Suicides Revisited

A small piece of thought was raging in my mind for the past couple of days. (Only few people would know what the real thought really is ... but chill fellas ... this time for blog records it's something else .. hehehehe :-))
Only small pieces make a lot of noise in your brain. This thought has then manifested to become a blog due to a small discussion in front of my B-school campus. (i guess people will now stop discussing things with me hence-forth .... as i would seem to write their thoughts as well)

There were a couple of suicides in my campus and the it would not take a rocket scientist to figure out that "South Indian" students were the ones committing this grave act... It really shocks me .. there are better, painless ways to kill oneself but hanging from the ceiling .. Oh my gosh !! It is this way which causes maximum pain to the fellow as he sees and feels his own death in every second of the act ..

I was thinking what would lead a person to such an act ... where his brain snaps and logical mind stops working ...

In South India, people place a lot of importance to academic curriculum. As young colts, one is often expected to excel in his studies and secure atleast 90-95% marks in each subject. Even language subjects are not spared as it is not common to get 95% marks in English and Hindi... Even discussion between people ranges in this subject only .. "Oh !! My Boy is extremely sincere in his class ... Secures 95% each time and manages to be in top-5 ..." Another mother would remark " My son always comes from school and starts reading newspapers as his Dad !! " A quick glance at the son would reveal that he is just 8 year old toddler .... On the contrast two north indian mothers would discuss in a following way .. "My Son has two-two girlfriends" .. " What !! Great .. My son has learnt to play Guitar " ... "My son even helps me in cooking...."

This slowly deprives him of other good habits like music, debating, sports, Dating (hehehehe !! as in my friend sudhanshu's lingo .. "Going Around" ),. Thus these students on growing up become one-sided and siloed in their personality and when they find that things don't go their way .. they have nothing else to take recourse to. Unrelenting parental pressure and peer pressure simulataneously stretches their brain and forces them to commit such an act ..

Even take my own case ... I ran marathon, climbed mountains , wrote poetry (hey !! i wrote humorous ones .. serious ones are reserved for future) and blogs , avid swimmer, played basketball and a host of other sports, travelled across countries ... but at the end of the day .. my parents/grandparents (esp grandfather) keep worrying .... " Kanna !! Why do you get involved in all this ??? Study well By the way, Intha sem la mark- evolo vanthuthu .." meaning " How many marks did you score this sem??"