Pluralism and secularism: Lessons of Ayodhya

The author reflects on the inherent plurality of 'Hindu' society, rekindling in the 'Hindu' mind dormant racial prejustice and communal bigotry, failure of the Indian 'experiment' of creating a culturally composite state and nation-building, the need for reconsidering t...

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Auteur principal: Kothari, Rajni (Auteur)
Type de support: Imprimé Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: 1992
Dans: Economic & political weekly
Année: 1992, Volume: 27, Numéro: 51-52, Pages: 2695-2698
Sujets non-standardisés:B Inde
B Hindou
B Musulman
B Sécularisation
B Question des minorités
B Pluralisme
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Résumé:The author reflects on the inherent plurality of 'Hindu' society, rekindling in the 'Hindu' mind dormant racial prejustice and communal bigotry, failure of the Indian 'experiment' of creating a culturally composite state and nation-building, the need for reconsidering the Indian approach to secularism, erosion of the institutional framework of a pluralist democracy among other topics. (DÜI-Sen)
ISSN:0012-9976
Contient:In: Economic & political weekly