College students on a confession spree

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City students are in a confession mood. Students from IIT, DU colleges, Amity University, JUIT and many other academic institutions are coming up with Facebook confession pages, where they are revealing bizarre things that happened to them on or off campus. For many it’s a stress-busting technique, which is gaining popularity with tons of ‘likes’ and leading to a chain of confessions.

“We have a body in our institute called the “Guidance and Counselling Unit” which recently changed its name to Mitr. It had initiated and encouraged the concept of ‘confessions’ but when things are official and linked to the administration, students hesitate to confess. But a page on Facebook is a better medium to reach thousands of students,” says Arun Saxena. He started IIT Confession page for fun, and within a week it became popular with more than 2,000 likes. The popularity is increasing, and Arun says the page has gone viral.
Many other colleges too have confession pages now. From Delhi University to Amity University, it seems the idea of anonymous confessions is cool and clicking among college-goers. Those administrating the pages refuse to disclose their identities and choose to remain anonymous for fear of rustication. But there’s no fear stopping students from making confessions on these pages. “From adventures to mishaps, psychological trauma to sexual pleasures, all sort of confessions are being made on the page,” says Jatin Sharma, contributor, Jaypee Confessions.
Prashant Mathur from, Amity Confessions, says these pages are solution providers to many problems that plague students. “It’s cool to confess now,” adds Prashant.
Arun explains, “I think this page has reached students who need it the most. Those who cannot share their experiences with anyone else have confessed here. Thus, relieving themselves of huge burden and anxiety. If you talk to someone about your problems, it makes you feel better. And I guess, that is the achievement of this page,” he adds.
Though there are many fake confessions made on these pages and sometimes individuals are targeted, Yashita Thakur, who runs another IIT Confession page, says that the motive behind starting the page was to let people speak out. “The whole campus community is abuzz with these confessions. We received some very serious revelations based on rape and sexual advances. Those kind of issues hardly find any vent in routine life. Confession makers get solutions to their problems and manage to garner support through the positive messages and comments from batchmates and seniors,” says Yashita.