Secularism: India at a Crossroads
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- 9788129137623
- 320.540954 GOD
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NIMA Knowledge Centre | 9th Floor Reading Zone | General | 320.540954 GOD (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | L0011407 |
For the first time since Independence, India is at a crossroads of secular and Hindu Rashtra (nation) ideologies. The Constitution of India is ambivalent about secularism, pandering to the demands of both the majority and minority communities. The founding fathers could not even agree on calling the Constitution ‘secular’. The word ‘secular’ became a part of the Preamble only during the ‘Emergency’. There is no consensus yet on its definition. In the process, secularism, though declared by the Supreme Court as a part of the ‘basic structure’ of the Constitution, has lost all credibility
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