Ragging means 'laughing at' or 'playing trick' on somebody. Sometimes, it may mean teasing somebody. In this sense, ragging is not very objectionable. However, ragging has become a threat to new students in some prestigious academic institutes. In the name of ragging, junior students are often subjected to physical and mental torture. Sometimes, students fall ill seriously and leave the institutions and give up their studies altogether. The Supreme Court has taken serious steps to curb this menace and has issued instructions to state governments to control ragging. Ragging causes serious illnesses and mental imbalance among the affected students. Every year, we hear of many deaths caused due to ragging.
The raggers often contend that ragging helps a fresher to shake of his inertia and shyness and be smart. However, such tactful excuses cannot minimize the seriousness of the problem. Ragging should be banned in. the interest of a healthy academic atmosphere
