Street plays on ragging staged

AASU activists staging a street play against ragging at the Handique Girls’ College in Guwahati on Friday. – AT photo

 GUWAHATI, Aug 1 – Members of the All Guwahati Students’ Union (AGSU) and the Cotton College unit of AASU and student-artistes of Cotton College today staged street-plays highlighting the evil of ragging in several colleges of the city synchronizing with the opening day of the new academic session in colleges.

The student-artistes staged the street-plays in the campuses of Handique Girls’ College, Cotton College, Guwahati Commerce College and B Borooah College, drawing attention and applause of the students. “We believe that the play would go a long way in highlighting the evil effects of the menace of ragging in our educational institutions and help check this disturbing trend through greater awareness,” the AGSU said in a statement.

The play would be staged in other colleges of the city tomorrow.

The students’ body also urged the college authorities to be vigilant and strict in cracking down hard on the menace of ragging.