Girls' colleges in India suffer from a variety of malaise .
To keep the girls "safe" , you have to keep them in covers . The quintessential quandary of burqa. How does a woman live and breathe in a world full of lecherous glances / thoughts/ people / vermin ?
Malaise number one: in order to keep "vultures" from circling, they are located very far from the main road . So Google maps will take you off the National Highway, onto a single road , amid trees and foliage , nestled deep in the pind ( rural area ) , thereby making it all but inaccessible. Not just for the " vultures" but also for the girl students .
Number two: the faculty should comprise of mainly women for obvious reasons . Plus the grade four and house keeping staff too .
Isulate , if you can't insulate, at least pretend to. And cushion. Appoint old men as bus drivers , khalasis , chaprasis , gardeners . Of course, the principal should be a lady.
I am in one such college. A certain exam is being held here .
That is all it is used for right now.
Examinations .
It no longer imparts any education to anyone .
The college died during COVID when it was shut down. Some deaths in the senior faculty, drying up of funds and the college went belly up.
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