Uniform Civil Code: Clash of Moral Universalism and Cultural Pluralism
The hasty push for a uniform civil code during an election year seems more coercive than genuinely well-intentioned for necessary reform.
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In the Aftermath of the Arson in Gurugram
“What has happened is very wrong. It is always the poor man who ends up suffering. The people who ran these shops were Mohammedans. They have left.”
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Is Manipur the Most Recent Hindutva Experiment?
Right-wing politics has been using this tactic since its inception — create a sense of insecurity among the majority community that they are falling in numbers, losing out their resources to ‘encroachers’, and are in direct attack from the ‘violent’ minority.
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Islamophobia in the Indian Workplace: A Tale of 3 Muslim Women
In a country where Islamophobia has intensified, three Indian Muslim women describe their encounters with Delhi-based private firms where they were chastised, humiliated, and pressured to disown their religious identity.
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Muslim Women’s Quest for Gender-Just Laws
Muslim women are in favour of gender-just laws, but Muslim women’s groups recognise that the women have to contest both the Muslim Personal Law and the politics around the demonisation of everything that is Muslim.
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Witch-Hunt Against Tejaswini Desai Highlights Dangers of Being a Teacher in India Today
What happened to Professor Tejaswini Desai of Kolhapur can happen to anyone in the teaching community. It tells you of the perils of being a teacher in India of our times
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Uniform Civil Code – 2 Articles
Uniformity versus Equal Rights: The 21st Law Commission report can and should form the basis for taking forward the struggle for women’s equal rights across communities; why is the BJP refusing to discuss this report. Also: “Why the Uniform Civil Code has Few Takers in the North East”.
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Egypt’s Paeans to Narendra Modi Cannot Erase the Past or Present in India
Egypt’s president conferred on PM Modi the ‘Order of the Nile’. The Grand Mufti of Egypt discussed communal harmony with him. And yet, memories of the Gujarat carnage and daily news of lynchings make such updates sound hollow.
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The UCC Bogey Is Raked Up for Muslim Bashing and to Serve Electoral Needs – Two Articles
Cultural diversity, as the 21st law commission said, cannot be compromised to the extent that an urge for uniformity becomes the reason for a threat to the territorial integrity of the democratic nation. Also: Flavia Agnes, an eminent lawyer, questions the timing and intention of raking up the UCC.
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Pasmandas and the Dalit Movement
Book Review: The author dubs the BJP’s efforts to connect with the Muslim community, especially the Pasmandas, through “Sneh Yatras” and other outreach initiatives, as tokenistic, part of BJP’s vote bank politics, and as efforts to pit Muslims against one another.
