The silence breaks
I have had just about enough. Uptil now I have maintained a dignified silence on the matter of the DPS RK Puram porn video. But that is about to change. I am NOT going to sit idle and say nothing while my school's reputation is being torn to shreds by people who don't even know what they are talking about.
The DPS RKP porn video is perhaps the most talked about topic in Delhi today. Students are talking about it, parents are talking about it, and it has been plastered all over the city's newspapers and magazines. Initially, when the first few articles came out in the papers, I thought the incident was being handled pretty well. The first article did not name the school involved, neither did it give the names of the students involved. At the same time, the article explicitly stated that appropriate action had been taken against the students involved, by the school involved.
But from there things just got worse. DPS RK Puram was named, the students were named, and the details of the incident were given. If that wasn't enough, one particular news network actually telecast the video on TV, with the offending portions pixelated. The most recent development, I hear, is Indiatimes posting a still shot from the video on its online newspaper. Disgusting developments, I must say. Now everyone seems to have gone into this moralistic tizzy and a campaign of sorts has been launched against DPS RK Puram.
What I would like to do first of all is to remove the most common misconception about the video. The incident in question did NOT take place inside school. I cannot give you unquestionable proof on this particular matter, so you will have to take my word for it. The newspapers seem to be bent on making readers believe otherwise, even if it means resorting to fabricated and baseless reports. One newspaper actually went as far as to say that the incident took place in the school library. Completely false. The video was not shot on school premises. I am not sure where exactly it was shot, but as long as it wasn't within the school, I don't care much about the location.
The one thing that people are failing to realize, or maybe they don't want to realize it, is that sex in Delhi schools is not something new. It has been around for quite some time, and making a huge hoo-haa about this particular video isn't going to prevent it from happening in the future. Just because some people happen to be dumb enough to record the actual thing (WHAT were they thinking?) does not mean you single out one school, and launch this massive public drive against it. Last heard, the principal of Modern School was sermonizing on the importance of discipline and social values. Ha! What a joke. The principal of MSBK tells us about discipline and values. We don't need any advice from MSBK, thank you very much, keeping in mind the kind of activities that their students indulge in. I wouldn't like to say more on the nature of these activities, as that would go against the very spirit of this post. All I would like to say is that the only good thing that can be said about MSBK students is that they don't happen to be stupid enough to record some of the things they do.
This blog must not be taken as a validation or a justification for sex in school. I am not supporting the two a***holes who came up with that disgusting video. All I am saying is that you cannot judge a school which has a strength of 4500 on the basis of a sample size of 2. Uptil some time back, all the major newspapers were singing praises when it came to DPS RKP. And now they have done a sudden about turn. It is completely ridiculous to believe that the immoral actions of 2 people can somehow completely nullify all the good work done by thousands of students over a period of years.
DPS RK Puram is a wonderful school. It is a school that has given amazing people to the world for the past 2-3 decades. Its alumni is doing very well all over the world, in all fields under the sun. More importantly, it is a school that stresses on discipline and good moral values. Contrary to popular belief, the average Dipsite's favorite time-pass is not making pornographic videos. What all of you saw in the video was an aberration, not the norm.
I would like to request all the newspapers and journalists who are making up all kinds of wild stories about the incident, and about DPS RKP in general, to please discontinue the negative publicity. By all means, fight sex at school, and drugs at school, and smoking and drinking in school, but please do not single out schools and students. Spreading negative propaganda about one single school is not the way to go about it. It does not do anybody any good, it does not effectively combat the problem, and it can be most damaging to other students (or ex-students) who happen to be in the same school.
The DPS RKP porn video is perhaps the most talked about topic in Delhi today. Students are talking about it, parents are talking about it, and it has been plastered all over the city's newspapers and magazines. Initially, when the first few articles came out in the papers, I thought the incident was being handled pretty well. The first article did not name the school involved, neither did it give the names of the students involved. At the same time, the article explicitly stated that appropriate action had been taken against the students involved, by the school involved.
But from there things just got worse. DPS RK Puram was named, the students were named, and the details of the incident were given. If that wasn't enough, one particular news network actually telecast the video on TV, with the offending portions pixelated. The most recent development, I hear, is Indiatimes posting a still shot from the video on its online newspaper. Disgusting developments, I must say. Now everyone seems to have gone into this moralistic tizzy and a campaign of sorts has been launched against DPS RK Puram.
What I would like to do first of all is to remove the most common misconception about the video. The incident in question did NOT take place inside school. I cannot give you unquestionable proof on this particular matter, so you will have to take my word for it. The newspapers seem to be bent on making readers believe otherwise, even if it means resorting to fabricated and baseless reports. One newspaper actually went as far as to say that the incident took place in the school library. Completely false. The video was not shot on school premises. I am not sure where exactly it was shot, but as long as it wasn't within the school, I don't care much about the location.
The one thing that people are failing to realize, or maybe they don't want to realize it, is that sex in Delhi schools is not something new. It has been around for quite some time, and making a huge hoo-haa about this particular video isn't going to prevent it from happening in the future. Just because some people happen to be dumb enough to record the actual thing (WHAT were they thinking?) does not mean you single out one school, and launch this massive public drive against it. Last heard, the principal of Modern School was sermonizing on the importance of discipline and social values. Ha! What a joke. The principal of MSBK tells us about discipline and values. We don't need any advice from MSBK, thank you very much, keeping in mind the kind of activities that their students indulge in. I wouldn't like to say more on the nature of these activities, as that would go against the very spirit of this post. All I would like to say is that the only good thing that can be said about MSBK students is that they don't happen to be stupid enough to record some of the things they do.
This blog must not be taken as a validation or a justification for sex in school. I am not supporting the two a***holes who came up with that disgusting video. All I am saying is that you cannot judge a school which has a strength of 4500 on the basis of a sample size of 2. Uptil some time back, all the major newspapers were singing praises when it came to DPS RKP. And now they have done a sudden about turn. It is completely ridiculous to believe that the immoral actions of 2 people can somehow completely nullify all the good work done by thousands of students over a period of years.
DPS RK Puram is a wonderful school. It is a school that has given amazing people to the world for the past 2-3 decades. Its alumni is doing very well all over the world, in all fields under the sun. More importantly, it is a school that stresses on discipline and good moral values. Contrary to popular belief, the average Dipsite's favorite time-pass is not making pornographic videos. What all of you saw in the video was an aberration, not the norm.
I would like to request all the newspapers and journalists who are making up all kinds of wild stories about the incident, and about DPS RKP in general, to please discontinue the negative publicity. By all means, fight sex at school, and drugs at school, and smoking and drinking in school, but please do not single out schools and students. Spreading negative propaganda about one single school is not the way to go about it. It does not do anybody any good, it does not effectively combat the problem, and it can be most damaging to other students (or ex-students) who happen to be in the same school.
And to everybody in general, please stop the sermonizing. It is not the way out, I assure you.
posted by Manu Saxena at 5:22:00 pm
3 comments
3 Comments:
hey manu,
i love your entry and fully support you...how about sending this as an article to all city newspapers?? Send it wherever possible, and try and see if you can find more alumni to write to newspapers?? I will try myself, but how about you starting something there itself? except, id rather you not mention about MSBK..think about it!?
Saying that we're from DPSRKP, somehow, doesn't feel the same anymore:(..and we need to do something to change that!!!
I have to agree. I really can't see what the whole thing has to do with our school anyway. Moreover if the media is seriously under the impression that this is the first time someone in school has had sex, then their naivete is rather astounding.
Actually you have to feel sorry for the two involved, or at least the girl. Lets be honest, the only clearly wrong thing here was distributing that video and that wasnt her doing. If we werent such a hypocritical society, we would ask ourselves why most attacks in this situation have been on the girl, why the school has anything to do with it at all and whether a subjective opinion on the right age for sex can be the basis for what has essentially become a targeted campaign against a school and a couple of individuals.
I have interacted with a few DPSRKP students. Yes you guys are intelligent and a unique lot. But discipline is something that is distinctly lacking. Knowing what to say when and to whom is painfully missing. One never gets a feeling that the person is cultured.Infact when I discovered that this sensible-soft spoken girl I knew in college is from DPSRKP my jaw dropped. And she gave me a smile that meant she totally understood my bewilderment. Exceptions, of course, are always there!
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