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I said that it doesn't happen in NLUs.
Positive interactions do take place in NLUs but it's very different from what had happened in JU
Your comment reeks of entitlement and hierarchal mindset. Wait till you get to law firms to be degraded by that and then rant about it again.
Secondly, the situation with Jadavpur is very different. Firstly the people who participated in torturing the said student(s) were mostly passouts. They obtained their degrees back in 2017-2019 and have somehow managed to remain back in the university campus sheerly because of their political connections within the leftist outfits.
Thirdly, the outlash of resentment at JU comes for multifaceted reasons. As a guy from Calcutta, JU has always defended their abject substance abuse with the phrase "Agey chance peye dekha" which translates to first get an admission within the campus. If that was not all, the college campus is a breeding ground for various student unions, most of which have been known to be vocal about the injustices perpetrated by the government. They have harassed the Governor and other faculties within their campus for what they claimed as their democratic right (the veracity of this claim is not something that I am questioning). However, when it came down to one of their own students, the unions and most of the administration went silent or deflected the questions with very outlandish answers.
As for self-reflection, I come from a state university with the worst of managements, but we were never ragged. The only compulsion that we faced from time to time was to openly support the political party, whichever that may be, was in power. Bullies thrive in groups and the silent treatment do not work out. If you have been bullied, please speak out and get help. The internet, despite sometimes being cruel, is a wonderful place and you will get your share of justice.
So I think this is the time for us to introspect and ask: Why have NLU students rarely been punished, going back to the 1990s? How can we accept some terrible raggers graduating without any blemish on their record? And then doing LLMs abroad on prestigious scholarships, or occupying partnerships at top law firms, or arguing landmark cases before the Supreme Court? Why also have admins not been held accountable? Apart from today's VC, we even need to ask tough questions of "holy cows" like Madhava Menon, NL Mitra, MP Singh, BS Chimni, Ranbir Singh etc, on whether they did enough to prevent ragging.
Time for some self-reflection...