The long-brewing discord between two groups of nurses at government-run hospitals over what to wear to work has come to a head, with the state issuing a government resolution (GR) instructing all nurses to wear the conventional white uniforms or white saris, with only caps and belts as accessories.

This has ruffled the feathers of the nurses affiliated to the Maharashtra Nurses Federation (MNF), who insist on wearing pink salwaar-kameez, accompanied by white aprons. They have taken exception to the prescribed white uniforms, insisting that that the white colour is incongruous with Indian culture and skin tones, and reinforces a white supremacist ideology. They claim that the other option - white saree - is not feasible for them either, as saree are difficult to handle.

While the MNF looks unlikely to raise a white flag and change into starched white tunics, there is another equally vociferous group of senior nurses giving them stiff opposition. This pro-white group is represented by a nurse's organisation known as Sarkari Paricharika Pragati Sangathan.

About 700 odd nurses work in the government hospitals -- GT, St George, Cama & Albless and JJ hospitals -- all dressed in pink.

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