{"id":569134,"date":"2025-11-14T05:08:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T05:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/569134\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T05:08:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T05:08:08","slug":"in-bengaluru-conversations-on-mental-health-find-a-home-events-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/569134\/","title":{"rendered":"In Bengaluru, conversations on mental health find a home | Events Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/manostava-4.jpg\" alt=\"In Bengaluru, conversations on mental health find a home\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> Over the weekend, Bengaluru turned its spotlight on mental health as Manotsava: The Na tional Festival returned to the city for its second edition. The festival brought together over 130 speakers \u2014 including neuroscientists, therapists, artists, and educators \u2014 for talks, workshops, and discussions on various aspects of mental well-being.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"manotsava_ (7)\" msid=\"125271833\" width=\"\" title=\"\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/manotsava-7.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/>\u2018OUR GOAL WAS TO MAKE IT A CELEBRATION, NOT A CONFERENCE\u2019Festival organiser Rohini Nilekani shared, \u201cThe objective of the fest wasn\u2019t to make it feel like a conference, but like a communi ty gathering \u2014 where people could talk, learn, and even play their way to awareness. The focus should go beyond the disease. Mental health isn\u2019t just about therapy sessions or hospitals \u2014 it\u2019s about connection, art, laughter, and how we live our daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>10 Simple things to do for your mental health every day<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"manotsava_ (10)\" msid=\"125271839\" width=\"\" title=\"\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/manotsava-10.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Through art and music, the festival brought people together, helping them open up, share experiences, and find joy in collective healing<\/p>\n<p>Pallavi MD<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"manotsava_ (11)\" msid=\"125271881\" width=\"\" title=\"\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/manotsava-11.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/> \u2018THERE\u2019S NO SHAME IN SEEKING HELP FOR ONE\u2019S WELL-BEING\u2019\u201cThere\u2019s no shame, guilt or fear in seeking help when one is suffering. The key is to know when to seek help and to build resilience,\u201d added Rohini. Sheetal, a homemaker who attended the festival with her teenage son, said, \u201cStarting a conversation with your kids about mental health is a good way to build understanding.\u201d <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Manostava (6)\" msid=\"125271866\" width=\"\" title=\"\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/manostava-6.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Manostava (2)\" msid=\"125271894\" width=\"\" title=\"\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/manostava-2.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>It was refreshing to see conversations around mental health move beyond therapy rooms<\/p>\n<p>Dr Gagan, clinical therapist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Over the weekend, Bengaluru turned its spotlight on mental health as Manotsava: The Na tional Festival returned to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":569135,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4317],"tags":[180724,105,180725,218,19672,180727,180726,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-569134","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-bengaluru-mental-health-festival","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-manotsava-festival","11":"tag-mental-health","12":"tag-mental-health-awareness","13":"tag-mental-health-discussions","14":"tag-rohini-nilekani","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=569134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/569135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}