The hijab row

 As expected , the verdict on the hijab row by the karnataka high court has been received by both the groups as per their stated stands. And sure enough the 'aggrieved' girls have declared they would approach supreme court for justice!

Seeing all these one or two basic questions come to my mind. How long the muslim girls have been using the hijab while out of their homes? Have they checked with their mothers or grandmothers whether they used to wear this in their younger ages? This will clearly show that the practice has been introduced quite recently by the religious fundamentalists and the students are playing into their hands. I remember , during my school or college days around 50 years ago the muslim girly used to cover theri hair only with a small piece of cloth called thattam. Covering the entire body except eyes is a recent phenomenon i feel. Hence the stand of the girls that it is their religious and fundamental right cannot be accepted . 

Second question is how many of these girls willingly use the hijab and if compulsion from home or the religious leaders is not there, would they be using it? While in service i used to see one girl employed by the outsourced agency working at the office coming to the office wearing a burkha and removing the same once in office. She use to wear the salwar kameez during the working time and used to put the burkha back while returning home . Doesn't it clearly show that she was wearing it just to please others ?

More important question is who is funding the girls in their fight in high court and supreme court . I am sure they will have to pay through their nose to the advocates, unless the advocates offer free service.

In kerala the educational institutions rum by muslim educational society has long back barred the girls from coming to the institutions wearing burkhas and it has been accepted by all without any protest.

In view of the above i would request the agitating girls and whoever support them to see reason and climb down from the adamant  stand to ensure a peaceful atmosphere in the campuses .

assembly elections

 At least now, the leaders of the grand old party ( read INC) should honestly do na introspection if any of them is really interested in the future of the party. If they corrected themselves i am sure the party can come like a phoenix bird. 

But , for this, the party should go for a complete overhaul bringing new blood into the leadership. The overwhelming dependence on the nehru family has not helped it at all in the latest war at the hustings. Also the octogenarian leaders of the party should confine themselves to an advisory role and let the younger generation of leaders irrespective of any family connections take over the day to day activities of the party so that it can think of staging a comeback at least in the 2024 parliament elections. I sincerely hope better sense will prevail over the leaders at least now.