Böcker av Anirudh Kala

In Most of What You Know About Addiction is Wrong, distinguished psychiatrist AnirudhKala debunks common myths on the largely misunderstood topic of addiction.The book introduces readers to the ways in which humankind has been engagingwith addictive substances over time and our complicated ongoing relationshipwith them.Beginning with the early humans and the formation of their bonds with mindaltering substances, it goes on to share a comprehensive account of the use ofvarious substances in India with a special focus on Punjab. In the late 80s, drugaddiction peaked in Punjab and it continues to be a major public health concerntoday. The book closely examines the links between addiction and the social andeconomic changes plaguing the state, urging policy makers and law enforcementto stop viewing addiction through a moralistic prism and to adopt a more holisticand scientific approach to manage it.Both the history and the science of addiction are explained in an easy-to-read,accessible style. The nature-versus-nurture debate about the origins of addictionalso feature prominently in the book. The benefits of decriminalization andlegalization of addictive substances, which countries like Portugal have achievedthrough pragmatic initiatives are substantiated with ample data. Statistics aboutthe number of people using drugs or affected by addictions are not just quoted;readers are shown how to derive meaning from this data.Most of What You Know About Addiction is Wrong sends out a set of well-researched,informed and timely messages about how mature societies should be handlingaddictive drugs. This makes the book essential reading for policy makers,politicians, health professionals as well as general readers everywhere.

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'Is it Partition time again?' Ma asked when I drove her to the station to put her on a train.Feeling her heart pounding against my chest, I patted her on the back and said, 'Don't be silly. Partitions do not happen every day.'But that was later.In the aftermath of Partition, India exchanged the Muslim patients in its Mental Hospitals for their Hindu and Sikh counterparts in Pakistan. This collection of interlinked short stories explores the impact of this decision in both countries, against the larger backdrop of the ongoing consequences of Partition. Rulda Singh and Fattu (Fateh Khan), recently discharged patients from Lahore's Mental Hospital, find themselves separated by the deportation, possibly for ever. Years later, Prakash Kohli, an Indian psychiatry student, hears Rulda's account of his journey to India, with its casual official cruelties and unexpected tenderness. When he visits Lahore at last, Prakash discovers the story of his own birth in 1947, forms a lifelong friendship with a Pakistani colleague-and realizes that nobody knows why so few mental patients survived the exchange.As Prakash becomes troubled, and then fascinated by finding the missing stories of these patients, he realizes that Partition continues to have a profound effect on the psyches of the ordinary people whom he treats. A middle-aged woman passes on a recurring delusion of being chased by murderous mobs to her children. A young boy from Simla is convinced that Benazir Bhutto, the Pakistani President's daughter, loves him and they discuss world affairs in his dreams every night. An elderly lawyer recounts a love story, doomed by impassable bureaucratic hurdles. And Prakash, seeing Punjab go up in flames again under a militant call for another land of the pure, wonders if Partitions can continue to happen every day, after all.These stories, and more, with their recurring and shared characters, remind us that Partition does not merely lie in the past. Powerful and unsettling, this collection is essential reading.