Rohith’s diary found a year after his suicide

Hyderabad | Sunday | 22nd January, 2017

Summary:

In the pocket-size notebook which he was using as a diary, Rohith had included exultations to himself. more-inA diary of Rohith Vemula, the research scholar of University of Hyderabad whose suicide had caused protests, has surfaced just four days after his first death anniversary on January 17. Rohith’s notings and scribblings in the diary pertain to his final years of stay at the varsity including academic years 2014-15 and 2015-16. In some of the notings, Rohith Vemula mentions student grievances, including lack of a cycle stand at Science Complex and water scarcity in hostels. Gummadi Prabhakar, a research scholar, discovered the diary on Saturday as he was cleaning his room at New Research Scholars Hostel on UoH campus..