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sticking to move forward to venture. just don't lose true grit it's the treasure map for modern globe trotters discomfort or some of europe's record breaking sites. too also in book form. indian film star deepika padukone is taking a stand for mental health as the pandemic rages she's raising awareness of psychiatric problems and the ways people can get help. thousands are dying every day in india as it experiences the biggest wave of coronavirus infections the world has seen. the health care system is in danger of collapse and millions are suffering from anxiety and depression. deepika padukone searching
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people to get help she set up the live love laugh foundation that helps connect people with mental health services like telephone hotlines and suicide prevention centers. she says no life should be lost to mental illness. robots in berlin welcome to this t w covered 19 special now india has reported more than 20000000 cases of covered 19 although the actual figure may be much higher than that as well as the immense physical toll of the pandemic it's also putting enormous strain on the mental health of indians lockdowns death illness and job insecurity all have an impact on how people feel. breakdowns in. these other words 29 year old uses when asked about how she's coping with the 2nd
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week of school with 19. water parents. and her father has been in the hospital for days. been an emotionally ham in this 2nd move my dad became a victim and a very serious one and it just made me realize how crazy things are at the moment runs an online mental health platform mind. which connects people to terrorists. and the statistics are enough to tell her that she is not. about depression and grief that many are already experiencing she says a lot of young people we end up suffering with p.t.s.d. post-traumatic stress disorder last year there were about $50.00 to $60.00 pepys that were coming in in one day and right now from the last 3 to 4 weeks at least the back has started to feel the 2nd wave has been catastrophic images of people
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gasping for breath and collapsing in front of hospitals when no beds or oxygen are available have a back to the mental wellbeing of many some experts are convinced this we've had a mental health epidemic. and we can now speak to dr parikh he joins us from delhi he leads the department of mental health behavioral sciences at fortis healthcare thanks for joining us we've just been hearing from indians particularly young indians talking about their struggles with their mental house during this pandemic is the health care provision van for people to seek help. to our streets to. in any case mental health billions if you look worldwide depletions in the 1st 2000000 people globally suffering from it the nearly 2 years have more than 500 percent shortage of mental an expert in our country that is
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legal now what we need to understand is if yes what accommodations will be had and how many have a lot more people are talking about them heard so many so this is all true visions are not merely about experts an explanation when it comes to our part of the word it will also involve the fab disappoint friends social media are communicating with your primary physicians and it might get a little stick i'm not a good solution supported guided that's what of it i will take now you mentioned health coming i suppose from within communities rather than necessarily from health care professionals but one of the things about india is that it's enormously diverse does that make it challenging to him ensure that all groups are getting the sort of help they need. but that's not the is i mean. even if you look at it again i need to use the employee common example
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because it gives the context to it that the largely have more explodes of a blunder the mental instability the india and as you move down to little in the uk the percentage will expose will come dull so what happens is that excess ability video says the lot it's absolutely news is naturally there is more stigma is mostly retained we there is more discrimination there most troubles because it is not available and it could be something as simple as let's say having an episode of inside the and needing a certain form of expertise but in terms of guidance on many occasions yes it does make it difficult but at the same time i must say this ted our light at the start of course in one study medicine was allowed in our country what it has showed all of us is that digital interferes and dealing with this it this is probably going to
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be in years to come a more long term solution for a bank plus diverse country like ours because you have somebody said in my easily not having an expert for a lot of minds right now and just fell off the bike to get exploited by these medications counseling sitting with a diplomat is where they are because of the internet access and i think that the transition they call it is big and i truly believe that in the years to god that it interferes is going to bridge the media's gaps we have made less notices now the change that you mentioned just earlier was that people are talking more about mental health now than before earlier in the program we mentioned a campaign by a deepika. padukone who is an actor who's been talking about her own experiences of mental health is it possible that. a positive change in attitudes could come as a result of the pandemic the difficult one to answer
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is the dead. and one level i feel. sad that would we need to bring them in to love in a modern nation the midland mental coalitions have been increasing over the past decade are not the example if you go you'll be in often even on celebrity is a coalition which is a few years up so it's not really go it has been talking about it much earlier and then more and more people start talking the old maglev the issues the fact that the if it can help it does have an impact we have good except the old models and influence has had their immense impact specially on the population that that that's an absolute fact and what's happening during call it is that an individual may not realize that they are talking about mental health but it is mental health has been addressed for example the fear of getting an illness of the fear or what if something happens to your family fear of getting treatment under all of these
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inside these are real stresses later examination results jobs it cannot me all of these psychosocial factors do give stress so when people start talking about big ego and doubts also primarily in direction of medical help because none of them bottling it up you are talking about it because you realize it's only you mustn't. forget them it is a better them because it is than so now look at ness about it distress is so and you didn't share anything about it has become laws pointed out and which i did was also you know me and into mention fall a country they guard because they couldn't see explication is not dissolution. the strength of india always have be it's it did and family system so she existed so the boy. did engage. the
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communication that happens in this this so should leave you with the stupid leave it all out of all these that was it is that we have that continues to be a strength the family system look all of this internationally reason is not automatically our 1st you know love made living through into this happy show so india's fastener says in this case perhaps its strength dr sami apparent from forces health has been fascinating and what you've had to say thanks for joining us . now is trying to answer another of the questions you've been sending interest days is also about the effects of the coronavirus on the mind over to our science correspondent derek williams. what are the neurological symptoms associated with covert 19 and blong coping.
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coded 19 can affect different people in very different ways and a certain number of those who contract it develop neurological symptoms by some calculations actually a lot more people experience them than then people who don't in the active phase of the illness those symptoms can include dizziness confusion tingling or numbing strategies a loss of smell and taste and in more serious cases delirium seizures and stroke doctors see the neurological symptoms could be caused by a number of factors in patients who have serious respiratory distress for instance oxygen deprivation in the brain can play a key role but but an out of control immune response could also contribute to symptoms and in some patients at least the virus appears to also directly infect
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the brain or nerves and some symptoms can persist or or even 1st appear after survivors have supposedly recovered from covert 19 as an aspect of this still undefined condition often generically called long cove it a recent large scale study looking at a wide range of neurological and psychiatric outcomes in patients 6 months after infection found that around one in 3 had complaints in those areas most often anxiety or mood disorders so what are generally classified as mental health issues and although there was some correlation with disease severity with the. people who had bad cases of cope at 19 more likely to suffer serious neurological complaints many long term symptoms were also far from
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uncommon in people who had moderate cases of the disease. derek williams that not all from listening to you called 900 special from our head over to the crown of our section of the website still to read about. how does a virus spread. why do we panic and when will all this. just through the topics covered and the weekly radio program. if you would like any information on the chrono laroche or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast if you know where ever you get your podcasts you can also find us at w dot com look for science. and happiness fears for everyone
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schuman penises are very different from primates you know we have a totally ridiculous man sized view of nature david and this is climate change craziness sex how to dress in 3 books you get smarter for free get over your books . we can start rewriting the software of sample bacterial cells. we're not creating life growth we're rewriting the program for all the salt we're orgreave all over so all we can redesign them they'll have different properties i don't have a clue or will get in front of changing the of you know less of. there's no proof you could give us a better person for. using fossil fuel. to
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plaster. you could have. killed or the like. but. we're just learning this is a new field. and . challenging the status quo with topical animation on this edition and culture. stay tuned for a taster of some of the best animated films of the pos 2 years. and the most famous number in perth you history turns 100 in its interior week we find out why it should nail number 5 is still so astonishingly successful.
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a very warm welcome now we start at the stuttgart international festival of animated film the 28th edition is getting underway with a diverse virtual program it features the world's best animated features discussions with the people who made them and of course award ceremonies but one of the most popular elements is the short film program many of this year's shorts deal with issues that have special significance right now. the gray winged blackbirds harmed the common black bird making the entire range of black but species now extinct. what would the world be like if all the beauty of nature could only be seen in museums this animated film takes species loss of plants and animals due to pollution and environmental destruction to an extreme at some point nature strikes back with a pandemic but the film sad beauty was made in 2019 before the coronavirus pandemic
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that i did not know that covert 19 was coming and it doesn't deal with a virus in this film but with bacteria as you will see that for the story that is an important difference as the title suggests it's a sad story but it challenges you to find some consolation in a certain kind of beauty. the film's unmistakable message is that we humans cannot destroy nature completely and we can only survive with nature not in opposition to it. in the empty places the somber chords of beethoven's moonlight sonata provide the soundtrack as machines operate the perspective expands showing spaces
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utterly devoid of people what now seems like a metaphor for lockdowns was actually also completed before the pandemic it's a melancholy meditation on machines continuing in their mechanical loops independent of the humans whose lives they were meant to improve. if. 2 polar bears flee their home and arrive in the world of brown bears. the animated short migrants addresses the heavy topics of climate change the migrant crisis and racism so it's french creative team deliberately opted for a playful aesthetic style. the use of toes and stop motion style as it's to cover these highly charged and
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very sensitive topics. these artistic choice were made better reason they with younger holden's and then discus and sing about these programs. and the filmmakers cleverly use images that have become part of our global visual memory to bring their message home. combining slapstick with better satire finn ice features a t.v. presenter and his camera man she's the. spaceship and. it's going to get. this year's stock out festival of animated film features a strong program of short films with a lasting impact. but the sound output is often
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a problem you had. a piece of even buckle up. i'm joined now by my colleague edward kennedy a lot of thought provoking content there a far cry from tom and jerry for myself when did animation become so serious while the voice been animated films that have dealt with difficult topics but they are certainly coming into the mainstream us more often nowadays it's interesting because you have on the one hand these blockbuster superhero films that are based on comics with real live actors that are actually quite frivolous but on the other hand you have animated films the reputation of being cute and kitschy that are actually quite gritty and taking on serious topics so not have diversity why do you think they'll make is that choosing to confront political issues using animated films especially when i think animated films people associate them with childhood
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so they are easier to emotionally connect with of course we do want to reach some young people with some of these issues and it also helps that you can have genderless or graceless characters in these films or as we saw in one of the films their use and the characters to emphasize that ridiculous human behavior not animal farm my quince by the way has already picked up quite a few prizes but major animation studio productions have also been telling important stories. from $26.00 the car in order to discuss both sexism and racial discrimination one the best animated film oscar and took in a $1000000000.00 in the box office pixar as a soul which won the best animation oscar this year also tackled racism and the
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central character the 1st african-american lead in the pixar film by the way it was based on a real life new york using to chaff. so that's the high end of also gives emerging filmmakers a platform but the production values do get very high. just think you're right in general but there are quite a number of films in the festival that hark back to a more in the tradition for example what will future humans look like is a different kind of artistic vision animated illustrations drawn on paper it looks at how humans might evolve in the future quite unsettling i have to say but generally even films these days are of a very high standard this is well illustrated by a remake of this famous 969. of.
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the gods. of course. here. is a remake in this year's festival. i'd say i actually prefer the original but you can see the amazing leap forward to even the animations of my the year right adrian 1st was getting underway now we hope our viewers will enjoy it we thank you for a very animated discussion thank you. more good news for art lovers now especially those in rome the vatican museums have finally reopened to visitors to limited numbers and 3 times are being staggered these are just must have their tempers just taken and when mosques that sense of international terrorism means
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it's a rare chance for the city's residents to have some of the world's greatest renaissance masterpieces to themselves. or collection of items from the home of the late japanese fashion designer takada kenzo has been put on show in paris ahead of an auction set to take place next week the cardiff founded the world famous cancer brand of clothing skincare and he died last october aged 81 after catching 19. now to oppose you made its debut on the 5th day of the 5th month of $921.00 this week it's celebrating its 100th birthday when asked what she wore to bed martin monroe famously oncet just a few drops of chanel. over the years why will have common gone but the classic post seems with its highly guarded secret ingredients has stood the test of time.
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the formula for one of the world's best known perfumes is known only to a few people one of them is olivier crucial house perfume or for chanel over a century has passed since coco chanel set out to develop a perfume unlike any other chanel number 5 among the more than 80 high quality compounds are tuberose jasmine and this was new synthetic aldehyde so. she wanted an artificial curfew she compared a fragrance with a dress because a dress is also created from different elements that's why should know number 5 is so different in its style and composition based around the floral aroma boosters and all the other chanel perfidious that follow it were like that. here in southern france jasmine stretches to the distant hills these blossoms are reserved exclusively for the production of chanel number 5 several times
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a year olivia push comes from paris to cross. the blossoms are harvested in the early mornings from august to october and taken to a nearby factory for immediate processing. $350.00 kilos of blossoms sealed only about one kilo of pure jasmine extract. just may well be the most important element in the identity of should now number 5 . in the early 1920 s. she asked him to create a scent from the finest of compounds the most often extracted from blossoms and of those jasmine from grass is the finest. coco chanel and her new fragrance revolutionized the perfume world just as she had the fashion world before in the 1950 s.
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the simple but was made part of the permanent collection of new york city's museum of modern art. guarded 5 as her lucky number. she presented her collections on the 5th of may the 5th month of the you. the number 5 great significance for her. and so she felt immediately drawn to the curfew sample number 5. from the iconic american starlet marilyn monroe to french academy award winner. many of the most beautiful women in show business have done advertising for the legendary scent. the pandemic has put a damper on plans for a big celebration for chanel number 5. but nothing can change the fact that 100 years ago. created a fragrance that has since become one of the most successful and popular on earth.
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this is. after that deadly metro accident in mexico with the promise there will be a full investigation it happened monday the train plunging on to a road when an overpass collapsed killing at least $24.00 people will bring you the latest from the mexican capital also coming up tonight india's hospital struggling to cope as the number of coronavirus infections reaches more than 20000000 and calls for a nationwide lockdown groet.