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द वायर की चुनावी यात्रा उत्तर प्रदेश विधानसभा चुनाव 2022 के रुझान और मुद्दों को समझने के लिए प्रयागराज पहुंची। द वायर ने यहां हिजाब के मुद्दे पर महिलाओं से बात की और यह जानने का प्रयास किया कि हिजाब पर हुए विवाद का कितना असर इस चुनाव में पड़ेगा यह जानने के लिए देखिए द वायर की सीनियर एडिटर आरफ़ा खानम शेरवानी की यह रिपोर्ट।
Karnataka Hijab Ban: The Failed Application of India’s Secularism By- Europa Doley www.kractivist.org/karnataka-hijab-ban-the-failed-application-of-indias-secularism/
Constitutional secularism could be defined using two features, the first being critical respect for all religions. Its second feature,( is ) the Indian state abandons strict separation but keeps a principled distance from all religions. This constitutional secularism cannot be sustained by governments alone but requires collective commitment from an impartial judiciary, scrupulous media, civil society activists, and an alert citizenry.
..one could argue that the idea of majoritarianism is actually ingrained in the Indian idea of secularism. The Hijab controversy is only one of many offshoots of that inherent contradiction between the Indian State and the Indian model of secularism.
No one can deny that the Indian State and its practices are blatantly and overtly Hindunised. Hinduism might not be the State religion in India, but its hegemony in public affairs is quite evident. Segregation and discrimination are fundamental in the roots and beyond, and the government allows it. Students have been divided. To counter one group of students, another group is coming with saffron shawls, saffron turbans. A woman student in her religious attire is being intimidated by an entire group of saffron-clad boys. The harassment is out in public and the government machinery fails.
The entire atmosphere of freedom is being taken over. They say one culture, one community, one religion, time and again, talking about their supremacy. It is a collective responsibility of all of us to calm this fire of hate, division and identity.
Hijab Ban: Identity Politics or Body Policing? Teesta Setalvad in conversation with social scientist Dr. Muniza Khan. https://www.facebook.com/cjpindia/videos/925927511456841/?t=223 Citizens For Justice and Peace
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...