- Gayathri Ramprasad

Woman
South Asian
Spring Edition 2014
93
book Review
SHADOWS IN THE SUN
Any South Asian woman suffering from
depression or a mental illness should definitely
read Shadows in The Sun by Gayathri Ramprasad.
Needless to say, this book can save a life, whether
you are a man or a woman. Like Ramprasad’s
parents, many parents nowadays, overlook the
signs of depression that are lurking within their
children; therefore, I really recommend this
book to parents as well. It is a heartwarming
story of how Gayathri Ramprasad, a girl
growing up in Bangalore then later migrating
to the States, dealt with the serious mental
illness that is so often taken for granted —
depression. Beautifully written, Ramprasad
explains the story in a way where you can
visualize a vivid picture of what she is talking
about. This book offers a voice of hope for
recovery to people that may be suffering from
the same thing but don’t see a light at the end of
the tunnel. The way Ramprasad described some
of her major struggles, not only with depression,
Author: Gayathri Ramprasad
Review By: Char Nair
but with the shame and stigma she had to put
up with from her family culture was engrossing.
She is a true definition of an advocate and an
extraordinary survivor to mental illness.
Readers are walked through the intense smell
of jasmine and turmeric to flickering oil lamps
that once lingered around her during childhood
to the lowest low of how anxiety and depression
took over her life. I really appreciated how
Ramprasad didn’t sugar-coat the situation and
how she openly shared her story, regardless of
how she thought others would perceive her.
This admirable memoir written courageously
by Ramprasad takes you through her 30-year
battle from adolescence to marriage. It was
only after her first child that she sought out
the help she so desperately needed in order to
find the light to the end of the dark tunnel she
was travelling through. Her fearful journey
is victorious and that is what makes her a
legendary hero to so many!
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