THE PIONEERS OF INDIAN PSYCHIATRY-I DR. N.C.SURYA-The Lone Rider N.N.Wig-Part 6

Perhaps one of the most original and significant parts of this paper is Dr. Surya's observations on the concept of ‘dependence’ which is an integral part of psychoanalytical theory. To the best of my information, Dr. Surya was the first Indian author who openly questioned the relevance of the concept of 'dependence' in Indian setting. After Surya, there have been others who have written more extensively on the subject (Neki 1976, Varma 1985), but the seeds of this line of reasoning are inherent in Surya's paper in 1966. I quote him on the subject: