Indian-American murder-suicides: The American dream, broken by death and despair

Jan 3, 2025 | 20:06 IST

2023 saw the highest number of murder-suicides among Indian Americans. Why? America’s most successful ethnic community has a little-discussed problem: Its members typically can’t cope with failure

NEW YORK: America’s most successful ethnic group – Indian Americans – had a strange, dark statistic to contend with as 2023 wound down. Last year saw the most number of murder-suicides in this community.

A data point totally out of sync with all the glittering stories of success, and one that, on closer examination, shows the ugly underbelly of the Indian-American version of the American dream.

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Indian-American murder-suicides: The American dream, broken by death and despair

2023 saw the highest number of murder-suicides among Indian Americans. Why? America’s most successful ethnic community has a little-discussed problem: Its members typically can’t cope with failure

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Indian-American murder-suicides: The American dream, broken by death and despair

2023 saw the highest number of murder-suicides among Indian Americans. Why? America’s most successful ethnic community has a little-discussed problem: Its members typically can’t cope with failure

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