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Vani Doraisamy
SIGNATURE CAMPAIGN: Students' Federation of India volunteers getting signatures from Anna University Students against the dress code. — Photo: N. Sridharan
CHENNAI: : The "freedom to dress" movement is rapidly catching on in the city if the signature campaign undertaken by the Students Federation of India against Anna University's imposition of a dress code in 231 engineering colleges is an indication. Within an hour of starting their "sign up to say no to the dress code" campaign before Anna University on Thursday, 15 SFI volunteers procured 350 signatures. They had undertaken a similar initiative in Tiruchi and Coimbatore. "The dress code is blatantly patriarchal and anti-women. If, at the age of 18, students can be given the right to elect their Prime Minister, can they not choose how they dress? Prohibiting women from wearing trousers etc. denies them the right to dress comfortably," said Lenin, south Chennai district secretary, SFI. Students, mostly girls, lost no time in registering their protest. "We need a forum to express our displeasure. The entire idea seems designed to go against the rights of women students. Jeans and T-shirts are an essential part of college attire the world over. Why should we be asked to keep off?" asked a civil engineering student. The signatures will be presented to Vice-Chancellor D. Viswanathan to impress upon him the need to withdraw the code. Similar campaigns will be taken up in private institutions. The Consortium of Professional, Arts and Science Colleges in Tamil Nadu welcomed the dress code and said it would be enforced in all its institutions. Terming the varsity's move "praiseworthy," Consortium president Jeppiar said in a release it would benefit students in the long run and improve discipline on the campus.
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