IIT Bombay Tragedy: What Is Driving Students to the Brink-

IIT Bombay student suicide | Socio-political activist and columnist Sudheendra Kulkarni, who is also an alumnus of IIT Bombay, says, "As an alumnus of IIT Bombay, I find this incident particularly distressing. We cannot even begin to imagine the ordeal the parents are going through. Therefore, there must be an impartial inquiry into the reasons behind this incident. This is the demand of the family and the student community, and it should be the demand of us all; after all, whether it is IIT or any other college or university, they are our students. I do not look at caste; he is an Indian, and such incidents—where an Indian child takes his own life—should not happen. Secondly, students at IITs and other universities face immense stress and mental pressure today—stemming from both academic and non-academic reasons. Addressing this requires action not just from the campus community and the administration, but from society as a whole. We need to reflect on this: why does this stress exist