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Is Secularism a weak Ideology? Critically analyse the reasons for anti-secular trends in India.

  • UPSC 2002
  • Religion and Society in India

India wrote "secular" into its Preamble in 1976 and made it part of the basic structure in S. R. Bommai v. Union of India (1994), yet no Indian election has been won on it. That gap is the question. The charge deserves testing rather than reflex refutation, and Indian sociology has tested it hardest.

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  • The case for weakness
  • The case against
  • Why anti-secular trends grew
  • Conclusion

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