Secularism

Secularism 

is not only in the Indian Constitution but also in our veins.

We worship Mother Nature too. We believe "Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam"

There are three core principles of secularism: institutional separation, freedom of belief and no discrimination on grounds of religion. These conditions allow for ‘competing concepts of the good life’ to be pursued in society.

When secularism is spoken about by the secular brigade, they are talking about a political idea, a way of organising a state and its society in relation to religion and belief. Within this political idea, there are many secularisms, both conceptual and practical. Secularism is the idea that state institutions should be separate from religious ones, that freedom of belief and thought and practice should be an automatic right for all (unless it interferes with the rights of others), and that the state should not discriminate against people on grounds of their religious or nonreligious worldview.

From India to Russia, the US, Europe and the Middle East, secularism is being attacked from all sides: from the left, from the right, by liberal multi-culturalists and illiberal totalitarians, abused by racists and xenophobes as a stick with which to beat minorities in diverse societies, subverted by religious fundamentalists planning its destruction.

But perhaps the biggest enemy of secularism today is ignorance. Although secularism has been of fundamental importance in shaping the modern world, it is not as well-known a concept as capitalism or social welfare or democracy.