Within the area of 32-acres of small piece of land, the English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Hyderabad bravely houses 25 buildings that include the Academic Block, the Administrative Block, the Foreign Language buildings, the library, teachers and staff quarters, the V-C Lounges, five hostels and some other buildings. But there are no adequate and appropriate indoor and outdoor public spaces. Inside the closed, occasionally-sunlit, stuffy, heavy and damp hostel rooms, we are safe, content and comfortable doing all private things- parties, accessing to internet, watching movies, sleeping, and entertaining ourselves and occasional studies. We believe our day begins when the breakfast timing is almost over and we need to rush for the morning class of the day. After the class we hang out with friends and do some extra-curricular activities. Honestly speakings, some of us are sincere students and they don't deter from their duties. In short, we are provided the essential and basic things we need- food, shelter, entertainment and some dose of academic lessons. Our degrees will prove our talent and will certainly bring nice jobs. We should not worry much about some values that a student acquires during his/her studenthood, though we study humanities. These are someone else's job.
Our friends often miss the comfort, environment, peace, and learning experiences when they pass out of this premier institution. The obvious reason may be the open spaces- in geographical, physical, intellectual, and academic senses. They say they have enjoyed maximum freedom- of expression and intellectual exercise, harmonious environment, friendly attitude of fellow students and teachers as well. Perhaps, that is the key of their success. In fact, their nostalgia that they believe lives inside their heart. But we are advanced and edited version of their personae. So why we should not enjoy equal freedom that our predecessors have? Should we not think with rational mind about the problems we face in our student career?
Out university seems to be nicely fortified languid house where we live in metonymic fashion, but we are not much alive. Our biological body functions, but our faculty of reasoning has accumulated rusts. We live as we are told, kept, managed, and instructed. We have stopped questioning the orders and have started following thing without giving the second thoughts. We must be aware that we are now living in the twenty-first century world and we are most informed generation than our forefathers have been. Let's think of some moot questions.
1. Why our library is not open round the clock when other central universities like JNU have this facility?
2. Why don't we have a common public space for reading, discussing, gossiping, debating and hanging out 24x7?
3. Our neighbouring university University of Hyderabad has a reading room open 24x7. But why don't we have on?
4. Why don't we have any auditorium?
5. Why we don't have any TV in our common room?
The list of questions is not exhaustive. We can add on it.
I strongly believe that we need to speak up for our rights. We deserve to grow. Let's make a call to our mind and think over it.
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