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The ruling of the apex court of the country against ragging should be welcomed by all right-thinking people. Ragging is a bitter experience, which many unfortunate students of our country have to face sometimes of the other during their long academic career. In ragging “fresh students” of an educational intuition are often teased, tormented and even roughed up by the senior students mostly of the same institute under the exercise of “introduction”.
In ragging no one knows what would be the extent of suffering for the ragged ones. It can range from some innocent and harm less leg pulling to harsh physical and mental assault. It is this latter type of ragging which is objectionable, abhorring and a matter of great concern. And it is this type of ragging which comes under the scanner of the judiciary which has at last had to intervene to stop this nuisance altogether or at least curb it to a considerable extent.
Only the victim knows how painful, harmful, traumatic ragging can be. Often the perpetrators of the crime of ragging cross all the limits of civility and humanity. They will go to any extent to satiate their sadistic pleasure while ragging their juniors. They derive unbound joy when they find their helpless victim totally at their own mercy. They enjoy every moment of the entire show. More the suffering of the victims, the more is the enjoyment of the ragger and the onlookers. The victim of ragging may be subjected to a wide variety of sufferings, which may range from digesting a barrage of filthy language to bearing physical assault of all sorts.
Ragging often leaves an indelible unpleasant mark in ones life. It often leads the victim psychologically shattered and physically wounded. There are examples when the victim of ragging, unable to bear the unimaginably pain and shock of physical and mental torture, lost their mental balance forever. There are cases of many bright students who’s careers are ruined due to ragging. After undergoing the pains of ragging, these students were so much frightened that they never return to their classes again and they never again dared to join any other institute to pursue their studies any further!
Ragging, infact is a blot, a slur on the face of our so-called civilized and educated society. It is more disparaging since it originates from the centers of education – a school, a collage or any other educational institutions. It is disparaging because its actors are senior students themselves. The youth, the students who are supposed to be the future of the nation and are expected to do some constructive work for the country and for themselves are unfortunately found here engaged in villainous activities in perfect Bollywood style.
The court has had already declared ragging as illegal. But in spite of the legal ban, little sincere effort has been made to eradicate this evil from our educational system. Prior to the latest direction from the Supreme Court, the Raghavan committee had already offered some suggestions to stop ragging. The suggestions were: – to hold the educational intuition responsible for ragging. It also suggested that the concerned educational intuition itself should lodge an F.I.R. with the police informing the later about the incident and to prevent a recurrence of raging should take stern action against the offender and avoid them the strictest of punishment. If the concerned institution fails to take up the matter seriously, the parents of the victim or the victim himself could also file an F.I.R. with police. in such cases the police also has a right to take action against the concerned educational institution. The committee also suggested that the courts also should take up cases of ragging on priority basis.
The supreme court has now directed the educational institute to mention clearly in there prospects itself that if found guilty of ragging, the erring students will be turned out of the intuition. This might act as a deterrent but the need is to educate such criminal minded students before hand, during their early formative years. They must be taught the value of love, humanity, compassion and mutual respect for each other in the society. These qualities are instilled in a child by their elders at home and in school. But alas! In the present fast and utterly materialistic life, the elders of our society are found wanting in their duty to give proper advice and instil human values in the younger generation. To make a better and healthier society we have to educate the members of the younger generation to become good human beings before they aspire to be a big success in their careers.