A simple post by me showing solidarity with women across the world and the nuances of feminism seems to have taken the internet by storm. It has received almost three lakh likes and has been shared by women like Gigi Hadid, Padma Lakshmi, Nargis Fakhri, Tamil star Aathmika and scores of others. Two sets of women across the world are simultaneously engaged in the same battle-to keep the state's rules out of their bodies and dress codes.
Iran is seeing a major civil rights movement led by its women since last week, after the unfortunate death of a 22-year-old Kurdish girl, Mahsa Amini, in police custody. In India, the Supreme Court has begun to hear the petition to allow students of a Karnataka public school to wear the headscarf as part of their uniform.
Several Indian feminists are against the hijab, seeing it a symbol of religious oppression. Is the freedom of choice moot? Is faith wrong?
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