It’s becoming an almost daily occurrence now—the news of another young person, full of potential, choosing to end their life. Not long ago, I sat across from a friend of mine, a respected psychiatrist, and asked him, “Why is this happening so often?” “Bob,” he said, “when we were growing…


Robert Clements is a newspaper columnist and writes a daily column, which has graced the pages of over 60 newspapers and magazines, from a daily column in the Khaleej Times, Dubai, the Morning Star, London, and in nearly every state in India, from The Statesman in Kolkata, to the Kashmir Times in Kashmir to the Trinity Mirror in Chennai.