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Four women's colleges in Kanpur have ordered a ban on girls wearing jeans and top, arguing that this will help reduce incidents of eve-teasing....

You may not agree with the school of though that the Hindu Makkal Katchi (HMK) propounds. But you will agree that it has some semblance of a civilised way of protesting. The party on April 19 sent a parcel containing sarees to South Indian film actress Nayanthara to protest against her visit to the Killikavu Amman temple near Ottapalam in Kerala wearing salwar kameez, the Indian Express reports. [Link] Nayanthara who went to the temple on Wednesday was reportedly prevented from entering the temple by the authorities and devotees for violating the dress code as women...

This is hilarious. Because one doesn't get to hear of this things too often. A group of Bajrang Dal activists, protesting against 'show of indecency' at a Navratri garba festival in Bhopal on October 3 night, were bashed up by the organisers of the programme. The Times of India reported on the incident: [Link] The Bajrang Dal has now threatened that it would not allow the nine-day dance festivities to continue at this garba venue. The violent incident happened at 10.30pm on Friday, when the group of Bajrang Dal activists, armed with sticks, went to protest outside the...

Backless cholis and low-waits ghagras are out this festive season in Rajkot. The guardian of morality here is Commissioner of Police Sudhir Sinha who has issued an order to all the commercial organisers to ban the entry of participants in ‘obscene and provocative attire.’ Says the Indian Express: [Link] For the strict implementation of the order, organisers have also been asked by the Commissioner’s office to depute a special security officer to keep an eye on the dress of each and every participant entering the garba venue. Organisers are more than happy to follow...

Now human rights bodies have to intervene in temple matters. The Kerala State Human Rights Commission has asked the Travancore Devaswom Board to allow male employees at Lord Ayyappa temple to wear underwear while counting currency notes and coins offered by devotees. All these days, the staff at the hill shrine of Sabarimala had to strip themselves of all clothing, except their dhotis, before entering the counting chamber. The temple authorities enforced this practice after they found that money was being smuggled out, concealed in the undergarments. Some details from the Asia News...

Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) has reactions from people in the Hindi film industry on the Mallika dress issue. I am reproducing them all in full. [Link] Shilpa Shetty: "I'm just happy that the obscenity case against my dress in Tamil Nadu is quashed. I won.” Malaika Arora: "I think Mallika has become a favourite punching-bag in the press. Leave the girl alone. It's ridiculous. Maybe the moral police in the South should take a closer look at their own films for obscenity.” Rahul Khanna: "I feel quite sad for the moral police. Perhaps they're jealous of Mallika's legs. They seem...

Mallika Sherawat is once again in the news, and of course, in trouble. This time she has received a notice from the Chennai Police for a skimpy and translucent dress she wore at a show in the city recently. The one gunning for Sherawat is the Hindu Makkal Katchi (HMK). Now, don't you dare take umbrage at HMK's outrage, for you will get it back in turn. They are quite a hypersensitive lot. [Link] HMK activist S R Kaniraj has lodged a complaint with the Periyamet police station in Chennai, saying that Mallika has "caused mental agony and hurt to the sentiments of the people of...

The government of Kerala is very considerate. It has considered following the footsteps of teh authorities of the Guruvayoor temple. It hs condescended to allow women teachers in the state to wear churidars. How thoughtful. The New Indian Express has some backgrounder to this: [Link] It is learnt that the intervention of Education Minister M A Baby also fuelled the idea. The order pointed out that since male teachers are allowed to wear shirts and pants female teachers should be allowed to wear churidars as a gesture of gender justice. The order also allows students and...

The Tamil Nadu House is seeing some heated discussions—not over water, but actress Shriya Saran's wardrobe. The Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), for instance, thinks she reveals too much. From the New Indian Express: [Link] It all started with PMK whip T Velmurugan calling for censorship on the small screen arguing that Namitha turned up in revealing attires as the judge of a dance show telecast on a private satellite television channel. Likewise, Shreya, the heroine of the runaway hit Sivaji - The Boss starring Rajnikanth, had “dressed objectionably” at the movie's silver...

Now, an Islamic militant outfit in Manipur has asked Muslim girl students to refrain from wearing frock and skirt or any western dress in educational institutions in the state from next year. The 'information and publicity' secretary of the People's United Liberation Front (PULF), Belal Khan wants that all Muslim girl students should wear the dress accepted by Islamic law. Huh. The statement issued by the militant said that anyone violating the diktat of the outfit would be punished. [Link] Wait, there's more. Khan said that civil society, school authorities, and students should not...