This article has been published in partnership with Roche Pharma India. 

For around 2 lakh people in India, life with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a quiet, invisible struggle. Most are in their 20s and 30s — years spent building careers, raising families, and planning for the future. Yet despite affecting so many, MS is widely misunderstood and often goes undiagnosed. People face exhausting challenges largely unseen.

MS is a condition where the immune system attacks the protective coating of nerves, slowing signals between the brain and body. This makes everyday tasks such as walking, thinking clearly, and keeping up with routines much harder. The symptoms are often invisible: fatigue that won’t go away, numbness, blurred vision, dizziness, chronic pain, or mental fog. Because these struggles are not obvious, many feel isolated, misunderstood, and exhausted. 

However, the silver lining is that timely treatment and support can make a real difference.

Below are three stories of Indians living with MS, showing resilience, adaptation, and what it really takes to live with this invisible condition.

Asmita More: Navigating work and identity

Tied carefully around Asmita More’s arm is an orange ribbon tattoo — a quiet yet powerful symbol recognised across the world for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) awareness. But beyond the tattoo is a woman determined not to let a diagnosis define the life she continues to build for herself.

A public relations professional, explorer, and traveller, Asmita has always thrived on movement, ambition, and independence. When her body began sending unfamiliar signals in 2021, the experience felt deeply disorienting.

It started with blurred vision, waves of exhaustion that rest could not fix, dizziness,........

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