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Critically examine and comment on the assertion in about 200 words: Secularism in Indian politics is a myth.

  • UPSC 2011
  • 20 marks
  • Salient Features of the Indian Constitution

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The charge of "myth" comes from opposite camps: T. N. Madan's critique of secularism as a westernised creed, the Hindu nationalist cry of pseudo-secularism, and liberal alarm at majoritarian drift. The question concerns politics, not the constitutional text: whether religion has actually been kept out of the calculus of power. The gap between norm and…

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  • Why "Myth" Overstates
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