AIB Comedian Rohan Joshi tweets experience on being bullied by teacher after reading about Amity student’s suicide

Rohan talked about a teacher who bullied him in KJ Somaiya College of Engineering because he didn't like him

By: Express Web Desk
Updated: August 17, 2016 05:44 PM IST

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After Sushant Rohilla’s story took over social media on August 16, six days after he committed suicide allegedly because of his detention from Amity Law School, IP University, people are angry and disappointed at the extreme step the boy saw as his only option.

Sushant’s friend Teerth Waraich shared a series of posts on Twitter narrating his version of the story wherein he mentioned that Sushant, who was detained because of short attendance, could not attend college because of his foot injury and also because he was busy representing college at various events. He also shared the email Sushant wrote to the chairman in May begging him to not debar him from taking exams.

Teerth’s thread was massively shared on Twitter and caught the attention of many, including comedian Rohan Joshi, who shared his own experience of a similar nature but he said he was glad he had people who told him it was “okay to fail”.

Rohan talked about a teacher who bullied him in KJ Somaiya College of Engineering because he didn’t like him and “In an Indian college, this is pretty much a death sentence in the concerned subject,” Rohan tweeted. This teacher failed him in an assignment and made him redo a correct one 20 times. After the incident, Rohan said he never went back, had anxiety attacks at the gate, and voluntarily failed.

“There were a hundred factors I considered before I dropped out of college in the next semester, but this a*****e was a key factor,” he wrote.

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The incident has brought the discussion on suicides back to the fore, and many, like Joshi, have been highlighting the importance of discussing your stress and problems with people around you for solutions to be found. There is a lot of insistence on not seeing suicide as the only option to end problems. More and more people are sharing their worst experiences on social media.

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After the incident, a lot of doctors and helplines are sharing their details on social media for counselling students if need be.

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