In the inaugural edition of Ellaaj Varta (a joint presentation by www.ellaaj.com and dialogus), we turn our spotlight on the growing menace called mental health crisis. Though much has been said about it in the recent past and the way it is multiplying in a rapidly changing world (a recent WHO report says about 100 crore people are suffering from it in some form or the other), the moot point is: in the most populated country in the world, has it gone beyond the stage of just being a buzzword? Do stakeholders (parents, educational institutes, companies and others) really understand the dimensions of this issue? The rapid rise in students suicide as well as the stress factor in the corporate sector (particularly led by increasing job insecurity) has indeed put a big question mark on our socio-psychological structure. In this free wheeling conversation, Ellaaj.com editor Ritwik Sinha catches up with Richa Singh, CEO and Co-Founder, Your Dost, a well known technology based platform for mental counselling which has touched over 3 million lives during its journey since 2014. For her unique initiative, Richa has drawn praises from several quarters and has made to prestigious ranking lists for new age entrepreneurs…