Losing Hair, Not Hope
Important Information: Please Read Before Proceeding A 60-year-old woman sat across from me, devastated by her breast cancer diagnosis. When I explained the need for chemotherapy, one Marathi word, “विद्रुप” (vidrup) captured her fear. It is a word that suggests the harshest kind of disfigurement, something not just disfigured, but grotesque, mutilated. That one word,…