Reshma Valliappan: Difference between revisions

'''Reshma Valliappan''', also known as ''Val Resh''<ref>{{cite web|last=Chandy|first=Shalini|title=Surviving Schizophrenia: An Artist's Account|url=http://culturama.in/surviving-schizophrenia-an-artists-account/?page_number=1|work=Culturama Online|publisher=Culturama|accessdate=27 May 2014}}</ref> (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'' [[Public Service Broadcasting Trust|PSBT]] documentary "A Drop of Sunshine"<ref>{{cite web|last=Sanyal|first=Aparna|title=A Drop of Sunshine|url=http://adropofsunshine.org/|work=A Drop of Sunshine|publisher=PSBT|accessdate=27 May 2014}}</ref> which is based on her true story of recovery and living with [[schizophrenia]] without medications<ref>{{cite web|last=Carey|first=Benedict|title=Revisiting Schizophrenia: Are Drugs Always Needed?|url=http://www.power2u.org/articles/recovery/revisiting_schizophrenia.html|work=National Empowerment Center<!--|work=New York Times-->|accessdate=27 May 2014}}</ref> which has been the subject of [[Diagnosis of schizophrenia#Controversies|controversy]] to date. Being compared to [[John Forbes Nash Jr.]] as ''A beautiful mind, yet again''<ref>{{cite web|last=Basheer|first=K.P.M.|title=A beautiful mind, yet again|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/a-beautiful-mind-yet-again/article2824178.ece|work=The Hindu|accessdate=27 May 2014}}</ref> she is an artist with a 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<ref>{{cite web|title=Feminist Human Rights Organization|url=http://www.creaworld.org/|work=CREA|accessdate=27 May 2014}}</ref> special series on United Against 377<ref>{{cite web|title=LGBTQI Speak of Their Inspiring Struggle|url=http://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2014/01/lgbtqi-people-talk-plight-powerful-picture-messages/|work=Rebecca Swan|publisher=CREA|accessdate=27 May 2014}}</ref> for Youth Ki Awaaz and in CREA's photo book publication<ref>{{cite web|title=Free and Equal|url=http://www.creaworld.org/publications/free-and-equal-2012-0|work=Rebecca Swan|publisher=CREA|accessdate=27 May 2014}}</ref> by artist and photographer Rebecca Swan.