Hi all!

My latest - on Origin and Caste - in Psychology Today

The New Film “Origin” Forces an Acknowledgement of Caste | Psychology Today, April 12, 2024

Can people survive if people prefer something other than people? Can you survive if you, as a person, or your type of people, are disfavored? The answer, of course, is no—and yet we have this kind of disfavor, bias, discrimination, and cruelty built into the structures of psyche and society—so that dominant groups thrive and subordinated groups don’t. Audre Lorde famously wrote, “to survive in the mouth of this dragon we call america, we have had to learn this first and most vital lesson—that we were never meant to survive.” 

With a shout out to Freud and a look at his tripartite division of the psyche as well! (and a note of how Trump reinforces the caste system.)

I forgot to send my January 8th podcast appearance - on Elaine Miller-Karas, LCSW's Resiliency Within:

Amplifying Compassion and Relatedness: Containing Cruelty and Abuse

I was featured in this article and series -

“A community and a resource”: Alumni career initiatives provide a platform for support (April 2, 2024)

"For Ravi Chandra ’89, a psychiatrist, writer, and educator, leading a webinar about self-care in the context of cultural stress and change was an opportunity to highlight employee burnout, a common issue that remains a relatively taboo topic in the workplace.

“It’s often discussed as an individual issue, but it’s really embedded in organizational cultures,” said Chandra. “I hoped to help people bring compassion to their inner lives, as well as name factors in our organizations which need attention.”

But more than anything, Chandra says he wanted to remind alumni that they don’t have to confront these hurdles alone.

“We all lean on each other, and by building communities that can collectively navigate stresses, we can learn how to survive and thrive amidst challenges."

That particular webinar on Burnout is available here on YouTube: “Self-care and Dealing with Burnout” with Dr. Ravi Chandra

and here is the Psychology Today article about it: 11 Tools to Cope With Burnout and Overwhelm | Psychology Today 

My film is playing in NYC soon! Please forward to friends there -

CitizenShip of Mixed Emotions - Queens World Film Festival

April 23 at 9:30 pm (LATE!!!)  Zukor Theater in Queen

1. Tickets are $20.
2. We have a Friends and Family code for $5 discount: QWFriends/Family.

Since Celine Song's film PAST LIVES is getting buzz and is now available online, here's my article again - 

MOSF 18.2: Celine Song’s Past Lives: Ambition and Emptiness (EAAPAAO Part 3)

Here's a pic of an outdoor screening on Hayes Street last night!

Thanks for being on the journey, and allowing me to be part of it!

Warmly,

Ravi