MY VIEWS IN TIMES OF INDIA ON PREVENTING SUICIDE & ON SLEEP NEED

Comments of MILAN K SINHA (PATNA) in  
The Times Of India dt.18.11.12 

Dear Reader,
Your comment on the article ''Set aside 50 lakh a year to prevent suicides, IITs told'' is now displayed on timesofindia.com.

''Yes, counselling is essential for such depressed & over stressed students. Every morning you notice some reports in the newspaper on suicide deaths in different parts of the country. Let us first see the hard facts related to this growing menace in our society. Reports say, ”Suicide in India is slightly above world rate. Of the half million people reported to die of suicide worldwide every year, 20% are Indians. In the last two decades, the suicide rate in India has increased from 7.9 to 10.3 per 1,00,000 population. In a study published in The Lancet in June 2012, the estimated number of suicides in India in 2010 was about 187,000    ( 21 deaths every hour) of which 71% are by persons below the age of 44 years. This is a serious cause of concern which imposes a huge social, emotional and economic burden.Try to practice, in whatever manner & magnitude you like, the prescriptions of Swami Vivekananda, the great role model for Indian youth who lived in this world for only 39 years but could leave an indelible imprint on the soul & minds of millions of people world over. Swamiji says,” Be generous in prosperity and thankful in adversity. … Be a treasure to the poor, an admonisher to the rich, an answerer to the cry of the needy, a preserver of the sanctity of the pledge . … Be a lamp unto them that walk in darkness, a joy to the sorrowful, a river for the thirsty, a haven for the distressed, an upholder and defender of the victims of oppression. …Be a home for the stranger, a balm to the suffering, a tower of strength for the fugitive…. Be eyes for the blind and a guiding light unto the feet of the erring….''

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Comments of MILAN K SINHA (PATNA) in 
The Times Of India dt.19.10.12

Dear Reader,
Your comment on the article ''Don't miss even 2 hours of sleep!'' is now displayed on timesofindia.com.

''With the changing world and with the advent of LPG (Liberalisation, Privatisation & Globalisation) in our country too, the natural character of our daily routine underwent changes for the worse, particularly for our urban population.The reasons may be many and may also seem to be genuine and compelling, but the ultimate sufferer in the whole process of this so-called modern life style is our greatest tranquilizer: Sleep. Obviously, changing the natural course of life at will , doctors opine, affects not only our health but also the health of our family since it has multi dimensional impact on our life. Sleep deprivation is one such casualty of today's fast life which has great negative physiological and neurobehavioral consequences. Several medical research findings too have proved beyond any doubt that much of our body's regeneration processes take place during those sleeping hours. Let us see what William Shakespeare says in Macbeth,"Sleep that knits up the ravelled sleave of care.The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath.Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course,Chief nourisher in life's feast."

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