Nick Barnes, developer of the UK's national qualification in suicide prevention, and founder and CEO of National Centre for Suicide Prevention Education UK, is in Mumbai to conduct a series of workshops for laypersons on suicide intervention, prevention and education. The London-based professional is on his first visit to India, on invitation from Safe Space, a Mumbai organisation working in the field of suicide prevention.

Barnes first cautioned as a start note in this interview conducted on a free day between his Mumbai workshops, "There are certain guidelines that one should go by when reporting about suicide, and the first is desisting from publicising the 'means' of suicide about 'how' somebody died by suicide." Sunbeams glanced off the waters at Worli Sea Face, visible through the big windows of the home, which was venue for this interview. The sunshine was in contrast to what is perceived as the dark subject of suicide.