Instant divorce among Muslims is a barbaric practice that's been effectively banned. Naysayers to the Triple Talaq Bill have no real stand, except for an apparent dislike of the BJP.
...Full StoryThe latest fatwa against MP Nusrat Jahan shows why it is imperative to come down heavily on these despicable judgements.
...Full StoryJust establishing terror camps and sending jihadis to India isn't terrorism. Terrorising a section of your own people is also terrorism. And Pakistan, by its very nature, cannot stop doing that.
...Full StoryMr Owaisi's arguments do not hold real ground. As I see it, if he was really concerned about the plight of Muslim women, he would support the govt's Bill against Triple Talaq.
...Full StoryThe letter written by ‘prominent’ Bengali Muslims to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee only highlights their silence in several earlier cases.
...Full StoryThe sanctimony around 'the return of the Kashmiri Pandits' is just that: sanctimony. The locals are actually not unhappy they left. And the KPs, who know this, know they cannot return.
...Full StoryTheir political marginalisation has helped them realise, and fight, the isolationalism clerics and others subjected them to.
...Full StoryHis latest pronouncement shows the unbearable lightness of being an academic in politics.
...Full StoryDon't shove judicial corruption under the carpet. It's been done long enough, with terrible results.
...Full StoryWith our continuing communalism, violence and superstition, we are no better at all than our neighbour.
...Full StoryAt a literary gathering, I expressed my disappointment with Hindi. Instead of positive engagement, my views caused a furore.
...Full StoryTwitter head Jack Dorsey held up a 'Smash Brahminical Patriarchy' placard. How accurate even is he?
...Full StoryIntellectuals are meant to fearlessly question and critique everything. In India, they are seen doing the opposite.
...Full StoryWe must work for reunification of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh under a secular government.
...Full StoryHis latest argument shows the Congress politician cares more for vote banks, and less for logic.
...Full StoryIf judges are free to make laws, it would go against the principle of separation of powers.
...Full StoryBoth claim to be at opposite ends. But when it comes to ignoring what's holding India back, they unite.
...Full StoryPolitical figures who played a hand in India's devastating Partition were flawed figures. Why should we commemorate them?
...Full StoryThere is sufficient precedence for the CJI to reconsider and grant a law-abiding citizen, whose crime is a joke, relief.
...Full StoryIs Alok Verma right and Rakesh Asthana wrong? Or, vice versa? No, there is no reason to jump to those conclusions right now.
...Full StoryDo sex workers not undergo sexual harassment — of a more horrendous kind?
...Full StoryRaising of azadi slogans is part of the freedom of speech guaranteed by Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution.
...Full StoryThe movement against sexual harassment is welcome. But given the backdrop, it will not have meaningful impact.
...Full StoryInvalidating a statute means thwarting the will of the people.
...Full StoryIt is well settled that a law cannot be declared unconstitutional merely because it is not sufficiently inclusive.
...Full StoryA tide is building up against the recent Sabarimala judgment.
...Full StoryThe new CJI has vowed to overhaul the judiciary and resolve the huge pendency of court cases.
...Full StoryThe truth only lies in science. If we have to progress, we must let go of all superstitious and religious beliefs.
...Full StoryBurqa is a feudal practice and to progress, we must suppress feudal practices, not give freedom to them.
...Full StorySeveral religious places in the country either bar women or allow them only at certain times. Is the Supreme Court looking their way?
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