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Rupa Publications India Secularism by Madhav Godbole
For the first time since Independence, India is at a crossroads of secular and Hindu Rashtra (nation) ideologies The Constitution of India is ambivalent about secularism, pandering to the demands of both the majority and minority communities The founding fathers could not even agree on calling the Constitution secular’ The word secular’ became a part of the Preamble only during the Emergency’ There is no consensus yet on its definition In the process, secularism, though declared by the Supreme Court as a part of the basic structure’ of the Constitution, has lost all credibility