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How does the concept ‘secular’ go beyond any religion in plural society like India? Analyse.

  • UPSC 2026
  • Politics and Society in India

India's answer to religious plurality was not to banish religion from public life but to place something above every religion: equal citizenship. Where each faith is a minority somewhere — Hindus in Punjab, Mizoram and Kashmir — "secular" names a standard no religion can supply: a state principle, a legal floor, a social process.

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  • Principled distance, not a wall of separation
  • Three components that exceed any faith
  • The Indian critics
  • Conclusion

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