Only social conservatives will disagree with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent assertion at the celebrations in the honour of the 12th century Kannada philosopher and reformer, Basaveshwara, that the issue of triple talaq should not be politicised and a solution to the problem must be found, preferably from within the Muslim community.
Only sworn adversaries of the prime minister will not share his optimism that "enlightened people will also emerge from among Muslims and come forward to end this practice, liberating our Muslim daughters and mothers from the scourge".
It is a different matter that many feel he has raked-up this issue as a tactic to belittle the minority community. Many are also of the opinion that Modi's perception of women, regardless of the community they belong to, is little different from the dominant approach of casting women as mothers and daughters exclusively — i.e. people with 'care-of' identities.
Despite these reservations, the prime minister's argument is valid. There is nothing better than reforms from within.
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