Odia TikTok Stars Say Suicide Is Not The Solution After Siya Kakkar’s Death

Odia TikTok Stars Say Suicide Is Not The Solution After Siya Kakkar’s Death

The world of entertainment has been going through a dark phase with deaths, suicides, debates on nepotism and social media wars. With the death of 16-year-old TikTok creator, Siya Kakkar who committed suicide on June 25 at her residence in New Delhi social media is abuzz with speculations. Siya had a large following which included over 1.8 million fans on Tiktok and 223k followers on Instagram. 

She lived in an urban neighbourhood of Preet Vihar, New Delhi and was active on all her social media handles that included TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube.She was known for her dance videos. 

The news of her death was confirmed by her manager Arjun Sarin, who managed all her work and endorsements through his talent management company Fame Experts. As Arjun mentioned to the media, this must be due to something personal, as work-wise she was doing really well. He had a word with her on the evening of her death for a new project and she sounded normal.

My City Links talked about this tragic death with two entertainers from Odisha who are also very popular TikTok users and here is what they have to say on this.

Popular by the name Paayaliah, Payal Routray is the most popular creator on TikTok from Odisha with 4 million followers. She shared her opinion with MCL and said, “I was really shocked after hearing another news of suicide by someone famous. This has come closely on the heels of the death of Sushant Singh Rajput. I want to tell everyone that every problem has solutions and suicide is not one of them. We have to face the ups and downs in our lives with courage and hope.”

“People have trolled me. People are always telling me to stop but everyone knows that this is the only platform where it doesn’t matter who you are. I feel this is where I belong. Anyone can use TikTok and show their talents to the entire world. Everything has a good and a bad side. It all depends on how you take it. Always remember to keep checking up on your loved ones. Everyone needs someone. Most importantly you have to look for hope!” She added, sharing her personal experience.

Popular TV serial actor Raj Rajesh is also very much active on TikTok along with his fiancé and popular Odia actress Shradha Panigrahi. The couple are well-known creators and both of them have a huge fan following. Rajesh shared his take on Siya’s death and said to MCL, “She was only 16. She probably doesn’t even know what the real meaning of depression is. People have quickly jumped into conclusion and are claiming she committed suicide because of depression.”

“I must say I have also gone through a bad phase in my life and in my opinion suicide is not a solution, rather your suicide is the biggest problem for your family as they have to answer to the society. There are many people who survive on the side of the road, who don’t get a piece of bread to eat every day. Whatever the problem is, suicide is definitely not the answer. What we have to do is to find a formula to solve our problems. Social media should be just a tiny part of your life and we should not make our life a part of social media,” the actor added, who is currently busy shooting his serial ‘Sabitri.’.