Being Muslim women of Free India, What does 'right to be free and modern' means to them. Islam allows a woman to be all what she needs to lead a beautiful and successful life. But more than this in the name of "self independence and modernity", is vulgarity which Islam disallows! Listen to the voice of Fatima". F atima: Coming to the question of about what as a women we need to be in a free India? I suppose, we as women have to be a lot more 'giving in order to receive more. We need to be educated and ensure that that we are not ignored and do not remain ignorant. We must be professional but not be commercial. We should be modern, chic, and stylish but not pretentious or heard-hearted, we should be allowed to follow tradition but not become superstitious or orthodox.We must be brave and on the edge yet dutifully cultured enough. We must not shy away from appearing feminine but must avoiding appearing provocative. We should be allowed to be liberal, to make...