TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thapar, Romila
TI  - Indian Society and the Secular: Essays
SN  - 9789383968169
U1  - 211.60954 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Gurgaon
PB  - Three Essays Collective
KW  - Secularism - India - History
KW  - Religion and Politics
KW  - Communalism
N1  - Introduction
The Role of Religion in Political Conflicts

Part I: Secularism and Secularisation
Indian Society and the Secular
Redefining the Secular Mode for India
Is Secularism Alien to Indian Civilisation?
History Interpretations and the Secularising of Indian Society
Understanding Secularism

Part II: Historical Perspectives
Contemporary Political and the Rewriting of History in India
Communalism and the Historical Legacy: Some Facets
Can Genetics help us to Understand Indian Social History?
Rethinking the Concept of Civilisation as History

Part III: Religion and Contemporary Politics
The Politics of Religious Communities Justice in Gujarat
Past as Present and the Present as Past
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