Our distorted secular vs communal debate

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The debate on secularism in our context is completely superficial and also perverse. Let us recall that secularism was not part of our original constitution and was interpolated during emergency by Indira Gandhi Government. So it does not have legitimacy along with socialism which was also inserted. Then the communists and more so Lohia socialists like Madhu Limaye began to counter pose communalism against secularism and the Indian intellectuals and political class has taken to this idea hook line and sinker. Read more at: https://rvaidya2000.com/2013/04/25/our-distorted-secular-vs-communal-debate/

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25-4-2013

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Niticentral.com

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Secularism, Socialism, Communal services

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https://rvaidya2000.com/2013/04/25/our-distorted-secular-vs-communal-debate/

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