Harassed by loan sharks and overwhelmed by debt, Ms Santha K. M. swallowed 15 to 20 paracetamol pills and went to sleep, expecting never to wake up again.
The 54-year-old was lucky to survive the ordeal last May with only bouts of vomiting, diarrhoea and giddiness. Soon after, she managed to get help from a personal loan start- up and a debt advisory centre, and clawed her way back from the brink.
But the widowed mother of two will never forget how close she came to taking her own life. She now wants to help others who have fallen prey to loan sharks.
“No matter how much they make you suffer, it is not worth it to take the life of a human being,” she said.
Her nightmare started in January last year with an innocent desire to …
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