Death, destruction, encounters,and identification parades. Of late, however, the valley seems to be undergoing another kind of transformation: it`s losing zest for life. Or so it appears, if one were to go by the daily reports of suicides. And the number is only swelling with each passing day. There`s not a single day when local newspapers miss the suicide reports. These "stories", infact, run parallel to the "routine" stuff: militancy -related deaths. And at times, the suicide deaths make bigger (and more worried) news. The reports appearing in the local newspapers suggest that as many as 107 persons have committed suicide in the valley in the past three months. Infact, three such deaths were reported on Saturday itself. Earlier on Wednesday, four persons were reported to have attempted to commit suicide.