Former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh celebrates holi at his residence in Shimla.
People stroll at ridge during rain, in Shimla.
A woman poses for photographs through a window cutout in a banner put up by the Tibetan Women's Association, to mark the International Women's Day in Dharmsala.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi being presented a portrait of his grandmother and former prime minister Indira Gandhi, at a public meeting in Dharamshala.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi at a public meeting in Dharamshala.
Participants from different countries take part in an event on the eve of International Woman’s Day, during the International Public Health Management Development Program organiz...
A helicopter prepares for the first interstate helicopter service between Shimla-Chandigarh under ‘Udaan-2’ scheme, at the airport in Shimla.
A tourist walks in the snow in Dharmsala.
People walk under umbrellas as it snows, in Shimla.
A 1905 British-built steam engine, the only existing narrow-gauge steam engine, runs on Kalka-Shimla UNESCO World Heritage railway tracks in Shimla.
Smoke billows from houses after a fire broke out in Jindi village of Kullu district in Himachal Pradesh.
Vehicles stranded at the Manali-Chandigarh highway after an incident of landslide at Bandrol near Manali.
People walk under umbrellas during rains, at Ridge in Shimla.
People take strolls on snow-covered ridge after a fresh bout of snowfall, in Shimla.
Tourists ride mules after a fresh bout of snowfall, at Kufri near Shimla.
Tourists play with snow after a fresh bout of snowfall, at Kufri near Shimla.
Rescue officials conduct operation after five jawans were trapped in snow due to avalanche, in Namgya region of Kinnaur.
Rescue officials conduct operation after five jawans were trapped in snow due to avalanche, in Namgya region of Kinnaur.
ABVP activists take part in a 'Tiranga Yatra' to pay tribute to the slain CRPF jawans of Pulwama terror attack, at Ridge, Shimla.
Fire fighters douse a fire which broke out in a scrap godown in Mandi.
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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
