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Reshma Valliappan, also known as ''Val Resh'' (born 1980), is an artist-activist for a number of issues related to mental health, disability, sexuality and human rights. She is the protagonist of the ''Public Service Broadcasting Trust'' PSBT documentary ''A Drop of Sunshine'' which is based on her true story of recovery and living with schizophrenia without medications which has been the subject of controversy till date. Being compared to John Forbes Nash as ''A beautiful mind, yet again'' she is an artist with a different beat of her own. She is a face that is difficult to ignore, with numerous piercings, tattoos and her distinct personality she was spotted as one of the faces for a feminist human rights organization CREA's〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.creaworld.org/ )〕 special series on United Against 377 for Youth Ki Awaaz and in CREA's photo book publication by artist and photographer Rebecca Swan. Her book, an autobiographical account of her life before being diagnosed with schizophrenia, is "Fallen, Standing: My Life as a Schizophrenist", published by Women Unlimited. It is the first of its kind on schizophrenia, shedding light on the issues of stigma, human rights, legal rights and what it means to live without medications. ==Media and culture== ''A Drop of Sunshine'' became an award winning documentary. It won the ''Rajat Kamal'' (Silver Lotus Award) as the Best Motivational/ Inspirational/ Instructional Film for the 59th National Film Awards, the oldest and most prestigious Awards for films in India. The citation reads: ‘For demystifying and creating awareness towards Schizophrenia through the story of the courageous journey of a young woman’. It won the highest number of awards at the annual Indian Documentary Producers' Association IDPA 2011. The documentary received The Gold Award for Best Film (Theme), Gold Award for Best Film (TV Non-Fiction), Gold Awards for Best Sound Design (Non-Fiction), Certificate of Merit for Cinematography by Yasir Abbasi, and Certificate of Merit for Non-Fiction Film above 30 minutes. Reshma has also been featured on CNN IBN Living It Up on her reasons for not taking the conventional approach and creating platforms of help through her work ''The Red Door '' Reshma coins the word "Schizophrenist" explaining what it means in her interview on NDTV. :: ''"When you say schizophrenia its automatically a taboo, a mental illness, a disease. Schizophrenic is an adjective. But I want to embrace it, I don't want to deny it, because this is how people identify people like me. They give it a stamp so I've said fine – if that is what you are going to call me, I will take that label and own it. The way you are an artist, I am a schizophrenist. Now you deal with the definition you have given me because this is mine, " says Reshma.'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Reshma Valliappan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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