Guess what? St. Xaviers College, Dhobi Talao, Mumbai banned ripped jeans and sleeveless tops for girls this December! Agnelo Menezes, principal of St Xavier’s told the media at the time,”We don’t allow sleeveless and short clothes on campus. Recently, we added ripped jeans to the list.” He added that the move was taken to ensure the environment in the campus doesn’t turn “vulgar”. We have absolutely nothing to say to that!
Triple Talaaq and women!
Muslim women have for decades protested against the ‘barbaric’ Sharia law which doesn’t allow them to divorce their husbands and instead the husbands can divorce them on social media by just saying ‘talaaq’ thrice. As weird as it is to digest, even after the the Supreme court stated that the practice needs to stop and it’s unconstitutional, the Muslim Personal Law Board stated that the state should not interfere with the religious law! More power to women who are fighting against this and let’s hope they get a breather in 2017!
Man can divorce wife if she asks him to leave his parents house!
Yes, women should be prosecuted for leaving our parents house post wedding and staying with the in-laws (sarcasm). While granting divorce to a Karnataka based couple, the Supreme Court, the highest authority of the country, made some serious observations. The court ruled,”A Hindu son can divorce his wife for the cruelty of trying to pry him away from his ‘pious obligation’ to live with his aged parents and provide shelter to them. A son, brought up and given education by his parents, has a moral and legal obligation to take care and maintain the parents, when they become old and when they have either no income or have a meager income.” This has not shocked us at all!
