Ragged 2wice - Story

Story: It is Kamran’s first day at college. He is being dropped off by his mother near the college gates. The history he has read about past ragging in the college and made him nervous and vulnerable. He isn't happy about the first day at college unlike the other newcomers. He has a strange feeling that something very bad is about to happen. Kamran enters the college and after a huge hurdle amongst the students , gets to know his class and section. He walks through the corridor where he sees seniors standing in the batch with spray cans in their hands. He feels scared and rushes towards the bathroom to wash his face and to shake the fear off. As he washes his face and leads himself to believe that ragging isn’t a big deal , three seniors(probably second years) trap him in the washroom. His instincts kick in , telling him to flee , but it is too late. One of the members asks him if he is a newcomer. He replies yes. He tries to flee , but his departure is interrupted by one of the seniors. They then rag them , put black paint on his face and tell him to dance with a tutu on , so they can make a video. Firstly, he refuses, but after being threatened he decides that it is best if he just shuts up and do as the seniors tell him to.

He is taking to the back alley where students are scarce. One of the seniors positions himself to make the video and Kamran dances. It is clear that he does not know how to dance judging by the way he is dancing. They leave after they are satisfied. Kamran feels humiliated and goes into the washroom to wash up. After washing up , he swifts pass the corridor to enter into his class. The teacher is already teaching. He enters the class with the teachers permission. He sits down and tries to concentrate on the lecture but he is interrupted by the guy sitting behind him , who apparently slips in an item in his pocket. He slides his hand in to check, it is a pack of cigarettes. The teacher , unknowing of the actual event, takes him to the principal’s office. Kamran becomes startled and is in shock. The principals explains that the college does not allow such behavior and disobedience of the rules and since he broke them on his very first day , he will be expelled. Kamran panics and begs the principal to forgive him. The principal pulls out his pen to sign the expulsion letter. However , to Kamran’s surprise, the principal looks him into the eye and tells him to wake up. He is confused, he is not able to understand what message the principal wants to convey. He scans through the principal’s secretary. He , also is stating the same dialogue. Wake up , wake up. The voice turns into his mother’s and  Kamran finds himself waking up after a horrible nightmare in his mother’s car. It seems that he had been sleeping on his way to school.

He gets out of his mother’s car and waves her goodbye. He enters the school gates and beams by the corridor to check his class and section. After hurdles with other newcomers , he finally comes to know and starts walking towards his class, where he is stopped by the “bully leader” which appeared in his dream. The apparent leader leans his arm on Kamran’s shoulder and asks if he is new to college. Kamran is frightened and screams from frustration.