India, Jan. 20 -- Inspire and Guide Young Students, Not Beat Them Up

It is important to enter into the world of youth these agitated times and be helpful. On the average 28 students committed suicide every day in 2018, the highest rate in10 years. A hasty explanation for student suicide is their addiction to alcohol and drugs. Many attribute it to depression, but very few enquire why that 'depression.' Social tensions and uncertainties about the future sap the biggest proportion of youth energies in the country. The divisive policies of the Ruling Party have added to the present measure of youth tension.

The recent events in the JNU is likely to leave a scar on the memory of the nation, especially when one remembers that the RSS-sponsored...