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Madurai Messenger May 2010

Reasons why people in Madurai and India commit suicide: • Poverty and unemployment. • Mockery of adolescents and adults - including physical and mental disabilities • Love affairs which families oppose - both hetero- and homosexual relationships. • Family matters. • Sexual abuse and violence. Incident: In Karu District, a woman committed suicide because of sexual molestation by three police officers in a Sri Lankan refugee camp.

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may-2010

Published on Jan 17, 2011

Projects Abroad

One of my joys as a journalist is the opportunity to meet some of the most fascinating people - people whom I otherwise may not have met and who have enriched my life. One such seemingly ‘accidental’ encounter was with the renowned reconstructive surgeon Dr. HS Adenwala, at the Jubilee Mission Hospital, Thrissur, Kerala. A Parsi from Mumbai, the octogenarian Dr. Adenwala has been living in Thrissur for the past 50 years. Described by a senior colleague as a “better missionary than most missionaries,” Dr. Adenwala drew my attention to the common sight of mothers with disfigured children hoping to have the deformity set right and thus enabling their children to live like anyone else. Dr. Adenwala spearheads the rigorous training requirements of Smile Train - the US-based international charity that provides cleft surgery free of charge for children (and adults too) in developing countries.