Friday, August 12, 2011

Dial 18001805522 to complain about Ragging


Vashi: The students and Rotaractors of SIES Celebrated International Youth Day by performing a skit on 'Ragging' near Vashi railway station at 7.30 pm to spread awareness about the brutal practice which is still prevalent in educational institutes in India despite all the claims and rules made by the Indian Government.

After their school life and a life lived within boundaries, children eagerly look forward to step into the college life to enjoy the freedom and expand their social circle but when they face the bitter reality of college life viz. Ragging by seniors, they are shattered. Sometimes it is fun but many a times, the result is pitiful and painful.


About the skit:

The skit performed by the students focused on a student who happily joins college after school dreaming about the enjoyment which is awaiting him, but gets shattered after being bullied by his seniors.He stops coming out of his room and commuting with his parents. But later when a friend informs his parents about the incident, they approach the principal and the culprits are rusticated from the college. They also shouted helpline number given by Mumbai University18001805522, where anybody can lodge a complaint about Ragging.

Rtr Himanshu Jain informed, "Though it is said that raging has been eradicated from colleges, but the hidden truth is- it still exists in Engineering, Medical and other colleges. With the help of the skit we tried to create an awareness among people that in case they experience or witness such an incident then they must speak about it to the elders or approach the authorities so that action is taken and the culprits are punished like it happened at the end of our skit."

Rtr Varun Pillai, Rtr Himanshu Jain, Rtr Shahnawaaz Kalawat, Rtr Divya S, Rtr Gauri Rane, Rtr Ravi, Rtr Vugnesh, Rtr Anusha Iyengar, Rtr Hemalatha Chivukula and Rtr Naman organised and participated in the skit. The skit was performed at four different places since morning.

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