Sylvia Vatuk has been making rigorous contributions to South Asian scholarship for decades now. Her works have been immensely helpful for anthropologists and sociologists, especially those who are interested in the fields of gender, marriage, and kinship. While her initial research focused on North Indian Hindu communities, over the past two decades she has also shifted her attention to Muslim communities of South India. Marriage and its Discontents: Women, Islam, and the Law in India is a compilation of papers she has published over the past 15 years, based on this more recent research. The book uniquely focuses on encounters of Muslim women with non-State religious bodies (extra judicial) and State actors (in Chennai and Hyderabad) in addressing and settling their marital discords. In due course, the book also clarifies several stereotypes, particularly those associated with family and marriage, regarding the Indian Muslim community.Sylvia Vatuk has been making rigorous contributions to South Asian scholarship for decades now. Her works have been immensely helpful for anthropologists and sociologists, especially those who are interested in the fields of gender, marriage, and kinship. While her initial research focused on North Indian Hindu communities, over the past two decades she has also shifted her attention to Muslim communities of South India. Marriage and its Discontents: Women, Islam, and the Law in India is a compilation of papers she has published over the past 15 years, based on this more recent research. The book uniquely focuses on encounters of Muslim women with non-State religious bodies (extra judicial) and State actors (in Chennai and Hyderabad) in addressing and settling their marital discords. In due course, the book also clarifies several stereotypes, particularly those associated with family and marriage, regarding the Indian Muslim community.