Kannur dental college student death raises questions about casteism in campuses

The suspected campus suicide of R L Nithin Raj, a first-year student at the Anjarakandy Dental College in Kannur district, on Friday (April 10, 2026), has caused a public outcry and raised questions about casteism in classroom interactions and student-faculty relations in higher-education campuses, including professional colleges, despite constitutional protections against social discrimination.