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041			_aeng
082			_a322.10954 _bGOD
100			_aGodbole, Madhav
245			_aSecularism _bIndia at a crossroads _c/ Madhav Godbole
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew Delhi _bRupa _cC2016
300			_axi, 429 p. _c24 cm.
504			_aBib and Ref
520			_aFor 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.
650			_aSecularism India; Minority Syndrome; Unsecular Society
942			_cENGLISH
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