Pluralism and secularism: Lessons of Ayodhya
The author reflects on the inherent plurality of 'Hindu' society, rekindling in the 'Hindu' mind dormant racial prejustice and communal bigotry, failure of the Indian 'experiment' of creating a culturally composite state and nation-building, the need for reconsidering t...
| Published in: | Economic & political weekly |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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1992
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| In: |
Economic & political weekly
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| Further subjects: | B
Pluralism
B Minority question B Secularization B Hindus B Muslim B India |
| Summary: | The author reflects on the inherent plurality of 'Hindu' society, rekindling in the 'Hindu' mind dormant racial prejustice and communal bigotry, failure of the Indian 'experiment' of creating a culturally composite state and nation-building, the need for reconsidering the Indian approach to secularism, erosion of the institutional framework of a pluralist democracy among other topics. (DÜI-Sen) |
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| ISSN: | 0012-9976 |
| Contains: | In: Economic & political weekly
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