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RSS MAGAZINE Invalidate triple talaq, give women right to divorce: Shia board marriage laws, the All India Shia AISPLB spokesperson invalidating the instantaneous should focus on , not Mahabali RAMENDRA SINGH Personal Law Board (AISPLB) Maulana Yasoob Abbas, who triple talaq, and provide women LUCKNOW, SEPTEMBER 9 has suggested the adoption of a submitted a draft of the nikah- the right to divorce. king, Onam should welcome Aikya Vedi (Hindu united front), Hindu dharma”, which needs to “modern nikahnama”, seeking nama (pre-nuptial agreement) Abbas also said the stand SHAJU PHILIP Vamanajayanthi, or Lord said, “ is the incarnation be opposed, she said, “Mahabali OPPOSING THE rigid approach changes in the terms and con- to eminent Shia cleric Maulana taken by the AIMPLB in the THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Vishnu. of Vishnu. In the epics, even was a Vishnu (Vamana) devotee. of the All India Muslim Personal ditions of marriage under Kalbe Sadiq, vice-president of Supreme Court has “defamed SEPTEMBER 9 Unnikrishnan Namboothiri, Mahabali adores Vishnu. (So) It is Lord Vishnu is being adorned Law Board (AIMPLB) on Islamic Islamic law. AIMPLB, said he has suggested Islam”. a professor of Sanskrit at Onam should not be an occasion on Onam festival. Unfortunately, AS MALAYALEES in and outside Government Sanskrit College, for disapproving Vishnu. He we have made Vishnu a villain in get ready to celebrate Thiruvananthapuram, who should be held as a freedom the Onam folklore by depicting Onam next week, an article in wrote the article, said there is fighter who freed Kerala from an him as the force that pushed a an RSS magazine has called for little in the epics to substantiate imperialistic force (Mahabali).” popular king to the netherworld a relook into the popular legend that Onam was observed to There is little in the epics to (hell).’’ behind the festival. welcome Mahabali every year. substantiate the existing popu- Stating that Onam is a secu- An article in the latest edi- Mahabali, he said, did not have lar legend that Onam is cele- lar festival, Congress legislator tion of ‘Kesari’, the RSS’s a paunch and long moustaches, brated to welcome Mahabali, V T Balram said the attempt to Malayalam mouthpiece, con- as is depicted popularly. Sasikala said. give it a new version would only tends that instead of Mahabali, Supporting the argument, K Calling the ongoing tradition add communal colour to the the mythical (or demon) P Sasikala, president of Hindu an attempt to “insult and tarnish festival.