Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain and fashion designer Kate Spade’s deaths brought celebrity suicides in sharp focus once again. Now, actor Alia Bhatt’s sister Shaheen Bhatt has opened up about her battle with depression. In a heartfelt piece for Vogue, Shaheen says how there needs to be a deeper conversation about depression and suicide. Shaheen lamented that even though we live in hyper-connected times, we seem to communicate less and less. We learn about people’s airbrushed lives only from social media sites. Is it time now to have an honest conversation about depression and suicide before the epidemic claims more victims?
