I am talking about Hindutva, which advocates Hindu Nationalism. I am against any religion being attached to identity, nationalism or politics. BTW, I wrote one sentence there, it also means India is NOT a muslim state, India is NOT a sikh state, India is NOT a christian state etc etc., India is a secular state.
^ That would have made sense, if I said anywhere India IS a Hindu state.
Agreed. I am talking about freedom to practice whatever religion. I am also talking about relgion being kept out of politics. That is what secularism is, and India is defined as a secular state.
Secularism is keeping religion and the state different. Not just governance. But even the laws. India is secular only in the Preamble. Not in reality.
I will concede that point. I conflated freedom of religion with secularism. But I stand for both.
The problem is you stand for 'secularism' without actually knowing what it is. Half knowledge is dangerous than no knowledge.
Secularism itself is a principle. It does not require explicit defintion. Its like asking to define democracy in the consititution when democracy itself is a principle.
Secondly, EVEN if the constitution does not define secularism, secularism IS what should be followed. The consititution does not need to define secularism. Secularism itself is a principle by which our constitution abides. It does not need any definition.
The difference is people are not confused as to what democracy is. But people are most certainly confused as to what secularism - as practised in India - is, especially when we have bigots like Asaduddin Owaisi preaching on the values of secularism. So a definition as to what it is becomes very urgent.
Does having separate religious laws for different religions constitute secularism ?
Does having discriminatory laws like Article 30 constitute secularism ?
Does having a state ministry for maintaining/appropriating temple assets while leaving out waqf and parish properties constitute secularism ?
Does supporting freedom of speech in one case when the victim is a Hindu and opposing it when the victim is a Muslim constitute secularism ?
Does making laws over-riding the Supreme court because of the demands of the Mullah constitute secularism ?
Does being a proponent of minority-ism make one automatically secular ?
Does saying that Muslims have the first right to national resources make one secular ?
Many such questions. Unfortunately no answers. So my question to you - what is secularism ? Is what is practised in India, secularism ?
You might say that Hindutva stands for "something else". What hindutva stands for, and who advocates it are two different things. If people like Shiv Sena, Sangh Parivar and other far right wing morons advocate it, then No Thanks. You know what comes close to their policies, lets say in the United States? The American Nazi Party.
The rest of your posts are the same thing over and over again.
What is Hindutva is irrelevant here. The question is - what is secularism ?
BTW Gujarat, best governed state? Well, Modi is indeed good when it comes to development activities. Butl, I dont quite think that when I think about the Godhra riots.
Do you think of Partition riots when you think of Nehru or the subsequent good work he did ? (He did some fuckups also. Lets leave that for a moment here)