New Delhi, Feb. 6 -- Suvir, I read it. And even though I don't believe it is the coward's way out, I strongly believe that we let down our loved ones if we take that final step.

We have to suffer whatever we are meant to suffer. Call it karma, call it atonement. Whatever it is, life has to be lived till the last breath.

The only exception to this would be if our living were a cause of immense pain to our loved ones...

And I hope I can be true to what I believe.

This is what a reader wrote to me. A reader who read my note on suicide, on those left behind, on how I have stood at that precipice and chosen, over and over again, to live. And before I say anything else, let me say this: thank you.

To this reader, I see you. I hear you. I v...