Was it dignified for the Haryana SWC to latch on to an incident that has nothing to do with gender, and nothing to do with any form of sexist biases? https://thewire.in/women/national-commission-for-women-state-renu-bhatia
At the time, Mohini Giri, Padma Seth and Syeda Hameed were members of the National Commission for Women. The NCW and the state women’s commissions used to be nationally acclaimed for the way they fearlessly questioned people sitting in the highest citadels of power on gender issues.
Now, an apex body that has been constituted to safeguard the rights of women chose to single out a Muslim academician who pointed out the symbolism or ‘optics’ that was used by the government in showcasing a Muslim woman as upholder of ‘Operation Sindoor’. He was speaking truth to power by saying that you have singled out a woman and Muslim woman to show your ‘tehzeeb’ but what have you done for the millions of Muslim women (and men) who are being abused, tormented and vilified in your state and all over the country?
by Syeda Hameed
27/05/2025