'Toll of agitation': How students are dealing with the trauma

Anam AjmalTNN
Jan 16, 2020 | 11:17 IST

A surge in anxiety and stress due to repeated violence in various college campuses is leading youngsters to seek medical help

Fear, alienation, inadequacy and trauma. Protesting students are having a rough time. “After police came into campus the first time, it made us feel really vulnerable. They even attacked our library…,” said Gaurav of Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia. Gaurav has returned to campus but his friend has not.

“He still gets nightmares. He’s really scared,” he said.
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