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Young World
Try a little socialising
NIMI KURIAN
Photo: K. K. Mustafah
SWITCH IT OFF: Meet the neighbours.
According to a Reuters report the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Mumbai has restricted Internet access in its hostels, saying addiction to surfing, gaming and blogging was affecting students' performance, making them reclusive and even suicidal. Authorities said students had stopped socialising and many were late for morning classes or slept through them. "Now, a student doesn't even know who lives two doors away from him because he is so busy on the Internet," said Prakash Gopalan, dean of student affairs. "The old hostel culture of camaraderie and socialising among students is gone. This is not healthy in our opinion." But the move has not gone down well with students who say they hate their lives being regulated. Student anger has also spilled on to several blogs run by IIT alumni where bloggers say "the birth of the virtual world had led to the death of the real selves".
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