About the Book: Secularism in India: Concept and Practice
From Last three Decades secularism has been one of the major points of debate in
India. With the rise of politics in the name of religion, the concept of
secularism has come under heavy criticism. To denigrate this concept words like
pseudo secular and sickular have been coined. A shadow of this debate got
reflected on the pages of Indian Journal of secularism, some more material was
especially solicited to complete the theme. The essays compiled in the volume
take broad historical and contemporary issues to point out that democracy and
secularism are not separable values; they are