the veiled threat

text of the letter sent to Times of India:

"Crime has no religion. Non-Muslims are using the burqa for criminal purposes, and we are being paited with the same brush". This quote attributed to a student of Sophia college, Mumbai, reported in your columns today (28th Dec) under the caption 'Pune jewellers bar entry to veiled women', sums up the issue in its entirety. And, precisely because of that, perhaps it is time the burqa, is banned in public places altogether.