UNDERSTANDING THE HIJAB ROW IN KARNATAKA
Disclaimer: The following article stems out of the present situation in Karnataka and does NOT intend to display communalism, favoritism or discrimination. The readers are requested to read the following content with an open mind irrespective of your political or religious ideologies. This article aims at understanding the views of students, teachers, government and the education system and is NOT a religious article. To begin with, let us understand the basic facts of this particular issue. The issue started in January, 2021, where few students who were wearing hijab were not allowed to enter the college in Udupi, Karnataka as it was against the dress code of the college. The students staged protest outside the college demanding entry inside wearing the hijab. In support of these students other students of the Muslim community from other colleges staged protest for entry of students wearing hijab. Some colleges allowed the entry of students wearing hijab and to counter this a