Click to play videoNew Delhi: With the start of the fresh term in Delhi University, ragging may be something that may not be witnessed, like it is every year.
Ragging means a visit to Tihar Jail- a tad extreme it may be but it has definitely driven home the message.
The warnings are everywhere in the first day of college. It is in the entrance, in the corridors and even outside toilets.
Says a senior student, Nazar Shah, “Even if we talk to the talk to the juniors. We are hauled up for ragging in the hostel. We are woken up in the middle of the night and given warnings.”
The new laws applicable from this year have made ragging a criminal offence. In fact if college authorities fail to report a serious complaint to the police then they will be considered culpable of the crime as well.
So while the colleges are being extra cautious the new recruits are taking a more tolerant view of the subject.
“I am not really scared. I am looking forward to it especially if it is done in limits,” says a Ist year student, Shreyas Thakur.
“We want our first day in college to be memorable with good memories, “ adds another Ist year student, Preeti Seth.
The odd singing and dancing apart it was a fairly quiet day one for DU, boring some would say but better boring than behind bars.
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