Deepa Nishanth has come forward with an explanation for arriving as a jury member at the School Kalolsavam amidst the plagiarism row. She said that she went for the fest respecting the organisers words that my future is not to be destroyed by a single controversy. I had informed them that I would like to stay away from the role as a judge but they termed it as wrong. I now see everybody around me changing as each court room and many who were with me in my achievements are disappearing now. Partners will be there only in achievements. I now move forward believing that nobody will be there in your losses, she wrote as a Facebook post. Social activist and academic Deepa Nishanth landed in a plagiarism row after young writer S Kalesh alleged she has copied the lines of his poem, written and published seven years back.