Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer
Write a critical narrative on the concerns of religious minorities in India.
- UPSC 2018
- Religion and Society in India
India's religious minorities have not had constant concerns; they were remade at four moments — the constitutional bargain of 1949, the Nehruvian compact, the rupture of 1985-93, and the evidentiary turn after 2006. A critical narrative asks at each what was protected, what was surrendered, and who was authorised to speak for the community.
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- 1949: representation traded for culture
- The Nehruvian compact and its asymmetry
- 1985-93: the rupture
- After 2006: measured, then left unremedied
- Whose concerns? The silences in the frame
- Conclusion
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