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Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

Examine different understandings of secularisation in India.

  • UPSC 2022
  • 20 marks
  • Politics and Society in India

'Secularisation' in Indian sociology is not one proposition but at least four, each with a different object of change and a different verdict on the evidence. Examining them separately is the whole task; conflating them is the standard failure on this topic.

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What the full answer covers

  • The classical Western understanding
  • The Indian sociological understanding: M. N. Srinivas
  • Secularisation as a state project — and why it is not secularism
  • Modernisation-theoretic and critical readings
  • Testing them against evidence
  • Conclusion

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