Heart-wrenching news from Bihar as 18-year-old Ananya Kumari, a CBSE Inter student, committed suicide by hanging ahead of her physics paper. The Club Road resident in Arrah’s Nawada area left a suicide note blaming her debilitating illness for derailing her exam dreams.
Ananya, daughter of railway worker Satish Kumar Pandey, suffered from jaundice that left her frail and unfocused. Thursday night, after supper, she isolated in her room and took her life. Family members, alarmed by the locked door, found her and called police, who arrived to handle the somber aftermath, including postmortem arrangements.
Her uncle Guddu Pandey detailed the buildup: persistent sickness eroded her study routine. Despite paternal advice to defer exams—’Don’t force it if you’re not up to it’—Ananya internalized the stress deeply. The note’s words echo her final desperation.
Now, with the family in mourning, this case spotlights the perilous intersection of health crises and academic timelines in India’s pressure-cooker education system. Police investigations aim to uncover any overlooked factors.
Beyond the immediate sorrow, Ananya’s untimely death ignites calls for policy changes: mandatory mental health screenings, flexible exam policies for the ill, and awareness drives. Her memory will hopefully drive real change for vulnerable students everywhere.