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How do you understand the ‘minority’ question? Examine the violence and discrimination against the religious minorities in India.

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  • Religion and Society in India

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Articles 29 and 30 confer rights on "minorities" and nowhere define the word, while the notified minority communities are about 17 per cent of Indians by Census 2011. That gap — a protected category left undefined — is where India's minority question sits: a question about power and non-dominance, settled administratively and contested politically.

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  • The minority question in the Indian register
  • Violence: produced, not inherited
  • Discrimination as routine
  • Conclusion
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