Arjun Bhardwaj's goodbye in the video, cigarette in hand. Illustration/Uday Mohite

Student of Liberty High School, Hannah Baker has killed herself by slitting her wrists. As a suicide note, she leaves 13 tapes, which mention the 13 people responsible for her death. This is the premise of 13 Reasons Why, the Netflix series that is currently trending the world over. The show — which tackles homosexuality, slut shaming, bullying and rape — has been produced by pop star and actor Selena Gomez, and is based on a 2007 book of the same name by Jay Asher. In an interview, he said that he had initially thought of letting Hannah live, but then decided to kill her since it would then become a "cautionary tale".