Tuesday, 6 September 2011

Why are we glorifying Suicides in IIT’s ?

IIT B Student had short Attendance in 3 courses.. CPI : 4 out of 10.
He commits Suicide.
Prof’s and System are Blamed.
IIT Kanpur Post Grad Student can’t get a Job in campus placements. He Commits Suicide.
Recently an IIT M Student gets BTP Extension. Spirals into Depression. Commits Suicide.
Prof. is under Scanner.
Let’s ask a few questions before we begin to get Sentimental about yet another Suicide ?
Should Ganguly have committed Suicide when he was given an Indefinite extension after being dropped in 92 ?
Would you have blamed the BCCI for crushing the ambitions of a 22 year Old?
But Ganguly didn’t commit Suicide. He Waited!
Couldn’t the Gentlemen in IIT M have waited too ? ( And with all due respect to IITans, even cricketers are under pressure.)
So, How is some one’s act of impulse the System’s Fault ?
Moving On…
Most students commit suicide, for getting XX grade (which means you would have to repeat the course because of attendance shortage) in 3 courses among other reasons.
Tomorrow Let’s say a Professor commits suicide for lack of attendance of students in his class. Let’s say, he got depressed for that reason.. Let’s say, he is giving his best, still no one is attending the class. Would you blame the Student fraternity in the colleges for not being serious about Studies…
Would you be willing to blame the System ( Markets in this Case) ?
Would the Student Fraternity be willing to go for all the Lectures to prevent any more Prof’s from going into Depression and any subsequent suicides?
Take your guess.
My guess is an emphatic No!!!
Professor writes a mail mentioning the list of people to be awarded Fail Grade. Student commits Suicide after finding his name in it.
Argument. The E Mail was Harsh!!
If tomorrow a Critic trashes a movie, Can the lead Actor commit suicide citing a harsh review in his defense.. Would you buy that ?
EVERY TIME A PEDESTRIAN IS RUN OVER BY A CAR. IT’S NOT ALWAYS THE DRIVER’S FAULT! 
Why are we glorifying Suicides in IIT’s ? Why are we projecting them as Victims of the System?
For somebody who takes HIS own life for a BTP Extension. I am sorry to say is a Victim of his own Choices ! ( Whatever may have been the Circumstances)
So let’s stop projecting these Students as Martyrs. For it creates a False Precedent. A sort of Suicidal Peer Pressure (Pardon the Phrase, but true) among the Students to come.
I call it the Induction effect of committing suicides.

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