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She’s a saint, she’s a victim, she’s everything we need to know about hate wrapped up in one name, and she’s everything we need to learn about courage. All of this is us, hyperbole-hungry Indians, fattening ourselves on one or the other discourse. 

India's founding ideals of multi-religiousism are being replaced by a majoritarian view of state-religion relations. Rajeev Bhargava, author of Reimagining Indian Secularism (2023), examines the merits and flaws of India's unique secularism. Edited excerpts from an interview with The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy.

A UCC under a majoritarian regime is likely to be an awkward result of the crisis of Indian secularism

KPCC leadership meet places UCC, Manipur violence, CPI(M)‘s targeting of Opposition leaders on the ballot