The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) has been a contentious issue in India for many years. In recent months, the debate has intensified after the Law Commission invited arguments in favor of or against the UCC, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi endorsed the idea.
56:39In the first episode of Emerging Perspectives, Sania Ismailee joins Wardah Beg for a conversation about the philosophical questions that lie beneath India’s debate on the Uniform Civil Code. For eight years, through her PhD research, Sania examined the UCC through the questions of secularism and …
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2:44:36In this conversation, Dr. Harish S. Wankhede joins Ali Javed to examine the political and cultural legacy of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and the evolution of the Dalit movement. They discuss how Ambedkar imagined Dalits as political subjects at a time when they were denied even basic human dignity, and how…
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