Re: Urdu is a complex language
it has been a hot topic in India because Maulana Azad Library of AligaRh Muslim University has been closed for female students because male students flock there not to study but to harass the female students.
to stop this nonsense, the vice chancellor of AMU who is a retired army colonel [he is the brother of Bollywood veteran actor Nasiruddin Shah] banned the female students to come to the main library to avoid such scenes from happening. this harassment of female students by male students has been a huge problem. the police can NOT enter the campus unless called by the university administration. they don’t call police because the students become irate when they see police on the campus.
female undergrad students have their own college and library. the female graduate and professional course students have NOT been allowed ever since the university came into existence after sunset. the main and the department seminar libraries have been issuing text books to female students from 5 pm to 8 am the next day. this has been a the tradition for a long long time.
i think it has nothing to do with gender discrimination but rather everything to do with administrative policies. it’s NOT safe for girls to go to library after dark anyways.
i think what they must do is to create a women ONLY section within the library.