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Be the light

Today is World Suicide Prevention Day -- a day when the human race gets to contemplate whether we are doing enough to help prevent emotionally vulnerable individuals from taking their own lives.

We live amidst an era when mental illness ranks as one of the main reasons people decide their existence is not required.

The second quarter of 2018 itself saw us lose a number of celebrities, such as fashion designer Kate Spade and award-winning chef and TV host Anthony Bourdain, to name a few. What was rather unfortunate was the handful among these people who were in the prime of life, namely Avicii, the musician, singer, record producer and DJ from Sweden, who was 28.

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