DYING YOUNG

        

                                                                            DYING YOUNG                                     West bangal tops the national tables in student suicides.parents and schools continue to suffer,but a concerted effort to tackle      problem remains missing.

             DUBIOUS DISTINCTION                         west Bengal witnesses most student suicides………

                   YEAR 2005=WEST BENGAL=731  - MAHARASHTRA=784 -TAMIL NADU=531 -ANDHRA PRADESH=500- KARNATAKA=368

                   YEAR 2006=WEST BENGAL=1141- MAHARASHTRA=882- ANDHRA PRADESH=512- KARNATAKA=447 -MADHAYA PRADESH=365

                    YEAR 2007=WEST BENGAL=1138 -MAHARASHTRA=793 -ANDHRA PRADESH=699 -KARNATAKA=507 -MADHAYA PRADESH=326

                     YEAR 2008=WEST BENGAL=940 -MAHARASHTRA=757 -ANDHRA PRADESH=481- KARNATAKA=455 -CHHATTISGARH=370

                    RURAL SKEW…but unlike other states,it remains a rural phenomenon

                   2005=CHENNAI=103-DELHI=89-MUMBAI=84-BANGLORE=76-KOLKATA=15

                   2006=CHENNAI=226-DELHI=100-MUMBAI=101-BANGLORE=90-KOLKATA=13

                   2007=CHENNAI=117-DELHI=120-MUMBAI=82-BANGLORE=116-KOLKATA=11

                  2008=CHENNAI=77-DELHI=150-MUMBAI=88-BANGLORE=84-KOLKATA=13

                                                                                                                                                                                                              (SUHAIL SYED LONE)