I remember sitting at a family dinner a few years back, watching my cousin get grilled by her uncle about why she couldn't just "follow tradition" when it came to marriage. She wanted a simple civil ceremony, but her personal law said she had to follow religious rites. That moment stuck with me because it showed how our current system can trap people between faith and freedom. Look, I get why people worry about losing their cultural identity. But here's the thing: a uniform civil code doesn't have to erase anyone's beliefs. It just sets a baseline of fairness for all citizens. Right now, a Muslim woman can't get the same inheritance rights as her brother under personal law, and a Hindu man can face different custody rules than a Christian one. That's not about religion—that's about unequal treatment under the same Constitution. Why should your legal rights depend on which community you were born into? Don't we all live in the same country, with the same courts?