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Rising suicide among youth - Sociological discourse

Suicide i.e. killing oneself by oneself, intentionally without any help, without any pressure, without pressure, that action done with the conscious mind, which results in death, that is called suicide. Sociologist Emile Durkheim described suicide as a social phenomenon in his book Suicide by functional analysis of data of 112 countries of the world and presented suicide as a social fact. The isolation and social values ​​and system in the individual and society are weak or fail to fulfill the needs of the people, then the person commits suicide. Durkheim believed that suicide is not a random impulse or accident but a planned event which is the result of a long-running plan in the mind. Taking this fact of Durkheim as the basis, I did a hair study of 20 people who committed suicide in Bikaner district in 2009, even then the same evidence came to the fore that their basic behavior was changing for a long time Interview of their family and friends From the facts that the behavior of the youths who committed suicide was changing, some said that those who were very angry, they started staying calm for some time, the one who used to come late at night in the house used to be happy with his friends. For a few days, he started coming home on time, was spending more time in the house. Some relatives said that the one who did not allow anyone to touch his things, he himself started giving his things to others for some time and the one who was calm And loved solitude, he started behaving friendly with everyone for some time, the family members were happy to see this. Many such changes were detected from the study. If all the family members take these changes seriously and if such changes are seen in anyone's family, then we can help them and stop them from committing suicide. Durkheim gave many reasons for suicide in his book, after criticizing all the prior theories and causes of suicide related to psychological, psychological, weather, climate, he attributed the social factors behind suicide, according to him, educated person commits suicide more than uneducated. does. An atheist commits more suicide than a believer, childless than a believer. Nuclear family members commit more suicide than joint families. Unmarried commits more suicide than married. Suicides are more common in cities than in villages. Suicide is more common in unstable countries than in politically and socially positioned countries. All these reasons are directly or indirectly social, most sociologists believe that social responsibility on the one hand prevents a person from suicide, on the other hand, when a person is unable to fulfill social responsibility, then the person commits suicide, religion gives mental strength to the person. The believer considers himself responsible for his success and failure and considers God responsible, so he does not get distracted, whereas an atheist and educated person considers himself to be the doer, he is reasoned and worried on every incident, hence on minor incidents. Distraught and becomes a victim of depression and commits suicide. Joint family and children always want to be alive for their family, while nuclear family or childless thinks that no one is behind him and commits suicide. , Dr. Mukherjee has also written that social responsibility makes a person more tolerant, responsible and struggling. Today we keep children away from responsibility due to small family and resourcefulness, because of getting all facilities without asking, they run away from responsibility even when they are young, this is also a big reason for suicide among youth. In present India, there are about 1.40 lakh suicides every year, according to the NCRB report, 1 lakh 39 thousand 123 people committed suicide in 2019, which is 3.6% more than in 2018, 16 people are committing suicide every hour in India, in which 15 to 30 The age group is more i.e. youth has the highest suicide rate. Maharashtra ranks first in the statistics of suicides in the states, followed by Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, according to NCRB report 2019, 32.4% family matters, 5.5% matrimonial matters, 12.5% ​​economic matters 4.5% love. Context matters, 2% unemployment, 5.6% intoxication cases are responsible, if we analyze these facts sociologically, society is basically responsible for suicide, family, marriage, love affair, unemployment, economic loss, social forces are responsible behind all this, today Conflict between old and new generation due to individualistic thinking, women's emancipation and conservative thinking of society, caste compulsion, incident importance of religion, broken joint family, decline of spirituality due to materialistic thinking, decline of community life, growing idealism and degenerate in society  Due to the institutions of social control, today there is a separation between the individual and the society, due to the lack of guidance and leadership of the youth, the youth are directionless and a victim of depression. The highest suicide rate in India's modern western values ​​and economically prosperous states of Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka testifies to the facts that due to economic development, modernity and materialistic philosophy in India, individualism is increasing due to which individual and society The situation of isolation is increasing in the youth, due to idealism, the disorientation is increasing, today family, parents, teachers, religious leaders, leaders, intellectuals, and the government are failing functionally to lead the society efficiently. All these are the units of structural control of the society, like the brain, liver, heart operate efficiently in our body, if they do not function, the body gets sick or death, similarly due to the weakening of the regulatory institutions of the society. The rate of suicide is increasing continuously in the society, whose treatment is possible only in community, individual solution is not possible, we need to treat the society by treating suicide as a personal event or only as a result of depression. We have to accept that whether we are successful or progressive in terms of economic, physical and science, but we are failing and lagging behind in terms of social and community, which will prove to be fatal for society, culture and civilization, it is not a problem of any country or region. There is a global problem and a solution has to be found globally.

Dr Rajendra Joshi Associate Professor Sociology Shri Jain Girls PG College, Bikaner.