Hyderabad, May 10 -- Mohammed Wajihuddin

The meeting was at the common room which we used mostly to watch the weekly Chitrahar on the Television set and occasionally to host important guests. But that evening the VC wanted to address the hostel residents to quell a rumour about a change in admission policy. A few agitated students tried to heckle the VC. Before the bedlam could turn into a serious law and order problem, a tall, healthy, young man, in jeans and black T-shirt, his thick hair bouncing, stood up and began pacifying the agitated students. The cacophony turned into silence and the VC removed all the doubts, explaining that there was no change in the admission policy and that students should not get misled by rumours.

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