India hijab row: ‘All I want to do is study’
By DW
13 February 2022 |
1:25 pm
Muskan Khan, a college student in Karnataka state, told DW that she is not afraid of the Hindu right-wing activists who want to enforce a veil ban in educational institutes. The row has now spread across the country.
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