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The Hijab: Islam, Women and the Politics of Clothing
Editors: P K Yasser Arafath & G Arunima
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster
Pages: 240
Price: Rs 599
The book cover reminds of a short film, Raat Rani, from the anthology Modern Love: Mumbai that premiered on Amazon Prime Video. After finally succeeding in cycling over a steep flyover, the protagonist, Lalzari (Lali), a hijab-wearing young Kashmiri woman who is abandoned by the man with whom she had eloped to Mumbai, exclaims in glee, “Maine flyover cross kar liya (I’ve crossed the flyover)”.
The flyover becomes a metaphor for the boundaries that she, like most women, is
