Are ‘careers’ more important than lives?

Eight years after the Supreme Court of India first banned ragging, Dande Devender Kumar has died of it. It is suspected he committed suicide by jumping onto the railway tracks, adding to the list of those who chose to die rather than live the humiliation of ragging. After hanging oneself on the ceiling fans, dying [...]

Andhra girl attempts suicide after being ragged

This comes less than a week after Aman Kachroo’s death. 12 Mar 2009, PTI / The Times of India GUNTUR: A student of agriculture engineering attempted to commit suicide after her hostel mates allegedly made her dance nude as part of ragging today, police said. The 20-year-old student of the Government Agriculture Engineering College in [...]