Sustainable Secularism and Its Impediments for Progressive India

Anil Kumar R; Raghavendra RH

doi:10.5281/zenodo.14975163

Authors

Anil Kumar R Assistant Professor & Head, Department of Economics, Government First Grade College Shiralakoppa, Shikaripura Tq, Shimoga Dist, Karnataka St, India
Raghavendra RH Assistant Professor, Department of Commerce, Government First Grade College Shiralakoppa, Shikaripura Tq, Shimoga Dist, Karnataka St

Communalism, Religious Hatredness, Violence, Ethnic Violence, Literacy, Society

Abstract

India has a long history of secularism. India is the nation with unity in diversity. A just and fair state that both does justice and is also seen to have done justice towards the grievances of any of its religious communities, the best guarantee for a peaceful and cohesive society. The people have been following secularism, the recent data published by the government says that the secularism is under threat because of intolerance and communal violence. India is a land of diversity, so the current problem in India is how to keep unity along with diversity. The present paper focuses on secularism which is under threat with communal incidents and at last, certain remedies to be taken to maintain a sustainable secularism in the 21^st century.

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