Twenty-five-year-old Vaishali Kishor Hood's life has changed forever. In late 2010, her husband committed suicide due to a loan he could not afford to repay. "I am surprised," she said. "We had no arguments with each other and without giving any information, he just killed himself," she added. Her husband, Kishor Manohar Hood, 35, consumed pesticide and died on November 27, 2010.

Archana Sanjay Sarate is now raising her children alone. In mid 2010, her husband consumed pesticide. On June 11, 2010, Sanjay Avbhutrao Sarate, 35, stumbled on the family's doorstep and said: "I have taken pesticide. I am going to die. This is the end of my life.” As he took in his last breath, Sanjay lay on a bed and hugged his six-year-old son, Sameer. The family now owes 130,000 Indian rupees (US$2,910).

Ranjana Manoj Chaudhury, 31, became a widow in 2004. Her husband, farmer Manoj Prahladroa Chaudhury, 38, consumed pesticide and died on the very farm he was trying to cultivate on December 24, 2004. “He kept saying I won’t be here for long as I am under a lot of tension, but he never specified anything.” Two or three years before he took his own life, Manoj had taken out two loans to put money into the family’s six-acre land. The loans, from both private lenders and banks, amounted to 130,000 Indian Rupees (US$2,840). The stress of being unable to repay the loan eventually culminated into suicide.

Tulsa Kavdu Masram, 45, has outlived her only son. On August 5, 2006 her 18-year-old son, Pravin, returned from working in the field and had lunch with his mother. Shortly after, he threw himself down a well in the village. He was rescued but died on the way to hospital.

Prabha Narayan Atram went to sleep on March 24, 2011 exhausted after a long day's work in the field. Next to her laid her husband, 45-year-old Narayan. But little did she know that her husband would wake up in the middle of the night and throw himself down a well. On March 25, 2011 Prabha woke up to find her life had changed forever. The family owed 25,000 Indian rupees (US$560).

Sarswati Devidas Kangale's husband was in deep depression the days before he committed suicide. Sixty-five-year-old Devidas Bakaram Kangale was in deep pain and could not afford the cost of medicine. "He had to do many things even when he was ill," Sarswati said of her late husband. "He had to provide money to take care of the family, which is why he suffered from depression." Devidas consumed two different kinds of pesticide to kill himself.

"I am angry because he did not think about anyone -- about his children or his family," said Shobha Sunil Parate, 35, of her late husband, Sunil. He committed suicide by consuming pesticide on July 5, 2010. In the three years before he took his own life, Sunil had farmed a land that did not produce due to drought. The family's financial situation was poor and they suffered a loss.

Sunanda Namdevrao Dakhor, 45, lost her husband in 2006. Namdevrao Narayan Dakhore, 50, drank pesticide after taking out a bank loan to get his daughter married. Severe drought killed off all his crops and left him in financial limbo over his 2.5-acre land.