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The year 1984 marked a turning point for the struggles of Hindus and Sikhs in India. The destruction of the central Sikh shrine called the Golden Temple by the Indian Army fueled the struggle between the Sikhs and the Congress Party. The destruction of the Babar mosque by the Hindus fueled the struggle between the Hindus and Muslims. These conflicts have developed in response to the respective groups' search for identity within the Indian nation-state. Involvement with neighboring Pakistan has escalated the conflicts to international proportions.
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Among the seven nations of South Asia forming the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, India stands out as the only country that has declared itself a secular State. However, it has developed over the years its own unique concept of secularism that is fundamentally different from the parallel American concept of secularism. This article briefly states and explains the constitutional, statutory, and judicial framework of India's religion-state relations, and the unique balance that is found in that framework between secularism and freedom of religion -- namely that, in India, the law of the land determines the scope of religion in society. The article explains the foundational role India's Constitution plays in its religion-state relations. It briefly looks into the legislat...
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India's two Ambani brothers could buy 100 percent of every company listed on Pakistan's Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) and still be left with $30 billion to spare. This was one of many comparative conclusions about the two countries by Farrukh Saleem, a Pakistani writer focused, with a twinge of envy, on the giant next door. The four richest Indians, he writes, could buy up all goods and services produced over a year by 169 million Pakistanis and still be left with $60 billion to spare. That the four richest Indians are wealthier than the 40 richest Chinese is another conclusion.
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Since 1855, the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya has been the source of sporadic clashes between Hindus and Muslims. After a thorough scrutiny of the available historical literature on the Mosque, this article argues that to regard it as the birthplace of the Hindu deity Rama is untenable and the notion was actually put into circulation by British colonial officials to serve British interests in the Indian subcontinent. Successive colonial administrations tried to strengthen their grip on South Asia by playing off one group against another in the name of caste, race, and, most importantly, religion. The ongoing Hindu-Muslim conflict in India is largely the outcome of British policies. With their agenda of 'divide and rule' that aimed at consolidating their hold over the subcontinent the British ...
