Dr Payal Tadvi, a 26-year-old oppressed caste doctor, committed suicide in Mumbai on May 22. Payal, an Adivasi Bhil woman from Jalgaon district in Maharashtra, was facing harassment by three senior doctors. She was a trained and practising gynaecologist and was working as a second-year resident at the BYL Nair Hospital.
If you know someone – friend or family member – at risk of suicide, please reach out to them. The Suicide Prevention India Foundation maintains a list of telephone numbers (www.spif.in/seek-help/) they can call to speak in confidence. You could also accompany them to the nearest hospital.
Thebluedawn.org offers resources to those from oppressed castes and minority communities who may need mental health counselling.
