A paragraph on: Ragging

Ragging,an academic evil,literally means teasing in a light vein,cracking jokes but not at the expense of others. Traditionally,innocent ragging involves senior students making the freshers dance,sing songs,enact something etc. But presently ragging has earned notoriety as the newcomers in engineering and medical colleges are building up 'ragging phobia'. The modern trend of ragging is obnoxious. Students are physically exploited,mentally harassed in several ways. They are often beaten up ruthlessly just for fun leading to major injuries. Ragging is said to be an ordeal to make students fit for the struggle for existence. But in reality,it is a survival of medieval barbarism. Many students leave study or even choose  suicidal paths out of utter shame and frustration. In most of the colleges, authorities take a lenient view of this matter. But no argument in favor of this brutality should be indulged. Concerted efforts of the college authorities,government and the students are needed to mark the end of this miscreant practice.