Mallika Nawal

Ever since ‘Pehredar Piya Ki’ went on air, I have been trying — rather desperately in fact! — to find some method in the show’s madness. You see, I am more left-brained, which is why even when I see a creative work of art (be it a painting or even a television show in the present context), I invariably...

India is a strange land indeed! It is a land of peculiar paradoxes and curious contradictions. While on the one hand, we are a secular nation…yet, on the other hand, we have personal laws that are based on religious texts and teachings. I mean…think about it: How can we call ourselves a “secular” country when our people are governed...

Part of the Prime Minister’s vision for the India of tomorrow…is “digital literacy” for all who live in India, no matter how remote their corners. Thus, in order to see his vision turn to fruition, on 8th Feb, 2017, the Union Cabinet that was chaired by the Hon’ble Prime Minister, approved the ‘Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan’, which...

The date August 22nd will go down as the most important milestone in the fight for equal rights for women…for it is the day on which Triple Talaq was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court by a 3:2 majority. Note to readers: Given the scope and weight of this landmark judgment, it is important that we deal with the present...

According to the Holy Koran, the holy Islamic text, there are only two types of talaq or divorce: Talaq-e-Ahsan and Talaq-e-Hasan. Out of the two, while Talaq-e-Hasan is a preferred more of divorce, it is Talaq-e-Ahsan, which is the more preferred mode of divorce. Under the Talaq-e-Ahsan, the husband must pronounce the word ‘talaq’ and not have any physical relationship...