Rumours

SASTRA has changed a lot- but one thing hasn’t and I guess, will never change – the ability of the students to produce make-believe rumours of the highest order. The latest buzz -
• Upadhyay sir is the new DOSA- This is being heard since the beginning of the semester but then no notice has been put up and Narayanan sir is still sitting in the same office.
• Uniforms- Apparently a lot of teachers have told the first years that there will be uniforms from next year and the colours too have been told- brown and white.
• No interaction between boys and girls – Girls and boys should not speak to each other and if at all people need to speak to each other, a fax must be produced by the girl’s father.
• No permissions- This rumour is the worst thing ever to happen, if at all it’s true. There will be no permissions given and students will be permitted to go home only during open holidays.
• Monitoring girls’s attendance- This one was told by our teachers, don’t know if it’s to dissuade us from bunking or if they have really got orders- Girls should not bunk classes and that 90% attendance is mandatory irrespective of whether they are hostelers or day scholars and if a girl bunks three hours continuosly and is found talking to a guy after that, both of them will be suspended immediately!

These gossips have created enough grumbling. All that can be done now, looks like, is to just pray and wish these don’t turn true making our lives miserable.