Updated On: 23 August, 2015 08:08 AM IST | | Paromita Vohra
<p>When I was in the Class 11, my school arranged a movie excursion for students. But not all — only science students</p>

When I was in the Class 11, my school arranged a movie excursion for students. But not all — only science students. This apartheid was vaguely justified by saying poor, pure science students are so burdened with studies and preparing for IIT also. Arts and Commerce were so lightweight, they were practically recreation. There was another, unsaid, implication. Subjects which required some English, had needless airs and needed to be squashed. It was like teachers were avenging themselves on children, for some remembered childhood slights or humiliation from snobbish peers. We fought and were scolded. The police wasn’t called in, though.
