A
few years back, my friend, Aman,
committed suicide because he failed in his class 12 examinations. Every year
there are hundreds of students who commit suicide because of the same reasons.
And there are thousands of people all over the world who commit suicide because
of one or the other reason. To me, even the thought of committing suicide is
formidable.
Just
recalling Aman’s act made me think
that was he too strong at that time or too weak. It can only be either of the
two possibilities. Committing suicide is not like doing some mischievous acts,
it is one of the gravest sins in
mankind. A person needs to be too strong
to do such an act. He must be too determined, too courageous and too strong in
committing this gravest sin. And the
next possibility is that he is too weak, too coward and too helpless face the
reality or the failure of life.
But
these thoughts led me to a more confused state of mind. If a person is strong
enough to kill him, if he has that much courage to put an end to his life then
why can’t he fight against all the odds and start all over again, why can’t he
give a fresh breathe of air, a new hope of sunlight to his life.
If
a person is so weak that he cannot overcome the shadow of failure then from
where does that courage to commit the suicide comes. It means that the Courage
which comes at the spur of the moment, over shadows the optimistic ray of hopes.
This could be because the negative vibes are much stronger than the positive
ones. But if those strong feelings minus
the negativity can be stretched even a bit more, it can easily be converted
into the positivity of life or if that weakness can be further weakened then
the person would not be able to commit that sin and then as we all know life finds its own ways.
But,
whatever the solution be, this vicious circle of too strong or too weak goes on
and on.
This is actually a deep thought. I've never viewed suicide as an action of strength, but when you think about it like that... it really does make you wonder...
ReplyDeleteyup, suicide is an action of strength...
Deletean xcellentpost friend,thought provoking,in japan,for xample it was commen for defeated warriors to commit suicide ,instead of surrendring to enemy.gen tojo ,the PM of war time japan ,in ww2 ,preferred suicide ,then surrender .also romans,as well in india wen defeated they commited suicide.so strong or weak ,cant say, but soldiers do prefer this then humiliation
ReplyDeletei agree, my friend, some situation are beyond our control.
DeleteNice thought! i was really inspired after reading this blog. Keep up the good work bro!!
ReplyDeletethank you...
Deletewise written. Fruitful thoughts... Lets hope this fruit yields sweet against the evil bitter thought "Suicide"...
ReplyDeleteThe subject is as deep as ones thought. I agree with Subodh but in certain cases where a professional fails in his mastered carrier Suicide can not be condemned to such extend as a Student or a learner could be a class tenth or could be a 60 year old trying to learn some thing more mature and fails. They are simply Running away from the fight we can not say they are Losers, They were or are trying to master the art Time and attempts does not matter but learning or mastering should be complete. So failing is not abnormal try again harder and with more dedication. No body like relatives friends or the learner him/her self should not set time frame for achieving a goal. Some parents pins high hopes and coax their children to pass the exam with 1st rank in such cases they are also responsible. If I am a Master warrior and failed to stop attacker from dishonoring my house or country or clan in such case Suicide could be an option. but not for a Student immaterial of age.
ReplyDeleteAman and likes to be identified and told about other options than suicide by such qualified persons.
@scrapravi
the subject here is not the person, but his soul which is either too strong or too weak, which may wary person to person and age to age. thank you for sharing ur thoughts
DeleteThese kind of actions are in society because social structure of families & parents demolished. Controlling over child & issues are out of hand. nuclear families also some what responsible for these cowards but some time inevitable steps. well drafted write-up Priyank. ShivsBHARAT on Twitter.
ReplyDeleteGreat! Very thought-provoking!
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking me to it.
@madhushala
"This could be because the negative vibes are much stronger than the positive ones. But if those strong feelings minus the negativity can be stretched even a bit more, it can easily be converted into the positivity of life..."
ReplyDeleteThis is where the role of a another human being - a friend in need or an alert family member - comes in. Somebody to turn that negativity into positive strenght
@madhushala
well said..very true..thanks for sharing ur thoughts
DeleteVery well written @priyanka and well said free_verse/@madhushala.
ReplyDeleteAASRA (aasra.info )is an NGO aggressively working in this field (suicide prevention) for more than a decade now. You can check this poster which goes with what free_verse/@madhushala has written https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=273872442664752&set=a.195867293798601.62010.160643940654270&type=3&theater
Superb!!! Well, The obvious acknowledgement from my side being: You could have written more that you like.. You can ...
ReplyDelete@jigarpandyaa
both extremes are well narrated.. got impressed... ADB bro...
ReplyDelete@ManiKSK