Suicides, a tale of mystery

PS BALI

Jammu July 16: With an average of two suicides in a month, Jammu District is witnessing swift plunge in the suicide cases from past five years.

On one side when the crime rate is plummeting swiftly in the Jammu and its peripheries, the suicide cases are reciprocating the rate.

Although a change is also visible in the official statistics, but still 35-36 cases of suicide are registered every year.

With most of the cases related to unemployment and students, besides cases of dowry. The suicide is more active in rural areas with some inconsequential in urban.

Experts and psychologists alleged speedy competition, unemployment, wish imposition and changing life style as the reason for suicides.

“The much reason for the suicides among youngsters is the over expectations of parents, hard competition and lack of exposure. Beside all these factors the unemployment and changing life style are the vital aspects of the cause,” said Superintendent of GMC hospital Jammu, Romesh Gupta.

Condemning parents for the unusual cause of suicides, Psychologist Dr. Manu Arora said, “suicide is not an impetus attempt adopted by person, it is executed after timely preparation. The reason for suicide cases among students is that they get less time with parents. They feel isolated and as it is said that ‘idle mind is the house of dwell’,” said he.

From past five years the rate of suicides in Jammu is quite improved and this year only 11 suicides have been commited so far in Seven months.

According to official data in 2006 the number of suicides were100, in which unemployed faction holds the highest ratio with over 61 cases. In which 78 were male and rest were females. In 2007 the ratio witnesses a slight decline and the suicide rate droops from 100 to 94, in which unemployed faction ratios over 45 cases with 66 males and 28 females.

In 2008, again a trivial descend was witnessed with over 90 suicide cases including 63 male and 27 females.

2009 observed a great collapse in the suicide cases, as the graph poured down to 49 cases including 35 males and 14 females with large portion including students.

According to SSP Jammu city, Basant Rath, males are easy recipients of the crime as they found them selves bounded in many obligations.

“The prime reason for suicides is domestic bickering and poor coordination between family members. It is mostly visible in unsettled marriages which are carried out without the consensus of couples,” he said.

He further said that the decrease in suicide cases is the result of proper awareness among masses.

For the complete pin down of the suicides in the Jammu city, parents have to come forward and have to counsel their children’s at par.

“To lessen the case of suicide, parents have to read the mind of the children and have to free them for wishful options in the studies. In short parents have to allow children for choosing engrossed option for career,” said Dr. Romesh Gupta.

Marking it as the obligation of parents for controlling rate of suicides Dr. Manu Arora said, “By lessening the education stress and giving proper time to children, we can stop this menace, as this is premature practice and it shows its signs much before, the only thing is that parents have to rectify those signs and need to talk to children,” said he.

Despite of huge fall in the number of suicides, still Jammu is witnessing two- three cases every month on an average.

Experts believe that proper counseling and awareness can make difference and may keep people away from such crimes.

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