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Lipi Mehta

Instagram And Depression: Why I Deleted The App For One Year

I had to go cold turkey, and I am glad I did.

4 min readMay 22, 2019

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Instagram And Depression: Why I Deleted The App For One Year

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The Reader

6 Pressurising Notions About Reading I’ve Learned To Trash

Reading is not a race. It is about your personal relationship with stories and words.

4 min readDec 24, 2018

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6 Pressurising Notions About Reading I’ve Learned To Trash

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#MeToo: I Don’t Want To Be Known For Our Complicit Silence, But For Bold Acts Of Empathy

I watched alone in silence — triggered, in anguish, but not hopeless.

5 min readSep 28, 2018

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#MeToo: I Don’t Want To Be Known For Our Complicit Silence, But For Bold Acts Of Empathy

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The Reader

No, I Don't Need To Turn My Depression Into Art, Growth Or 'Beauty'

The debilitating burden of romanticising mental illness.

4 min readJun 27, 2018

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No, I Don't Need To Turn My Depression Into Art, Growth Or 'Beauty'

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Lipi Mehta

5 Messages I Received After I Spoke Out About My Depression (And What They Mean To Me)

On May 19, 2018, I broke the silence around the depression I have been facing for over a year. After months of dealing with guilt of…

4 min readJun 8, 2018

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5 Messages I Received After I Spoke Out About My Depression (And What They Mean To Me)

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The Reader

What PMS And My Period Does To My Depression

I am writing this while on my period. The last few days, I have spiralled almost out of control – I have cried incessantly, with thoughts…

3 min readMay 19, 2018

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The Reader

Amma’s Breasts

A peek into a society that thinks it has the right over a woman’s body, especially her breasts.

4 min readMar 30, 2018

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Amma’s Breasts

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Lipi Mehta

Being restless for change in a world that labels youth as ‘apathetic’

Youth apathy is discussed across the world, but we never talk about what is making us lose faith in our systems.

3 min readJan 3, 2018

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Being restless for change in a world that labels youth as ‘apathetic’

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Lipi Mehta
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The Reader

How Chetan Bhagat Exposed My Snobbishness As A Reader

I recently found my copy of Chetan Bhagat’s first novel, “5 Point Someone”, at my house. It was comfortably tucked between “The Hungry…

4 min readDec 20, 2017

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How Chetan Bhagat Exposed My Snobbishness As A Reader

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The Reader

Stop Thinking That If You Aren’t Reading Books, You Aren’t Reading At All

I grew up in a house with books. A house where my mother and sister’s library was pretty much open source. I was proud of how many books I…

4 min readSep 4, 2016

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Lipi Mehta

Lipi Mehta

Editor of @TheReader_In. Part of team Paani Foundation. Previously: Campaigns and Growth @YouthKiAwaaz, and Research at ‘Satyamev Jayate’ (TV show).

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