Was Big B a victim, as well?
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Big B : Amitabh Bachchan !
A well known website has reported that Amitabh Bachchan was ragged during his college days. It says :
"Ragging has happened with me too. I passed out my college in the 60s, and at that time also, ragging was existent in colleges, sometimes worse. I don't think at that time, Bollywood films ever showed ragging in them." It is hard to imagine what kind of ragging he has gone through, but when we asked him to elaborate on it, he simply said "I really can't tell you guys what kind of ragging I have been through. Please don't ask me." It seems like Bachchan had a bad time in his college days, but we won't push him for more. [Source]
Arjun Rampal
According to Arjun Rampal Online, " The actor was subsequently ragged for a long time and vowed never to rag his juniors in turn. Rampal is admittedly very much against ragging and considers it to be equal to a full-fledged crime."
Experiences shared by Some Other Celebrities
Arindam Chaudhury
The management guru Arindam Chaudhary writes about his IIT Delhi friends "Well, their first months in IIT were traumatic to say the least. They would cry in front of me. They couldn’t take in the humiliation of ragging. The humiliation of being stripped totally naked and being made to run around the IIT Delhi campus... The engineering and medical colleges of India are the havens of the worst possible ragging in this country." [1]
Sujit Saraf
Sujit Saraf, a California-based filmmaker and playwright studied at the IIT-Delhi between 1987 and ’92. He reveals "we crawled on all fours and barked like dogs; we brought cigarettes and Campa Cola for our seniors; we cleaned their rooms; we dropped our trousers so they could measure our penises; we formed human trains — each car holding the penis of the car in front — and whistled our way through hostel corridors; we simulated orgies; stripped naked"[2]
Imtiaz Ali
Noted film-maker Imtiaz Ali has a similar experience, "In college (Hindu College, Delhi), a lot of guys had stripped me naked during the ragging... At that time it was terrible....Craziest thing I've ever done – we've all walked naked...in those days ... it was part of mass ragging that everyone had to do" [3]
Celebreties Standing Against Ragging
Shah Rukh Khan
According to some websites like this, this and this , SRK wrote (twitted) (Sun Jun 06 22:23:54 +0000 2010):
"i am completely against ragging. its the tool of the weak to show supremacy by virtue of being in a place longer than the newbies. it sucks"
Aamir Khan
Well known news Websites like this and this have reported Aamir Khan speaking on the '3 Idiots' :
"The film is actually about anti-ragging. It’s about problems in our education system...."
Salman Khan
The Times of India reported Salman Khan to corroborate Aamir Khan, saying (about the '3 Idiots' ) :
"This film is anti-ragging and against suicide..."
References
[1] Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri (2010-12-09). "It’s We Parents and Teachers Who Create Raggers Out of Our Children". [Buisness and Economy]. Retrieved 2011-10-26
[2] Sujit Saraf (2006-10-14). "‘TEN MINUTES INTO CAMPUS LIFE, I WAS ON MY KNEES WITH A LEASH ROUND MY NECK’". [Tehelka]. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
[3] "I had 6% attendance: Abhishek Chaubey". The Times Of India.
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