There are many who say that women wear burqa on their own free will, and they 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 wishes U. G. Barad A teacher says no to burqa in a West Bengal Muslim university, isn't allowed to teach Shiv Sahay Singh Jul 29 2010. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/A-teacher-says-no-to-burqa-in-a-West-Benga l-Muslim-university--isn-t-allowed-to-teach/653282 For the past three months, 24-year-old Sirin Middya has not been able to hold her classes at West Bengal's first Muslim university. While the guidelines at Aliah University in Kolkata don't stipulate the same, the students' union has demanded that Middya can teach but only in burqa. Middya was appointed a guest lecturer at the university in March this year and got the union "diktat" in the second week of April. "I was told that I would not be allowed to attend college if I did not agree to come in a burqa. The University Grants Commission does not prescribe any such dress code and even the university does not have a dress code. But the most unfortunate part is that students are forcing us to wear burqa," Middya told The Indian Express. According to her, she has no issues with wearing a burqa - but if she dons one; 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/ * * *
