Reality behind 'Unity in diversity'
Diverse cultures, religions and races make up the Indian subcontinent. Indians also boast of unity in diversity, but if we really look beyond the surface we would see that every religion has a different set of rules in India.
WITH A population nearly four times that of the United States; India being the largest democracy in the world boasts of its unique facet – “Unity in Diversity”. Let us think again, has India really been uniform in all its aspects? How many of us know that the state of Jammu and Kashmir has a separate constitution? Yes, according to Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, Jammu and Kashmir has the right to have a separate constitution due to which the Hindu Kashmiris have been steadily eliminated from all spheres of state administration. Hindus face discrimination in academic admissions, Kashmiri Muslims have taken over 95 per cent of positions in media outlets, and Hindu men have been denied opportunities to move to other Indian states. Another loophole in Indian democracy is the system of Muslim polygamy. According to Muslim personal law, they are allowed to have four wives, can divorce by saying ‘Talaaq’ three times, and after divorce, the ex-husband is not responsible for an ex-wife’s maintenance. So there’s just one question that keeps my brain in a state of unrest - Is it fair to prosecute a Hindu to marry more than once and allow a Muslim to the same? Indiscrimination is what I see everywhere. I truly believe that ‘Law is blind’ because a Sikh is not arrested for carrying a Kirpan, but others are and a wife has fewer rights than her in-laws over her husband’s property, but a husband has more rights than his in-laws over his wife’s property. What kind of equality is this? The three major democracies of the world – US, UK and FRANCE have Hindus, Muslims and Christians as part of their population but they don’t have separate laws for them.
Thankfully, Goa, an Indian state is a special case. It has successfully adopted and adapted the Uniform Civil Code since the 19th century after the Portuguese introduced it. People have the same set of rules be it for Muslims, Hindus or Christians. “Unity in Diversity” is the essence of India and a Uniform Civil Code will definitely help to add a bit more positive sense to it.
Thankfully, Goa, an Indian state is a special case. It has successfully adopted and adapted the Uniform Civil Code since the 19th century after the Portuguese introduced it. People have the same set of rules be it for Muslims, Hindus or Christians. “Unity in Diversity” is the essence of India and a Uniform Civil Code will definitely help to add a bit more positive sense to it.
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