Hijab and examination: An appeal to the Chief Minister of Karnataka
Prof. Varadesh Hiregange writes urging CM to allow Muslim students in SSLC exams with Hijab
Mangaluru: In the wake of the commencement of the SSLC Examination in the state on Monday, the Director of MAHE’s Gandhian Centre for Philosophical Arts and Sciences, Professor Varadesh Hiregange has written a letter to Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai urging him to allow Muslim students in Hijab to appear for their SSLC examinations.
“We may get into very scholarly arguments on Hijab and other matters – ideological, historical, legal, religious and philosophical – but, I am sure, you will agree with me, basic human values transcend time and space, region and religion, culture and nation, dress code and the code of conduct,” he wrote in his letter.
“Now, as a born Hindu I earnestly appeal to you, to the High Court of Karnataka, to all the Hindus opposing Hijab – to keep all other arguments aside and allow Muslim girls to write their examination even with Hijab. We may continue our debate on Hijab later too, but a young student facing examination (and you know it very well), will look for certain immediate relief from the Government, from the Court, from their classmates, at this critical hour,” he added.
“Perhaps, Muslim girls are caught between two compulsions. They are the victims. The Government, the Court, and Hinduism, perhaps, need to recognise this and bail them out of this crisis. They need to be, at least, saved from this immediate crisis (of being prevented from writing examination) and our ideological/legal debate may go on later too. There must be a certain way to make it happen – to allow Muslim girls to write the examination even with Hijab - and perhaps, that would be genuine governance, genuine law, and genuine Hinduism.” He further added in his letter.
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4 killed as SUV rams into truck in Jharkhand's Hazaribag
Hazaribag (PTI): Four people were killed after their SUV rammed into a truck in Jharkhand's Hazaribag district on Saturday, police said.
The accident happened around 6 pm on NH-2 in Danua Valley in the Chouparan police station area, they said.
"The accident happened due to speeding and the SUV driver's attempt to overtake the truck, during which he lost control of the vehicle," said Saroj Kumar Singh, the officer-in-charge of the Chouparan police station.
The deceased are yet to be identified, he said, adding that the car has a Dhanbad registration.
Singh said the impact of the collision was such that the SUV was badly damaged.
"The bodies of the victims were retrieved from the vehicle and sent for post-mortem examination," he said.
