Till Talaq Do Us Part

<p>Shayara Bano knocked at the doors of the Supreme Court to challenge her husband's sudden decision of ending their marriage using the three dreaded words: talaq talaq talaq.<br>A 1980s Bollywood movie sparked off a national debate on the validity of instant divorce which even saw <i>Dawat-</i>a four-page daily published by the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind-talking about triple talaq as per the Quran.<br>For a long time the battle against instant talaq has garnered public attention. In <i>Till Talaq Do Us Part</i> Ziya Us Salam an eminent social commentator and an associate editor at <i>Frontline</i> presents a holistic view of how divorce works in Islam. Ranging from triple talaq to talaq granted over three months to khula and <i>talaq-e-tafweez</i> the book also discusses other methods of divorce available to a Muslim couple which go ignored thanks to all the attention on talaq talaq talaq.</p>