Ragging, A Form of Entertainment...But, Is It??

We all get goosebumps on our first day to college. Not only because it is a completely different environment, but, also the question of ragging looms on our minds. Ragging-the term has 2 variable meanings, one, it seems to be a kind of fun, entertainment to the seniors, & two, it is embarrasment & misery for the freshers.

Ragging has been expanded to mean different forms. Simple forms are ok with most of the new comers, which include giving your introduction in front of the seniors in a particular format or doing many funny things like standing on a foot & dance, imitate someone very rudely, propose to a girl in front of everyone, answering non-sense, but, nevertheless, intellectual questions etc.
Harmful forms are the most dangerous. They often go hand-in-hand with torturing the juniors. For instance, someone would be asked to go naked in the public & run around the whole college campus with suppose a banner saying, "Hey, look everyone, I'm naked. Isn't it lovely?" This causes laughter among the "bosses" who are forcing the poor students to do these things, never ever realising how much they are embarrassing & hurting them. In some colleges, especially where they provide hostels, ragging takes a new form, beating up the students like you beat a thief, no one knows why, but, the tradition goes on. Beating often comprises of hitting with iron rods also, in many cases, severe injuries have been caused. Sometimes, also, meritorious students are forced to take drugs & this ruin their life.

People who are against ragging are often punished by the seniors, that is 3rd or 4th years. Some days ago, a professor was murdered for this same purpose, because he opposed to the idea of ragging. Deaths also occur, for example, a student was thrown off the roof for not obeying the orders. Suicide cases are innumerable, where new-comers who are very sensitive & not too tough interirly, can't bear the pain & decide to end their lives.

Now, I'm not against ragging, which as I suggested, if done in the harmless format, is alright, what I'm against is the barbarism invilved with it, where the freshers are treated like wild animals. So, isn't it time for all of us to voice our protest, because, who knows, some day, our children might also become victims of this cruel practice.