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A small news item this week about Jamia Millia Islamia’s women students protesting about their hostel timings took me back to my own hostel days in the first year of college. That was 27 years ago. A miserable, miserable year that was. Solely for one reason: the hostel was a prison. Girls were required to be back by 6.30 pm, after which the gates would be locked and a roll call would follow.
The logic was straightforward — as straightforward as feudal logic goes. Out of their homes, away from their parents, the girls were the responsibility of the
The logic was straightforward — as straightforward as feudal logic goes. Out of their homes, away from their parents, the girls were the responsibility of the
