Volume 40, Number 7 · April 8, 1993
The Threats to Secular India
By Amartya Sen
When, some months ago, 'The Idea of India' was agreed on as the title of my Nehru Lecture at Cambridge,[1] I had not imagined that the subject would be as topical as it, alas, has become since the terrible events of recent months. The idea of a secular India, tolerant of different religions (and of people who believe in none), which had been taken for granted since independence, has been severely damaged by extremist Hindu political groups.
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