According to Shashwati, three Indian universities are considering imposing a dress code on their students. Of course, this dress code applies only to their female students. Bombay University says the dress code will protect women from violent crime, according to the age old Indian principle of “she was asking for it”:
Bombay University plans to ban women from wearing mini skirts, tight tops and shorts, saying this will help prevent rape. Officials at the university say they would prefer to see women students in a traditional salwar-kameez with no deep neckline. [cite]
Officials at Bombay University also claim that this will benefit the men on campus:
“An attire should be such that it should not be offensive or cause distraction to fellow students and lecturers,” Vice Chancellor Vijay Khole told reporters. [cite]
At Delhi University, the discussion took on an ethnic dimension. Perhaps it is more acceptable to impose a dress code if you can blame it on ‘outsiders’:
A furious debate is going on among the students of Delhi University ever since Kirori Mal College vice principal Virender Kumar’s remarks that “revealing dresses” allegedly worn by girls from India’s northeast triggered angry responses. Although a chastened Kumar has apologised, girl students, particularly those from the northeast, are still furious. [cite]
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late American astronaut Kalpana Chawla is the subject of the newest comic book (or graphic novel) in the 
That should be an interesting read. I am curious as to how much fiction might be added into her real story to play to the young Indian audience that is most likely to pick up this book. Likewise, I want to see how much nationalism might be displayed by the comic book character. Bottom line though is whatever gets young kids interested in space and science is good to see.
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