Amrita Tripathi

2 weeks ago | listen.hubhopper.com | Amrita Tripathi

Therapy bots are complete snake oil. Dr. Soumitra Pathare — psychiatrist and Director of the Centre for Mental Health Law and Policy — doesn’t hold back in this thought-provoking episode of Say Again with Amrita Tripathi. He warns that most of these bots haven't undergone safety trials and aren’t backed by evidence, raising some serious questions. And by the way, you might prefer to go for coffee with a friend than venting to your LLM as a 'therapist'.

1 month ago | amritatripathi.ghost.io | Amrita Tripathi

This is without doubt my favourite month of all time, but every year living in Delhi, as we do, it's a scorcher that puts my love of April to the test. There's no point complaining, as someone recently said, it's not like the weather ever gets better – summers just get worse and worse and we keep cranking up our AC's and commuting in AC cars oblivious to the impact on the climate... a vicious circle. Anyway, who wants to talk about the weather?

2 months ago | publishersmarketplace.com | Amrita Tripathi |Publishers Marketplace

The Other Sister is the story of a group of urban millennials in post-pandemic Delhi that could appeal to readers of Avni Doshi's Burnt Sugar or Sally Rooney's Normal People or Intermezzo. The main character Maya suddenly goes offline, after posting a cryptic message, leaving her friends hanging. While their enquiry into her absence gets increasingly frantic, Maya herself is oscillating between fear and honesty, therapy and godmen, superstition and nostalgia.

Feb 9, 2025 | amritatripathi.ghost.io | Amrita Tripathi

This picture just demanded a post. It's tough to go off the beaten path and decide to do your own thing. Like, really tough. Tougher still to drown out the noise and stay focused on what you want to build. So what happens when you feel you're going the wrong way? Keep going or backtrack and re-route? I've had the joy and privilege of working on two initiatives broadly aligned around social impact.

Jan 23, 2025 | amritatripathi.ghost.io | Amrita Tripathi

Late last year I had to stop and take stock of some health stuff. For someone who's only too glad to use every podium available to talk Mental health and 'self-care' and prioritising ourselves, I've been like most of you... which is to say only paying lip service!I hope that changes for you even as I'm hoping to change for myself. I had to stop, take stock, get some stuff done and then wait. To rest and recover! Can you imagine. What a gift in this always-on world to be mandated time to R&R.