tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037385.post1536905602985422452..comments2024-03-04T22:54:13.447+05:30Comments on Remains of the Day: The Cultural Factor in SuicidesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037385.post-20288947676964703492011-06-07T01:21:07.862+05:302011-06-07T01:21:07.862+05:30"In the former category are the suicides of d..."In the former category are the suicides of debt-ridden farmers, of a person in painfully bad health, of someone who has lost a lot of money or a close relative, etc. One rarely reads about these kinds of suicides as they are not really newsworthy."<br /><br />I had a "But why" reaction to one of these types of suicides actually. A good friend of mine, from my school days, committed suicide after the passing away of his Father. A combination of factors - he missed his Father's last moments (as he was abroad), was very close to him, and evidently was guilty for not moving back to India sooner to be at his ailing Father's side led him to make that decision (is how everyone else seemed to be rationalizing it). But I could not accept that explanation, he was otherwise a well-adjusted, optimistic, cheeerful guy, did he see no other option? Would his Father have not wanted his son to have a long and happy Life? Was his unbearable pain greater, than the need for him to be strong for his mother? <br /><br />I ended up blaming Religion and Superstition ultimately, as he apparently left a note that he was going to "join" his father. He seems to have had a strong belief in the afterlife. He appears to have had no doubt whatsoever that he could be throwing away his Life, for nothingness.Sridharhttp://PoliticsMonitor.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037385.post-89540677134160348132011-06-06T07:49:16.722+05:302011-06-06T07:49:16.722+05:30Parental pressure is not the natural outcome of a ...Parental pressure is not the natural outcome of a market driven economy, though media pressure of course is. America is a good example.pankajhttp://pankajunk.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com