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AN EXTRACT FROM A CREATIVE WRITING COMPETITION ENTRY
South Asian University, like South Asia, is filled with contradictions. A bag filled with the good, the bad, and the ugly. A month in and I’ve seen students, normally good and decent folks, bully and disrespect mess workers. I’ve seen students cat-call their classmates. I’ve seen the educated youth litter their university and waste energy, and yet I’ve seen a tradition of sharing emerge, whether it’s during Friday chicken night, on the badminton court, or with the ice-cream-walla outside the gate. I’ve seen people from different nationalities, and religion, debate “controversial” issues in the mess and leave having earned each other’s respect. I’ve seen traditions grow, and that is special.
South Asian University, like South Asia, is filled with contradictions. A bag filled with the good, the bad, and the ugly. A month in and I’ve seen students, normally good and decent folks, bully and disrespect mess workers. I’ve seen students cat-call their classmates. I’ve seen the educated youth litter their university and waste energy, and yet I’ve seen a tradition of sharing emerge, whether it’s during Friday chicken night, on the badminton court, or with the ice-cream-walla outside the gate. I’ve seen people from different nationalities, and religion, debate “controversial” issues in the mess and leave having earned each other’s respect. I’ve seen traditions grow, and that is special.
Quite an interesting read. You can read the entire article here.
http://sausociology.wordpress.com/2012/10/02/one-month-and-still-sane/
Thanks to Rickshaw. Rickshaw is a students’ blog maintained by Sociology students of South Asian University.
