Maria Qamar's admonition to the white woman with the bindi is insufferably arrogant and viciously bigoted. The bindi is a universal symbol; if a white person believes in the idea behind the symbol, he/she is entirely justified in wearing it. Ms. Qamar's attitude is simply disgusting. If she wants to force people to stay within their narrow cultural enclaves, then perhaps she should not be wearing Western fashions at all. Presumably, she is appropriating a culture other than her own when she does so. This kind of narrowness is dangerous in a multicultural environment like Canada. And since it seems to matter to Ms. Qamar, I am brown so, apparently, I can say these things.