(24/01/2020)

To

The Principal,

D.E.S. Shri Navalmal Firodia Law College,

Gate No. 3,
Fergusson College Campus,
Pune - 411 004.

SUBJECT: A Formal Apology & Explanation about the dispute between

Arjun Nair & Tushar Chhabra.

Dear Madam,

I, Arjun Nair am a student of B.B.A L.L.B (First Year) of

this esteemed institute and I am writing to you about the various reasons
that lead to the incident that happened early this morning.

Firstly, a sincere and respectful apology is crucially essential from my end

to you madam. My assessments of the situation and the decisions that I
made in those moments have made me aware of their incorrectness.
However, as my overwhelming emotional trauma has settled down, I am
now able to understand that a mistake from my end has been made.
Even though I was being severely bullied, insulted, instigated and
disgracefully ridiculed by my fellow classmate and his friends, over and
over again, I still shouldn’t have taken matters in my own hands.
Moreover, I wasn’t able to consider how my actions could affect my
teachers, fellow classmates, you and most of all, this prestigious institute.

I regret my decisions and apologize for all the outcomes.

I find myself to be very fortunate and grateful to have the opportunity to

learn and study in this institution. I do not take that for granted. Not
even for a moment. My dedication, sincerity and hard work in my
studies and actions have always displayed that. My curiosities and my
questions will always continue to affirm my interest in pursuing this
degree. However, more often than not there are some elements in my
student life that could sometimes instigate trouble and demand my
action. An anti-social reaction made from a fist is always visible but when
the same initial abuse begins to be mental, it somehow becomes
invisible. I understand that I could sometimes not fathom personal
instigations when presented in the form of humorous banters. For me
this isn’t a joke. I do not take being able to correspond and learn in this
environment lightly but consequently some people see my continuous
learnings of social constructs and it’s complexities as my weakness and
ridicule it. And for that today I couldn’t hold myself anymore. I couldn’t
take someone making fun of my anxiety and other shortcomings. Tushar
Chhabra may very well call me – “Disabled”, “Mentally Retarded” and
also demean my gender by calling me out by a sexual slang (‘Pussy’)
couldn’t possibly be right. I had great respect for him but when it comes
to respecting him or respecting me, I will always choose myself.

These instigations that were being made to me weren’t a single day event,
my personality, my mental health and my physicality or to be specific;
my gender from a long time were of doubt for Tushar Chhabra and
some of his friends. In fact from the beginning of my academic year he
and his friends ridiculed me of my ways of expressions and the choices I
make, while communicating my perspectives to my teachers. There were
series of events that lead to my aggression. There’s only so much one
can take. Today the aftermath of this incident awaits me, his physical
damages and my broken spectacle is what I have to learn from when
dealing with this situation. They have been loud and clear that this is
unjust to me. The next time I promise to write to you if these struggles
continue to come in between me and my studies and I won’t take
matters in my own hands. I am sure that you will do the needful and
oblige.

Thanking you.

Yours Sincerely,

Arjun Nair