another woman dons "the scarf" for the sake of votes

[donsu]

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/IJ19Df04.html


Daughter of the East returns - with West's aid


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Even so, hundreds of billboards and hoardings have cropped up, particularly in the area around Bhutto's fortified, palatial Karachi residence. Despite the city administration's attempts to get these sponsored banners removed - the police refused, citing preoccupation with security arrangements - the city remains virtually plastered over with images of Bhutto's smiling face, head duly covered with a dupatta - the scarf that women in this region traditionally don over shalwar suits (long tunics and baggy trousers) - and a portrait of her late father, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.

Bhutto's head-covering is seen as a nod to Pakistan's conservative religious forces that oppose a woman head of state. "She did the biggest disservice to the women of Pakistan by donning the dupatta," observes cardiologist and prominent citizen M Sharif.

A demurely covered head symbolizes the pure woman across South Asia. The Harvard (Radcliffe) and Oxford-educated Bhutto admitted in a recent television interview that not having to wear a dupatta is more "convenient".
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the politics of "the scarf"

who is using who?

[donsu]

1. kicking back to pg. 1 because this is important

nt

[tigereye]

2. I'm pretty sure she's been wearing one for quite some time...

She used to wear one when she was head of state before, didn't she?