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Truly bizarre development

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Okay, Bollywood star Navin Nischol (pictured) and his brother have been arrested for Navin's wife's suicide. I've been working on the mental health beat for many years now, and I've never heard of such a thing.

The arrest was prompted by Navin's wife's diary. One damning entry read: "I, Geetanjali Navin Nischol, am committing suicide because Shri Navinji is an alcoholic and is beyond reform. Because of his alcoholism, I am mentally tortured by him and he is being instigated by Praveen Nischol to torture me and I hold Praveen responsible for all this torture to me."

Needless to say, my take on this is that it's preposterous to hold someone else responsible for a suicide—no matter how much he drank. It's dangerous to suggest otherwise because it could make suicide survivors feel more culpable, as if they don't already feel guilty enough. Bollywood fans, stand strong behind your man. Even if he is a schmuck.

Navin Nischol arrested for wife's suicide [Daily News and Analysis]

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Liz Spikol is senior contributing editor of Philadelphia Weekly. She writes the award-winning column The Trouble With Spikol, which began as a chronicle of her struggle with mental illness, and has since expanded into humorous musings on everything from graphic novels to how to use a mop. She also writes the paper's book review column, Lit Gloss. This blog -- named one of the Top 10 Bipolar Blogs of 2007 by PsychCentral -- is about mental illness policy, news, personal journeys and more.