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HOPE IS GREATER THAN ANYTHING

Todays blog is about the increasing suicides among students. I was reading the newspaper today and what grabbed my attention is the news that a 16 years old student has committed suicide in Kota who was preparing for her NEET Exams. This is not a single case but over 13,000 students died by in 2021 in India at the rate of more than 35 every day, a rise of 4.5% from the 12,526 deaths in 2020 with 864 out of 10,732 suicides being due to "failure in examination" according to the latest data as per NCRB’s ADSI report 2021.
The question what really arises is was it a suicide or was it a murder by the expectations of society? The fact that a 16 years old has lost all the hopes from life is something we all need to think, that as a society we are failing. 
What are the factors that have made this rise in suicide rates?

1. The gap between the reality and expectations has increased because of the existence of social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook. We see happy faces, people having everything at a very early age. It is very common that comparison will happen. It is very easy for anyone and especially a child to fall into the trap of having everything. 

2.The lack of support system is also a major reason for this. The teenage and adolescence are the age when its time for real exploration in terms of career choices, likings and disliking, dreams. Supportive parents means they will give the freedom to the child to explore themselves. There are times the child needs someone to depend, parents should be emotionally available at those time. The sense of security in the mind give one a freedom to live.

3.The disconnect from spirituality is another reason. In this modern world we have almost forgot to involve spirituality in our life. We are only focusing only on the physical things as the parameters of happiness. We all have believe that 'I will be happy once I achieve this or achieve that.' But we generally find out that once we achieve what we want , we found a momentary happiness and if by any chance we could not achieve what we want we become so negative to ourselves. This problem can only be solved by spirituality. what are the ways to get spirituality is something which will be out of context in this discussion so we will not discuss it.

4.The lack of compassion in us is also a reason. We as humans generally find happiness in criticizing others and we love to discuss about the shortcomings and failures of others. This is something which we need take care of, to actively avoid such things. we should be compassionate about others and give them acceptance and appreciate that they are trying. 

BECAUSE HOPE IS GREATER THAN ANYTHING.

-CuriositySeeker  
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