Protest over Miranda House ban on selfies

Delhi | Thursday | 12th January, 2017

Summary:

more-inStudents of Delhi University on Wednesday staged a protest at Miranda House over the college’s warning to students against clicking selfies or combing their hair in corridors. College principal Pratibha Jolly, however, said, “Banning selfies and combing of hair is not something that is in the policy of Miranda House. The students who brought combs to the protest venue shouted slogans outside the college demanding that the notice be withdrawn. ‘Rule misogynistic’Krantikari Yuva Sangathan, an association of SOL students, which led the protest termed the circular “misogynistic” and said that they would take it up with the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW). They are just suggestions for students to not risk their life by sitting on the corridors pillars and clicking or posing for pictures.” Ms.

Jolly also clarified that there is no discrimination between the regular college students and the SOL students..