Students bust crackers, offer 'condolence' to woman principal

A section of students of an aided college burst crackers and displayed 'condolence' messages in the campus as a farewell to the retiring woman principal in northern Kasaragod district, triggering a controversy.

The incident came to the media limelight after a video of students bursting crackers and the message put at the auditorium of the Nehru Arts and Science College at Kanhangadu in the district, went viral on the social media.

The handwritten message says "condolence to the principal who died in the hearts of students...."
Reacting to the incident earlier this week, P V Pushpaja, the principal,said "it is very painful for me in the 40 years of my teaching career to get such a response from the students whom I considered as my children."
Chennithala, in a Facebook post, said the act was a "disgrace to the literate Kerala."