There are
things in a student’s life that are always sort of hits-and-misses. Things not
happening the way he/she wants them to, or sometimes situations going out of
control through no fault of their own. FYUP became a scary cocktail of all
these. The whole FYUP rollback thing has not only awoken the worst fears in our
minds but also shot down any hope we had left.
It became
clear that our voice has no takers; that we don’t get a say in what is to
happen to us- to our future. Is our society that scared of change? People are
inclined to blame the Vice Chancellor, I don’t.
He did what
anyone in his place would have done, if not more. It’s the UGC I am pissed at. Where
the hell were they a year ago? Sleeping? Are we nothing but bureaucratic
puppets?
For parties
like BJP, whose sole purpose was to diminish whatever little work the other
party did before them, I’d like to ask – why do we have to be the victims of
your political vendetta?
For associations
such as DUTA, who’d much rather see the future of children suffer than teach
regularly, I’d like to ask – are your vacations that important?
For “student
parties” such as ABVP, whose sole motive is political gains through appeasement,
I’d like to ask – are your politically-motivated rants and protests worth our
future?
For students,
who couldn't handle FYUP, I’d simply say - I feel sorry for you. Not because
you don’t agree with me, but because you’re in here to study, not learn.
Was FYUP
perfect? No. But did we at least give it a chance?
Everyone
started complaining about lack of implementation. Half the laws in our
constitution are not implemented properly – does that mean we scrap them too?
Even our
dear Mr. PM asked for a “honeymoon period”, Was FYUP not eligible for that?
Whilst still
in its infantile stage, FYUP was uprooted. Are we that averse to treading on fresh
avenues?
We voted,
decisively, for development. But how are we supposed to develop if we’re not
ready to make amends.
Why not
FYUP, I ask? Because it taught you the basics of many subjects and yet made you
concentrate on your main subjects? Because we didn’t experience as much stress
as you should have? Because we experienced things that’s not taught in a
general curriculum? Because we actually had to work? To learn?
These are
the questions that arose in my mind, an explosion of thoughts. I know they will
go unanswered and I know nothing is going to change. But what I do know is that
these things should not go unseen.
As a student
of FYUP, I’d say it should have been given a chance- to grow and to help us grow.
