Chemical Khichdi

Name: Chemical Khichdi
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Author: Aparna Piramal Raje
ISBN: 9789354926471

Author: Aparna Piramal Raje

Narrator: Aparna Piramal Raje

Unabridged: 8 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Random House Audio

Published: 10/25/2022

Categories: Nonfiction, Self-help, Mood Disorders, Bipolar Disorder, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Biography & Autobiography, Memoirs

Synopsis

Some said children were out of the question, but she is a mother of two boys.Some said she couldn’t handle business life, but she has interviewed over a hundred CEOs, and counting.Some said she wouldn’t be able to write a book on mental health, but here it is.Aparna Piramal Raje is happy, thriving and bipolar. And this is her story.Part memoir and part self-help guide, Chemical Khichdi provides a pathway for anyone with a mental health condition and the family, friends, colleagues, and medical professionals that love and care for them.Empathetic, candid and accessible, it outlines ‘seven therapies’ that have enabled Aparna to ‘hack’ her mental health and find equilibrium over the years, and shows how you or someone you know can also do the same.

About The Author

Aparna Piramal Raje is the author of Working Out of the Box: 40 Stories of Leading CEOs. She is a regular columnist with Mint and has previously contributed to the UK's Weekend Financial Times for several years. Over the past decade, she has fostered an awareness of design, especially workplace design, in companies in India. Now, Aparna aspires to leverage her lived experience of mental health to make a difference in this sector.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Riya on July 30, 2022

"But I find myself still feeling down and that down stems from one source -- to which I still haven't found an answer, after so many years of writing this journal: purpose." BOOK: CHEMICAL KIHITCHDI : How I hacked my mental health AUTHOR: @aparnapiramalraje GENRE: #selfhelp PUBLISHER: @penguinindia RATI......more

Goodreads review by Ruchita on May 12, 2022

This book is a timely essential read as it’s mental health awareness month. Aparna’s writing comes from a vulnerability, authenticity and lived experience. What I liked is it took you through a journey of normalising mental health issues in India. The 7 chapters culminated in a can do approach to ha......more

Goodreads review by Shaily on January 28, 2023

3.5/5 The structure of the book didnt sit very well with me. Second quarter onwards, and especially second half is really good. Lot of great takeaways, the most important one being that learning about yourself, taking active steps to becoming comfortable with yourself, and creating a life that is not......more

Goodreads review by Brinda on May 31, 2022

I’ve always enjoyed Aparna Piramal Raje’s pieces in The Mint, her profiles of business icons like Rahul Bajaj, or her vivid narratives about workspaces, buildings and cities. While reading her latest book, Chemical Kichdi, where she turns her writerly lens on her own life, my admiration for Aparna h......more

Goodreads review by Tanya on May 10, 2025

READ THIS BOOK! 10/10 Would recommend! MUST READ! I am so touched by this book that I (who never writes reviews) wanted to put a review up. During this read I felt like I was right there with the author. I felt every high, every low, every mess as if it were mine. This is not your typical ‘self-help......more