The Story of Suicide

The Story of a Suicide" is a gripping novel that tells the stories of Hari, Charu, Sam and Mani, whose lives are interconnected in a web of love, passion, revenge and deceit. 

The author's imagination is worth mentioning.

The meeting of Caesar with Draupadi and Hari meeting the little Hanuman who offered him a buiscuit is really appealing.

I imagined the scenes of Caesar meeting Draupadi and the little Hanuman meeting Hari and thought them to be real.

The quoted lines, Haridas was a labourer who did odd jobs for the men of the upper castes, but was subjected to humiliation and discrimination by them during most part of the year. He lived in abject poverty. During the Theyyam festival he would mystically transform himself as Goddess ‘Bhagavathy’ and perform the ‘Theyyam’ dance, a form of devotional storytelling and dance every night for a month. He would be treated as an ‘avatar’ and the entire village, from the rich to the poor, would fall at his feet and ask for his blessings", proves the hypocricy of the elite.

They fail to understand that god dwells in the poor even if they do not perform any dance style to be treated as avatars.

It reminds me of the dalits who are scorned and when it comes to raping dalit women, the upper caste people overlook their untouchability. Real heights of hypocricy.

The end seemed improper to me.

Hari should have fought and won instead of committing suicide.

The author has set a wrong example for other teenagers.

There are lots of instances where a person wanting to commit suicide has a change of heart and through sheer will power come up in life even at a later stage in life.

An example is  Mr. Kentucky, owner of Ketucky Fried Chicken who after many upheavels in life and many suicide attempts founded KFC at the age of 65.

I appreciate author Sriram Iyer's attempt in writing this novel.

He has shown his descriptive side. Good description of nature and mood of characters.

I feel writing should have been without any abusive language and description. I did not like the usage , 'Mother Fuckers'.

I don't recommend this book for teenagers as it will set a wrong example.

Suicidal tendency has to be curbed through proper channelling.

Reading stories about people who have overcome such feelings and leading wonderful lives should be examples.

Suicide is not the way out.

The person who commits suide may escape, but what about the family he leaves behind. Think about them, their sacrifices to nurture you.

The four friends Hari, Charu, Sam and Mani should have experienced life more, learnt from experience and understood how beautiful life is.

If people with disabilities can strive to succeed in life why should abled bodied people lose hope and think of suicide.

If one door closes another opens.

Death should not be our choice, it is God who decides. So live and wait for God's decision regarding life and death.

I end with these lines- 

असतोमा सद्गमय ।

तमसोमा ज्योतिर् गमय ।

मृत्योर्मामृतं गमय ॥

ॐ शान्ति शान्ति शान्तिः 

From ignorance, lead me to truth;

From darkness, lead me to light;

From death, lead me to immortality

Om peace, peace, peace Review