I have been reading most of th eposts on this incident... and you may find it surprising but i agree with almost all of your thought/posts. I do nto know Pratistha... so i would not comment anything on her... I can talk abt myself a little... i think i was also in a kind of depression once... the reason for that seem soo "rubbish" now.. if i had "courage?" at that time i may have done the disaapearing act myself.. maybe more than that.. so yes she did seem have courage as some of you said. And i agree more with some others who have condemed this disaapearance .. only for the sake of other potential persons/students emulating the same... like if u have a precedence and people seemed to be sympathetic to that person... any person having or going through what they think is depression may be inclined to do the same causing a lot of grief to their near and dear ones.... It is just my feeling/thoughts all of you may want to disagree with me.. but this really is a very serious issue, please treat it like this (by this i mean the people who linked this to her parents getting visa) Thanks for reading