Women tie 'rakhis' on the wrist of Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on the occasion of 'Raksha Bandhan', at his residence in Shimla.
A raptor flies over a township shrouded in mist in Dharamsala.
Locals stand near the debris that fell on Chandigarh-Manali National Highway after a heavy landslide, in Kullu.
Himachal Pradesh Governor Bandaru Dattatreya and State Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur pose for the media, during the oath taking ceremony of three ministers, at Raj Bhawan in Shim...
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur greets the newly appointed State BJP President Suresh Kashyap during his oath ceremony, in Shimla.
Congress activists raise slogans during a protest against the government's policies, at Himachal Governor House in Shimla.
A flock of sheeps graze over pastures at Thanapattan, in Lahaul-Spiti.
View of swollen Beas river during monsoon season, in Kullu district.
Monsoon clouds hover over the hill-station of Shimla.
View of a demolished building, which was decalred unsafe by authorities after a landslide, in Shimla.
Two paraglider pilots who got trapped in pine trees being rescued by fire department officials after their paraglider crashed due to uncertainty in the weather, near Indrunag hill ...
Army vehicles move towards Leh, amid border tension between Indian and Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh, in Kullu district.
Army vehicles move towards Leh, amid border tension between Indian and Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh, in Kullu district.
An Indian army vehicle moves towards Ladakh, amid India-China border dispute in eastern Ladakh, at Bara-lacha la mountain pass in Lahual district.
Tibetan Youth Congress activists raise slogans to boycott Chinese products during a protest against the killing of 20 Indian Army soldiers in Ladakh's Galwan Valley by the Chinese ...
Members of the Tibetan community during a protest against China over the killing of 20 Indian Army soldiers in a violent face-off at Ladakh's Galwan Valley, in Manali.
Army convoy vehicles move towards Ladakh, amid stand off between Indian and Chinese troops, at Manali-Leh highway in Kullu district.
Indian army trucks depart towards Ladakh amid stand off between Indian and Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh, at Manali-Leh highway in Kullu district.
Congress leader Neeraj Bharti, who was arrested by the CID on sedition charges for posting allegedly objectionable contents on facebook, comes out of the District Court after he w...
Congress activists pull a vehicle with ropes as they stage a protest against the hike in fuel price, in Shimla.
One more medical student, 19-year-old Aman Kachroo, has been brutally killed in the name of "ragging". Who is to blame? What can be done? Shivam Vij cuts to the chase in kafila.org:
This was in an interim order of the [Supreme] Court in May 2007, nearly 2 years ago. That has not been able to prevent Kachroo’s murder. I have no doubt that more ragging deaths will take place. You can read here a critique of the interim order by me.
If only Aman Kachroo had been able to call a helpline number or email somebody, anonymously, and write that this kind of ragging was going on, and a fact-finding team had immediately visited his college, not only could the death have been prevented but also possibly Kachroo could have enjoyed his college life without even the mandatory ostracisation that freshers who speak up against ragging have to face in their college and hostel. The setting up of such a helpine on the model of Childline was one of the recommendations of the Raghavan committee. But can the Supreme Court set up something like that? Surely, that is the domain of the executive and not the judiciary. An HRD Joint Secretary is Member Secretary of the Raghavan Committee, but the HRD won’t do anything because, well, the SC is looking into it.
To model the helpline around Childline was suggested by HRD Joint Secretary Sunil Kumar himself, but that would need identifying and funding NGO’s to do that. The Coalition to Uproot Ragging from Education is ready, but the HRD forgot about this and the SC had no comment.So two things needed to prevent ragging: a law and a helpline. Simple.
Read the full article here: Why Aman Kachroo’s Won’t Be The Last Ragging Death And What His Parents Should Do
