A March 2021 notification by the MHA brings in a number of restrictions against Overseas Citizens of India cardholders, even allowing the government to cancel an OCI card without any scope for remedy.

Recently, CJI S.A. Bobde hailed the uniform civil code of Goa, pointing out that it is what constitutional makers had indeed envisaged, touching upon the contentious issue.

The protagonists of a uniform code have never articulated any vision of it, while provisions in Muslim personal laws have become the selective peg on which to hang empty unpopulated rhetoric.

What does this mean in a society like ours where a woman is considered 'spoilt' upon rape?

If OCI cardholders articulate their opposition to any government policy, they risk being slapped with notices of violation of some odd law and attract the cancellation of their registration.

There is little doubt that the smaller stakeholders and businesses within India's informal economy have the most to lose, and yet their voices are not being heard.

Schemes implemented in these villages continue to support society's feudal, caste-based nature.

In the India-Switzerland agreement, there is no sense of urgency to bring back the kind of black money that will increase tax revenues without burdening the common person.

Goa's UCC has allowed dominant castes and communities to assert their privilege and nationalism.