A few weeks ago,a senior Mumbai cop couldn’t cope with the excruciating pain of cancer and committed suicide.Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain cut short his life and one more name was added to this sad and depressing list of people taking their own lives when spiritual guru, Bhaiyyuji Maharaj shot himself dead in Indore. I don’t mean to adopt a sermonising attitude towards these people,who chose suicide. Neither is there any […]

LONDON: Unemployment globally might account for nine times as many deaths by suicide every year (about 45000) as the recent economic crisis (around 5000 excess suicides), according to a long-term analysis of suicide risk across 63 countries between 2000 and 2011.   Researchers estimate that about 233000 suicides took place each year between 2000 and 2011, of which unemployment accounted for around a fifth (about 45000). Unemployment was linked with […]