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Deepika Padukone delivers heartening speech on mental health at Davos

Deepika Padukone is on a mission to make the world a better place. After standing in solidarity with students of New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) who were protesting after masked assailants wielding batons and iron rods attacked the university leaving more than two dozen injured, she delivered a powerful speech on mental health at the the World Economic Forum in Davos. The actor received the Crystal Award at the annual event for her work on spreading awareness about mental health. The actor spoke about her mental illness journey at the event saying she had a love-hate relationship with it, and highlighted that depression and anxiety were common illnesses that could be treated. “My love and hate relationship with this has taught me a lot and I want to tell everyone suffering from this that you are not alone.” “Depression is a common, yet serious illness. It is important to understand that anxiety and depression is like any other illness and treatable. It was experien...