You all may have experienced that after completing class 10th,
you join college to study medicine, engineering, etc.
For everyone when you finish 1st and 2nd year of college you become seniors and new students joining in first year are juniors.
These new students are made to dance, strip etc. This is known as Ragging. You are aware about it.
The new students are made do mimicry, they are harrassed, abused, humiliated by the senior students.
Many students are stressed by this all over the world.
Ragging has ruined countless lives and careers as students have committed suicides, quit studies etc because of it.
Therefore ragging has been banned. If it is caught, then those responsible are punished and fined.
They are even suspended from the college.
Related to this, an incident occurred in Haldwani, Uttarakhand which has become viral on social media
There are 27 male junior students from a government medical college in Haldwani.
The heads of all the 27 students were shaved,
their hands were tied at their backs and they were walking in a queue.
A guard is also seen keeping the students in line.
They were also chanting “Doctor Sahab Namaskar.”
Some of these students in the queue were wearing lab coats and face masks but each of their heads were shaved. Unbelievable!
Videos of the ragging went viral on social media. People commented that this was ragging
Some even questioned the ignorance of the principal of the government college
Principal of the college, Arun Joshi said,
"Not even a single complaint has been received in the case. We don't know.
I think, like while joining the army, all the students have the same short haircut,
maybe these students too joined the college with military haircuts.
When I asked if they had shaved their heads because of ragging,
they said no. Some said it was because of the heat and some due to dandruff problem.
However, it is possible that they were under pressure to give such reasons.”
TOI tried to reach out to students but no one made any comment about the incident.
After the video went viral, the Haldwani Government Medical College administration has called for a probe into the matter.
If they find that it was ragging, then they will recommend the strict punishment and suspension.
Ragging is not allowed and there is punishment for it.
When you join a college, don't be scared that you will be ragged.
If any of you face such things in your college, you should complain to the Principal,
or the management or to the Anti Ragging Cell which is a committe setup in the college.
They will catch the culprits. They will be punished, suspended or fined. You need not worry.