MEDIA & PRESS 

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2026​

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The Epstein effect: Why smart people protect dangerous men

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A psychologically incisive exploration of moral blindness among elites, this piece examines how power, proximity, and social incentives distort ethical judgment. It reframes complicity not as ignorance, but as a cognitive and emotional adaptation within elite networks, asking why intelligence often fails in the presence of status. 

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Valentine's Day illusion: What couples get wrong about love

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This article dismantles modern romantic myths among high-achieving couples, revealing how performance, ambition, and curated lives crowd out intimacy. It speaks directly to dual-career global professionals navigating love under pressure.

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Why can't kids stop?: Child anxiety in the age of digital overload

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​A clinical lens on childhood anxiety driven by hyper-stimulation and digital immersion, arguing that modern environments are structurally misaligned with developmental needs.

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2025

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Love, masculinity and the modern man's silent crisis

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A nuanced dissection of male emotional suppression in high-performance environments. It reframes masculinity not as dominance or fragility, but as unarticulated psychological deprivation.

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Empowering women at work?: Let's start at home

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Challenges corporate feminism by exposing the private sphere as the true site of inequality. Suggests that leadership narratives fail without psychological restructuring of domestic dynamics.

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Lying flat: Why are the young giving up on life​

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Interprets global youth disengagement as a rational psychological response to structural exhaustion, not apathy. Connects ambition collapse with cultural disillusionment.​

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The New divorce: Family estrangement across generations

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Explores rising emotional estrangement within families, framing it as a boundary-setting phenomenon rather than breakdown, especially among globally mobile individuals.

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Deepfakes and weaponized porn: A case for cultural reckoning

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A sharp intervention into digital sexual violence, examining how technology amplifies psychological violation beyond the physical realm.

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Why we must not talk of infidelity only as betrayal

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Reframes infidelity as a symptom of unmet psychological needs and identity fractures, rather than a simple moral failure.

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Why great leaders reflect before reacting

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A study of leadership through the lens of self-regulation and psychological depth, distinguishing reactive authority from reflective power.​

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Seniors under siege: The global scam epidemic no one walks about​​​

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Analyzes scams not just as crime, but as manipulations of trust architecture in aging minds, with global implications.

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We all die - How we mourn reveals who we are

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A philosophical, cultural, and clinical meditation on grief as a mirror of identity and attachment.

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Why are we drawn to demon lovers?​

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Explores attraction to emotionally unavailable or destructive partners as a function of deep unconscious patterning and trauma bonds.

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My body, your choice: Does a woman's consent mean anything, at all?

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A forceful critique of societal distortions around consent, positioning it as a psychological, cultural, and political construct under strain.

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Are you in bed with a narcissist? 

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Decodes narcissistic relationships in high-functioning individuals, emphasizing subtle psychological erosion rather than overt dysfunction.

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Bunking Climate Science at Davos 2025

 

A critique of performative environmentalism among global elites, exposing the psychological dissonance between rhetoric and action.

 

2024

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Chalking Education as a Crucial Safeguard for Refugee Children: When the State Plays Truant

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Positions education as a psychological stabilizer and identity anchor for displaced children in fragile geopolitical contexts. 

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​Displaced: Refugees, trauma, and integration within nations I Oxford University Press

 

​A major scholarly contribution examining trauma, identity, and integration across nations, situating displacement as both a geopolitical and deeply psychological phenomenon. 

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2023

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"Being Called a Refugee Hurts:"

Learning about trauma from Ukrainian, Syrian, and Afghan refugees 

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Humanizes displacement through lived psychological experience, emphasizing invisible suffering beneath policy narratives.

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2021

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Torture: How Culture and Gender Shape Trauma in Syrian and Afghan Refugees

 

32nd International Congress of Psychology, Prague, Czech Republic 

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2018 and earlier (Select Pieces)

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Marriage and Love: Variations on a Theme in Modern India

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From Nanda, S. (2018). Love and Marriage, Cultural Diversity in a Changing World Read the chapter on Google Books.​​​

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For Refugees, Trauma Runs Deep: 'Nobody Knows my Heart Is Crying' I US News

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At a Red Cross center in Berlin, refugees describe the nightmares that have become normal. Read the full article from U.S. News.

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Sex, Fear and Loving: A Conversation I New York Times | February 2, 2015

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India Lacks Mental Health Care I New York Times | January, 2015

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The Superwoman’s Struggle I The Indian Express | July 23, 2011

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Indian women are the most stressed in the world, says a Nielsen survey. They de-stress by splurging on themselves, and remain optimistic about the future. What explains the dichotomy? Read the full piece from The Indian Times.

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Marriages are in Trouble I The Hindu | May 15, 2010

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U.S.-based psychologist Shaifali Sandhya discusses the startling conclusion - the great Indian marriage is burning - emerged from her study of the shifting paradigm of marriage in India. Read the full article on The Hindu.

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Gordian Knots I Outlook | December 14, 2009

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"A professional and highly-readable beginning, which will hopefully inspire other scholars to follow suit." Read the full review from Outlook.

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Boredom in the bedroom I  The Times of India | November 22, 2009

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Dr Shaifali Sandhya says the "Indian marriage is burning" and around 80-85% divorces are initiated by women. About one-third of her respondents - aged between 22 and 55 and married for any where between one and 36 years - said they were unhappy with their sex lives. Read the full article on The Times of India.

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Revolution in the Bedroom I The Telegraph | October 25, 2009

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A chance encounter with a woman who sat next to her on a plane set Shaifali Sandhya out on a journey of looking at Indian marriages. Read the full article from The Telegraph.

ACADEMIC & SPEAKING

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​​​​​Remediating torture and complex trauma in resettled refugees I American Psychological Conference, Washington DC

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