Well done Dr Seetharama Mayya . You have saved the Sri Venkatarama Swamy(SVS )Government College in Bantwal from a calamitous point. After all when our brethren are hurt by the scarf of Ayesha Ashmin, she must be either mended or be told to stay back home with her religion. The college is not the place to show her religious identity.
As principal, one can understand your concern to maintain law and order problem. Any attempt to create law and order problem has to be dealt with sternly. Ayesha Ashmin with her scarf became a potential threat to the institution. She failed to realize that in a progressive society, the scarf, burkha etc are symbols of subjugation of women by men. The liberated women’s dress acceptable for men is casual wears like short skirts, tight tops, , night gowns, and swim suits, in different gorgeous colour . She even does not know the limitations of liberated women. She must be told that the liberated women have no right to choose her own dress code much less head scarf. Why the hell she covers her head with scarf? Atrocious and highly offending.
The ideal place to begin such discipline is the Government College itself. Because these Muslim men and woman have a feeling that they have the fundamental right to profess, practice and propagate Islam notwithstanding the sentiments of others in the society and the Government and Government Institutions should suffer them. They understand least the irritation they make in others when appear in Burkha ands scarf. As a progressive man heading the Government College, You could not have shy away from the constitutional obligation when called upon to uphold the sentiments of the majority students who cry for action against Scarf menace. Your action is commendable for you dared with least concern for the consequences of being accused for discrimination on the basis of religion. How does that matter when the goal is to liberate the woman? It is only a humble start. Look, nobody dare such thing in Gujarat. And you set the ball running.
As principal, one can understand your concern to maintain law and order problem. Any attempt to create law and order problem has to be dealt with sternly. Ayesha Ashmin with her scarf became a potential threat to the institution. She failed to realize that in a progressive society, the scarf, burkha etc are symbols of subjugation of women by men. The liberated women’s dress acceptable for men is casual wears like short skirts, tight tops, , night gowns, and swim suits, in different gorgeous colour . She even does not know the limitations of liberated women. She must be told that the liberated women have no right to choose her own dress code much less head scarf. Why the hell she covers her head with scarf? Atrocious and highly offending.
The ideal place to begin such discipline is the Government College itself. Because these Muslim men and woman have a feeling that they have the fundamental right to profess, practice and propagate Islam notwithstanding the sentiments of others in the society and the Government and Government Institutions should suffer them. They understand least the irritation they make in others when appear in Burkha ands scarf. As a progressive man heading the Government College, You could not have shy away from the constitutional obligation when called upon to uphold the sentiments of the majority students who cry for action against Scarf menace. Your action is commendable for you dared with least concern for the consequences of being accused for discrimination on the basis of religion. How does that matter when the goal is to liberate the woman? It is only a humble start. Look, nobody dare such thing in Gujarat. And you set the ball running.
