How a community organisation is giving Kolkata’s youth mental support
How a community organisation is giving Kolkata’s youth mental support
Kolkata-based Cusp has been helping people connect with counsellors online and organising webinars to address the mental health issues many are dealing with in Covid times
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Shayori Banerjee and Agniva Ray conducting a webinar
In 2019, Kolkata-based Agniva Ray, Tshewang Norbu Sherpa and Shayori Banerjee set up Cusp, a community dedicated to physical and mental fitness of young people, especially those in college or in the early stages of planning their career. The group offers tele-counselling and workshops and seminars on dance and movement therapy and has worked with some of the best in the field Italian dancer Alberto Cissello, movement artist Joshua Sailo, choreographer Navya Sah and Australian theatre artists David Carberry and Alice Muntz. Cusp was only just beginning to spread its wings when Covid struck. Their own ne