Harsh (name changed) was born to highly accomplished Indian parents — his father a Chartered Accountant and his mother a Doctor. Soon after their marriage, the couple moved from different parts of India to Europe, first settling in France, where both their sons were born.

When the boys were still young, the family relocated to England. That shift triggered a growing concern — the children were slowly losing touch with their Indian heritage. Wanting them to stay rooted in their culture, the parents enrolled both sons at The Doon School, one of India’s most respected educational institutions.

Early Freedom, Hidden Trouble

After graduating, Harsh returned to Europe to study architecture in Amsterdam. The freedom and exposure proved overwhelming. During his time abroad, he was introduced to cannabis and LSD, both highly addictive and hallucinatory substances.

What began as experimentation escalated rapidly. Soon, Harsh slipped into a delusional state where he believed himself to be Lord Nataraja reincarnated. He began to perform Nataraja’s cosmic dance in the streets, half-clothed and unaware of reality.

Local authorities reacted swiftly — first the police, then his college. With his behaviour deemed dangerous, he was immediately institutionalised.

Searching for Answers, Finding Only Walls

By then, his parents had retired and returned to India. Upon receiving word of their son’s condition, they rushed abroad, rescued him from the asylum and brought him home, desperate to help.

From psychiatry to medication to repeated consultations with renowned doctors and mental-health organisations, they tried everything. Nothing worked.

Harsh could not stay away from drugs outside supervision, and with medication as the only control mechanism available, his life became one of restraint rather than recovery.

The Breaking Point

Confined at home, restricted from substances, stripped of choice and freedom — Harsh spiralled further inward.

The pressure eventually pushed him to attempt suicide in his bathroom. The shock left his distraught parents feeling utterly helpless.

Then came coincidence — or fate.

His parents saw Mr Biswas, the head of our premium rehabilitation centre in Kolkata, speaking on television about addiction, psychosis and recovery.

With nowhere else to turn and having exhausted every option, the family reached out to us immediately.

A Different Path to Healing

With parental consent, Harsh was safely brought into our rehab facility.

After assessment, Mr. Biswas recognised that the heavy psychiatric medications were no longer necessary. They were carefully tapered — slowly and responsibly — with his mother, a Doctor, actively involved and informed at every step.

Counselling replaced confinement.

Understanding replaced fear.

Treatment replaced punishment.

Over the course of twelve months — through therapy, individual and group counselling, behaviour restructuring, daily routines, community building, and holistic restoration — Harsh returned to clarity.

The delusions faded.

His mind stabilised.

His identity returned.

Recovery, Reinvention, and a Life Reclaimed

By 2007, Harsh was discharged — clean, grounded and ready to re-enter society.

He completed his architecture degree, rebuilt his life, and has remained drug-free ever since.

Today, he lives in Pondicherry, happily married, raising a family and contributing meaningfully to the world.

He specialises in restoring heritage structures without causing damage, a thoughtful profession aligned with his renewed purpose and sobriety.

A long road.

A painful descent.

A powerful recovery.

A true story of rehabilitation, healing and hope.