Does ragging develope friendship?
Ragging is a term used for active, systematical human rights abuses, similar to hazing and fagging, the severest forms of which are found in engineering, medical and military colleges.
Ragging is defined as –“ the doing of any act which causes, or is likely to cause any physical, psychological or physiological harm of apprehension or shame or embarrassment to a student, and includes–
(a) Teasing or abusing of playing Practical joke on, or causing hurt to any student. or
(b) Asking any student to do any act, or perform anything, which he/she would not, in the ordinary course, be willing to do or perform.
The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India perhaps has given a more comprehensive meaning of ragging as under:
“Ragging is any disorderly conduct, whether by words spoken or written, or by an act which has the effect of teasing, treating or handling with rudeness any student, indulging in rowdy or indisciplined activities which cause or are likely to cause annoyance, hardship or psychological harm or to raise fear or apprehension thereof in a fresher or a junior student and which has the effect of causing or generating a sense of shame or embarrassment so as to adversely affect the psyche of a fresher or a junior student.". * Some of the most popular forms of ragging in colleges are: * Dress Code Ragging * Formal Introduction * Verbal Torture * Playing The Fool * Hostel Ragging * Drug Abuse
How Ragging Affects The Victim:
1. An unpleasant incident of ragging may leave a permanent scar in the victim’s mind that may haunt him for years to come.
2. The victim declines into a shell, forcing himself into ignominy and alienation from the rest of the world.
3. It demoralizes the victim who joins college life with many hopes and expectations.
The accurate meaning of the word 'ragging' is to 'tease', but even the dictionary says it is an archaic meaning.The