Thakur U. The History of Suicide in India

Delhi: Munshi Ram Manohar Lal, 1963. — 255 p.On account of its very nature, the subject of suicide does not, ordinarily, provoke sustained curiosity. The question put by Hamlet, “To be or not to be,” poses before most minds a purely ethical problem. Shakespeare also referred to, “A sea of troubles” and “The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks the flesh is heir to,” as factors responsible for suicide. However, it is not difficult to perceive, after a little reflection, that the methods of ending life and the circumstances leading to that cruel decision, are probably as varied as those of procuring means for supporting it. Yet a scientific study of suicide, of the problem of conscience vis-a-vis the thousand natural shocks it receives, has disclosed considerable scope for arriving at several general conclusions. Dr. Upendra Thakur’s The History of Suicide in India is a part of such study.600 dpi, текстовой слой, интерактивное оглавление.