Makarand R Paranjape
Modi’s India has become a bulwark of moderate and reformist Islam
Defenders of the idea of a Uniform Civil Code had hoped it would become a reality but the divisions seen in the Constituent Assembly took a turn for the worse in subsequent decades
Five years after instant triple talaq was declared unconstitutional, many Muslim women now seek a ban on other unequal practices
Religious leaders, politicians and born-again liberals impede their progress
Indian liberals see it as choice but their Indonesian counterparts as coercion
Pushkar Singh Dhami’s decision to formulate uniform personal laws in Uttarakhand conveys an unambiguous message but comes with its own challenges