Publication

21 Sep 2007

This paper discusses India's religious policy. It comments on the implications of an infrastructure project and the general relation between state and religion. The paper introduces the infrastructure project, outlines the Indian concept of secularism, reviews the Congress party's religious policy and points to the lack of a civil code. The paper calls for the state to protect those who criticize religion and argues for the state to become truly agnostic.

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Author Dhiraj Nayyar
Series ISAS Briefs
Issue 25
Publisher Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)
Copyright © 2007 Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)
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