Anganwadi workers and students form a human chain to mark the National Girl Child Day, at Ridge in Shimla.
Police personnel march on a snow-covered ground during the rehearsals for the upcoming Republic day Parade, in Lahaul Spiti of Himachal Pradesh.
A view of the Kullu valley covered in snow, near Manali.
A pine tree stands out against a backdrop of Himalayan cedars covered in fresh snow in Dharamsala.
A man, holding an umbrella, walks on a road amid snowfall, in Manali.
A paraglider flies over snow-covered mountains at Solang Nala in Manali.
Tourists stroll at Ridge during snowfall in Shimla.
Tourists visit the Solangnala during snowfall in Manali district.
Newly elected State BJP President Rajiv Bindal (C) with Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur (2nd L) and other BJP leaders being garlanded in Shimla.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur rides pillion on a water motorbike after inspecting the demonstration of Water Sports Activity, during Makar Sakranti festival at Tat...
Tourists walk on a snow-covered hill in Kullu.
Tourists play ice-skating after heavy snowfall in Shimla.
People walk on snow covered path at Kufri after heavy snowfall, in Shimla.
Tourists ride on horses on a snow covered path at Kufri after heavy snowfall, in Shimla.
An aged-man carries a cylinder on his back as he walks on a snow-covered road following snowfall in Shimla.
People walk on a snow covered road after heavy snowfall in Shimla.
A blanket of snow covers the hill city of Shimla.
People walk on snow covered roads following heavy snowfall in Shimla.
Vehicle move with slow pace on a slippery roadfollowing heavy snowfall in Shimla.
CITU activists raise slogans during a protest organised in support of the Trade unions' nationwide strike, 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
