Ahmedabad: 1 Suicide Every 4 Days in 46-Plus Age Group

Ahmedabad: 1 suicide every 4 days in 46-plus age group

Ahmedabad police records show 98 suicides among people 46+ from Jan 2025–Aug 2026—about one every four days—often linked to illness, loneliness, or unknown reasons.

Suicide And The Fight To Stay Alive (1)

The writer   Suicide is a really heavy, deep and troubling topic, but today, I want to delve into it and share my own lived experience that I have never publicly shared before. I believe this article is timely also because just recently a South African footballer who played in the World Cup took his own life when he returned home to SA; and a Ghanaian man, admired and loved by many, also allegedly recently took his life. Suicide is a topic we sh…