write mahatma gandhi's views about secularism ?
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Gandhi and Secularism: Mahatma Gandhi was a keen student of all religions. Apart from his study of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism, he was an avid reader of Christian and Islamic scriptures as well. All forms of religion attracted Gandhi immensely, and through his thorough understanding of all, he successfully arrived at a composite understanding of religion and God as a whole.
Despite the weaknesses of actual practice, elements of this understanding of secularism have been an essential part of the accepted political values of modern Indian society, leading, for instance, to the rejection of untouchability and sati, to the formal rejection of caste, and to the institution of affirmative action as a means of redressing socioeconomic inequalities. It is this larger principle that is sought to he challenged today by Hindutva; defending it lies, I believe, at the heart of the struggle against fundamentalism and communalism.
Despite the weaknesses of actual practice, elements of this understanding of secularism have been an essential part of the accepted political values of modern Indian society, leading, for instance, to the rejection of untouchability and sati, to the formal rejection of caste, and to the institution of affirmative action as a means of redressing socioeconomic inequalities. It is this larger principle that is sought to he challenged today by Hindutva; defending it lies, I believe, at the heart of the struggle against fundamentalism and communalism.
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