Death by selfie would be laughable, if it were not so tragic or widespread. Two youths from Rajasthan, who were in Pune to pursue vocational courses after their board examinations, are the latest victims of this mania. A report in this paper states that one youngster died and the other sustained critical injuries after efforts to click a selfie on railway tracks backfired.

The injured youth told cops that his companion had risked his life to click a selfie that would garner numerous likes on Facebook. While some would call it an accident, we would like to label this incident as suicide by selfie, because nothing except suicidal thoughts could have driven the youth to click a selfie on railway tracks.