How I was ragged at IIT Delhi and why it was no joke (1987)

Posted on March 22, 2005 by Shivam Vij

By SUJIT SARAF [This article was written by Sujit Saraf for StopRagging.org in March 2005. He  is a film-maker and playwright who lives in California. He has been associated with IIT Delhi both as a student and an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He is author of the novel The Peacock Throne.] [...]

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The Masks of ’91

Posted on March 1, 2005 by Shivam Vij

By NAVIN PANGTI A fresher at MNREC (now known as the Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology), Allahabad is asked to ride a buffalo. The seniors gleefully look on as a visibly tense boy mounts the buffalo. The buffalo, not willing to be a part of the act, shrugs and the young boy falls on [...]

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The Lessons of Rudra Court (1973)

Posted on February 17, 2005 by Shivam Vij

By AMITAV GHOSH The year I joined College, in 1973, the word among us freshers was that the most terrifying ragger in College lived in Rudra Court, in L9. Terrifying because he wasn’t the usual kind of bullying, bellowing senior. No, he was to them as the panther is to the elephant, the scimitar to [...]

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