A full hijab?!
Were those wearing hijabs covering their faces? Covering the hair is a
whole other thing, and likewise not revealing the contours of the body.
That goes if need be for any woman. And I am beyond radical. Someone should
write on purdah which was common with aristocratic and even
I taught in a premier women's college in Bangalore for most of my teaching
career.
In my classroom, there were Hindu girls who wore their bindis, sacred ash, holy
threads on their wrists etc. There were also Hindu girls in Western clothing
who came out in all their ethnic beauty for Ethnic Day
