This confession may come as a shock, but, unlike the rest of you, I am sure, I know nothing about "the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh". However, that does not mean that I will unquestioningly believe whatever I read of the place. I have no idea if the unattributed story cut-and-pasted here is completely true, half true, or a cynical fabrication. There are several journalists whose work I have come to trust, after following it for many years; I try to maintain considerable skepticism toward the work of the rest of them - and especially so when the effect of one of their stories is to make the reader feel indignation or contempt toward some bunch of brown-skinned people on the other side of the world - or close to home for that matter. If you have ever been near a situation that has inspired a news story, you may have seen how far the story can be from the reality. So, I hope you will forgive me if I have not worked myself into a lather over the issue of the dress code of the colleges of Uttar Pradesh.

Btw, what may constitute "'sexually provocative' items of clothing" is culturally relative, entirely.