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“I can no longer live this lifeless life. Screens, conferences, messages, emails, brands, deadlines, expectations, this room, that laptop, religion, restrictions, health, family, feelings, theories, equations, numbers… and me, the reasons are many. Thank you and sorry for everything.”

These were the last words of a young student at a top-ranked institution in India before taking his own life. He was such a young man in his prime that he should have been happy and enjoyed life.

Was this an isolated incident? The statistics emphatically say no. The World Health Organization (WHO) states in its 2021 report that around 700,000 people worldwide commit suicide each year, making it the fourth leading cause of death among people aged 15 to 29 worldwide. world.

A report on mental health published by the WHO…