Ragging is appalling...especially when you are dragged into ragging some junior and then get caught in a way you could have never ever imagined or dreamt about...
In my 2nd year I was really skinny...you know someone who can’t say NO to the other guy when he is hauling you somewhere...and this is how I was dragged in this ragging scenario...
So three of my other friends caught hold of this junior and were asking him to tell some sorta joke or some story...we were in the college campus near a sitting bench standing parallel to it, me being the second in line...to my left was the perpetrator who got me into this mess...and the other two messers were on my right...I somehow felt that the guy on my right was also dragged into this by perpetrator 2 who was the first in line...and the first year guy was in front of us doing his stuff...
And outta nowhere...I realised that perp 1 was being pulled on his shoulder from behind the bench by some senior anti-ragging campaign guy...I heard something about ‘Are you guys ragging???’...and ‘It being a serious offence’...
And the rest happened in a flash...me and the guy to my right bolted towards the parking lot...someone fell with a mind numbing thud...followed by a lot of footsteps!!!
All I could hear from behind was...‘HEY WAIT UP’...‘STOP’...and all I could do was run and I became conscious that my legs were about to fall off...I reached this Tavera and ducked behind it...and then everything was QUIET!!!
I didn’t move for a while...and when I thought it was enough of whiling around I peeped from the drivers side of the car...this car was at the end of the parking lot and was all covered with dust...it must have been parked there for a while...
Then out of the blue there was a rustling sound on my left and someone totally covered in dust and cobweb fell right next to me...I almost ran without looking at him but something made me stop...it was skinny number 2!!!
Apparently he was the one who was running with me (actually behind me) and yelling WAIT UP and STOP...I asked him what exactly happened...but like me he too ran without checking out what had occurred!!!
Anyways...we straightened ourselves and made way towards the canteen...and I realised that skinny 2 was in fact whiney number 1...he started moaning that we must turn ourselves in...and get us redeemed...his idea was to barge in the principals cabin and explain him how we were yanked into the ragging!!!
I was totally convinced about this idea but somehow couldn’t see myself entering the principal’s office!!! So i asked him to shut up and we took the most-secluded-corner-table of the canteen...
Then came the call of perp 2 on whiney’s phone...he was scared shitless...and so was I...
Whiney was convinced that perp 1 and 2 were caught and they were asking us to come to their rescue...so without answering the phone he switched it OFF and asked me to do the same...which I denied...somehow neither of perp 1 or 2 had my numbers...so I didn’t think they could reach me on my cell...
We waited there for an eternity...with whiney bickering the entire eternity…and the canteen owner looking at us suspiciously since we hadn’t ordered anything and were still occupying the table when it was clearly his business time...so I got up to buy some snack to avoid being a weirdo sitting in a corner table with a guy!!!
The moment i reached the corner someone yelled my name form the other corner of the canteen...my heart skipped a beat but it caught hold of the beat when I saw who was calling me...
It was perp 1 and 2 sitting in the other most-secluded-corner-table of the canteen...somehow they had the sense to order something...anyways...I turned towards them to curse them for involving me into the muddle...whiney joined us immediately and was ready to give a piece of his mind as well....
But before we could explode on them it dawned on us that though these guys were sweaty and all…they were totally relaxed and had a smirk on their face...
Well...the explanation helped to get the grin on our faces too!!!
So let me unfold what took place...
The guy who caught perp 1's shoulder was some guy from anti-ragging committee (ARC)...the moment he caught hold of perp 1 he asked whether we were ragging...without thinking perp 1 turned around and coz he was scared to his bones he didn’t realise that the moment he turned the ARC guy stumbled across the bench...his body was thrown in an actual arc and he fell face first!!!
While this phenomenon was developing, me and whiney were running away from the scene of crime...and so were perp 1 and 2...and Mr ARC was still on his knees by the time we disappeared...the junior was never gonna identify who we were...lets just face it...no junior in his sane mind would take that risk!!!
So all in all we were safe...
And still, though being skinny, I kicked whineys ass in front of everyone in the canteen...it was a huge risk if some prof would have seen it…and still I did it!!!
WHY??? WHY???
He almost made me go to the principal and confess about something which I never did!!!
Imagine that...the princi is there minding his own business unaware of anything...and we show up saying...we are sorry sir but we were ragging a guy!!!
JUST IMAGINE!!!
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