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Campus violence

There has been enough condemnation of the group clash among students of Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Chennai, and the police failure to take action. Two aspects need to be mentioned. First, when all political parties are committed to eliminating caste differences among the people, how is it that casteism still dominates society and continues to be the cause of almost all social conflicts? Second, instead of condemning the police for not acting, we should ask ourselves why they were driven to inaction. Before punishing the students and the police personnel, let us understand that it is the system which is responsible for the prevailing culture that needs to be changed.

N.R. Sathyamurty,

Cuddalore

Ramaswamy Krishnan,

Fremont

Campus violence and general indiscipline in most of the colleges across the country are mainly due to the falling moral standards. Politicians alone cannot be blamed for student indiscipline. In the West, students fund their higher studies from the money they earn and hence do not waste their time and energy on petty matters. If only students in India are made to work to pay for their college education, they will have no time to indulge in anti-social activities.

Padmasani Rangarajan,

Kitchener

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