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September 16, 2004

Former Miss India committed suicide in JulyNews

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Miss India 1997 Nafisa Joseph hanged herself on July 29, distraught over an argument with her already-married fiancé. The 25-year-old model and MTV VJ had locked her mother and a friend into an adjacent room in her Bombay flat. The publicity over her death may have sparked a wave of copycat suicides in Bombay.

manish on September 16, 2004 04:56 PM in News · T·r·a·c·k·b·a·c·k address · Direct link · Email post



12 comments

 1 · gc on September 16, 2004 05:11 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

i hope the copycats weren't also models. they need to reproduce!


 2 · MD on September 16, 2004 05:43 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

This is terrible. How awful for her family.

It does make you think. Some of the happiest people I know have very simple lives (and er, simple looks) and some of the most unhappy people I know have the most complicated lives and brilliant looks.


 3 · T on September 17, 2004 11:59 AM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

Could medication have made a difference? It's such a sad and tragic story.

I see she went to the same school as me.


 4 · vinod on September 17, 2004 04:10 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

Some of the happiest people I know have very simple lives (and er, simple looks) and some of the most unhappy people I know have the most complicated lives and brilliant looks.

There's a saying along the lines of "your expectations are set by the time you're 20, your means by the time you're 30"

It's good to be a late bloomer and potentially tragic to bloom too early.


 5 · randombrownguy on September 18, 2004 02:54 AM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

I gather she had problems with her boyfriend and decided to put an end to her misery. dressing like a slut (good thing, IMO) doesn't make one a modern, independent, free-thinking indian woman (TM).


 6 · randombrownguy on September 18, 2004 02:58 AM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

OOPS !! Didn'r read the post :
"Miss India 1997 Nafisa Joseph hanged herself on July 29, distraught over an argument with her already-married fiancé."

I guess the first line of my previous post was superfluous.


 7 · Ennis on September 18, 2004 07:04 AM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

And here, MD, I always figured you were gorgeous.


 8 · MD on September 18, 2004 10:05 AM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

"And here, MD, I always figured you were gorgeous."


That's the beauty of the interconnectowebnet. I can be ANYTHING I want to be. In fact, how do you know I'm not gorgeous? I just might be....or not.

Of course, if I could actually figure out how to put those digital picture thingies onto my weblog, I would have the whole world decide (after suitable photographic doctoring of aforementioned documentary evidence. If it's good enough for CBS.....)

And now, back to the last two pages of my talk. I am almost done and then I can leave the fluorescent glow of my office. Yeah!


 9 · ding a ling on September 18, 2004 06:09 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

No offence to Nafisa, Why would women want to get involved with a married man.

Are married men more attractive than their unmarried counterparts!!!!

All the woman on this planet.Please share your thougts on this!!!!!!!!!!!


 10 · Apul Patel on December 13, 2004 10:55 AM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

An update on this story:

PTI/Indian Express: Nafisa case: Khanduja arrested, released on bail

Mumbai-based businessman Gautam Khanduja, accused of abetting the suicide of his fiancée and former Miss India Nafisa Joseph on July 29, was arrested on Sunday, police said.


 11 · Dark Knight on June 17, 2006 11:56 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

I think it's pretty insensitive to label this woman as a "slut" because you don't agree with how she dresses. You have no idea what she is like. She was obviously suffering from either depression or some other mental illness. As the son of a Psychiatrist, I have noticed that there is a tendency among the public to blame such conditions on "weakness" or failures of character rather than simple mental illness, which is clearly what is at fault. This girl most probably had a chemical imbalance of some sort, and being constantly judged on her appearance and being thrust into the public eye (as well as being involved in a potentially disastrous relationship) all probably contributed to her fate. We should try to be more understanding instead of condemning.


 12 · Emma on October 3, 2006 01:56 AM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

I am Sorry to hear that


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