-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government is preparing to crack down on community radio stations for failing to broadcast the Prime Minister's monthly radio programme, Mann ki Baat, and for airing "anti-government" views. The Union information and broadcasting ministry, after a scrutiny of the content of some 30 community radio stations in the National Capital Region, has found broadcasts from most of the stations "objectionable", officials said. "These radio stations that...
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In Gujarat’s Patan district, separate anganwadis for Dalit children -Ritu Pradhan
-The Indian Express In Hajipur’s two anganwadis, which take in children between six months and six years, untouchability is one of the first life lessons they learn. Patan (Gujarat): A digit separates anganwadis 159 and 160 in Hajipur village of Gujarat’s Patan district but the divisions are far greater. Now that’s complicated math for a three-year-old. So one morning, a few weeks ago, Manavi Chamar walked towards anganwadi No. 160, lost...
More »Why a common civil code may not be a great idea -Amulya Gopalakrishnan
-The Times of India The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is a dream long deferred, and now it looks like the courts can barely conceal their impatience. A Supreme Court bench, hearing a case on a Hindu woman's petition on inheritance, was recently stirred into ordering an examination of practices like polygamy and triple talaq in Muslim personal law, which it declared "injurious to public morals". The Centre is already on a deadline...
More »Muslim women for personal law reform to avert uniform code -Eram Agha
-The Times of India ALIGARH: Mumbai-based Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan is ready to launch a "Public Hearing" in Delhi for the ban on triple talaq, recording the testimonies of Muslim women on how they suffered because of the regressive personal laws. What drives the group to launch the programme is a case from Uttar Pradesh, where 24-year-old Shahida, married in 2008 was arbitrarily divorced. After a month of her marriage her in-laws...
More »SC to examine Muslim personal law, aim to end gender bias -Bhadra Sinha
-Hindustan Times The Supreme Court has decided to examine Islamic personal law to consider doing away with provisions biased against Muslim women, often victims of polygamy and the triple talaq system, a controversial move that may upset a section of the community that has resisted reform. A bench of justices AR Dave and AK Goel requested Chief Justice of India HL Dattu to constitute an appropriate bench and address the issue to...
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