It cannot be said that such activities must be worked out before 9pm, since that is simply impossible when such events are scheduled for a later time in the day (since events outside college aren't scheduled for our students' convenience exclusively, but under the assumption that the general public use their evenings for such occasions). Additionally, there is no reason to impose any restriction on such involvement of students merely because there is no compelling justification that is within the student's control. While we laud any initiative to ensure the safety of students, it would be extremely convenient to achieve that by curbing all freedoms, including stepping outside college at all times. But none of the mentioned dangers posed at night pose any lesser threat during the day time, or late evening. This is the prerogative of public security enforcement, andtransposing that on to the students amounts to shunning their responsibility.
A restriction is reasonable when the concern either arises as a direct result of the students' actions, or substantially solves a particular problem. In this case, neither applies, especially the latter, since the dangers spoken about exist irrespective of the time of the day. A student, in the absence of above, must be necessarily secured absolute autonomy to lead his or her life as he/she wishes, and that expectation is normal, and in fact, necessary. Or else, we may have to submit to countless restrictions in the vague defence of security. If other universities have resorted to this, that is highly unfortunate for them. As a premier and reputed institution that sets the standards for other universities in the same stream, we should consciously stray away from such unmerited comparisons. In any case, simply because another University followed a model of curfew for their own reasons, does not imply that we should too. Numerous reputed Indian universities do not rely on curfews, for that matter.