Bandaged Moments the inspiration in Niyogi Books-Solh Wellness initiative

New Delhi: Niyogi Books, in collaboration with Solh Wellness, hosted a powerful, women-led dialogue on stress, resilience and shared emotional experiences, marking the launch of SAHARA — an all-women support community built to encourage honest conversations and collective strength.

The event held at Kunzum Café in Jorbagh on November 8, centred around ‘Bandaged Moments’, an anthology published by Niyogi Books, featuring deeply personal short stories on emotional struggle and silent battles, written by women, through the lens of lived experience.

The narratives became a mirror for real conversation — around emotional labour, workplace bias, burnout, societal pressure, and the quiet toll of everyday stress.

A defining moment in the session was a shared realisation echoed across the room — that stress is often the root of most emotional and mental challenges women face.

This collective understanding set the stage for deeper dialogue, steering the conversation toward awareness, measurement and monitoring of stress — a direction led and fuelled by Solh Wellness.

Solh played a central and active role in shaping the session into an experiential journey. The company set up its AI-powered Streffie kiosk, allowing attendees to check their real-time stress levels through facial biomarker analysis, making stress visible, measurable, and personal for the first time to many in attendance.

To follow this, Solh introduced guided support plans, helping participants decode stress patterns and explore structured ways to monitor stress in daily life. The experience shifted the conversation from talking about stress to seeing and understanding stress in real-time.

The session also unveiled Solh’s 1,000+ stress resource library, offering tools, insights and material focused entirely on stress recognition, stress symptoms and daily stress triggers. Participants were further introduced to Solh Buddy — an AI companion designed to support everyday stress through real-time check-ins, guided reflections, and pattern-based stress awareness.

This made the session not just a conversation, but a continuum — giving participants a pathway to measure, understand and monitor stress beyond the room.

“Every woman in the room resonated with one truth — stress is not a side effect, it’s often the starting point. The real shift begins when we give women a way to see it, speak about it and track it,” a spokesperson from Solh Wellness shared.

The event also marked the beginning of SAHARA, an ongoing, women-exclusive support community where lived experiences meet shared strength — a space to unpack stress, let guards down, and speak freely without fear of judgement.

Niyogi Books was recognised for enabling literature that sparks emotional truth and real conversation, while Kunzum was appreciated for hosting the session in a space rooted in warmth, comfort and inclusivity.

The evening stood as a powerful reminder — stress may be universal, but it doesn’t have to be invisible, unnamed or endured alone.

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