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College students should be free to choose what to wear

Students should have the freedom to choose what they should wear. The college cannot force them. The Supreme Court ruled against the Mumbai college banning hijab, niqab, burkha, cap.  The circular has been partially suspended. The growing influence of religion has now started to grow in the premises of colleges as well. Similarly, if the intention of the colleges is not to reveal the religious identity or belief of the students, then why did the college not ban tila and tikli? Similarly, the will names of the students not reveal their religious identity?  By asking this question, what exactly do the educational institutions want to achieve by bringing religious things into the educational affairs of the college in Mumbai? This should also be revealed. Till now there was never any dress issue around the college.  So how did these non-academic issues suddenly arise? It is not right to have such religious issues in the field of education. Also, it is better if the educational institutions put aside the spectacle of religion and do the work of education.




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Looking back at Olympics and our athletes' bronze age

S KAMAT, Mysuru
Published Aug 11, 2024, 7:36 PM IST
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We are still in the bronze age at the Paris Olympics. Will take us time to come to the more silver & then finally the gold age. Another 50 years maybe. The coverage of participation over disciplines for India is meagre compared to say China. We are in the skill category of shooting, archery etc. but despite a lot of noise being made about boxing and wrestling and more or less just javelin in track & field, we have nothing to show in terms of participation or results in the…

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