The pandemic, as we know it, has not passed as a dark cloud would. Its after-effects still persist in our minds. An alarming instance is the spate of suicides among women in Barmer, a desert district in Rajasthan, which continues to haunt the state. The women of Barmer are committing suicide by jumping into the private wells owned by their families. The multiplier effect, termed copycat suicides, claimed the lives of 54 women in 2020 and 64 in 2021 according to estimates computed by district officials.