Dark Skies, Rays of Hope

Abstract

In this month's Book Forum, Deepika Shaligram and Raman Baweja confront loss in their review of the Hindi-language film, The Sky Is Pink. Together these academic child and adolescent psychiatrists contemplate what happens to parents and siblings when the threat of losing a child to medical illness looms over family life. They note that-with breaks in the existential clouds and levity here and there-The Sky Is Pink is a thought-provoking meditation on the vulnerability of being a parent and being a pediatric physician. We imagine the best outcomes possible, but must learn to live when the worst becomes a reality.