Keep the burqa, remove the veil
A college in Mangalore has banned girls from wearing burqa in class and writing examinations, but are allowed to don the outfit outside in its campus.The ban has been brought into effect by St Aloysius College, an autonomous educational institution. Following is the Blog written by MR VIVIAN FERNANDES an Alumni, St Aloysius College, Mangalore.originally written in Blogs My first reaction on reading the news that St Aloysius College in Mangalore had restricted the use of burqa was that it was unnecessarily provocative. I had studied in the college many moons ago. It has a reputation for discipline but I do not recall the Jesuits who ran it as punctilious sticklers for rules. We thought they were broad minded unlike the prissy principal of the all-girls St Agnes College who was mean enough to adjourn classes earlier than usual one afternoon so that few would greet the customary victory procession that we took out after the student union election. But that diaboli...