Majoritarianism is wearing the veil of debate https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/majoritarianism-is-wearing-the-veil-of-debate/article38393478.ece
Kavita Krishnan FEBRUARY 07, 2022 v
My piece in today’s https://twitter.com/kavita_krishnan/status/1490904455768055810 @the_hindu on how majoritarian thugs are wearing the veil of “debate over hijab”. Women’s freedom to dress in keeping with their own conscience must get Constitutional protection from discriminatory dress codes whether they wear “modest” OR “immodest” dress!
Response rishianand OP
A few years ago, when asked whether we should accept the SC Judgment on Ayodhya case and move on for the sake of peace and resolution to the conflict, Justice Ashok Ganguly said, peace is not the same as justice. Justice is fair, while peace can be imposed by force or threat. This was at the time of the CAA-NRC movement, which I was a part of, and I was attending a seminar of Justice Ganguly.
It is a gross injustice to use the threat of law and order to suppress a minority community. The controversy around Hijab is not of progressiveness, patriarchy, or secularism. It is about denying the girls their right to education, the right to peaceful existence, and using the pretense of uniformity to forcefully strip them of their identity. Hijab has been a part of dress code in universities in India, and around the world...