18 - Suhail Rasheed, Managing Editor of the Bangalore Review

Suhail Rasheed is an Indian writer, editor, and curator currently living in Dubai. A longstanding member of the Beautiful Voyager community, Suhail has written about his mental health journey in the past, but in this very special and personal interview he covers new terrain. Childhood abuse is not a topic that is often  discussed in his culture. He is incredibly courageous to open up about his own experience of abuse in this interview. He says he is doing it "in order to connect with others who have had similar traumatic experiences in their past." 

I admire Suhail. He brings a voice to things that others have experienced but might feel too ashamed to share. He fights against stigma and shares a perspective on mental health in Dubai and India that is rarely heard.