Visuals of saffron shawl-wearing college kids swearing down their hijab and burqa-clad Muslim classmates in Karnataka have given TV channels easy binaries to comment on. How did the “protests” begin? And why? write G Vishnu & Meena Kandasamy
Calling the Karnataka High Court’s interim order in the hijab ban case “upsetting”, the CFI has asserted that the hijab and saffron shawl cannot be compared.
Starting today (February 9), schools and colleges in the state will be closed as the BJP government has declared a three-day holiday for institutes against the backdrop of the hijab crisis.