Dress? Weapon?
Religion? Nation?
Is 2050 the target to change the address?

This burning issue has now become the subject of controversy, with some students refusing to wear uniforms at a private school (PUC-Pre University Course) in Kangra, Udupi district, Karnataka, insisting that they only put forward their religious identity. We have consistently insisted that no educational institution should be politicised. Ten years ago, we echoed the same sentiment at the Chennai Law College, when a major political crisis erupted between students on both sides. Some politicians, including the DMK’s Duraimurugan, were of the opinion that there should be politics in academia. That was the day we denied it. It is different for young people and students to learn politics. Based on that, the fact that the student community itself is divided is different.

Political sentiments emerged among students in the 1950s and 1960s. They have evolved into casteism after 1970 and more recently into religion. The socio-economic conditions in the West are different. They can be proud of identifying themselves as human beings rather than identifying themselves there as a race or nation. But, India is not like that. People can be separated for a variety of reasons, even if they are geographically together. Therefore, unless efforts are made to unite them all, attempts to widen the divide again and again will result in more dangers.

Yes, even now they try to arm themselves with a clothing identity, believing that it is more important to impose a religious identity than their right to education. As we have already pointed out on a Facebook post dated 06.02.2022, no one is barred from wearing the clothes they like at their respective social events. But, uniforms in educational institutions and workplaces are a mandatory practice; It is among the disciplinary actions of those companies.

Uniforms are in practice in private and all government schools and most colleges in Tamil Nadu. There are instances where students who do not wear uniforms are not allowed into the classroom that day and are fined for doing so. No school administration forbids students to wear the clothes they want up to the school entrance. But, uniform is very mandatory in the first classroom, laboratory, playground and all kinds of school activities as you enter past the school entrance gate.

It’s now circulating in the news that the Karnataka private school administration has abruptly stopped a practice that was already allowed. The intellectuals and the media, especially in Tamil Nadu, say that this is a conspiracy that has been planned for months and years to make it a national and international problem. I do not know when the politicians in India will understand this.

It is a school that has been run for the last 25 years by legislator Raghupathi Bhatt. An organisation has been tackling the issue since last November and has been putting constant pressure on the management. But despite repeated talks with the school administration about religious dresses, the administration has been advised to abide by the uniforms rule in case of denial. In this situation, some well-prepared students are ready to come to school on that particular day with the mask they insist on. Those who directed it from behind are causing a religious problem. The right to education of women of a particular religion is being taken away without even fully realising that it is a continuation of an incident that has been going on for more than three months. Many write as if their dressing rights are being denied. This is something that can lead to more sadness.

None of the Indian people would think that any woman should be educated religiously aside. But the most important thing is that they are trying to divide the nation politically and religiously by exaggerating the issue as a prelude to an attack on Indian sovereignty and Indian culture rather than education. Why do even the courts take so long to decide the matter of school uniforms? Are they hesitant? I do not know.

When we went to school and medical college, people of all religions studied. But, no one has isolated and identified themselves in terms of dressing style. Some schools will have a skirt; there will be scarves; some schools have modern style patterns. But whatever it is, it will be common for all students; no one is an exception.

The rule is that all students in medical college must wear a white coat. Those who refuse to wear it cannot go to their classes. How can you see the cells under a microscope by putting on a dress that covers the eyes? How can a patient’s body be seen? How can surgery be done? How can the needle be injected without anything blocking one’s sight? How can childbirth just be seen?

The rule is that lawyers must stand in front of a judge wearing a black robe in all courts. Will the court allow those who refuse to wear it? That should count too. There are also uniforms for students studying engineering, agriculture, technology, and computers. There are millions of policemen and officers in all the states across India. They cannot come to work without wearing their uniforms. Male and female guards must come to work in uniform and they are dutifully abiding. The same is true in the military. It is rare to see government and private industry, education, and businesses without uniforms. Flight attendants and pilots are in uniform. Nurses working in hospitals work in their own uniforms. Regardless of all this, if there is any absurdity in the name of religious freedom or freedom of dress, it should be seen as another attempt at secession of India, under the pressure of some extremist-religious organisations operating in this country, with the help of a foreign country, at their instigation.

Uniform is not just a matter of morality. Discrimination between the rich and the poor should not be created by the circumstances in which one can dress in any way during their student years. The uniform was brought in to remove any animosity between the rich and the poor. When the affluent student wears expensive clothing and the not affluent poor innocent student wears low-cost clothing, a fundamentally unequal thought develops in them and that itself becomes ingrained in their hearts forever. Beyond that it is now very much needed in India. These uniforms are essential to nurture and enhance the feeling that all are our native people, people of Indo-Indian descent, regardless of caste, ethnicity, religion or language.

Did the late Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, or Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, former Speaker of the Lok Sabha Najma Heptullah wear it? Are celebrities like India’s leading actresses like Nargis, Alia Bhatt, Sabia Khan all wearing it? Have those who have progressed far in life stressed on these?

What if this country goes bankrupt? Some political parties are ready to ignite any problem in order for them to succeed in politics. The saddest thing is that politicians are also falling prey to some anti-national forces that have been pushing for the complete destruction of the Indo-Indian culture and its indigenous identity for millennia and its transition to other religious identities.

During the school year, we read John F. Kennedy’s quote, “Think of what you have done for this country without asking what this country has done for you.” Is that what today’s generation is counting on? Well, I do not know. The political conflict with those who may be in power is different. No one will refuse to face it on the political platform. But can we let go of what we have to face politically and act against the nation? That is the question. After the Indian nation has lost its traditional-indigenous identity, how can we, who live in it, remain self-respecting? If the address of a country itself is changed, are any of the histories then left of the people residing in it?

As a result of not handling the Indian War of Independence properly, our nation became religiously divided. The Tamil nation can only speak as long as the traditional character of India is alive. Dravidianism; can speak about self-esteem; can speak about state autonomy; can speak about Periyarism, Annaism and Kalaignarism; if the identity of Hindu – India – Bharat is destroyed, Periyar’s and Anna’s land cannot speak so proudly. I would like to recall the fate of the statues of Anna, Periyar, Jayalalithaa and Karunanidhi in this context.

After the Taliban seized power, girls were no longer allowed to go to school or college, they could not read the news on television. They could not walk the streets alone without a male companion. Women were not even allowed to study. What happened to Malala in Pakistan? She shot herself in the head for not being able to go to school. Forgetting all this or not remembering all this, Indian politicians in the course of the Karnataka school affair are talking about the right to religion – the right to dress. So are these people then not going to school or college? Are they ignorant of their practices?

Without even knowing what happened in the Karnataka school affair, the US ambassador for religious affairs and culture has been very vocal. It’s these very capable people who, despite spending billions for twenty long years, were unable to control the Taliban extremists, leaving the Afghan people back in a destitute condition and fleeing the country that was highlighted globally as a disgrace. Now, even this clothing thing is being magnified by them.

On October 13 and 14, more than 20 Hindus were massacred in Bangladesh after spreading false news on social media that they had insulted the Quran during Durga Puja. Their properties were looted. But something went unnoticed by the US international ambassador. Many Hindu temples were demolished in neighbouring Sri Lanka. A few remaining Hindu and Sikh temples in Pakistan and Afghanistan were also demolished. But this is conveniently not visible to anyone, is it?

But one thing is clear, there is only one big conspiracy to completely destroy the Hindu-Indian-Bharat identity. There are even reports that they are targeting the year 2050 to destroy the address of India and the core address of Hindu-Bharat. We can respond to organisations that do so even if they operate directly with an address; The race can be seen. But under the guise of general and progressive, they are only sowing reactionary, anti-social, separatist and anti-Indian ideology. Their most important objective is not only to create a social conflict between the Hindus – Muslims – Christians – Buddhists – Jains living in India, but also to build an illusion that all the Hindus who may be in India are against a particular religious sect. Some vote bank political parties also intend to use it; They are incensed.

In the case of the Karnataka school, the school administration does not appear to have acted with any short-sightedness. They are not trying to deny anyone the right to education or clothing, except to insist on uniforms for students. But, the secular forces want to weaponise this clothing issue and divide India in two. For them the problem is not clothing, not education, it is being seen as a weapon to destroy the native identity of the Hindu-Indian-Indian nation.

School, college students, teachers, university professors, intellectuals, politicians, our request is to think about this issue with ten minutes of conscience. Approach this issue in the sense that this nation is bigger than us and our family. They start in costume to completely destroy the true identity of India; Be warned everyone and prevent it from being weaponised. We will be careful.

Dr. K. Krishnasamy, MD
Founder & President
Puthiya Tamilagam Party
14.02.2022