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Pranita Sunil Mehta (21) of Jodhpur in Rajasthan died while taking a selfie near the Lighthouse at Gokarn in Kumta taluk on Sunday, according to reports reaching here on Monday. She slipped into the sea from a boulder while taking the selfie.
But that is not how it happened! Someone known to Pranita has written about the whole incident and has expressed shock and sorrow on how the media has made a complete mockery of her friend’s untimely and sad death! As Roshni says in the comments – Various news agencies were contacted to retract the false reports. Some have, some haven’t!
The real story as shared by Pranita’s friend on Reddit is:
Pranita, who was a student of National Law University, Jodhpur, was visiting Gokarna with four of her friends. They were at Kumta beach, and were sitting on some rocks which were about 10-15 feet above sea, when due to unexpected high tide, 3 of the youngsters, including the deceased, were flown away by a giant wave. Two of them were brought back to the shore by another wave, but the deceased, whose glasses had come off, continued to struggle as she held on to a rock for support she bravely struggled and tried to swim for 45 mins. Unfortunately, she lost her grip, and was carried towards the deeper end of the sea by the waves. The friends promptly called the Police as well as the Management of the Hotel they were staying at, and proceeded to seek help from the local residents from a nearby village. However, they could not understand the youngsters’ plea for help, and by the time they did send some help, about forty minutes had already passed and the deceased was out of sight. She was brought back ashore on a boat by some of the local fishermen, and was pronounced dead by the authorities. Her body was taken for post-mortem and was handed over to her relatives afterwards.
The friend has gone on to say how Pranita was an achiever in her own right. Like any other girl of her age with lots of energy, Pranita was full of life.
She was an amazing person, extremely intelligent, she was the class topper and represented India and NLUJ at prestigious events such as Jessup, she was kind and warm hearted.
Here she is winning at the Jessup15 while representing India.
Pranita Mehta, the achiever – [Top 16 + the Hardy C. Dillard Award (4th Place) (just announced) + the Alona E. Evans Award (3rd Place) Best team everrr! #Jessup2015]
Media, Don’t Mock a Girl in her Death.. please!
She could have been any girl – your or my daughter or sister. She represents us all in some way. Even those in media, who either wilfully or because of utter laziness did not report the news correctly and gave it a sensational twist! Imagine how it would impact the parents and those near and dear to her?
But this raises a very disturbing question – If something as non-political and non-ideological as a young girl’s death – the events leading to which were so simple that anyone could have figured it out – was reportedly with complete falsehood, by the top two Newspapers in the country, can you imagine what happens to news which is political?
The Indian budget every year has always been an eagerly awaited event. For many decades, the best minds in economics, finance, tax, business and industry throng the media house to analyze the provisions shared by the Financial Minister.
When the US Ambassador threatened India's "Strategic Autonomy" policy over India's friendship with Russia - much more than meets the eye was at stake. Let us unpack how the Ukraine war has fundamentally changed the US and the world. And why are we here anyway?
This visit of India left me with many questions. Many observations and inputs from different people and sections. Food for thought that I have tried to contemplate on and make sense of. Sharing all that with you.
When you analyze the last 60 years of the economic miracles of Singapore, South Korea and Malaysia versus the continued impoverished Indian economy, you get very interesting lessons. Can Indians have the wherewithal in them to do in one generation so that the coming generations may rise?
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