Three-month old Ahuti Joshi died of cardio-respiratory failure brought on after she had been severely battered by her mother, who was young, frustrated and possibly suffering from post-partum depression.

For once, this has not led to moral outrage, but an acknowledgement of mental illness, perhaps because we can no longer pretend it is an aberration. Around 13 crore Indians suffer from some sort of mental illness — depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and bipolar disorders. Suicide is fast becoming the leading causes of death amongst young people.