Suresh Menon
The processes which lead a man to take his own life are at least as complex and difficult as those by which he continues to live. This is from Al Alvarez’s study of suicide, The Savage God. To find a rationale for suicide — especially one involving a friend — is near-impossible. But we try. The shock is followed by the question: What could I have done? Family and close friends must feel the helplessness of that query with far greater force. When the news of V.B. Chandrasekhar’s death came, it
