THE cruel death of T. Nhaveen and Zulfarhan Osman due to their peers’ merciless bullying has rightfully aroused public outrage. Brutal bullying that caused grievous harm has occurred a number of times previously and cases of fatal assaults are not rare. We also know that the cases of bullying reported are just the tip of the iceberg.
Following the assaults, perpetrators of reported cases were punished, proposals and plans were made to mitigate bullying, especially if the assaults were fatal, and action might even have been carried out. But bullying continues unabated and, if anything, they seem to occur in greater frequency and gravity.