Two suicides in 18 days in two premier universities. Beyond the obligatory student unrest that followed, they raised some questions of a specific nature. On March 2, Mudasir Kamran, a PhD scholar in the English and Foreign Languages University, hung himself in his room. One possible spur: a police complaint by varsity proctor Harish Vijra to the effect that Mudasir was harassing his former roommate, Wasim Salim. Vijra described Mudasir, who was from Pulwama in Kashmir, as a ‘mentally disordered rascal’ who deserved police counselling. The police hinted at Mudasir’s homosexual orientation and violent behaviour with Wasim, with whom he was close for five years.