Did SRM really require its female students to have a boyfriend for security reasons? Here are the details:
An image of a circular has been doing the rounds on WhatsApp purportedly asking girls to return to campus only if they have a boyfriend. Colleges have been known to issue the odd outrageous statement from time to time. And in an age of trial by social media, more often than not, the more ludicrous of them often become the butt of bad jokes before they are withdrawn. SRM university But this one, involving the popular SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST) in Kattankulathur, Chennai, was downright silly — and extremely sexist, at that. The supposed circular, which bears the crest of the deemed varsity and the credentials of its Registrar Dr N Sethuraman reads: It is mandatory for each and every female student of SRMIST KTR Campus to have a boyfriend inside the university premises. This has been done for security purposes. Those girls who are single will not be allowed to enter the premises. They will have to show a recent picture with their boyfriend to enter the campus. It a...