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World Mental Health Day 2020: The lockdown has been ongong for several months, and it is difficult for everyone. Adjusting to the 'new normal', the isolation and the uncertainty have caused an increase in our anxiety and depressive episodes.

How are people with mental illnesses dealing with this time? For some, like Isha, lockdown has wornsed her anxiety and BDP diagnosis and pushed her to the edge of darkness. But for Maria, the lockdown provided an escape from her unhealthy routines and force

This segment looks at the stigma against mental illness, and how it hinders an individual’s ability to receive help from caregivers and clinicians – destroying families, leading to discrimination, and exacerbating symptoms. The lack of awareness and negative media stereotypes often contribute to the problem, becoming a barrier to any conversation around mental health.

The episode features an interaction with Mrinalini Ravi and Devina Buckshee. Mrinalini is the deputy director of the Banyan, a Chennai-based outfit which works with homeless people with mental illness, while Devina is the co-founder of the Mental is Political, a feminist collaborative for mental health, social justice and advocacy.

National Science Day: What makes the perfect body? Can we take inspiration from the natural kingdom to get a better body? Devina Buckshee from Quint FIT speaks to The BBC's Gareth Cornick to find out what scientists think makes the most beautiful, functional body.

This World AIDS Day, we explore the love stories of positive people, living with HIV. How did they find their lovers, does the stigma creep into their