Thiruvananthapuram: Colleges students – Both young men and women – sitting on each other’s laps in an old waiting shed at Srikaryam near College of Engineering Trivandrum on Wednesday Oppose against ethical policing The locals had broken the bench into three separate seats to ensure that the boys and girls of the college did not sit next to each other.
Engineering students sat on each other’s laps, fingers tied, hands wrapped around each other’s shoulders, and smiled at the camera. He posted the picture on social media and it went viral, a rebuttal to all those who like to see boys and girls in separate rows in classes. Second year students from different departments of the college, who came together for the protest, said they wanted to normalize the practice of girls and boys sitting together.
Nandana PM, one of the protesting students, said, “Our picture was not a fight against the residents, but a need to educate the students to see them without the barrier of gender.”
Nandana PM, a student of the College of Engineering Trivandrum, who was part of a group of students who staged a “laptop” protest – sitting on each other’s laps – to protest moral policing by local residents, who held a meeting in a waiting room The bench had broken into three different seats, saying, “Our picture was not a fight against residents, but a need to educate them to see students without the barrier of gender. The conditions we grew up in And the circumstances in which they grew up are different. We don’t think society will change in one night, but this is one of the reasons why people stop hurting students. After our post went viral, we There was huge public support. We also got negative comments on Facebook. But it is okay to criticize when justice is on our side.”
According to the college’s union general secretary Ashwin M, the bus stop is unauthorized and was built by the residents’ union nine years ago. The students said that they have been facing problems for many years, that they are subjected to indecent remarks by the locals for sitting together.
The students learned that benches were being broken by residents when they saw another student’s tweet. The idea for the photo protest came during a casual conversation between the students, when one of them asked, “If their problem is we are sitting together, shouldn’t we sit on each other’s laps?”
The students are surprised by the support they have received from the seniors. SFI And DYFI also announced support for them. Mayor Arya Rajendran, who visited the spot on Thursday, said the manner in which benches were converted into chairs is indecent for modern society. he said that Thiruvananthapuram The corporation will build a new bus shed there.
Engineering students sat on each other’s laps, fingers tied, hands wrapped around each other’s shoulders, and smiled at the camera. He posted the picture on social media and it went viral, a rebuttal to all those who like to see boys and girls in separate rows in classes. Second year students from different departments of the college, who came together for the protest, said they wanted to normalize the practice of girls and boys sitting together.
Nandana PM, one of the protesting students, said, “Our picture was not a fight against the residents, but a need to educate the students to see them without the barrier of gender.”
Nandana PM, a student of the College of Engineering Trivandrum, who was part of a group of students who staged a “laptop” protest – sitting on each other’s laps – to protest moral policing by local residents, who held a meeting in a waiting room The bench had broken into three different seats, saying, “Our picture was not a fight against residents, but a need to educate them to see students without the barrier of gender. The conditions we grew up in And the circumstances in which they grew up are different. We don’t think society will change in one night, but this is one of the reasons why people stop hurting students. After our post went viral, we There was huge public support. We also got negative comments on Facebook. But it is okay to criticize when justice is on our side.”
According to the college’s union general secretary Ashwin M, the bus stop is unauthorized and was built by the residents’ union nine years ago. The students said that they have been facing problems for many years, that they are subjected to indecent remarks by the locals for sitting together.
The students learned that benches were being broken by residents when they saw another student’s tweet. The idea for the photo protest came during a casual conversation between the students, when one of them asked, “If their problem is we are sitting together, shouldn’t we sit on each other’s laps?”
The students are surprised by the support they have received from the seniors. SFI And DYFI also announced support for them. Mayor Arya Rajendran, who visited the spot on Thursday, said the manner in which benches were converted into chairs is indecent for modern society. he said that Thiruvananthapuram The corporation will build a new bus shed there.