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Seher Hashmi Takes Mental Health Campaign to Adilabad
Seher Hashmi is travelling across India on a motorcycle to talk about mental health.
She and her team started their ride from Delhi toward Kanyakumari on August 20.
In Adilabad, she spoke with students at two colleges.
She shared some of her own experiences with mental trauma.
She also said women can achieve their goals when they get opportunities.
Hashmi wants people to question old ideas that discourage women from riding motorcycles or going on adventures.
Collector Rajarshi Shah said people should focus on the present and think positively.
Hashmi plans to return to Delhi after the tour.
Social activist Seher Hashmi visited Adilabad during her national campaign, “Beyond the Horizon: A Ride for Resilience.”
Hashmi and her team began riding from Delhi to Kanyakumari on August 20; she plans to return to Delhi after the tour.
She spoke with students at a private college and a government degree college about mental health and women’s confidence.
Hashmi shared her experience of mental trauma and urged people to challenge traditional views about women riding motorcycles and taking adventure tours.
Collector Rajarshi Shah encouraged positive thinking and said mental health is important in present conditions.
- Who
- Social activist Seher Hashmi, campaign riders, students, and Adilabad Collector Rajarshi Shah.
- What
- Hashmi visited colleges as part of a motorcycle campaign promoting mental health awareness and women’s confidence.
- Where
- Adilabad, during a journey from Delhi to Kanyakumari.
- When
- She reached Adilabad on Saturday; the campaign began on August 20.
- Why
- To raise awareness about mental health and encourage women and girls to pursue their goals.
Challenge traditional expectations
Traditional views
Women and motorcycle adventures
Challenge traditional expectations
Hashmi said traditional and orthodox views about women riding motorcycles and undertaking adventure tours should change, and that women can show their abilities when given opportunities.
Traditional views
The article describes traditional and orthodox views as barriers, but does not identify anyone defending those views or state their specific arguments.
Key facts
- Campaign
- “Beyond the Horizon: A Ride for Resilience”
- Campaign route
- Delhi to Kanyakumari, with a planned return to Delhi
- Campaign start
- August 20
- Adilabad activities
- Interactions with students at a private college and a government degree college
- Motorcycle milestone
- Hashmi said she learned to ride in 2021 and fulfilled her dream of riding a Royal Enfield in 2024.
- Tour history
- Hashmi said she completed her first tour in 2025 and that this is her second journey.
Quotes
Rajarshi Shah
Collector of Adilabad.
“Mental health is very important in the present conditions, and people should not feel anxious about the future and should lead life with positive thinking by understanding the present conditions”
deccanchronicle.com
“She has taken up a nationwide campaign to create awareness among the people about mental health and also increase confidence among women and girl students”
deccanchronicle.com
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