Statistics often conceal more than they reveal. Yet, every now and then, a stark number breaks through the fog of indifference. One such figure appeared in the media on Tuesday: from January to June 2025, 520 people died by suicide in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra. This marks a sharp 20 per cent increase from the 430 deaths during the same period last year. Ordinarily, this should have triggered outrage and urgent discussion, both in the government and the Opposition. But not even a murmur has been heard. Instead, Maharashtra’s political leaders are busy debating divisive distractions like whether everyone in Mumbai must speak Marathi or whether Aurangzeb’s tomb should remain a protected monument—real non-issues in........

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