There is a thin line between celebrities and depression, and unfortunately at times suicide. More often than not, the fame and stardom that soak our stars in success and get them used to the fandom that follows them, brings about reconsider.
Dr Anjali Chhabria, who is a practicing psychiatrist and is known to have treated a lot of Bollywood personalities. She says, “According to World Health Organisation, every three seconds globally, someone somewhere attempts suicide – and every forty seconds a person succeeds. Unfortunately, one out of these three suicides is happening in India.”
Chhabria has recently penned a book called, “Suicide is Not the Answer”, and while this book talks about depression and suicide, it is loaded with letters and write-ups by a lot of celebrities like Alka Yagnik, who has said in the book that, “It is very lonely at the top.”
Shabana Azmi has done the foreword for the book, Shefali Shah has written a poem, Raveena Tandon has written about women and suicide, and veteran actor Suresh Oberoi has written about religion and suicide.
Dr. Chhabria says, “When I started writing the book, I realized that the number of suicides has doubled in the last three years in our country, while we read about so many suicide cases in the (news) papers, there is no book or manual addressing the issue. We have also read a lot about various celebrities suffering from depression or who have taken their lives, I myself have treated a good number of them, whose names I can not disclose. I am thankful to many who have come forward to support me and my book. They did, because they have realized the importance of talking about this issue.”
Raveena Tandon who has been at the top in her times, and is now a film producer, and columnist, on this topic said, “I have often wondered what makes successful, beautiful, confident people sometimes want to end it all. I wish they get out of their skins and see for themselves as for how the world sees them-successful, making a name for themselves amongst millions. Somehow suicide rates have doubled over the last few years, increasing the rate to an alarming number of suicides every minute.”
Sonu Nigam also opened up about this alarming truth and said, “Just as until we do not clear a particular examination, we don’t move to the next grade, so is the soul not ridden of its unfinished learning even in the afterlife unless we take charge of settling the accounts here and now as we are alive. This book is that light of hope for the travelers of the dark.”
The book touches various aspects that explain and give more insight into why death is not an answer to any difficult situation in life and otherwise. Each chapter makes sure that every time you are faced with a challenging time, you’ll have a positive direction to choose and pick an option to live through it all, reports Indian Express.
