Global suicide increasing (program on Radio Australia)

[Guest guest]

Amma has referenced the growing numbers of farmers in India who are killing

themselves.

 

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/backgroundbriefing/stories/2009/2667530.htm

 

Suicide rates around the world are rising, and rising fastest in rural areas.

India, England, Wales, Canada, America and Australia all have alarming

statistics. In despairing India, farmers are drinking the pesticides the new

monoculture crops are dependent on. Many strategies are being tried to mitigate

the phenomenon, and most say help must be at the community level. Reporter

Michael Condon.