Will the Hindu Undivided Family be ended? What about the Khasi matrilineal system? Will the gender-just mehr be abolished? Trying to end differences rather than discriminations is where the UCC will falter

In this issue

11-08-202330 STORIES

The BSF, the 1971 war, and the birth of Bangladesh

The author Ushinor Majumdar discusses his new book on the role of the Border Security Force in the Bangladesh liberation war.

Editor’s Note: Let’s not use Uniform Civil Code to wipe out differences

It needs to guarantee equality within communities and between men and women rather than force equality between communities.

Letters

Readers write in

Uniform Civil Code: Another step towards making India a Hindu Rashtra?

The elusive quest for a UCC raises questions of cultural imposition in India’s diverse society.

‘A misconception is that the UCC will interfere with the Shariat’: Atif Rasheed

The BJP leader says people have made up opinions without actually understanding the depth of the Uniform Civil Code.

Empowerment or exploitation? How UCC will impact women’s rights in India

Though gender-sensitive reforms in personal laws are needed, women’s organisations doubt the government’s real intentions behind the UCC.

T.K. Rajalakshmi

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