“Visuals showing girl students at a school in Tamil Nadu throwing their dupattas as protest against the patriarchal/North Indian school uniform”
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FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
This incident took place at the government residential school in Tamil Nadu’s Kallakurichi. These girls in Tamil Nadu threw their dupattas welcoming a guest, Geeta Ilangovan, an author, who was supposed to address them. Multiple news agencies reported the incident. All these articles reported that girls threw off dupattas welcoming the author.
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In short
This claim spread on social media. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 17 March 2023. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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