E-MAGAZINE MARCH 2018 | Page 14

live e v o l h g u la The "Padmaavat" heroine, Deepika Padukone has battled depression, spoken about it publicly. She discussed the importance of getting professional help - and she has come a long way since she first revealed her struggle with mental illness in 2015. Since then she started "The Live Love Laugh Foundation" (TLLL), an initiative to create awareness about mental health. And awareness creation is sure happening. Stigma attached to mental ailments is the main reason why society is struggling to address the problem, and the day we together manage to tide over it and bring about awareness, we will win this battle. Deepika Padukone