Convocation dress colonial sign: MP govt

We look like cartoons in this borrowed costume. We should redesign it to suit our cultural,geographical and climatic conditions, said the minister and requested Governor Rameshwar Thakur to take the first step towards amending the statutes to make the change possible. Let MP set an example, she added.

Vijayvargiya had mooted the idea first while addressing the annual convocation of Indores Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya recently. The British legacy should be replaced with something like dhoti-kurta and Rajasthani turban,and tilak should be applied on the foreheads of students getting degrees, he had said while requesting Chitnis to take the baton.

Since then Chitnis has carried the idea forward by talking about it in every convocation she attended.

Among the measures Chitnis has either introduced or tried to implement after taking over as Education Minister are reintroduction of Guru-paad pujan the practice of washing the teachers feet on Teachers Day,recital of Bhojan Mantra prayer meal before mid-day meals and bestowing Rashtra Rishi tag on school teachers.

Though she did not make it clear what new version of the ceremonial dress she had in mind,Chitnis said she preferred something Indian.