The focus of Psychoanalysis from the Indian Terroir is to connect problems around culture, family, traditions and the burgeoning political changes in the Indian landscape. The papers provide critical rejoinders to the maternal-feminine thematic in the Indian cultural psyche, issues around ethnic violence, therapist’s gender and political identity, narratives of illness and spiritual and traditional approaches to healing are some of the problems that are flagged in this volume. Editors, Manasi Kumar, Anup Dhar, Anurag Mishra open their discussion on what could psychoanalysis in India be like and what kinds of synergies and diachrony Indian thinking introduces to the mainstream psychoanalytic narrative.
