Where on earth is that funny? However, Mr. Modi’s audience laughed with the same delight that another group had at a meeting abroad immediately following the announcement of demonetisation. This is hardly an off-centre sense of humour because humour is inclusive, forgiving, and even sympathetic, not insensitive and haughty and doesn’t take pleasure in the suffering of others.
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The approach is also stupid because everyone is affected by suicide; it is not a hurt that only other people experience. 1,64, 033 suicides were reported in 2021, according to the National Crime Records Bureau.The laughing of Mr. Modi and his audience may have appeared to the grieving, incorrectly, to be intended at the 450 people who commit suicide each day. The statistics showed a 7.2% increase in suicides from 2020 to 2021 under Mr. Modi’s leadership.
The prime minister is guiding the populace when he makes a joke about suicide. The Narendra Modi administration has presided over a rise in animosity in the nation; division, hostility, and the diminution of the rights of the disadvantaged have taken centre stage.
Shared laughing becomes ridicule of those who are less fortunate as a result. In the meantime, mental health concernsu2014always minimised in Indian society due to stigma and a lack of awarenessu2014have lost significance in this government’s hierarchy of values.
The National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences conducted a survey in 2020 that revealed less than 30 million of the 150 million Indians who required mental health care were actually receiving it. The lack of mental health experts, particularly in rural areas, exacerbates the issue, albeit this is unsurprising given that the government has budgeted less than 1% of 2022 for mental health. According to a 2017 poll, 45.7 million of the 197 million persons who needed care had depression disorders and 44.9 million had anxiety disorders. For a future Ram Rajya, this is a terrible image.
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In his joke, Mr. Modi alluded to errors in a young girl’s suicide note. More than one-third of suicides in the most recent data were committed by those aged 18 to 30, and 31% by people aged 30 to 45. That represents a sizable portion of the nation’s productive and future population, but more importantly, it reflects the deep tragedies that continue to affect people’s mental health across the nation. Suicide may result from expensive schooling, job uncertainty and unemployment, exacerbated casteism, growing discontent, and hopelessness. However, not all suicides, particularly those involving women, are reported or documented.
The biggest cover-up is being perpetrated by the political establishment, which not only fails to acknowledge the suffering and daily tragedies of the populace but actively instructs its supporters to laugh them off.
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