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February 9, Chennai: A 15-year-old student stabs his teacher to death in the classroom after being repeatedly reprimanded by her for not doing well in studies.
February 17, Amritsar: Two groups of class XI and XII students open fire at each other on school premises, leaving three injured.
February 27, Hisar: An engineering student shoots his classmate dead allegedly over a dispute involving a girl. Reports also suggest the victim paid with his life for being a topper, despite being from a poor family.
For youngsters, it's no longer about minor scuffles and street fights. With a hot head above their shoulders and a knife/gun in their hands, they opt for murder from the menu. What is it that is making youngsters have a short fuse and a low tolerance level? Is it wise to blame them for their behaviour or we, as a society, are responsible?
Dr Sumail Singh Sidhu, who has taught at the SGTB Khalsa College in Delhi University and is currently fighting against censorship in academia, avers that it is necessary to contextualise the behaviour of youngsters of today.
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