Religion and politics:Debates on secularism; minority and majority communalism
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A secular state is neither supposed to compel its citizens to adopt a particular religion nor it can give preferential treatment to the followers of particular religion. Secularism eliminates God from the matters of the state. This is commonly understood as a western notion of secularism. The term ‘secular’ denotes the threefold relationship among man, state and religion. The word Secular has not been defined or explained under the Constitution in 1950 or in 1976 when it was made part of the preamble. The chapter theorizes secularism and its various kinds (i.e indian as well as western) through a dialogue between rajiv bhargava and ashish nandi and then looks at present day situation in India in terms of religion and politics and debates around it beng a threat to the fabric of secular state