Sunday, April 26, 2009

Delhi girl Aakriti Bhatia's death

17-year-old Delhi girl Aakriti Bhatia's death after an asthma attack during school hours was "unfortunate" and "shocking". But the media must stop the frenzy that is being created on this topic. There are thousands of schools in rural India w/o basic amenities where children eat mid-day meals cooked from the most unhygenic ingredients,where poor kids get scorched in the sun, get drenched in the rain with authorities lacking in basic empathy.Just because it is Delhi and just because the student's family is rich and the school is famous, so much of hype is being generated.