Throughout history, the biggest fights have been over the one thing which truly matters: property rights. In this Women’s Day Special we have a short look at the long history of how laws and the Indian Constituion on the property are biased against women, and how women have challenged these for their ownership rights. We start with how Mary Roy, Arundhati Roy’s mother took on an outdated succession law for the Syrian Christian community in India. And we broadly look at how religious personal laws create legal islands for men and women but that these affect women more adversely strippling away their rights, freedom and equality. The march to equality is on…tune in! **Reading material:**Agnes, Flavia, 2011, Family Law Volume 1: Family Laws and Constitutional Claims, New Delhi: OUP. Menon, Nivedita, 2012, Seeing like a feminist, New Delhi: Penguin. https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/20101108-kerala-sister-mary-gets-her-land-744618-2010-10-30**Case laws:**https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1651663/https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1684706/If you have missed out on The Longest Constitution Season 1, check here: ( "The Longest Constitution with Priya Mirza")You can follow Priya on social media:Instagram: ( https://www.instagram.com/thelongestconstitution_/ )Twitter: ( fundamentallyp )Linkedin: ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/priya-mirza-73666310/ )You can listen to The Longest Constitution podcast on IVM Podcasts Network, Spotify, YouTube Music, Gaana, or wherever you get your podcasts from. Find other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts App on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: ‎IVM Podcasts, or on any other major podcast app.

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