This Indian village had a high suicide rate – until this teacher came along

In Needamangalam, a tiny village in Tiruvarur district of the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, an alarmingly high suicide rate had become a matter of grave concern. In fact, in a span of 15 years (from 1995 to 2011), 83 of the 92 deaths in the village were suicides. That is when Anand Thiyagarajan, a teacher at the local school, decided to do something about it. When Anand noticed the perpetually low parent...