In 2013 alone, 130,000 people took their own life in India.
That number may be lower compared with figures relating to some of the leading causes of death worldwide, like AIDS, but with suicide, there’s more than meets the eye.
In the Indian state of Maharashtra, where suicide deaths reached 16,622 last year, according to data published by the National Crime Records Bureau. There are many families that refuse to report suicides to the police, some due to stigma and others out of shock following the death of a love one, according to Jyotsna Bahirat, program coordinator for Connecting NGO, a local nonprofit working on suicide prevention.
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Jenny Lei Ravelo@JennyLeiRavelo
Jenny Lei Ravelo is a Devex Senior Reporter based in Manila. She covers global health, with a particular focus on the World Health Organization, and other development and humanitarian aid trends in Asia Pacific. Prior to Devex, she wrote for ABS-CBN, one of the largest broadcasting networks in the Philippines, and was a copy editor for various international scientific journals. She received her journalism degree from the University of Santo Tomas.
