HANGING BY A THREAD

priya sharma, a 17 year old , cracked the Patna medical college entrance in her first attempt last year. On 25 January this year she was found dead in her hostel dorm. Apparently she had hanged herself and she left no suicide note. She had recently given her first year exams and her friends say she was afraid, she might fail. She kept wondering what answer she would give to her parents, to her lecturers, to her friends. She just kept wondering, till she finally found the answer. The answer was a rope and the choking it would cause.

  patna has emerged as the suicide capital. According to National crime records bureau data for 2009, 28.3% of the suicides in the city were students.Suicides by the students are on the rise in India-from 4.8% in 2008 to 5.3% in 2009 of the total suicides. In real numbers, 6761 students committed suicide in 2009-2010. It boils down to a chilling statistic-19 students commit suicide everyday in our country.
SOME SPINE CHILLING FACTS-
*77% OF STUDENTS COMMITTING SUICIDE ARE BETWEEN 15 AND 20 YEARS
*148 STUDENTS COMMITTED SUICIDE IN DELHI IN 2009 IN A MONTH

                                       

The problem is that many boys and girls suffer from depression and have no one to discuss their problems. Only a few institutes have helplines for depressed students.
The problem is in the system which teaches us that their is no place for failures, which makes marks more important than lives.We are made to believe that a failure in the entrance exams is the end of life.
The food we eat is similar to our life. You cant eat only sweets all through your life can you, you need some spice.Life is similar it has its moments of both sweetness and bitterness.
The important thing we need to understand is-
LIFE IS NOT A RACE, ITS A JOURNEY.....