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Bullying Among Youth — “Pinnacle of Truculence !”

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Recently, one of my close acquaintances sent me an instagram post demanding justice for a class 11th student, who committed suicide by hanging herself in her maternal grandfather’s house. The reason being ‘ mental & sexual harassment ’ by two people. Prior committing suicide, the girl wrote a side note praising the good behavior of her maternal grandfather’s family and accusing the principal’s girl & another boy for harassing her. That instagram post demanded shares as much as possible, so as to bring it in the mainstream media and thus, speeding up the judicial process. Sounds good ! The post not only revealed the face of the girl, but also didn't bother to hide her sensitive credentials, which is unethical. Unfortunately this isn't the first and definitely not the last case of bullying among youth. The number of annual suicides due to the same as per the Gurugram based ‘ National Crime Records Bureau ’ (NCRB) is disturbing, let alone the suicides that go u