India makes you crazy...

Aishah

I suppose you could achieve that feeling,pquekel, gazing at the Taj Mahal?
Darwish - I have a feeling your sense of humour is now restored and you are onto the next stages in your life? Reading between the lines in your post, I am confident you are never going to go totally insane!

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jumpingfrog

The article link in the OP refers to the book theyamdancer mentions above: Fous de l'Inde by Regis Airault. The author is a French psychiatrist who worked at the French consulate in Bombay helping dazed and confused French travellers. Coincidentally I posted on this book recently on my blog. If you want to know more about the book:
http://india-outside-my-window.blogs...out-india.html

If you read French, I highly recommend it! It's also been translated into Portuguese.

Nick-H

(nice blog )

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Aishah

Interesting, jumpingfrog . I only wish I could have understood what the soundtrack was saying on YouTube. completely unintelligible for me, and I can understand French at a basic level when it is spoken. Just seemed to be raving on and on..with many repetitions.

edwardseco

Fascinating topic, very interested to know of someone specializing on this area of research..

Brisso

Mental illness - the Israeli Government is well aware of this given the large numbers of post-army youth who flip out in India.

The Israelis look after their own however, and have established what I understand to be called "warm houses" or something similar in various locations around India offering counselling and activities. Anyone know more on this?