from complete denial to some acceptance of what life
denial to some acceptance of what life
denial to some acceptance of what life had just given me and from deep shame to
had just given me and from deep shame to
had just given me and from deep shame to some sort of self-respect 25 years ago
some sort of self-respect 25 years ago
some sort of self-respect 25 years ago you couldn’t google the word
you couldn’t google the word
you couldn’t google the word schizophrenia or bipolar or manic
schizophrenia or bipolar or manic
schizophrenia or bipolar or manic depressive or any of this no one even
depressive or any of this no one even
depressive or any of this no one even knew what these words meant no one had
knew what these words meant no one had
knew what these words meant no one had the tools or the ability to even
the tools or the ability to even
the tools or the ability to even understand what it takes to live with
understand what it takes to live with
understand what it takes to live with mental illness and so there was nowhere
mental illness and so there was nowhere
mental illness and so there was nowhere to go I had to deal with my shame I had
to go I had to deal with my shame I had
to go I had to deal with my shame I had to deal with the stigma that society
to deal with the stigma that society
to deal with the stigma that society imposed on me and as hard as it was
imposed on me and as hard as it was
imposed on me and as hard as it was every day it made me ask the question
every day it made me ask the question
every day it made me ask the question Who am I where am I what is my sense of
Who am I where am I what is my sense of
Who am I where am I what is my sense of identity and how do I break free and a
identity and how do I break free and a
identity and how do I break free and a few years later as I saw with both my
few years later as I saw with both my
few years later as I saw with both my parents I walked into the rashtrapati
parents I walked into the rashtrapati
parents I walked into the rashtrapati bhavan
bhavan
bhavan to get an award from the president in
to get an award from the president in
to get an award from the president in the same room that India got its
the same room that India got its
the same room that India got its independence and I asked myself that
independence and I asked myself that
independence and I asked myself that question I’m here today because I was
question I’m here today because I was
question I’m here today because I was able to break free I’m not here today
able to break free I’m not here today
able to break free I’m not here today because of any business achievements I’m
because of any business achievements I’m
because of any business achievements I’m not here today because I’m a woman of
not here today because I’m a woman of
not here today because I’m a woman of substance I’m here today because I was
substance I’m here today because I was
substance I’m here today because I was able to make that very small journey
able to make that very small journey
able to make that very small journey that most people find very hard but I
that most people find very hard but I
that most people find very hard but I don’t know what society and what the
don’t know what society and what the
don’t know what society and what the ecosystem and what this country can do
ecosystem and what this country can do
ecosystem and what this country can do to us as little young people when we’re
to us as little young people when we’re
to us as little young people when we’re growing up and we have nowhere else to
growing up and we have nowhere else to
growing up and we have nowhere else to turn to today I’m able to see the world
turn to today I’m able to see the world
turn to today I’m able to see the world for what it is and thankfully I learned
for what it is and thankfully I learned
for what it is and thankfully I learned from my mother every day and she holds
from my mother every day and she holds
from my mother every day and she holds her own and comes back and integrates
her own and comes back and integrates
her own and comes back and integrates into mainstream society she is the most
into mainstream society she is the most
into mainstream society she is the most active grandparent in my four-year-olds
active grandparent in my four-year-olds
active grandparent in my four-year-olds life and I’m grateful for that but I
life and I’m grateful for that but I
life and I’m grateful for that but I know that not all
know that not all
know that not all stories have a happy ending it’s hard
stories have a happy ending it’s hard
stories have a happy ending it’s hard for a bulk of society think about people
for a bulk of society think about people
for a bulk of society think about people across the country we’re talking in
across the country we’re talking in
across the country we’re talking in urban centers I’m not even talking about
urban centers I’m not even talking about
urban centers I’m not even talking about rural India where 60% of the people live
rural India where 60% of the people live
rural India where 60% of the people live in Delhi in Bombay in Chennai in these
in Delhi in Bombay in Chennai in these
in Delhi in Bombay in Chennai in these cities the level of acceptance and
cities the level of acceptance and
cities the level of acceptance and understanding is so low that for most
understanding is so low that for most
understanding is so low that for most families suffering for any kind of
families suffering for any kind of
families suffering for any kind of mental problems the results are there
mental problems the results are there
mental problems the results are there abandoned they’re hidden they locked
abandoned they’re hidden they locked
abandoned they’re hidden they locked away their outcasts it’s very very
away their outcasts it’s very very
away their outcasts it’s very very difficult for families to come back and
difficult for families to come back and
difficult for families to come back and deal with their friends their peers
deal with their friends their peers
deal with their friends their peers because they are judged it’s very hard
because they are judged it’s very hard
because they are judged it’s very hard to then find your own place in life and
to then find your own place in life and
to then find your own place in life and that is the problem that this country is
that is the problem that this country is
that is the problem that this country is facing today we don’t have the
facing today we don’t have the
facing today we don’t have the facilities we don’t have the care we
facilities we don’t have the care we
facilities we don’t have the care we don’t have the Diagnostics but most of
don’t have the Diagnostics but most of
don’t have the Diagnostics but most of all we don’t have the mind space the
all we don’t have the mind space the
all we don’t have the mind space the humanness that it takes to actually
humanness that it takes to actually
humanness that it takes to actually acknowledge that this problem exists and
acknowledge that this problem exists and
acknowledge that this problem exists and that’s why it’s so important to talk
that’s why it’s so important to talk
that’s why it’s so important to talk about it the statistics around mental
about it the statistics around mental
about it the statistics around mental health are even more scary India
health are even more scary India
health are even more scary India accounts for 15% of the mental health
accounts for 15% of the mental health
accounts for 15% of the mental health problems in this country about 6 to 7
problems in this country about 6 to 7
problems in this country about 6 to 7 percent of our population has some sort
percent of our population has some sort
percent of our population has some sort of mental health problems or the other
of mental health problems or the other
of mental health problems or the other and yet 90% never have access to any
and yet 90% never have access to any
and yet 90% never have access to any kind of treatment because India has one
kind of treatment because India has one
kind of treatment because India has one psychiatrist for every 4 lakh patients
psychiatrist for every 4 lakh patients
psychiatrist for every 4 lakh patients so these are the statistics were
so these are the statistics were
so these are the statistics were equipped with 2% of the professionals
equipped with 2% of the professionals
equipped with 2% of the professionals that this country needs 4,000
that this country needs 4,000
that this country needs 4,000 psychiatrists 3,000 social workers 1000
psychiatrists 3,000 social workers 1000
psychiatrists 3,000 social workers 1000 psychologists for this country this is
psychologists for this country this is
psychologists for this country this is the crisis in India but please ask
the crisis in India but please ask
the crisis in India but please ask yourself when you hear these statistics
yourself when you hear these statistics
yourself when you hear these statistics are the statistics the problem are the
are the statistics the problem are the
are the statistics the problem are the facilities the problem is the lack of
facilities the problem is the lack of
facilities the problem is the lack of care or the lack of awareness the
care or the lack of awareness the
care or the lack of awareness the problem or is it our own abilities to
problem or is it our own abilities to
problem or is it our own abilities to actually wake up and seek help how many
actually wake up and seek help how many
actually wake up and seek help how many of us actually get up every day and say
of us actually get up every day and say
of us actually get up every day and say I will pay attention to my neighbor to
I will pay attention to my neighbor to
I will pay attention to my neighbor to that kid in school to my college friend
that kid in school to my college friend
that kid in school to my college friend how many of us actually are able to get
how many of us actually are able to get
how many of us actually are able to get up and break the shackles of shame and
up and break the shackles of shame and
up and break the shackles of shame and get help
get help
get help so please ask yourselves not to put
so please ask yourselves not to put
so please ask yourselves not to put money on this not to put effort on this
money on this not to put effort on this
money on this not to put effort on this but just to think a little bit
but just to think a little bit
but just to think a little bit differently please ask yourselves how
differently please ask yourselves how
differently please ask yourselves how are you going to deal with
are you going to deal with
are you going to deal with anybody you know how how would you help
anybody you know how how would you help
anybody you know how how would you help them think about the little children
them think about the little children
them think about the little children growing up in our country I owe it to my
growing up in our country I owe it to my
growing up in our country I owe it to my four-year-old daughter here and to my
four-year-old daughter here and to my
four-year-old daughter here and to my mother but I most of all to my country
mother but I most of all to my country
mother but I most of all to my country and to myself because I feel it’s my
and to myself because I feel it’s my
and to myself because I feel it’s my responsibility not to stand here and
responsibility not to stand here and
responsibility not to stand here and talk about any successes in life it’s my
talk about any successes in life it’s my
talk about any successes in life it’s my responsibility to talk about the scars
responsibility to talk about the scars
responsibility to talk about the scars because maybe that’ll make a difference
because maybe that’ll make a difference
because maybe that’ll make a difference and please ask yourselves the next time
and please ask yourselves the next time
and please ask yourselves the next time it comes up will you talk about it
it comes up will you talk about it
it comes up will you talk about it [Applause]
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