STARTING OF A NEW RELATIONSHIP

Few innocent faces and a couple of exploiters ready to pounce upon the so called sheep's of the new academic year ,this is what most of us have a perception of ragging ,which even though unluckily, has been made even more stronger by the continuous bombardment by the news channels over the consequences of it .Ragging (known in the USA as hazing) is the systematic ritual physical and psychological abuse of freshmen or other juniors by their seniors in an educational setup, with the purported intent of socially inducting the newcomers into the group.Well if you search on the internet this is what you will get as the OFFICIAL definition of ragging ,but beleive me there is more to this word than merely conveyed to us by ,speaking frankly ,some narrow minded people .
Imagine yourself entering the premises of your college for the very first time where you know that your dreams would be materialised and you would come face to face with the mundane reality of this mortal world that you are here for a purpose ,purpose to satisfy yourself ,purpose to satisfy your family ,and most importantly purpose to do something worthwhile and make yourself accountable .Well I know I got a bit carried away while describing your entry into the college but never mind ;so what's the first thought that has the privelage to pass through your bright mind .Well I suppose it would be how would I be able to adapt to the totally different lifestyle or, speaking clearly ,how best I could enjoy the fruits of freedom that I have so rightly earned without disturbing the purpose that I have come here for .And what do you think ,who would be in the best place to tell you this ?Offcourse they are the people who have already gone through the phase that you are currently in the process of going through and they are your
seniors .I don't know about other colleges but here in IIT Kanpur , we ,as the seniors, completely know our responsibilities that is by default given to us as a senior .Well actually it's a cyclic process ,we are giving to our juniors what we got from our seniors. So actually it's the culture of the institute that defines ragging on it's own terms .And for us it's the first step towards creation of a new relationship between juniors and seniors ,a relationship which is mutually beneficial .
There is a whole new purpose behind interacting with the juniors which has been largely interprated as obscene stuffs by some people .You would be surprised that most of the newcomers come to know about the exceptional talent that they have during the ragging period .It's because they do things during ragging which in normal circumstances they won't probably do due to the fear of performing but here when they are asked to do so ,they do it and undoubtably excel in it .
I know that in some colleges blatant violation of human rights is done under the name of ragging .But again i am stressing that calling this kind as ragging and banning the interaction would normally harm every student .