, , ||Unable To Afford Laptop, LSR Student Dies
Aishwarya Reddy, 19, had asked for a laptop, even a second-hand one, to continue her college classes during the coronavirus lockdown. But her family struggled with the request. Last week, the student of Delhi's Lady Shri Ram college (LSR) died by suicide at her home in Telangana, calling herself a "burden to her family" in a note -- a wrenching example of the tragedy of thousands of families and students left financially desperate by the virus shutdown.
Her shattered father, a motorcycle mechanic, said he would have somehow raised the money to support Aishwarya's education. She had scored 98.5 per cent in Class 12 and was the family's pride.
"The situation that my bright daughter went through must not happen to any other daughter," said her mother Sumathi Reddy.
The second year student of Math Honours returned home in February when schools and colleges closed down. In October, she asked her father for a laptop saying it was becoming harder to do online classes on her mobile phone. Her father G Srinivas said he had asked her to wait for a few days.
She never asked again.
Last Tuesday, when the family was gathered in their living room, Aishwarya went to the only other room and killed herself.
"Because of me my family has many expenses, I am a burden to them. My education is a burden. If I can't study, I can't live...Please try and ensure that the INSPIRE scholarship is at least given for a year," said her note in Telugu.
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, , ||Unable To Afford Laptop, LSR Student Dies Aishwarya Reddy, 19, had asked for a laptop, even a second-hand one, to continue her college classes during the coronavirus lockdown. But her family struggled with the request. Last week, the student of Delhi's Lady Shri Ram college (LSR) died by suicide at her home in Telangana, calling herself a "burden to her family" in a note -- a wrenching example of the tragedy of thousands of families and students left financially desperate by the virus shutdown. Her shattered father, a motorcycle mechanic, said he would have somehow raised the money to support Aishwarya's education. She had scored 98.5 per cent in Class 12 and was the family's pride. "The situation that my bright daughter went through must not happen to any other daughter," said her mother Sumathi Reddy. The second year student of Math Honours returned home in February when schools and colleges closed down. In October, she asked her father for a laptop saying it was becoming harder to do online classes on her mobile phone. Her father G Srinivas said he had asked her to wait for a few days. She never asked again. Last Tuesday, when the family was gathered in their living room, Aishwarya went to the only other room and killed herself. "Because of me my family has many expenses, I am a burden to them. My education is a burden. If I can't study, I can't live...Please try and ensure that the INSPIRE scholarship is at least given for a year," said her note in Telugu.