*Teacher forced to wear burqa!* There are many who say that women wear burqa on their own free will, andthey should be allowed. I hope there is a media campaign about this case,where a woman says that she does not want to wear a burqa.
Best wishesU. G. Barad > Joao observes: Interesting piece, Dr. Barad. Maybe the Muslims fanatics and the Hindu fanatics can get together and create a new religion. Best wishes, Joao http://www.indianexpress.com/news/A-teacher-says-no-to-burqa-in-a-West-Benga l-Muslim-university--isn-t-allowed-to-teach/653282For the past three months, 24-year-old Sirin Middya has not been able tohold her classes at West Bengal's first Muslim university. While theguidelines at Aliah University in Kolkata don't stipulate the same, thestudents' union has demanded that Middya can teach but only in burqa. Middya was appointed a guest lecturer at the university in March this yearand got the union "diktat" in the second week of April. "I was told that Iwould not be allowed to attend college if I did not agree to come in aburqa. The University Grants Commission does not prescribe any such dresscode and even the university does not have a dress code. But the mostunfortunate part is that students are forcing us to wear burqa," Middya toldThe Indian Express. According to her, she has no issues with wearing a burqa - but if she donsone; it would be of her own free will. * * * Encounter hints (and more) of the Goan life in Zanzibar, Poona, Mombasa, Basra, Dubai, and even Nuvem and Colva, Sanvordem and colonial Goa. Learn of experiences that shaped Goans worldwide. Selma Carvalho's *Into the Diaspora Wilderness* now available at Broadways Book Centre, Panjim [Ph +91-9822488564] Ask a friend to buy it, before it gets sold out. Price (in Goa only) Rs 295. http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/ * * *
