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How do religious communities contribute to the cultural diversity of India?

  • UPSC 2024
  • Religion and Society in India

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Census 2011 counts Hindus at 79.8%, Muslims 14.2%, Christians 2.3%, Sikhs 1.7%, Buddhists 0.7% and Jains 0.4%, with a further 0.7% under "other religions and persuasions" — the residual that holds Sarna, Donyi-Polo and other tribal faiths. These communities have not made India diverse by standing apart: they deposit languages, calendars, aesthetics and institutions into…

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  • How the deposit works: the Indian frame
  • What the communities actually contribute
  • Composite culture, not a plural society
  • Diversity is not automatically harmony
  • Conclusion
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