Most horrendous farewell! Punishment for being a disciplinarian?
A 'Grave' Was Farewell Gift For This Principal In Kerala, Students Charged
Sneha Mary Koshy
Students of Government Victoria College have dug a grave in the courtyard of their college.
The sight of what appeared to be a freshly dug grave with a headstone, flowers and a wreath greeted the 56-year-old principal of the Government Victoria College in Kerala on March 31. "Whose grave is this?" Dr Sarasu TN asked a student. The reply shocked her: "Yours."
A group of students had been digging the "grave" since 7 am, Dr Sarasu found out later.
"I have not allowed students to protest and disrupt classes, so this is their farewell gift for me. They are not alone in this. There are some teachers from Left-leaning organisations behind this too," she alleged.
The outgoing principal claimed she had become unpopular mainly because she followed the rule-book very closely on student protests. "It is a government norm that at least a five-day notice should be given to the Principal before any event or protest is organised by students in the college. I tried to implement that," she said.
Based on her complaint, the police have filed a defamation case against the students of the Left-backed Students' Federation of India (SFI) in the college.
"The investigation is on and no case has been made out against any specific student, but against the SFI members from the hostel. The matter is being investigated," a police officer in Palakkad told NDTV.
Dr Sarasu has taught in the college for 27 years and retired with eight months left in office.
"I have poured my soul into working for this college. Is this all I get back?" she said.
Story First Published:April 06, 2016 05:47 IST
http://www.ndtv.com/kerala-news/ker...principal-now-have-cases-against-them-1339196
A 'Grave' Was Farewell Gift For This Principal In Kerala, Students Charged
Sneha Mary Koshy
Students of Government Victoria College have dug a grave in the courtyard of their college.
The sight of what appeared to be a freshly dug grave with a headstone, flowers and a wreath greeted the 56-year-old principal of the Government Victoria College in Kerala on March 31. "Whose grave is this?" Dr Sarasu TN asked a student. The reply shocked her: "Yours."
A group of students had been digging the "grave" since 7 am, Dr Sarasu found out later.
"I have not allowed students to protest and disrupt classes, so this is their farewell gift for me. They are not alone in this. There are some teachers from Left-leaning organisations behind this too," she alleged.
The outgoing principal claimed she had become unpopular mainly because she followed the rule-book very closely on student protests. "It is a government norm that at least a five-day notice should be given to the Principal before any event or protest is organised by students in the college. I tried to implement that," she said.
Based on her complaint, the police have filed a defamation case against the students of the Left-backed Students' Federation of India (SFI) in the college.
"The investigation is on and no case has been made out against any specific student, but against the SFI members from the hostel. The matter is being investigated," a police officer in Palakkad told NDTV.
Dr Sarasu has taught in the college for 27 years and retired with eight months left in office.
"I have poured my soul into working for this college. Is this all I get back?" she said.
Story First Published:April 06, 2016 05:47 IST
http://www.ndtv.com/kerala-news/ker...principal-now-have-cases-against-them-1339196
) back to chennai via train. A host of college students boarded the train and started singing vociferously, banging their lunchboxes, the train interior, in short, on whatever seemed to them to make sound. It drove me mad (and am sure the other passengers too), and I was on the verge of rage and about to confront them, when I realized that should any problem occur it would be my in-laws who (are residents there) would be in trouble and quietened up. Thankfully, the cacophony died down soon and, even more thankfully, our stop came soon.
