Bullying
By: Harshit Singh
Tags: Bullying

Bullying is a major cause all around the globe for students in school or colleges. A person who bullies aggressively dominate over others by hitting, inappropriate comments, making others feel low, etc. Bullying is majorly caused on a platform where human interact with each other like social media. There are many sectors where we can see one bully others for example —

In politics, voters get bullied by participating parties in election for voting for only their party.

In jobs, a person who is at higher post bully people who are at lower post than them.

Rich people bully poor people.

In some colleges, seniors do ragging to juniors although it is ban in India.

Bullying is of various types like —

Verbal Bullying- Most common bully strategy used in schools or colleges where mean things are said by the person who is bullying

2. Social Bullying- Hurting relationships, embarrassing someone in public.

3. Physical Bullying- Hitting someone physically, punching, etc.

4. Psychological Bullying- Excluding people to make them feel bad about themselves.

5. Cyber Bullying- Bullies uses social media or the internet and say things which are not intended to speak in person.

Nowadays, the major bullying involves Cyber Bullying as everyone is connected to the internet. Everyone is on the internet and can see anyone’s profile anonymously through social media and can comment anything to his/her profile, publish an embarrassing photo or video of anyone. Also faking an identity to ask personal information or some crucial credentials is also easier through cyberbullying. In India, with the increasing availability of affordable data services and social media presence, cyberbullying in India has witnessed an alarming rise.

Generally, the reasons behind bullying are -

— They are jealous or envious of others.

— They may be jealous of your relationship with others, for being popular.

— It may be envy of your talents and abilities at school or work, even your property, such as a nice pair of sports shoes or mobile telephone.

— They may bully you because you appear different to them, for instance, your hair colour, religion or culture.

— Whatever the reason someone is bullying you, remember that they often feel inadequate in themselves and, if you can, to try not to take it personally.

Things that may help stop someone bullying are -

— A confident posture may put potential bullies off from targeting you.

— Try not to be alone, and keep in busy areas to avoid the bully.

— If you are being bullied by phone or online, your best defence is to ignore him/her.

A significant number of students are bullied and ragged every year in our country, out of which suffer some serious consequences, sometimes even death.

The whole country has heard of the harrowing case of Aman Kachroo, a medical science student who was beaten to death by four students. That started a huge movement against bullying but our country is still suffering through the worst side of it.

Recently, another horrific incident came to light when authorities at a Dehradun school buried a 12-year-old student’s body after he was beaten to death by his seniors.

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