The Karnataka High Court’s verdict to uphold the state government’s decision prohibiting Muslim girls from wearing hijabs inside classrooms did not just  impact the academic lives of girls from Udupi’s Government College, but also the everyday interactions of Muslim women in other states too. A matter that gained national attention and sparked multi-faceted debates on social media triggered real world consequences in Mumbai too, with incidents of discrimination against women wearing the hijab or burkha making news recently.

Mid-Day Online spoke to Dr Rukhsar Parvez Mandviwala, who was denied a seat on a train from Nalasopara to Mira Road in a general compartment, while carrying her eight-month-old baby; an incident that was brought to light by her spouse Dr Parvez Mandviwala on Twitter.