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The Indian astate both keeps away 10
religion as well as intervenes in bolig
This idea can be quite confusing
Discuss this once again in class.
essing examples from the chapter as
well as those that you might have
come up with
Answers
Explanation:
The three objectives of a secular State are stated below:
(i)One religious community does not dominate another.
(ii)Some members do not dominate other members of the same religious community.
(iii)The State does not enforce any particular religion nor does it take away the religious freedom of individuals
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India is a secular country. The state has no religion of its own. The Indian government at center as well as state levels declares holidays on the occasions of festivals but no function of religious ceremony is done by the State. The State has nothing to do with these matters. People are free to celebrate these religious festivals in their own way. The head of the Indian state or the Prime Minister or even the Governors, Chief Ministers etc. convey their good wishes to the people on such occasions. The Indian state only intervenes if some wrong religious or superstition creates problem for children (infanticide) or for women (sati) for lower castes. If the people of the same religion i.e. the Hindus are denied the right to enter a place of worship then the state can intervene.
Answer:
India is a land of complex ideas. It is difficult to understand what it really wants. There are many ideals in the Constitution but practices are quite different from them. In many cases we see laws explain a concept in a different way. But people interpret it differently. Law itself in some cases acts differently. As for example, in secular state law has nothing to say in any of the practices of the religion but when the dominance of upper castes in religion was brought to question the law took favour of the lower castes. This interference of the State creates confusion.