Clothe the law, not the statue: Why 'Modesty of a Woman' must go

Baudh, Sumit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3761-1298 (2026) Clothe the law, not the statue: Why 'Modesty of a Woman' must go. Deccan Herald. The Printers (Mysore) Private Limited , India. Available at: https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/clothe-the-la...

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Abstract

By clothing a 4,500-year-old statue, the NCERT exposes a colonial fiction that India’s criminal law refused to abandon.

Item Type:	Article in Newspapers and Magazine
Uncontrolled Keywords:	NCERT \| India’s criminal law \| Dancing Girl of Mohenjo-daro
Subjects:	Social Sciences and humanities > Arts and Humanities > Arts and Humanities (General) Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Education
Depositing User:	Mr. Syed Anas Ali
Date Deposited:	10 Jul 2026 04:45
Last Modified:	10 Jul 2026 04:45
Official URL:	https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/clothe-the-la...
URI:	https://pure.jgu.edu.in/id/eprint/11965

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