The Fight For Haji Ali Dargah - Should Women Be Allowed?
Satyen K. Bordoloi
Haji Ali Dargah, an iconic Mumbai landmark, finds itself in the midst of a massive controversy. In 2011 a barricade was improvised to keep women at arm’s length from the sanctum sanctorum. Yesterday, April 28, a forum of activists, Haji Ali for All staged a peaceful dharna outside the shrine in support of all women’s constitutional rights to enter the shrine.

The Fight For Haji Ali Dargah - Should Women Be Allowed?
Satyen K. Bordoloi
Haji Ali Dargah, an iconic Mumbai landmark, finds itself in the midst of a massive controversy. In 2011 a barricade was improvised to keep women at arm’s length from the sanctum sanctorum. Yesterday, April 28, a forum of activists, Haji Ali for All staged a peaceful dharna outside the shrine in support of all women’s constitutional rights to enter the shrine.

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