The Covid H________ Project

Ep. 46: "People with mental health issues need to be locked up and treated..." #BSDetector

Do people with mental health issues pose a threat to society? Should they be locked up and treated before being allowed back into society? These myths may not be very common but they certainly seem to exist deep in the subconscious of severa…

EP 45. A day in the life of Dr. Bharat…

I found a doctor willing to tell me how this second wave of the pandemic is treating him. Spoiler alert: it is exactly as bad as you think it could be, and then some. Listen to the episode to know exactly what that means...

Ep. 44: "Mental illness and low IQ go hand-in-hand!" #BSDetector

He’s back! In this latest instalment of #BSDetector, I ask Dr. Bhooshan Shukla if there’s any correlation between low IQ and mental illness. Oh, and don’t forget to check out the extended spin-off of the #BSDetector series…

Ep. 43: Virus, variants, and vaccines… #Gyandemic

We are now a year into the pandemic but, weirdly, we seem to have gone back to square one with cases exploding all over again and the threat of a lockdown looming upon us – all because a new variant is causing way more havoc than the OG viru…

Ep. 42: I wish this were the answer I was looking for, but it isn't!

Music: “Acoustic Breeze” from bensound.com. There’s a ton of ways to get in touch: you could go to anchor.fm/tchp

EP 41. "If we can make COVID-19 into this mild disease, like a cold or a flu, that is a huge win!" #Gyandemic

It was going well for a while, for us Indians. A month ago, something changed. Now we’re all watching nervously as the numbers creep up and hoping this is just a blip and not something more serious. Meanwhile, a new vaccine has joined the fi…

Ep. 40: "Insanity cannot be cured." #BSDetector

Insanity is not what it seems! What you thought was insanity all along was just something that was made up to ensure that people did not do something stupid or... insane. Does this feel like you are losing control of your sanity? Well, you s…

Ep. 39: "People with mental illnesses are sexually very aggressive, sometimes even violent!" #BSDetector

Who among us has seen a person with torn clothes, dishevelled hair, jerky movements, muttering away to themselves and NOT stepped a few feet away from them? In this episode, Dr. Bhooshan reveals the truth about such people and it may surpris…

Ep. 38: "Mental problems remain hidden and when they do manifest they are difficult to treat..." #BSDetector

There is a belief that mental problems remain hidden under the surface for a majority of our lives and then suddenly come to the fore at which point it is usually too late to do anything about them. As you may have already guessed, this isn’…

Ep. 37: (RERUN) “Mental Hospitals are dangerous because they trap their patients for life!!” #BSDetector

This episode is a rerun and it deals with the stigma surrounding mental hospitals and the portrayal of patients in mental hospitals in popular media such as films and television. Music: “Acoustic Breeze” from