India’s Mentally Ill

Carolyn Cole

The Los Angeles Times

INDIA'S MENTALLY ILL - Reeja Marimuthu, age 18, is possessed by evil spirits says her mother (at left). To get treatment, Reeja is chained to a post outside an Indian Muslim Tomb, which people believed to have healing powers. Some stay chained for months, others for years, waiting to be cured.

Carolyn Cole, "India’s Mentally Ill," in POYi Archive, Item #31930, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/31930 (accessed November 23, 2024).