After the Supreme Court struck down the abhorrent practice of triple talaaq as unconstitutional, the Modi government formulated the legislation to outlaw and criminalise instant divorce. Even so, a significant number of ‘secular’ politicians and intellectuals argue that this women-friendly reform should come from within the community. Former editor of The Hindu newspaper Malini Parthasarathy wrote in 2013 that ‘it’s not for us the majority to dictate to minorities how to live their lives.’
