A really abusive but controlled-rage letter (sadly was not sent)

yes im there somewhere










Sometime last year the co-ed college I was studying in decided we were to be treated as small babies.. and decided on martial law...which was sad...
Accidental Birth Of Anarchy In ACJ

We have been repeatedly told in flurries of words that would have made an oxford professor commit suicide (or a dog retch, whichever), that ACJ is not satisfied with the conduct of the students of this college.

The following were the claims and some suggestions:

· ACJ drills into us the concept and advantage of teamwork. Every assignment save a few are meant to be done in teams. Some examples: Key Issues Project, New Media Project, Broadcast work, Print projects etc etc etc. So how are we to work at all the projects and assignments if we cannot even communicate? Some groups are lucky and they all stay at the same house. Some of us are not as lucky. We have to travel vast distances at odd times of the night to meet deadlines, which you claim are crucial.Suggestion: 1) Pay our cell phone bills. 2) Rent some large hall of some sort where we can all go and talk and discuss the work we have to do.Further more there are exams to write which cannot be studied by aimless mugging; some opinion exchange is required.

· “There is interaction with the “opposite sex” (how fossilized) at the two provided accommodations, that too, that too after 8 o’ clock in the night,” (Nahin!) and when the heroic master at arms flirts with a television personality blatantly in front of the entire class (while exposing his under-arms and gassing the room might I add) its all cool.

· Now we come to the issue of sitting on the platform: It’s called a FOOTPATH.

· After sitting through lectures by people like V. Geeta, Mangai, Susi Tharru and even Sudha Ramachandran to an extent. Do you really expect us to accept your prehistoric views about co-education? Start a nunnery!
· Yes, now we analyze and deconstruct the issue of going home late.I have devised a simple mathematical equation. 112 students + 6 cameras + 3 editing rooms = total chaos in case you haven’t noticed we hang around in college till about 10 PM in any case. After dinner and such we leave at 11 PM. Commuting in a group is a good idea, n’cest pas?OK you do not want to mar the college name and have the police knocking at your back door. Fine! We won’t go back home! We’ll bring our mattresses and lay ‘em all out in the hallowed halls here in college. Please keep the AC on for us there is a huge mosquito problem you see.

· Guests have to limit themselves to the living room. OK suddenly someone feels irregular bowel movements and has to go visit the throne or somebody has to regurgitate or just answer a simple call of nature. Well what are these people supposed to do? Emulate their primates and defecate next to a tree? I do not think ACJ has the right to control what we do in our bedrooms. After all we did pay 24,000 Rupees for some privacy and who comes in or out is our sole business, what say?

· ACJ is curbing all the enthusiasm that we have by trying to enforce ridiculous rules upon us. These rules I believe will only escalate the problem because students being students will be forced to use other means of communication. I mean smoke signals…because of these rules we are all going to become chain smokers, contract cancer and die. Do you want to be responsible for the deaths of 112 students?

· Ah yes. Partying. The last time that we had a late night party was … was… I really don’t remember when we had a party last. There are too many pains in organizing a party here. Permission from college, permission from students (unheard)… it’s too complicated.

· The issue now moves to concerns of students leaving their homes after 11 PM or 12 AM, and not being able to come back (addressed later). You asked us if this is how we would behave if we were at home? Well once we feel at home maybe just maybe we might, though I doubt it, we like to believe the idea of absolute freedom as long as we flout no rules. I don’t think you know what happens at our houses and we would prefer it stay that way. And moreover at home we usually get free WATER and we DO NOT have to pay for water everyday. Addressed later: We would like to lead free lives here, we are not bound to collar and chain. It would have been easier to stop at “We will not accept responsibility and bail you from the cops.” You must realize that college takes up most of our time. If we want to sacrifice sleep to unwind, it’s for us to choose.

· The ‘Barah bhaje’ rule also implies that late night movies are out of the question. So much for the students who have choosen the ‘cinema’ elective. What are we to do? Watch the camera print VCD or DVD at home and then compare notes using telepathy? Know this, you are also promoting video piracy. Lawrence Liang’s words haunt us all.

· As a closing statement, we like the college, we like what you are trying to teach us and that you are trying to mould us into something we may or may not want to become. But trying to suppress the urge to break out every now and then may not really help us or you, will it?

· And copying the British system of divide and conquer is just plain base!