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India: Suicides in Kerala

Categories: South Asia, India, Economics & Business, Health

“Dog's Own Country?” [1] on the high suicide rate in Kerala. “It is a sad fact that Kerala has the highest suicide rate in India. A friend of mine once speculated that the Malayalee is a unique creature prone to caving into peer pressure which forces people to resort to extreme measures in desperate times.”