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One author is an NLSIU grad and the other is an NLUJ grad. It’s not clear if this is the official Vidhi position (which would have caused a big storm) but I didn’t see any explicit disclaimer saying that it wasn’t (which too is going to stir some controversy). In any case, articles by members of a think tank generally tend to an echo the sentiments of the think tank itself.
There are several reasons why the article is surprising:
- Explicitly supporting something so politically controversial and divisive at a time the BJP is pushing for it.
- Breaks the “liberal consensus” in the NLU fraternity. It’s now ok for NLU grads to lean right.
- Using the left-wing jargon of “decolonisation” to support an idea mooted by the right (J Sai Deepak does exactly this)
Wait... UCC will affect my customs which are currently exempted? My customary personal laws will also have to be reformed to ensure gender justice? Then UCC Bad (Say Tribals, Dalits, and NE Christians)
No No, Tribals (and more?) exempted from UCC (Says Government)
Then how is it UCC? (Say many)
So it's quite clear that you have hardly read J Sai Deepak's book or the arguments present there, ▮▮▮
Of the government
By the government
Vidhi is in that way is exactly like BJP, not a single person who would be actually asked to give up their practices is part of team. Muslim women? No. Tribals? No. Anyone other than Brahmins? No
Are Brahmins incapable of carrying out research? is anything a Brahmin does automatically something suspicious? Their draft does require that Hindus give up a lot- including allowing for equality in inheritance laws and recognition of same-sex marriages- Stuff that the right wing will not like. And they did speak to Muslim women's organizations before writing this draft. How many Muslim women have you spoken to? to assume that they want to be under the boot of religious authoritarianism perpetuated by upper middle-class muslim clerics? Who told you muslim women dont want a UCC? was it a muslim cleric who would benefit?
We are all either one country or we are not- if you want only muslim people to think about muslim issues and only tribal people to have a say over tribal issues - you are the problem. You are insisting that it is impossible to overcome these societal divisions, that human beings simply lack the ability to recognise each others suffering and act in solidarity. BTW- muslim people have had basically complete say over their personal laws a while now- clearly the community is being held back by its most conservative people in reforming these laws and practices. If it is not the states job to step in then whose job is it? How in your world view do muslim women get just laws?