KOLKATA: Many students at Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose College turned up on the campus in distressed jeans on Monday, despite the principal barring people from wearing “artificially torn clothes” on the premises. While the rule has led to myriad reactions from within and outside the student community, some teachers at the college counselled students to follow the rule.
Rafey Zaheer, a student, said he did not believe the notice made a lot of sense. “ Also, going by today’s standards of popular fashion, it is rather difficult to find a pair of jeans that are not ripped.” Former student and activist Ravi Sinhotra, who sported a pair of jeans with tears in them, said, “The question of decency or decorum should be reconsidered by the authorities because it is a rather relative term. Some students have suggested to the authorities that they amend the rule to include ‘inappropriate clothing’.”
