Every year, World Mental Health Day is celebrated on October 10. With the recent rise in incidents of ragging in Mumbai and India, mid-day.com spoke to experts to address questions about the act, its effects on students and their mental health, and how to deal with it
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- Ragging is a disturbing practice prevalent in many educational institutions in the world
- For younger students, ragging can have an overwhelming psychological impact
- Older students may feel shame, embarrassment for not being able to stand up for themselves
The incidents of ragging have recently been on the rise. Earlier this October, an incident of alleged ragging at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) in Palghar came to light after several students were reportedly injured. One of them was even referred to an ENT specialist, who found the student to have a damaged eardrum. While a probe is underway, this is not the first instance of ragging in the recent past in the city and country.
In September, a student at the Rajiv Gandhi Medical College in Thane was reportedly ragged by his peers inside the college hostel; nine students have now been suspended. In August, a video of a student at Bandodkar College in the same region assaulting NCC cadets on the Joshi Bedekar College campus went viral; the student has now been suspended. In the same month, another student at Jadavpur University died after falling from the second floor of his college hostel, allegedly due to ragging; the responsible students have been arrested and will not be allowed to enter the campus till they are acquitted.
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