suicide prevention

On World Suicide Prevention Day, Dr Aninda Sidhana offers a toolkit for families, educators, and peers on how to help a youth in India who is silently battling fears, hopelessness, and pressures.

As student suicides rise in Kota, IAS Ravindra Goswami and ASP Chandrasheel Thakur are bringing empathy, systems reform, and hope—showing students that life matters more than any exam.

Many people who contemplate suicide mask their inner pain but often leave subtle signs that can alert loved ones. This World Suicide Prevention Day, the focus is on encouraging open conversations and supporting those in distress. Psychologist Priyanka Varma shares how you can help.

Raashi Thakran lost her 18-year-old brother Raghav to suicide in 2019. To help others who are still suffering silently, she petitioned for a helpline number.

We need to recognise that suicide is a societal failure. To change this it will take a village — we need policy makers, people, and the media to collaborate.

These are just a few examples of the kind of impact NASSCOM’s BigTech program has driven in association with several donor companies.

The volunteers who work at these helplines must also undergo a supervision every week to discuss the kind of calls they receive along with a therapy session - a major point most NGOs miss out on.

Sometimes it can make things better if we knock on a closed door and say, “You look sad. Maybe I can help. Would you like to talk about something?”

He noticed the perpetually low parent turnout at the Parent Teacher Meetings in the school. On inquiry, he discovered that a majority of the students had lost one or both parents to suicide.

A group of proactive citizens in Mangaluru are doing their bit to help fund a suicide prevention helpline. Starting off the awareness campaign is the staging of a musical, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.