A METHOD IN THEIR MADNESS

PSYCHIATRIC SHORT STORIES: SHALINI: is a newly married woman who suddenly loses her speech. When the aphonia is treated, she becomes hysterically blind. Narco-analysis reveals mind-boggling reasons for her problem. LYRA: is a teenager who is threatening to jump from atop her building. Her relationship with her boyfriend has been unsatisfactory, but still she refuses to give up on him. PINKY: is a Gujrati schoolgirl who suddenly starts talking in Tamil. Her parents start feeling that she is possessed by a ghost. AKHILESH: is a possessive housewife who wants to keep her husband under her thumb. She tortures him physically till he is fully covered in injuries. MRS. IYER: is an old lady who sees blood all around her. She has lost her lone daughter and is naturally bereaved. The guilt that she harbours in her heart prevents her from improving.