New Delhi, Feb. 4 -- It has been astonishing and therapeutic being in the cancer sisterhood circle of actor Tannishtha Chatterjee. As a Stage 3 cancer survivor of nine years now, I know that the cancer experience is not only brutal to the body and spirit, it can also be isolating. Through her diagnosis, treatment and arriving at remission, spanning several months since the beginning of 2025, 46-year-old Chatterjee flipped that common experience of alienation on its head by allowing a community of friends to grow and rally around her. "When you are fighting cancer, the love is everything," she has told me several times. A simple thought that would resonate with anyone going through cancer.

Meanwhile, during this time, the actor, known for...