The plight of an interfaith couple in Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand, should draw the nation’s attention to the dangers of the weaponisation of personal preferences. The couple, a Muslim man and a Hindu woman in their 20s, had submitted a notice to the sub-divisional magistrate, as required by law, of their intention to marry each other.

To their astonishment, their personal details appeared online and were widely shared by Hindu right-wing groups as yet another instance of “love jihad.” They knocked on the doors of the Uttarakhand High Court for protection. Yet, emboldened right-wing groups have created trouble with the woman’s mother claiming she was “lured and misled” into the........

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