Stressing on giving mental space to children, they urged people to re-evaluate which factors (money, power or creativity) are respected in society. They explained how a student feels when they ‘fail’ to achieve a goal pushed by society. Dr Reddy said that in 1999, he had launched a helpline for students to help stop them from ending their lives. He stressed on the need to expose the students to alternate career opportunities, and said that intelligence and creativity gets sidelined as an infant grows into a child conditioned to societal norms. Respect in societyStudent advisor of Vignan Group of Institutions Pariplavi Mokkapati questioned the parameters based on which a person is respected in society.

Source: The Hindu May 02, 2019 17:48 UTC