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 A few suicides that caught media glare last 3 months: Congress VP, Rahul Gandhi, visited the family of a debt-ridden farmer in Punjab who committed suicide after losing crops due to unseasonal rain. [ June '15 ]   J Jayalalitha was sentenced in a case of DA in September '14. She was subsequently acquitted and re-throned as the CM. AIADMK announced that it has disbursed Rs. ~7Cr to the families of 244 persons who ended their lives at the news of her sentence. [ May '15 ] In September '14, there were reports of at least 16 suicides within first 2 days of her conviction. < suicides-JJ-sentence >   A farmer from Rajasthan committed suicide at a AAP rally in the presence of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, by hanging himself down from a tree. He had a story of debt plus damaged crops. [ April '15 ] "If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide" - MK Gandhi 

Almost all quiet on the Maggi front. I wink fast not to fall in love at first sight, I roll fast not to gather moss, I move fast not to get stuck in the mud. I am the great Indian butterfly who loves flower-hopping in search of honey. If plants end up reproduced due to my restlessness, it's not my fault. The media reads our pulse and presents us colorful flowers. We help them breed.

In last one month, food safety has hogged the limelight compared to all other forms of safety. The 'Maggi' episode is bigger than usual, partly because a government agency found something fishy in a few samples and partly because the brand was such a trusted name in Indian households that the shock value was on the higher side. The other reason for this controversy not dying down easily could be absence of earthquakes or other calamities in these weeks. FSSAI is a SEO sweetheart, thank s to Nestlé India. It can safely be called the first anniversary gift of the Modi government.

The event and the chain it triggered: Nestlé India, the Indian counterpart of the Swiss giant, is in the soupy noodles. Some government agency from UP has found traces of lead and some other substance (MSG) in excess in 'Maggi'. The nation has reacted with shock. It had to. We read papers, we watch news, we socialize on the net, and above everything else we are conscious about health. Quite naturally, a chain of events have been triggered.