Young lives lost for so trivial a cause.

Of late, I have been reading many newspaper reports of suicides committed by youngsters,
mostly in their teens. Reasons have been varied - parents scolded the kid, teacher rebuked
the kid, a girl spurned their love, parents did not like their daughter being chummy with some guy etc etc.

While adolescence is one of the most troublesome phases of life (for both youngsters and their parents), I don't think previous generations resorted to taking their lives for such trivia. While growing up, I cannot remember even a single case of suicide by any youngster for any reason whatsoever. Looks like the young today are really a breed apart. Very confident about themselves, to the extent of being cocky, but at the same time, prone to breaking up for a
trivial thing. Any which way you look at it, it is not a good sign when kids give up their lives at the drop of a hat.

What made me write this post was two such incidents that came in the newspapers on two consecutive days. Yesterday, a girl in her teens committed suicide because she was hurt that
her parents scolded her for her 'friendship' with a guy. Obviously, the parents felt that she should be concentrating on her studies instead of being involved with a boy. But, the girl just went and took her own life, without even thinking how it will remain a lifetime loss for her parents.

And even stranger and bizarre was the suicide reported in the day-before-yesterday's paper. Three boys (looks like friends) were interested in the same girl and propose to her. Faced with
a dilemna of whom to choose among the three, she could have either chosen the one she really liked or if she did not like any of them, could have asked all three of them to scoot.

But, in her infinite wisdom, she chose to proclaim her verdict as, "Of you three boys, I will
choose the one who will lay down his life for me".

Hello there, madam !!! Once they have laid down their lives, how do they claim their prize ?

Atleast the boys should have had some grey matter to see that this is a lose-lose proposition.
But no, their minds are already racing to prove themselves the best in laying down their life
for her and then getting her affection. Though I can't figure out when they will get her affection
- in after-life ?

Anyway, the three of them get hold of some poison, go to some field/open area and consume
the poison. By the time, some passers-by can get to them, 2 of them have died, while the other
is in a critical condition and is rushed to hospital.

What a waste of life ? And all this when the effort is not going to get them what they desire. I know love is blind and all that crap, but ain't this a little too much even for that ? I am not sure how the girl in question will live the rest of her life, knowing that her silly prank cost two lives.