StandforIndia

 “Aman - A tale of ragging” is our current project of a film on ragging of 90 minutes as part of Aman movement ( www.amanmovement.org ), which will be a honest visual demonstration of ragging in colleges around india and its affects on society to educate students that how terrible ragging can be. Visual medium is the best way to create an impression on human’ mind for a long time so we are hopeful that the film will help indian college students to understand the gravity of this menace.

We will distribute the VCD of this film to every college in India. And, We will appeal to the Government to make this film a mandatory  part of  Introduction session of all new batches in Indian colleges and seniors and the  new batch watch this film together.

About Ragging :

Ragging is a form of abuse on newcomers of educational institutions in Australia, Britain, India, Sri Lanka and in many other Commonwealth countries. It is similar to the American form, known as hazing, but is commonly much more severe - As per wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragging

Junior students are made to forcefully undergo extreme physical and mental torture all over the country in colleges which causes physical, psychological or physiological harm of apprehension or shame or embarrassment to a student and finally results into students committing suicide, students killed due to extreme physical torture, sexual abuse, students carrying the psychological scars for the rest of life and many others.

India’s only registered Anti Ragging NGO, Society Against Violence in Education (SAVE) has reported 31 reported deaths in the period 2000-2007.

A report from 2007 by the Indian anti-ragging group Coalition to Uproot Ragging from Education analyzed 64 ragging complaints, and found that over 60% of these were related to physical ragging, and 20% were sexual in nature.

Do we need it? :

1. Indian president expresses concern over increasing ragging in colleges -

Read it here

   

2. Supreme court in 2001 put guidelines to curb ragging -

Read it here

3. Supreme court order makes ragging a crime - May 2007

Read it here

4. Supreme court orders suspension of principal of Rajendra Prasad Medical College, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, where Aman Kachroo, a student, died due to ragging excesses – 30th Mar, 2009.

5. The Supreme Court-appointed committee, led by former CBI director RK Raghavan wants UGC to fund a toll-free helpline that can be accessed by students in distress over ragging.

Why a Film? :

A Visual walk-through of process of ragging, reasons behind ragging and its effects on society in the form of a story will make students and society realize that how tragic this unwanted menace can be.

A visual medium is the best way to impact human’ mind for a longer time.

The film is to make with the sole intention of educating people about Ragging and its impact on society with a set of target audience in mind :

• Students
  Parents
  Authorities (College, Police)

Associate it with “Aman Movement” - www.amanmovement.org which is managed by Prof. Rajendra Kachroo, father of Aman Kachroo, and target following :

• The VCD of the film is to be distributed to every college in india and we will appeal to the Government to make this film a mandatory part of Introduction session of all new batches in colleges and seniors and the new batch watch the film together.

• The film is to be put on a web-site where anybody can come and watch the film. After watching the film, Students answer a few questions around ragging before they can be admitted to colleges.