Y.L. Rajan and C.R. Latha, parents of R.L. Nithin Raj, a 22-year-old first-year BDS student at Kannur Dental College who died in a suspected case of suicide, mourn his death at their rented home at Uzhamalakkal, Thiruvananthapuram, on Thursday.
| Photo Credit: NIRMAL HARINDRAN
Contrasting the burst of light and revelry that mark Vishu elsewhere, a pall of gloom hovered above a humble house tucked into a hillside in Kottamala, near Uzhamalakkal, in Thiruvananthapuram.
The neighbours had lit lamps and arranged their ‘vishukkani’, as the homes all around stirred with the promise of renewal. But here, time seemed to have stalled, arrested at a moment that refuses to move forward.
Published – April 16, 2026 11:28 pm IST
