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Write a note on ‘cultural pluralism’ in multi-religious society like India.

  • UPSC 2020
  • Religion and Society in India

In an Indian small town two ritual calendars run down the same street, a dargah draws petitioners of every faith, and a weaver's family keeps its neighbour's festival. Cultural pluralism here is not sealed communities side by side; it is a shared grammar spoken in many dialects, marked by interpenetration rather than segmentation.

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  • What pluralism actually looks like in India
  • Pluralism written into law
  • The limits: plurality alongside hierarchy
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