This one is hard to believe — two schools in Mumbai have issued notices asking girls and boys studying there not to touch or hug members of the opposite sex.
Did you just say OMG?
CNN-IBN reports [Link]:
Vibgyor School and Jamnabai Nursery School have specifically forbidden boys and girls from touching or hugging members of the opposite sex in the school premises.
School authorities say the rule will “discipline” students, who are easily exposed to and influenced by violence and vulgarity on TV and other media.
"It is our duty ki unko bataya jai kya sahi hai, kya galat hai (... to tell them what's right and what's wrong)," Trustee of Vibgyor School, Rustam Kherawala argues, justifying the move.
Both the schools distributed circulars to students and their parents over the last week. But there have been mixed reactions to the new rule. Some students are quite unhappy with the directive.
