Peddle a cycle - Ragging @ Uni of Pera

I don't think that there would be any one who hasn't paddle a bike. Well there is some thing different about this type of a bike ride. Actually it isn't a bike ride but a psycho bike ride. You don't ride a bike at all in this case and it is part of ragging that takes place in the Akbar canteen of the Engineering Faculty - University of Peradeniya.

When you are seated in the chair you are asked to do the action of some one peddling a bike. It is crazy isn't it? But it exists as a form of ragging through out universities in the country.

One so called senior asked one of my batch mates to do it and his reaction was the finest any thing could be.

He started paddling at the pace the senior asked him to paddle and carried on for some time. There after he was paddling the bike quite hard. The senior whom was puzzled asked "Junior, what's happening?". My friend replied "dear senior sir, its a hill. I am finding it difficult to paddle". The senior smiled and kept watching. There after he paddled quite freely and yet the senior asked the same question. "dear senior sir, the climb is over and now it is flat land" he said in reply.

Finally he sat back and relaxed. The senior was dammed thinking that the junior didn't follow his orders. He asked "Why the heck are you relaxing?". He said, "dear senior sir, I am going down hill and the other village is right at the bottom of the hill". The senior was pissed but as the answer was perfect, he could do nothing.

Every one enjoyed the scenario and it became one of the scenes I never will forget.

Well, have you come across any thing like this? Let me know.