Ya correct I got the idea of writing on this topic because of Suhant Singh Rajput’s sucide case. In this article I won’t be particularly speaking about his sucide, but will express my thoughts on ‘why do people even consider suicide as an option?’
First of all I want to share some stats:-
- In last 5 years, 40,000 students have committed sucide. 85% of them were preparing for IIT JEE and NEET. (Most of them form Kota, Rajasthan.)
- Annually 135,000 people form age group 15-29 commit sucide in India.
- Annually 800,000 people commit sucide worldwide, out of which 20% belong to India.
The numbers in above stats may seem shocking and unbelievable, but they show us the bitter reality of our society. These stats tell us how drastically our Education system is failing to provide students with basic values of life.
Those 40,000 students committed sucide because they were taught that your AIR rank will decide your future. Which is completely false. For students preparing for JEE or NEET, getting into IIT college or AIIMS is the only purpose of their life. And when they fail to achieve that purpose, they lose their self-confidence and stop believing in themselves. Our system has made us believe that marks and rank decide our future. We have a great example of this, Sonam Wangchuk. Sonam Wangchuk has started a college for students who fail in 10th grade. Only condition to get into this college is, the student should have failed in 10th grade. Yes exactly opposite to the criteria used by any other college. Students who graduated from this college are doing good in their life. Because practical knowledge is more importance in that College. Their marks are not limiting their success.
We should be taught more about real life skills, which will make us more equip to live our life independently. In most of the other countries practical knowledge is given more importance than theoretical knowledge. In our life marks, good job ,success do matter but not as much as living a happy life. In our life what matters the most is life itself. Then why should we even think of ending our life because of any question? We should Always remember that, things never go so wrong that they can’t be corrected. It may take time but you will always get out of difficult times. Many people keep comparing their lives with other, and consider that only they go through difficult times. But in reality everyone goes through difficult times, but those who persist and work hard over come it. But those who think that their destiny was to fail, at last end their life thinking life wasn’t fair to them. But actually they didn’t value the life they had. Nothing is destinied. It’s just another excuse to get rid of everything. There are many ways to a destination, yours may not be the easiest but can be the best. Never give anything more importance than your life. Always share your problems with your parents. Their advice at times can be wrong but their intentions would never be. Whenever you start feeling that your life is tough, just think about physically or mentally challenged people. Do you live a tougher life than they live? They may have many weaknesses but their biggest strength is the HOPE to live. Never lose hope, keep believing in yourself. Life will always find a way out.
Rods™ 