The Stop Ragging campaign website is at www.stopragging.org . The site contains, amongst other things contains full text of the Supreme Court judgment that bans ragging and heart-wrenching stories of ragging victims who have approached them.
Write to The Stop Ragging Campaign at info at stopragging.org to contact them.
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there is ragging in my school sainik school satara
GANDHIGIRI
Gandhigiri is a nice concept. We need to discover novel approaches using "Gandhigiri" and include them in our Anti-Ragging movement.
SAVE (www.No2Ragging.Org) will seriously think over it.
MANIT: FIELD REPORT ON LATEST STATUS
On behalf of Society Against Violence in Education (SAVE, no2ragging.org), I, Gaurav Singhal, visited MANIT on April5th, 2010. Here is my report, from my internal email to the NGO:
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I visited MANIT Bhopal on this Monday and first headed towards the freshers hostel. There I first met with three SPA second year students (Two of them in the pics) and they informed that ragging this year was nothing compared to the last year, and all that has become possibl;e due to appointment of new director and the dean of student welfare. I then talked to the secury person and he told that since the college administration made a flying squad of 5 security people for night raids, gave them 3 bikes and a mobile phone and gave this number to every fresher, incidents of ragging esp in night at hostels became negligible. The college also had two seggregated fresher hostels with only one point of entry where this guard in the picture was sitting, and during first 3-4 months no senior was allowed inside the fresher hostels. He said that since the time the new private security has been hired, it has been very strict with rules and regulations.
Then I caught up 12 fresher guys (6 groups, each with two guys) in different parts of the campus and all of them said the ragging was very very mild this year. they all praised the efforts made by the new admin. I even forced them to say something- i mean something might have happened to them... but they ALL said it , was very mild and few of the cases that were reported to the flying squad, the seniors were caught red handed and strictly punished, so after those cases ragging almost stopped.
ALL the students of the college also submitted the affidavits as stipulated by UGC this year.
Also recently there was a call to submit 4000/- by the freshers, but the freshers informedtaht all the wardens asked freshers not to do so, so only 10-20% freshers have paid it, rest have refused and the seniors could do nothing.
After that I met with dean of student welfare (pic attached) and congratulated him on the steps taken. I tried to acknowledge the good work done and motivate them even further. He asked me and SAVE to come with even better suggestions and said that he will try to implement them also.
He also said that it was not him but a whole team of people who were responsible for the improved situation. he refused to take the credit for himself only.
Develope courage and fight back
oppose ragging from Day 1. Do not allow it to start even. When they meet resistance from day 1 they will be eventually disheartened. Have regular meetings of all freshers to know what is going on. Some freshers tend to keep things hidden in their minds. Make them open their minds and speak out. The more you discuss this issue, the more courage you will find, to fight this out. All the best to you freshers.
Ragging Festival in Manit, Bhopal, you are invited
OPEN RAGGING MELA AT MANIT, BHOPAL
First year students of MANIT, Bhopal and SPA Bhopal are to be ragged on a full day ragging festival.
1.Each first year student is forced to pay Rs 4000 to fund the ragging festival
2.Meeting for planning the details, extorting the students to pay Rs 4000, not bothering about their financial status and most of them belong to poor OBC, SC and ST communities from across India. This is a huge amount for them to spare for such unwanted ragging festivals.
3.The meetings to extort the money are held openly in the campus class rooms and labs opening and authorities turn blind eyes.
4.200+ students have to pay Rs 8 lakh plus for meeting the party expenses of seniors belonging to 2nd to Final year and their friends who are not students of MANIT from local city
5.First year students will be assembled on the ragging day, escorted to a isolated place away from MANIT Campus and will be ragged full day. This is a clear proof that authorities are actively abetting this crime.
6.Repeated complaints by students has resulted in no action from the authorities.
Supreme Court of India has banned ragging and termed it as criminal offence and human rights violation. Here it is going to be staged under full glare of MANIT authorities and students totalling about 1000 plus will be gathering in a single place to indulge in this henious and inhuman crime. Nobody in Bhopal will come to the rescue to the poor first year students. Both boys and girls will be ragged for a full day and they will be physically abused by beating, asked to strip, roll on the floors etc and mentally tortured by abuses. Many of the senior students are proud of this tradition of MANIT and are not letting any student out of this. Any fresher not paying the money and abstaining on that day from ragging will be severely punished in the coming years till he passes out of the college.
We, the first year boys and girls wonder whether we have come to a National Institute of Technology or to any remote jungle ruled by tribals. Even tribals will have some culture. Why SPA students should get ragged by MANIT Students and why should they fund the event.
The venue is a closely held secret. But the date will be 4th March 2009. We wonder how the seniors can organise such a massive crime camp in public glare. The MANIT authorities, The human rights watch dogs, the Police, the HRD ministry, the MP Government, The CBI, The MEDIA, The Supreme and High Courts, The Local Collector etc. are not acting then who will put a stop to this.
We are living in a constant fear, and many of the boys and girls are already suffering due to this fear and have become ill. Some of the freshers especially girls may decide to end their lives either before the ragging day or during that day. For most of us who have come from decent families and rural areas the magnitude of this program and its arrangements being opening discussed and organised gives us a fright and our parents are worried and they have been told by us that there is no other option than to pay the amount of Rs 4000 and submit to this cruelty.
We the freshers of MANIT, and SPA, Bhopal hereby appeal to all Indians, or humans to bail us out.
Is there anybody who can put an end to this menace in MANIT, Bhopal. MANIT authorities are busy fight among themselves. When quizzed about why you need so much money for ragging us, the seniors told us – it will be spent on booze, drugs, smokes, food on that day and to entertain their rowdy friends who are not Students of this institutions and to top it all to purchase gifts for the college authorities.
We are putting the responsibility on the society as a whole as all known government agencies cannot help us and save us from this publicly held ragging festival. Who will be responsible for the torture we are undergoing and who will be accountable if some of us decide to end our lives.
Many of us got the cash ready and paid up telling lies to our parents that this money is needed to buy books etc. We are also helping other poor students by lending cash to them as they full aware that they cannot get this much money from their poor parents. MANIT Campus is a shame on progressing INDIA and it is HELL for all freshers. In future please boycott this college and AIEEE should not admit students to this college. SPA should move out of this place and save its wards.
Today (Apr. 13th) after
Today (Apr. 13th) after reading this I talked to the Dean of Student Affairs of MANIT, Dr. Sushil Mittal at 07552670327. He categorically denied that no such thing happened at MANIT, and he has not got any written complaint from any fresher. So first confirm to me whether the planned ragging mela occurred or not. The DoSA further said that a lot of freshers keep on saying verbally a lot of things to him and even write hypothetical matter on the internet, but he can not give credence to such things! Probably he wanted concrete proof… and in a way he was right also. He also said that ragging was fully under control in the institute. When I asked why then the internet is filled with the Open Ragging Fair reports, he said all that is found on internet is anonymous, so whom to trust!
So here are the points in my opinion if the horrible incident actually took place:
1. Is there any written proof that the college administration was informed about the ragging fair? Can you prove that you informed the institute? If yes, was any senior directly named for arranging such an event? If it is there, I can file an RTI to the institute and ask for the action taken.
2. Was the nature of the ragging in the ragging fair serious, i.e. did it involve crime and human rights violation? If yes, then institute might be accountable in the court of law for gross negligence.
3. If the institute says that no action was taken, I can file an RTI and attempt that local police takes action against the institute, as directed by the Supreme Court recently. Nevertheless by RTI the issue will come to fore and in media awareness.
4. Based on common experience I think that a formal written complaint would probably not have been filed by a fresher. And the damage in the form of ragging has already been done. Nevertheless, now two things can be done:
A) Weaker Step: Ask your friend/relative e.g. cousin (and not parents so that they can pin point you) to send written information about the event, preferably thru fax. Don’t disclose your name in the fax, but state that the complainant’s relative is studying as a fresher and such things were done. Name the students who organized it. Also fax a copy to national / state human rights commissions and MHRD. Then the institute can not deny the knowledge of the event. After that RTI can be filed to ask the institute of the action taken.
B) Stronger Step: There must be some guys in freshers who would be leaving the institute because they would be getting selected in other reputed institutes like IITs. If they are soon leaving the institute, they can be persuaded to file a written formal complaint with the institute. Remember such students don’t need any certificate etc. from the institute, the new college gives admission solely on the basis of 12th marksheet. A complaint by a fresher himself will be a very strong reason to act for the college. Do other things as the previous step, and the RTI part I can take care of.
5. I understand that doing this much as stated above also might be difficult for you. So now come to the Gandhian methods. This would not get you rid of the harsh memories but would help to realize seniors and institute of their faults. And the idea is Satyagrah, yes, Satyagrah i.e. request for conduct that is truthful and just. But a different kind of Satyagrah. Simply make loads of anonymous email accounts and you all send emails to the director, DOSA and each and every faculty. Narrate the brutalilty and ask them if their sons and daughter were there in freshers, had they allowed the same barbarism? Request for an honest answer… Satya ke liye Agrah. Try to narrate a different incident each time so that they do not take these emails just as copied forwarded emails to be deleted without reading. Name each senior who was a barbaric psychopath.
6. Let a thousand such emails be sent to every teacher! No law in India bars you to do so. When every teacher in the institute will be frustrated with so many emails, they will all in one voice ask the director and DoSA to curb the ragging.
7. Make a website and put a copy of such emails at this website clearly naming the seniors students (and branches) who did brutality in ragging. When seniors get job placement, silently send a link of this website to the HR of the company. Many of them will rethink about their decision. Similarly when a girl at the marriage time will search about that senior guy on google, she will get to know how much barbaric he is. Such things would make a dent to these animals under human skins. So do post with senior’s names on websites/ blogs. Make a dedicated blog for this.
8. Send such emails to senior girls also. These seniors boys will be disrobed in front of these girls. All such things will act as a deterrent.
9. Send the whole ragging incident to media. Inform local/ regional media especially since they tend to cover such news more prominently. Ask them to conduct a sting operation next year. (When some of you would become barbaric)
10. Even if you are not satisfied, ask your friends in other cities to call the responsible authorities and all the faculty again and again and without naming you ask them to ask the teachers if their own child was there among juniors, would they have adopted the same inaction as it is at present? Let a thousand calls go to each of these people! Every time you are beaten up, every time you are made naked, ask the whole universe of your outside friends to send emails, to make phone calls, to send SMSes to the whole faculty. There would be tremendous pressure created on the Director and DoSA by the whole faculty. The phone numbers are available at MANIT website.
11. In 2007 similar event occurred at MANIT in which police was called and 8 seniors were expelled. Try to know who were the police officers who did this job. Inform them, ask them to talk to institute.
12. I have decided that I will send ragging related cases where Institute was punished for negligence and inaction for the whole year to the college admin, so that they realize they can also pay a heavy price for inaction.
13. Email this write-up to each and each and every fresher.
-Gaurav Singhal
gauravsinghal2@yahoo.com
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