Life in NITT

A month or so ago, a girl in Shaastra broke up with her boyfriend. He therefore hatched a vicious plan for revenge. He told his parents that his HOD wanted to meet them. While they were at his college, he lured the girl to his house and strangled her. He hid her body under his bed and the next day killed himself on the railway tracks that ran conveniently close by. (Point to be noted here : Though both NITT and Shastra spawn crazy lunatics, the Shastra variety are homicidal while the NITT ones just like to chaat)

About a week ago, a PG with a somewhat skewed sense of priorities tried to kill herself in Opal B because her boyfriend dumped her.

From the two incidents mentioned above, the college athorities have concluded that relationships between two members of the opposite sex are the cause of all evil. And in order to fight these malignant forces of evil, they have vowed to mercilessly hunt down and wipe out all traces boy-girl interaction.

Their decision to crack down on all the couples in college was further hastened by the fact that an NITT couple was found in BHEL park in a compromising position. By the police, no less. The girl's parents are on their way down to Trichy. Her fate is still undecided. The boy's parents are of the opinion that boys will be boys.

Incidentally, the couple has since broken up.

Therefore, all dark areas in the college have been brightly lit. Trees have been mercilessly chopped down. Rumours have been started of ghosts and ghouls lurking around the areas they don't have the resources to light. (Though I doubt a few spirits would deter a really horny couple) also, the number of guards patrolling the college have been increased. Unfortunately, these guards, though assiduous, are dumb.

Three days ago, a girl and her boyfriend were walking up college avenue, past the ad block, closer to the chemical dept. Suddenly three guys burst out of the bushes pursued by a lathi wielding guard. The couple thus found themselves amidst these three, who had been peacefully smoking up prior to the chasing. The guards, being as I've mentioned before, particularly dumb, completely misinterpreted the situation and thought that the girl was canoodling with FOUR guys in the bushes. They confiscated her ID and reported the incident to the Dean of Student Welfare.

She, luckily, managed to talk herself out of it. But the fact remains that the college is facing an Inquisition. No couple has ventured out for the last two days, for IDs have been confiscated at random, for as little as sitting next to a guy.

HT, convinced that the girls' morals are deteriorating by the year, (please note, the boys' morals are unaffected) has decided to introduce swipe cards in Opal so that she can keep track of the female students' comings and goings. Till the system is in place, the girls are required to sign in and out of a register if they leave the hostel after seven. Also trips out of campus have been limited to two per week.

There is unrest in Opal. Murmurs of revolt, whispers of an uprising. However as the girls muster the courage to speak out, college life goes on as usual. The sun beats down upon students as they scurry from classes to labs and back again. The clock in the clock tower still says eight ten.