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Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

Write short note : Secularism.

  • UPSC 1999
  • Religion and Society in India

"Secular" entered the Preamble only with the 42nd Amendment (1976), although the Constitution had been secular in substance since 1950 — the word named an arrangement already in place. Indian usage also differs from European: secularism here means equal respect for all faiths, not the retreat of religion nor state indifference. The note must therefore…

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  • The Indian meaning
  • The European root
  • Secularism is not secularization
  • The Indian critiques
  • Conclusion

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