Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Lucknow University pours cold water on students’ V-Day plans

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Lucknow: Authorities at Lucknow University issued two advisories pouring cold water on the plans of students wanting to celebrate Valentine’s Day on campus. The university felt the second, milder advisory was necessary because the first one got them trolled on social media as it explicitly said it didn’t want students to celebrate Valentine’s Day because it was “western culture”.

LU first notified a holiday on Wednesday, February 14, on account of “Maha Shivaratri”, making the campus out of bounds for students, threatened them with disciplinary action and even appealed to parents and guardians to ensure that their wards don’t come to campus.

“In recent years, we have observed that students, influenced by western culture, celebrate Valentine’s Day on February 14. Students enrolled in the university are notified that the campus is closed on February 14, 2018, for ‘Maha Shivaratri’,” reads the February 10 advisory issued by the proctor, prof Vinod Singh.

Roasted on social media for the advisory, LU on the eve of V-Day issued a second one that made no mention of Valentine’s Day. The fresh circular, dated February 13, stated that since the university was closed on account of Maha Shivaratri, no teaching-learning would take place on February 14. Students found roaming in the campus would be punished, read the revised order. TOI has copies of both circulars.

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