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Sep 9, 2020, 39 tweets

Thread on recent spate of family annihilation/mass suicide by families. In 2019 there were 180 cases recorded by NCRB across India. This year will possibly see more recorded. Will just be posting links here. If you find or know of more cases, just post the link here for me.

This was an especially troubling one

timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/pr…

There are many more such cases this year. Any double counting here is accidental.

Please get help if you're struggling with suicidal tendencies, support is available. Check the number for your state and call them.

thehindu.com/news/national/…

Many of these cases involve families in debt and small business owners, migrant workers or daily wage earners. This is one of the biggest signals I have seen that indicates exactly how economic failures affect people. Unfortunately, these cases are not tracked adequately.

This report actually contains two separate incidents

indianexpress.com/article/cities…

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